ISRIERI'S PROFILE

I didn't celebrate mother's day because I work in a restaurant and worked 2 double-shifts back-to-back to keep a perpetually empty salad bar full of food. On a day when the salad bar is free due to corporate stupidity, whilst also falling on the busiest day of the year.

SO. WHAT DID YOU GET YOUR MOTHER'S(S)???

I wasn't kidding when I said I'd test it. I WILL DO IT.

I have experience with this sort of thing.

I'll be your test-monkey & consultant.

I'm kind of against strict themes at this point in development as well. The Art Gallery idea pretty much is the overarching theme of the whole game. And it's perfect since it allows us to have levels not adhere to specific ones while having an in-game "reason" for it. That's why Mario 64 did it! Besides, I don't really know what kind of themes we could group the levels by. Maybe genres of art like nin8halos was doing? I dunno.

I'm with Soli on the no-Eli thing though. Primarily because I agree that we should treat this as a stand-alone game and not drag the previous entries into it. But also because I think it's stupid and only makes you look narcissistic. Imagine if I was the final boss. The very idea makes you grimace doesn't it?

Don't worry about the level list if you don't want to deal with it right now. But I'd still like for the rest of us to talk about it. If the other judges have opinions, they should weigh in. Now is the time to get a first draft ironed out.

I'm a bit busy myself at the moment so it'll be a while since I can review our own levels and any others that need them. But I can always gab my jaw off!

author=halibabica
There's one very good reason we shouldn't be making our own levels right now. We don't know what exactly we'll have when I end the voting

It's either going to be anywhere between 30 to 40. Minus our own levels. That's why I want to talk about ordering the ones we already have approved. To save us trouble down the road. So that we can get this done BEFORE June.

We've got the following levels approved so far,

World 1
Green Grass Gallavant
The Hop
The Nightmare Universe

World 2
Mario's Dreamland
Oil Oasis
Shy Guy's Toy Box
Cloudy Climb

World 3
Bridge Over The Horizon
24 Carrot Gold
Mushroom Heights
Opposite Day
Mega Mole Mountain

World 4
Backing Up
Molten Magma
Forest of Cold Silence
Sunny Summertime Swim
Arid Acropolis

World 5
Cursed Funklen
Ghoulish Ghastly Ghosts
Aquatic Ascent

World 6
Jailbreakers

World 7
Fleetfeet Falls
Glass Cannon
Industrial Failure
Chemical Romance
Feel the Heat

World 8
Black Bando's Brigand Bastion
Bullet Factory
Baneful Brimstone
Starlight City
Funky Frantic Fortress
Castle Crushers


And the following are pending approvals that haven't been denied,


Cowabunga!
Chocolate Canyon
Faron Woods
Peril Jungle Ruins
The Port of Adia
Chaos Woods
Cloudsdale Sanctuary
A Cheesy Level
The Sinister Side
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+ Ours
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Glazed Donut Road
Garden of Delights
Riveting River Rafting
Pipe Platformer
Simplicity
Grave Mistake
Grim Grotto
Mysterious Flying Gentleman Lakitu
Final Destination
Mondrian Grid
The Scream
Mushroom Supernova
Starry Night Over the Rhone
Guardians of the Secret
Forest Temple
Shroom Lake
Fire Temple
Mr. Freeze
Mr. Burns
Koopa Rave

We seem to have a pretty good balance of levels per world so far, except for World 6. And I personally think that The Nightmare Universe and Oil Oasis should be moved up a few worlds. The former for sure, since it really feels out of place for World 1 on account of it's intended atmosphere. Molten Magma would also be better off in World 6 or 7.

Speaking of which I'm not really sure what to do about Davenport. I approved Molten Magma because I know he has a tendency to randomly rehaul his levels without telling anyone. And I thought this draft was pretty good aside from some bad design choices that I figured we could just fix up ourselves. Most of his other levels seem okay but Faron Woods in particular really needs that interior part changed to something else.

author=DarklordKeinor
The only jarring thing is the ending. Did you actually run out of level memory or did you put the sign there to be funny?

I couldn't think of anything. Bosses aren't my strong point.