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The Lost World

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I'm working on a rom hack that is not kaizo for once, and try to aim for "The lost levels" difficulty. I only got one level done right now but I'm planning of maybe 30 levels. Here's a preview of the first level.

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Also, I'm calling my hack "The lost World" but I think the name is not creative. If you can come up with a better name for it let me know.
Heh, I remember making a SMBX (NOT ADVERTISING) level with that name... Sucked pretty bad... Looks like we have the same minds. XD
Anyway, the hack still looks quite Kaizo (You must play that thing WAY too much... :P ). Try making more land areas. And, if your going to make a Kaizo hack, PLEASE make it nice. :P Anyway, judging from the video, it looks pretty good. But the bottom of the ledge with the Dragon Coin in it was kinda cut-off...
Revelation 20-21: He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming quickly." Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
This doesn't look kaizo at all like living4jesus said except where the banzai bill is in that small passage.

There is cut off around the dragon coins use some Map16 trickery to make it look better.

I feel the level you showed was very well built but kind of bland try adding more decorations and maybe go out from the realm of vanilla unless that is the style you are going for then use map16 trickier like I said.
Originally posted by ninja boy

There is cut off around the dragon coins use some Map16 trickery to make it look better.

Don't even attempt that... I tried making a Lunar Moon with dirt around it, and it didn't come out good at all... And about the Kaizo thing: I'm not a good player, so... :P
Revelation 20-21: He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming quickly." Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
I'm not saying put the dragon coin in dirt I'm saying fix the fact that half the dirt doesn't have the black boarder
Fixed the dragon coin cutoff and made the level darker.



Also, here's a preview for the second level:

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Some things I will change in the level is the Hammer Bro throwing speed and move the Ceiling up a tile.
The icy Pipe at 0:50 is very out of place. Change the palette of that. Everything else looks great though. Though putting a Yoshi Coin after the Goal is not usually a good idea since it doesn't fade out.
I like the way it looks as if Mario has gone in the pipe but hasn't exited the level. Good use of the P-Switch to get a bonus at the end.
Originally posted by MarioFan22
putting a Yoshi Coin after the Goal is not usually a good idea since it doesn't fade out


I can apply the fade fix patch but I didn't...yet.

Here's a preview of the third level:

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The only reason I'm doing videos for some levels because I'm a bit worry about the difficulty. I want hard but don't want kaizo hard. Also, how good is the level design?
compatibly the difficulty took a big jump between level 1 and 2 and even more with 2 and 3 with the floating platform part but I would also suggest you letting the player know that the muncher vines will hurt you in level 3.
Any comment on the sub map?



Also, I'm hoping to get the castle level done tomorrow so you can wait then.
the map is pretty bland and a little square with some perspective errors. I'd also suggest using the black lines to separate flat and slanted cliff areas to make it look better.
DO. NOT. WANT.
The overworld is...
1. Bland
2. Cut-off
3. Box-like (Which means it's really square)
4. The water is plain blue. Use the 'Rolling Waters' tile insted. The blue water tiles make the overworld look bland
I'm willing to fix up the overworld for you. Also, the levels are still Kaizo...
Revelation 20-21: He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming quickly." Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Livin4Jesus: Is this better? If not I can PM you the overworld.

OK, if you want to PM me the overworld, get a fresh new copy of SMW, open up your hack, then open the overworld editor. Then open the new SMW ROM, go to the overworld editor, and go to File > Save Overworld to ROM. Then make a .ips and PM it to me. I'll try and make it as nice as possible. #w{=D}
Revelation 20-21: He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming quickly." Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
It been a while, a lot longer then I thought anyways. Just posting to show that I am still working on the hack, but a lot slower then you guys think. Don't worry, I plan to put aside my kazio hack (not for half a year though) so I can finish this. Here's a preview of level 4 and 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef9AmO5BdUk

Please note that there are some bugs I have to work out before these levels become final.

Also, I'm planning to make it that if you beat a level that you will go to the next level. Instead of going to the overworld. But the problem is that I have little asm knowledge and I don't know if it is possible to do. Some help would be nice if it is possible, and a link to a really helpful asm tutorial would be extremely helpful to.

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