I was unable to finish this level due to a sort of family emergency and then immediately settling into a new job. Oh well, maybe next year. Formerly titled "Broken Goal Tape". Story: The goal tape is broken and it's up to you to find the missing piece and put it back together. This would be my first contribution to any project, but I've been experimenting with SMW for over 10 years and have just never finished anything. Everything is executed in adherence with the policies of this contest, to my knowledge. To do: 🍆 Change the fish bone into something else, because the Eerie Boos need those tiles for the tongue face. 🍆 Do something with Room #25 & #26. 🍆 Reduce difficulty and increase fairness of the mid-way area. 🍆 Do something with the top layer of #1 (which you haven't seen yet). New pictures: New video: Old picture: Level @ 06/02/2019 2130 Old videos: 2019 02 09 00 15 25 2019 02 07 23 11 26 2019 02 07 19 48 55 2019 02 06 17 31 41 2019 02 04 23 19 28 Since starting the sub-level, I'm beginning to think that I've crossed into insanity and should pull back a bit. I like difficult levels, but I'd put a distinction between "very hard" and "kaizo". There's no damage boosting and shell jumps here. This is the sort of difficulty I'd like near the end of a game. There's some sprite tile limits that I need to tend to, so if you speedran through the level carrying an item, sprites would all still spawn correctly. I'm a bit iffy about having the little piranha plant as an enemy you can't jump on in one colour, and then a blue version of the same GFX being possible to jump on. That's too inconsistent imo. |
Originally posted by Conal
I like difficult levels, but I'd put a distinction between "very hard" and "kaizo". There's no damage boosting and shell jumps here. This is the sort of difficulty I'd like near the end of a game.
This isn't "kaizo", it's called "hard for the wrong reasons". Starting with hiding threats behind the trees, and the visual confusion all around. The replacements make no sense and it's not obvious to tell what is what, and when you're overwhelmed with things coming at you from all sides you sort of need to know that.
Please don't make this year's chore level is what I ask of you
Also the red things in the background stick out, like a lot.
It's easily the best thing I've done
So why the empty numb?