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"It's not meant to be deep" and "if you do think about it however, it's pretty fucked up" are not contradictory statements. No. If it's not meant to be deep, it just means that the "hidden fucked up" nature of it is also unintended. However, that doesn't erase the fact...

I think a much better way to develop a sort of "design document", as you said, would be to study the many ways 2D platformers explore gimmicks and variation in gameplay (such as the aforementioned four step method), rather than just try to mimic what you believe Nintendo's levels to be ju...

the title implies that the mice are let out unharmed

You could say that, buuut, most smw resources have a tendency to never actually get used while everyone just keeps submitting 100 levels to the vanilla level design context. This hack actually pushes the resources to their limits immediately rather than just demoing them like a tech demo would. I a...

raocow wrote: ↑3 years ago a lot of people have been saying a lot of good things about this

even me. I didn't even like playing this hack, but I really admire it from a designer's standpoint.

It really commits to its premise and isn't afraid of sticking to its niche.

There's no doubt in my mind that the comets bring nothing interesting to the table aside from "being impressive" and appealing to a certain type of fanservice, and I feel as though their inclusion and forced interaction with the player is a very typical kind of mistake - such decisions are...

One of the major issues in this hack (other than the very slow intro into the properly new stuff) is slowdown, most of the levels in this hack suffer from it, it's mostly because the og smb3 never had too many entities on screen at once, since the way smb3 was programmed is different from how smb1/...

yeah, Super Mario Bros. is a very dynamic experience. It's so different depending on how you chose to take on the game.

Nah, the warp zone was moved to being the Side-Room where the third Star Coin is and is just by itself. I mean, the Warp Zone is definitely way more iconic than water generic bonus room was there in the og!

That was a really good level coming from levelengine! It's too bad about the time limit problem -- the level probably would have scored just a bit higher if not for that mistake.

Ashan wrote: ↑4 years ago

Mandew wrote: ↑4 years ago knowing the author, this is definitely part of a full-on romhack.

Is that not explicitly against the rules of the contest?

So long as the work on the level had started after the contest started, it was allowed.

On today's episode of: raocow Plays Secret of Chrono Evermore, he plays through 2300 AD's Omnitopia Mana Fortress. Heck of a time, dodging those Quickman Lasers though! Was that from a standalone game/hack? It felt like a slice of pie that wasn't large enough but still had a way different flavor th...

✓ Takes an absurd crossover premise ✓ Tries to make it dark, depressing and edgy ✓ Spends metric tons of energy trying to make it look cool on the surface ✓ Doesn't finish the job where it matters ✓ Shows attachment to level design set-ups despite the fact that they effectively just become ESP traps...

Where's the Green Switch? I won't consider the LP finished until it's found! the green switch is a myth. it doesn't exist. It's nowhere to be found. I even made sure to remove the Green Switch's programming from the game so no-one can trace it. you'll never find it. evil laughter. you MONSTER!!! bu...

Sebby19 wrote: ↑4 years ago Where's the Green Switch? I won't consider the LP finished until it's found!

the green switch is a myth. it doesn't exist. It's nowhere to be found. I even made sure to remove the Green Switch's programming from the game so no-one can trace it. you'll never find it. evil laughter.

This was cute as hell. Well done all around. Was that one song with the Kirby 3 soundfont actually a Kirby 3 song? I didn't recognize the melody at all. D: It's actually this song from Kirby's Return to Dreamland. Here's the port's page . It was ported by Pinci. also: thank you so much everyone. I'...

Awoo wrote: ↑4 years ago I really like the sprite(s) for Nancy, they're super adorable. You did them yourself, right, Mandew?

Yup, I made the Nancy sprites myself <:

Thanks for the compliments and encouragements, everyone!

Kilgamayan wrote: ↑4 years ago Out of curiosity, what happens in the mine cart level if you jump on a Spiny?

player takes damage

the dorito bois save the day

Bean wrote: ↑4 years ago Holding Down - Drops it at his feet. This version explodes faster than all the others for reasons I don't get.

that's because the explosion timer starts when the bomb hits the ground and stops bouncing
when you drop a bomb straight down it doesn't bounce like at all.

that they certainly are

It's the second smw ROMhack I've made It's the sequel to The Hooray: Fishing Season It's something I'm definitely excited to see raocow play It's Fishing Season 2 ! a short, bite-sized hack developed in the first half of 2017, Fishing Season 2 makes the player take the role of Nancy. Wendy Koopa sto...

overall I think this game got a lot of things right, and it got some really weird things wrong.

What's even weirder is that the third tier has been having, by far, the least amount of mistakes compared to first tier and second tier.

honestly your argument has quite a few leaps in logic. Here's what I get from it: Premise: some streamers prohibit backseat gaming on twitch backseat gaming being prohibited = chat becomes reactionary and dull Conclusion: If backseat gaming is prohibited on the talkhaus, forum threads will become bo...

Do you want all the posts to just be "reactions"? I sure don't. And I doubt raocow does either. I don't know what you're talking about. We have such an amazing range of reactions here on the talkhaus. People go in-depth about things that just happened, and offer tons of hindsight and crit...