The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
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The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
or something along those lines.
So SMW Central had yet another vanilla level design contest and it was released as a neat looking hack at the following C3. And now raocow's playing it! So yeah...words or something. If you wish to download the hack so you can play for yourself and enjoy the majesty that are the so-called "low quality garbage world" levels, you can click on this wonderful link: http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=6872
And here's the ever so useful video list:
-01- the goosest chase
->82nd: Nice Ice Adventure
->81st: Green Muncher Land
-02- this ain't so bad
->80th: The Comeback
->79th: Bones - Hot Buss
->78th: Vanilla Death Keep
-03- overnight sensation
->77th: Twilight Lakeside
-04- it was 1975
->T75th: Cumulus Crag
->T75th: Nocturnal Freeze
-05- megaspike time!!
->19th: Castle of Chaos
->T26th: Reset Tower
->T28th: Sheer Cold Chateau
-06- death is peaceful right
->T63rd: Frosted Flame Fort
->T42nd: Peaceful Night
->ℵth: Red Switch Palace Switch Palace
-07- feels good
->T21st: Sexy Trap House
->T28th: Fun Gun Factory
->T42nd: The Magma Ship
-08- puzzle and puzzle (+puzzle)
->T16th: Dark Depth Luks
->T30th: From Hot to Cold
-09- confoundment
->T10th: Shivery Smolder
->T26th: Emerald Grotto
->T34th: Malicious Mines
->Ωth: Blue Switch Palace Switch Palace
-10- PIRACY
->T10th: Magma Cavern
->T23rd: Coal Stone Cavity
->T71st: Inferno Athletic Warning: save-state abuse
-11- cave of cave endings
->T63rd: Lotus Cave Overpass
->T34th: Grinder Grotto
-12- best deserts
->T10th: Parallel Pyramid
->T14th: Cortex Pyramid
->T48th: Red Hot Ruckus
-13- even better desert
->~Parallel Pyramid~ Missed Secret Exit
->62nd: Desert Battlefront
->58th: Gritty Desert
->T56th: Why the Sand's Hot
-14- timespace holes
->~Desert Battlefront~ Missed Secret Exit
->~Gritty Desert~ Missed Secret Exit
->~Why the Sand's Hot~ Confusion
->T46th: Bullet Bill Forest
->T46th: Achromatopsia Area
-15- Baum und Knochen
->T44th: Cloudy Sea Ruins
->T39th: Wood and Welkin
->T50th: Stormwood Manor
-16- secretly spooky world
->73rd: Darkest Woods
->T67th: Hostel snoopy
-17- edge out the spook
->T23rd: Spooky Scary Swamp
->52nd: FOREST OF ILLUSION
->T30th: Pleasant Forest
-18- lumbering lucketash
->~Spooky Scary Swamp~ Missed Secret Exit
->38th: Spiny Logging Fort
->T48th: Stony Seaside
-19- pandora's cave
->18th: Cavern of Pandora
-20- pandora's pandora
->~Cavern of Pandora~ Missed Secret Exit
->T14th: Zip-Line Adventure
->μth: Green Switch Palace Switch Palace
-21- mysterious D
->T34th: Morton's Magma Mountain
->33rd: Tri-Top Traverse
-22- that kinda there place
->~Tri-Top Traverse~ Missed Secret Exit
->T63rd: To the Forest
->74th: Purple Plateau
->T69th: Sunset Scare
-23- mario that mario
->13th: Rushed Ridge
->T63rd: Rexes and Koopas
->T34th: Reznor's Ixe Path
-24- a taste of things that are
->~Reznor's Ice Path~ Missed Secret Exit
->T44th: Baked Fish Cake
->T23rd: Devious Devices
-25- high high sky five
->T56th: Stronger Than Dirt
->20th: Lakitu's Castle
->T21st: Algid Ascent
->T50th: Hanging Gardens
-26- ice town nice town
->T71st: Winter Wrap World
->T59th: Brisk Barren
->T59th: Prism Peaks
->T39th: Frosty Freeze
-27- super clever ice-based title
->T54th: Shivery Summit
->61st: Untitled Joyride
->T54th: Frozen Passageway
-28- icychalk 180
->T16th: Snow My!
->T30th: Floating Fish
->εth: Yellow Switch Palace Switch Palace
->9th: NONSENS ZONE
-29- a crazy world I dreamt of the other day...
->53rd: Realtor
->T39th: Uncave
->T69th: Epilepsia Way
->T67th: Koopa Road
-30- theatre of sixes
->T6th: A Study in Fulcrums
->T6th: Volcanic Boiler
-31- inside-out
->T6th: Inside Intestines
->5th: Quicksand Inc.
->4th: Snake Eater
-FINAL- forest city mountain
->3rd: Touch Fuzzy The Bronzth Medal
->2nd: One Sunday Morning The Silverth Medal
->1st: Blazing Peak The Goldth Medal
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So SMW Central had yet another vanilla level design contest and it was released as a neat looking hack at the following C3. And now raocow's playing it! So yeah...words or something. If you wish to download the hack so you can play for yourself and enjoy the majesty that are the so-called "low quality garbage world" levels, you can click on this wonderful link: http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=6872
And here's the ever so useful video list:
-01- the goosest chase
->82nd: Nice Ice Adventure
->81st: Green Muncher Land
-02- this ain't so bad
->80th: The Comeback
->79th: Bones - Hot Buss
->78th: Vanilla Death Keep
-03- overnight sensation
->77th: Twilight Lakeside
-04- it was 1975
->T75th: Cumulus Crag
->T75th: Nocturnal Freeze
-05- megaspike time!!
->19th: Castle of Chaos
->T26th: Reset Tower
->T28th: Sheer Cold Chateau
-06- death is peaceful right
->T63rd: Frosted Flame Fort
->T42nd: Peaceful Night
->ℵth: Red Switch Palace Switch Palace
-07- feels good
->T21st: Sexy Trap House
->T28th: Fun Gun Factory
->T42nd: The Magma Ship
-08- puzzle and puzzle (+puzzle)
->T16th: Dark Depth Luks
->T30th: From Hot to Cold
-09- confoundment
->T10th: Shivery Smolder
->T26th: Emerald Grotto
->T34th: Malicious Mines
->Ωth: Blue Switch Palace Switch Palace
-10- PIRACY
->T10th: Magma Cavern
->T23rd: Coal Stone Cavity
->T71st: Inferno Athletic Warning: save-state abuse
-11- cave of cave endings
->T63rd: Lotus Cave Overpass
->T34th: Grinder Grotto
-12- best deserts
->T10th: Parallel Pyramid
->T14th: Cortex Pyramid
->T48th: Red Hot Ruckus
-13- even better desert
->~Parallel Pyramid~ Missed Secret Exit
->62nd: Desert Battlefront
->58th: Gritty Desert
->T56th: Why the Sand's Hot
-14- timespace holes
->~Desert Battlefront~ Missed Secret Exit
->~Gritty Desert~ Missed Secret Exit
->~Why the Sand's Hot~ Confusion
->T46th: Bullet Bill Forest
->T46th: Achromatopsia Area
-15- Baum und Knochen
->T44th: Cloudy Sea Ruins
->T39th: Wood and Welkin
->T50th: Stormwood Manor
-16- secretly spooky world
->73rd: Darkest Woods
->T67th: Hostel snoopy
-17- edge out the spook
->T23rd: Spooky Scary Swamp
->52nd: FOREST OF ILLUSION
->T30th: Pleasant Forest
-18- lumbering lucketash
->~Spooky Scary Swamp~ Missed Secret Exit
->38th: Spiny Logging Fort
->T48th: Stony Seaside
-19- pandora's cave
->18th: Cavern of Pandora
-20- pandora's pandora
->~Cavern of Pandora~ Missed Secret Exit
->T14th: Zip-Line Adventure
->μth: Green Switch Palace Switch Palace
-21- mysterious D
->T34th: Morton's Magma Mountain
->33rd: Tri-Top Traverse
-22- that kinda there place
->~Tri-Top Traverse~ Missed Secret Exit
->T63rd: To the Forest
->74th: Purple Plateau
->T69th: Sunset Scare
-23- mario that mario
->13th: Rushed Ridge
->T63rd: Rexes and Koopas
->T34th: Reznor's Ixe Path
-24- a taste of things that are
->~Reznor's Ice Path~ Missed Secret Exit
->T44th: Baked Fish Cake
->T23rd: Devious Devices
-25- high high sky five
->T56th: Stronger Than Dirt
->20th: Lakitu's Castle
->T21st: Algid Ascent
->T50th: Hanging Gardens
-26- ice town nice town
->T71st: Winter Wrap World
->T59th: Brisk Barren
->T59th: Prism Peaks
->T39th: Frosty Freeze
-27- super clever ice-based title
->T54th: Shivery Summit
->61st: Untitled Joyride
->T54th: Frozen Passageway
-28- icychalk 180
->T16th: Snow My!
->T30th: Floating Fish
->εth: Yellow Switch Palace Switch Palace
->9th: NONSENS ZONE
-29- a crazy world I dreamt of the other day...
->53rd: Realtor
->T39th: Uncave
->T69th: Epilepsia Way
->T67th: Koopa Road
-30- theatre of sixes
->T6th: A Study in Fulcrums
->T6th: Volcanic Boiler
-31- inside-out
->T6th: Inside Intestines
->5th: Quicksand Inc.
->4th: Snake Eater
-FINAL- forest city mountain
->3rd: Touch Fuzzy The Bronzth Medal
->2nd: One Sunday Morning The Silverth Medal
->1st: Blazing Peak The Goldth Medal
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
Green Muncher Land made me crack up to an unbelievable extent
It's a level a little kid would make except the spelling and grammar are pretty much perfect so I dunno.
It's a level a little kid would make except the spelling and grammar are pretty much perfect so I dunno.
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
Well, I remember exactly two levels from this contest (one of them for being really annoying, and the other is my own), so... hooray? Also just about everyone on SMWC seems to have already agreed that the judging for this one turned out kind of weird, so I'd suggest that people not pay all too much attention to the exact placements and maybe a bit of the usual arguing can be skipped this time?
And I'm fairly certain that this is the only SMW hack that has an online leaderboard. (well, sort of)
And I'm fairly certain that this is the only SMW hack that has an online leaderboard. (well, sort of)
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
I remember playing this and beating it! You can see my name in the Hall of Fame.
There's some good levels here btw
also hello b-side
There's some good levels here btw
also hello b-side
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
I like the sub-overworld for the shit levels and its music. The main overworld is alright too. I think the themed OW is a good idea: by not having them in order there's less scope for arguments about whether level X really deserved to score 0.25 more points or whatever than level Y. At that level of score similarity and without an objective marking system you might as well just call them equal.
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Whoever does the HUB for MAGLX2 should do similar. That was too funny.Doctor Shemp wrote:I like the sub-overworld for the shit levels and its music.
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Oh man, I remember this hack. I remember trying to beat it and failing because I'm terrible at SMW. This is going to be pretty awesome and fun at times!
Well it is a decent hack but sometime its just too repetitif there no level that actually pop in your face and your like oh yeah that level they all ressemble themselves and just monster along the way.
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Oh man that muncher level was so great. So many ARBITRARY places that serve no place, where your only hope of beating it is to go everywhere and try every single thing to you find that one place that leads to progress! So amazing, I can't believe it didn't get last in this contest. Although I guess an unfair level is worse. So I guess it's fine where it is.
Edit: Oh, by the way, the time limit was one of the main issues with this type of level. Seriously, why even have that if your aim is for the player to look around wildly til he finds it by chance.
Edit: Oh, by the way, the time limit was one of the main issues with this type of level. Seriously, why even have that if your aim is for the player to look around wildly til he finds it by chance.
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
Regarding the first level: we actually had to add in a goal sphere because it's next to impossible to beat legit. If I recall, it's about six sublevels full of stuff that's exponentially worse than the initial area shown in the video. There's another level coming up (perhaps tomorrow?) that's almost equally as bad in terms of length, but it smooths out a lot after that.
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Is there a video somewhere showing off a winning run of that level? Curious to see the whole level.
Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
Mario smokes some baaaaaad weed today.
Why don't you eat me?
I am perfectly tasty...
AND I'LL STEAL YOUR SOUL!
I am perfectly tasty...
AND I'LL STEAL YOUR SOUL!
Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
This is the closest I could find, but I believe some parts were changed in the final version.SAJewers wrote:Is there a video somewhere showing off a winning run of that level? Curious to see the whole level.
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19 minutes long. With tools. Wow.S.N.N. wrote:This is the closest I could find, but I believe some parts were changed in the final version.SAJewers wrote:Is there a video somewhere showing off a winning run of that level? Curious to see the whole level.
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Err, so in the event you find yourself putting your sanity through Hostel, as the level creator I have to mention that the Hostel level in the collab hack isn't the correct level and is incomplete, meaning it isn't what the judges played. Either way, it will terrible times.
If you do play through Hostel though, I ask that you play the original. Though I warn you, it will take a toll on you.
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If you do play through Hostel though, I ask that you play the original. Though I warn you, it will take a toll on you.
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
Pretty cute level
This video felt pleasantly nostalgic for some reason
This video felt pleasantly nostalgic for some reason
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What? The Hostel level was only 'sorta-complete'?
I have to walk throuhg THAT kind of hell again if I have to. For now, let me gather the rest of my courage to prepare for that. (or is it just me being a wimp...)
I have to walk throuhg THAT kind of hell again if I have to. For now, let me gather the rest of my courage to prepare for that. (or is it just me being a wimp...)
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Only 25% of the level was correctly inserted in the hack.En Gardevoir wrote:What? The Hostel level was only 'sorta-complete'?
I have to walk throuhg THAT kind of hell again if I have to. For now, let me gather the rest of my courage to prepare for that. (or is it just me being a wimp...)
I mean, all parts of the level is in the hack. But the exits where screwed up, so the entrance door actually sends you to the last 1/4 of the level. Reason why it seems like the player just gets thrown into a mess of things; they were supposed to be introduced to the player before that.
But yeah it's long. Like, reaaaaaally long. 4-levels-in-1 long. With difficulty that was sewn for more adept players, and pace that's more suited for old NES castlevania games.
Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
Woah, raocow's going to play something with a level I made in it? It's only been FOUR (omfg geez) years since the last time that happened.
Anyway, welcome to the 7th VLDC, where the judging is wonky, the worstest level map is significantly better than what was originally submitted, there's a lot of nice custom music made specifically for the hack that most people chose to ignore, and a few worst world-tier levels slipped into the official worlds! Heck yeah!
Edit: Oh, and there's going to be occasional really weird cut-off in some of the levels because this contest happened not too long after Lunar Magic gained new functionality that treats midpoints as objects. Still gives me a chuckle.
Anyway, welcome to the 7th VLDC, where the judging is wonky, the worstest level map is significantly better than what was originally submitted, there's a lot of nice custom music made specifically for the hack that most people chose to ignore, and a few worst world-tier levels slipped into the official worlds! Heck yeah!
Edit: Oh, and there's going to be occasional really weird cut-off in some of the levels because this contest happened not too long after Lunar Magic gained new functionality that treats midpoints as objects. Still gives me a chuckle.
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
Oh man. I remember giving up quickly on this hack because the difficulty man. All of my hate.
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
My tip of the day is that you can use the goal orb in Nice Ice Adventure to save the midpoint of any other level.
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
I do not think HackerOfTheLegend quite understands what being drained of all color means.
Why don't you eat me?
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
What we're going to see a case of soon (once we get out of the "worst" world) is that there are a couple levels that should have actually been placed there. The 75th place entry in particular is actually quite decent compared to, say, one of the 65th places. There aren't many cases of wonky judging like that, but the ones that are will be very obvious when they appear.
Also, tomorrow's level is likely going to be a trainwreck.
Also, tomorrow's level is likely going to be a trainwreck.
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
65th?S.N.N. wrote:one of the 65th places
Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
I just picked a random number that was slightly higher than 75th.
Point being, one of the entries coming up really doesn't belong on the map and at least two of the entries we'll see later do.
Point being, one of the entries coming up really doesn't belong on the map and at least two of the entries we'll see later do.
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Re: The 2014th Smoo Central Vanilla Contest
Regarding those switch blocks: I saw the Switch Palace icons on the map, but are there actually functional Switch Palaces in the game?
This fits me far too well: