ANIMEBRYAN'S PROFILE

I'm almost done with it now. I just finished the layout for the 8th & final area of the level & now I just need to add finishing touches with graphics, deal with anymore Run-time error 6 BS (apparently its not just the block limit, I seem to be hitting the background limit too), and then do 10 timed runs to know where to set the time limit. It's a long level, but trust me, its an awesome level!
(It's designed to be a 'speed-run' level, so it's length isn't a problem)

@Solitayre: I'd be glad to join in on the 5th Mario's Mansion event. I've been wanting to make a complex ghost house level but haven't had an opportunity to do so yet. In fact I just downloaded a bunch of other SMBX games to LP in the future, including the first 4 Mario's Mansion games & plan on doing LPs of them in October.

I agree with the notion that a 'skip level' feature makes no sense & just wastes the level itself. I suffer the same problem when making my own levels. If a level is so hard that not even a pro SMBX player or even the creator can't beat it in around 30 or so tries, then it's too hard & you need to tone down the difficulty. There's no need to make the player rage so hard that they either; give up on SMBX entirely or just for a month, or rage enough to throw their controller at something (I speak from experience).

As for my The Yoshi Relay Race level, it's taking longer than usual. I got carried away with the length of some later areas & wound up getting a 'Run-time error 6' Overflow (too many blocks). Seems like the debugger's displayed limit of 20K blocks is in fact a lie. It's actually 16,384.

author=halibabica
I took a peek at Kloe's stage, and while I haven't played it yet, um...there is quite a bit of work to be done. It's okay, though. We were all new at this once, and I'm here to help people learn and improve. You'll get your feedback alongside everyone else later, but for now, I'll just say it suffers from lacking a sense of place. By that I mean, it looks like a black void with traps floating in it, which is very rom-hacky and not so immersive. Think less about raw challenge and more of how this place might look if you were standing in it. Use aesthetics and hazards that compliment each other, and avoid things that appear too unnatural or abstract.

Speaking of which . . . It's time for another one of my Let's Test videos!
Burny Burny Cave (W4) by Kloe:


I couldn't beat it. I got trolled near the end. Since Hali beat me to the critique of the level, I have nothing to say that hasn't been pointed out already.

Is Solitayre's Mushroom Underground a newly finished level or is that an old one? My short-term memory isn't what it used to be anymore.

Video Feedback for Deathtrap Industries Inc. (W8) by Isrieri:


The difficulty is too extreme, even for a world 8 level. It seriously needs to be toned down several notches!

Btw Hali, is Kloe's Burny Burny Cave finished? Because it doesn't say placeholder or unfinished. If its finished, I'll do a Let's Test of it tonight.

author=halibabica
I'll check out the relay race when I get to it on the list. Something about going in blind is important for testing purposes. ;3

Also, hey, we got one of our missing levels in. Isrieri's Deathtrap Industries Inc. has been added to the list. From what I'm told, it's really, really hard (unless you know "the tricks").

It was a rough weekend, but I'll get back up to speed with my testing and analyzing tomorrow. I'm no slouch, but sometimes it just can't be helped.

The video is just to show what the level is like, since you were curious about what I meant by 'Catering to 2 Players'. Out of the 8 main areas in the level, I just finished the 4th area & I need to run 3 more timed runs to see where to set the timer. So I'm basically halfway done. It should be fully playable & submitted by Monday (for anyone else who wants to test it). It's a level that starts out somewhat easy & picks up in difficulty rather quickly.

In the meantime, I'm looking forward to doing a Let's Test of Isrieri's Deathtrap Industries Inc. tonight.