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all other levels so far have been 1/2 a jump in difficulty
so sadistic is the other half

yeah the ice/sky map is ugly after unlocking everything. I totally did that for replay value, yep :)

my dev commentary for cold trees is that jump 1/2 needed a forest level with a secret exit but i could only have 1 level slot and no sublevels

yeah

BTW my levels in this hack are more of janky vanilla showcases than anything particularly extraordinary, but I like them.

I FINALLY fixed the bug where PNG images don't combine and error out; V1.2 has been added to the OP.

the level was named right after i went to that exact furcon Kobabeach
your welcome everyone

so yeah Baller is my first dive into making puzzle levels and to be honest I don't think I did very well on this one lol Despite how well it turned out for others, I was annoyed by the amount of knowledge you need to figure out how to solve the puzzles with all the block and sprite interactions then...

ye it's my level. If I remember correctly I was inspired by Kerkec's entry in magl3 which is a fun hectic vertical platformer. Thus I made a level only out of vertical sections. Meanwhile the theming was inspired by vldc9's Hotel level by Frost . And finally the room raocow missed is really just a 1...

I MADE AN ASM is my personal favorite of the contest; I love how clever it is using minimal chocolate.
I have a feeling most will like it more than the top 3.

yes
no plans for a collab this time and you cannot have more than 1 exit, but if you're having a level contest itch then this can scratch it.

also morsel/morceau and I are judging it so you know it'll be good

wow I completely forgot about this contest
IIRC the top 10 is pretty good.

As for why Frozen Fortress is near the bottom, I remember it being quite frustrating for the judges with how cramped and precise it ended up being for them.

There's a solution to the green block puzzle room that raocow missed.
Hint:

It is in the room above it.

I want an entire game with raocow-voice sound effects.

I'm making a cameo here to say to use the R button liberally for camera control rather than the C buttons.

I love that both Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogo and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA tied for 9th.

right i made an entry
i mostly utilized the wavy boos and sleepy goombas cause the balloon and broken stretchy boo were difficult to use creatively. could've used the little cloud enemy that went back and forth but eh
stay tuned for a sister entry of this later
don't ask how i got 5th place

fun fact: the first draft of today's level was extremely janky, complicated, and involved cannons following you spitting out saws.

Yeah I think the cat shell streams worked out better.

I actually had more issues relating to conveyance and difficult mechanics than the level's massive length, particularly in the gravity and snake sections. It's one of those weird situations where you really appreciate all the creativity and aesthetics but you don't feel as impressed as you should be...

The problem with Exhausted Mario is that it focuses more on having the exact correct inputs than on making few unnecessary inputs. I think the gimmick could work if there was simply 50% more stamina meter for everything. That said, it did get 10th, but the puzzley design allowed for super divisive o...

Space level today is probably my favorite from the contest, but it got a small penalty for being updated after the deadline. Interestingly it wouldn't be top 3 without the penalty; I could have seen this entry winning the contest. (i manage to confuse this thread with the celeste thread due to the t...

The biggest crime today's level committed was simply just difficulty, at least when I played it.
And considering how good raocow is I could see him enjoying it.

tfw idol is doing the same thread title gimmick that I did for VLDC9
yeah these bottom two places aren't THAT terrible but the judges really did not like levels that have no cohesion

Yeah SMWC is working on VLDCX behind the scenes but they're not going to like break their backs over getting it out quickly. Anyway, as idol mentioned somewhere, what's kind of fascinating about this contest is that there really isn't any super boring levels; you can argue that each one has a unique...

My friend showed me this game a few weeks ago, and it was SO good. Awesome that raocow is lping it.
Fun fact: I died on the bridge breaking scene since I didn't jump far enough to trigger the cutscene, which kind of killed the introduction to the most important ability but was still hilarious.

That was super incredible good.
Fantastic job Enjl, Rocky, and Hoeloe; if this becomes a framework for ASMT 3D platformers I'd totally be down for working on them, haha