Not only are they bigger, but they were also sped up.TaviTurnip wrote:I don't know if I remember Bowser 3's fireballs being that scary, though? The sword graphic might be bigger than the fireball but that didn't seem the same to me. Normally jumping the fireballs isn't that worrisome.
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Re: SMWCX - Bubbly Clouds
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Re: SMWCX - Bubbly Clouds
thank god that boss in the orange level was changed from the tower of biased X version
it used to be just throwing bombs at meta-knight-reskinned-smb3-bowser and it took forever lol; this is a lot better and creative
it used to be just throwing bombs at meta-knight-reskinned-smb3-bowser and it took forever lol; this is a lot better and creative
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Re: SMWCX - Midgar
That was a surprisingly straightforward level there. I expected worse from four stars.
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Re: SMWCX - Midgar
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*panic intensifies*TaviTurnip wrote:There's no video yet
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Re: SMWCX - Midgar
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Re: SMWCX - Snow Land
Definitely the HARDESTT WROST TIME SWOTCH LEVEL IVE EVRE ESEEEEN!!
All of today's levels were cool D: Also it's hard to say no to the Mt. Pyre theme.
All of today's levels were cool D: Also it's hard to say no to the Mt. Pyre theme.
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Re: SMWCX - Snow Land
That level isn't remotely hard, maybe Darkonius was thinking about something else...?
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Re: SMWCX - Snow Land
Actually, the only levels Darkonius made for SMWCX were Galoomba Plains and Clockwork Ruins. All I can think of is that he saw that his level was different and got really paranoid.Stink Terios wrote:That level isn't remotely hard, maybe Darkonius was thinking about something else...?
To those wondering what was different:
1) The parts where the player has to hit the time switches were way too short, most forcing the player to wait for 3/4ths of the time the time switch is active (and waiting = boring = not fun). Those parts weren't even modified that much; I just made them last longer so the player wouldn't have to wait so long, often combining two different runs and still having time left over in testing.
2) I made the boss EASIER. Having to grab a Yoshi egg before it hatches as well as avoiding a deadweight NPC that looks nearly identical to the eggs, ON TOP OF JUMPHURT=1 BOB-OMS?? Seriously, Darknoius, what were you thinking?? Plus, the fourth phase had a Thwomp attached to the boss, which had a very high chance of hurting players before they even realize what's going on (since they'll have to jump and throw the egg up to the boss).
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Re: SMWCX - Snow Land
That's... literally Cuckoo Condor, from Wario Land 4 (well, both phases merged together). That was an explicit reference that got changed! Like, the only way it could be more cuckoo condor is if it alternated between dropping and throwing saws as well.Imaynotbehere4long wrote:Having to grab a Yoshi egg before it hatches as well as avoiding a deadweight NPC that looks nearly identical to the eggs, ON TOP OF JUMPHURT=1 BOB-OMS?? Seriously, Darknoius, what were you thinking?? Plus, the fourth phase had a Thwomp attached to the boss, which had a very high chance of hurting players before they even realize what's going on (since they'll have to jump and throw the egg up to the boss).
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Re: SMWCX - Snow Land
Huh! I actually was going to say "oh man looks like raocow fought cuckoo condor again" or something but wow i was spot onBobisOnlyBob wrote:That's... literally Cuckoo Condor, from Wario Land 4 (well, both phases merged together). That was an explicit reference that got changed! Like, the only way it could be more cuckoo condor is if it alternated between dropping and throwing saws as well.Imaynotbehere4long wrote:Having to grab a Yoshi egg before it hatches as well as avoiding a deadweight NPC that looks nearly identical to the eggs, ON TOP OF JUMPHURT=1 BOB-OMS?? Seriously, Darknoius, what were you thinking?? Plus, the fourth phase had a Thwomp attached to the boss, which had a very high chance of hurting players before they even realize what's going on (since they'll have to jump and throw the egg up to the boss).
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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Re: SMWCX - Sunset Hill Zone
I need to know the music of the first level of today's video, thanks!
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Re: SMWCX - Sunset Hill Zone
aterraformer wrote:I need to know the music of the first level of today's video, thanks!
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Re: SMWCX - Sunset Hill Zone
Huh. For some reason I thought it came from Xenoblade or something.SAJewers wrote:aterraformer wrote:I need to know the music of the first level of today's video, thanks!
(Update: Composers were ACE. Possibly related to ACE+?)
I welcome the day a Western game composer can pull this kind of music off easily.
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Re: SMWCX - Sunset Hill Zone
Thank you!SAJewers wrote:aterraformer wrote:I need to know the music of the first level of today's video, thanks!
Re: SMWCX - Windy Hill Zone
I disagree with the idea that the secret exit was out of place, it was still using the levels "through line" gimmick of double-jump based platforming, but added the gimmick of beat blocks on top as a twist to it. In fact, if I have one complaint about this level (besides the finicky hops over munchers sometimes not being high enough) it's that the second half was really just more of the same stuff the first half was.
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Re: SMWCX - Windy Hill Zone
I am feeling oddly judgmental about this video. The first main part of the level felt... I dunno, kinda pointless, like. It felt like a gimmick that didn't really do anything fun with itself. It was just literally "do some sine waves with Toad like seven times also this one trick that will probably kill you" and while dressing it up with windmills made it more cute, it was very plain. It almost felt like an introduction to double jumping and not... what, world 6? I dunno.
Meanwhile the secret path was okay and raocow is just bad at timing :I
Meanwhile the secret path was okay and raocow is just bad at timing :I
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Re: SMWCX - Snow Land
Differences between SMBX and Wario Land 4:BobisOnlyBob wrote:That's... literally Cuckoo Condor, from Wario Land 4 (well, both phases merged together). That was an explicit reference that got changed! Like, the only way it could be more cuckoo condor is if it alternated between dropping and throwing saws as well.Imaynotbehere4long wrote:Having to grab a Yoshi egg before it hatches as well as avoiding a deadweight NPC that looks nearly identical to the eggs, ON TOP OF JUMPHURT=1 BOB-OMS?? Seriously, Darknoius, what were you thinking?? Plus, the fourth phase had a Thwomp attached to the boss, which had a very high chance of hurting players before they even realize what's going on (since they'll have to jump and throw the egg up to the boss).
- Wario can grab the eggs by standing under them; Mario can only grab Yoshi eggs from the side, which is incredibly finicky and hard to do, especially when the boss begins moving back and forth, and even more especially when the Thwomp resprite spawns.
- Wario can charge into the ducks to kill them before they explode; Mario can't kill jumphurt=1 bob-ombs (especially since they had nofireball=1 as well).
- Cuckoo Condor never generated un-grab-able eggs that would crush and kill the player if hit from above, even on S-Hard.
- Cuckoo Condor's grabber thing is clearly visible from the start and gives indication of when it's about to drop; the Thwomp resprite in Clockwork Ruins instantly appears in the 4th phase, giving first-time players no time to react to it.
- The player couldn't jump on top of the condor part of Cuckoo Condor because it was too high up; the player couldn't jump on the Pidgit part of Clockwork Ruins's boss because it had jumphurt=1, which is unintuitive even for people who haven't encountered Pidgits before (the only way to kill the Pidgit was by spin-jumping).
If you still don't think the changes were justified, feel free to play the original version.
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Re: SMWCX - Snow Land
Yeah, that's fair and all. Please don't mistake my exclamation mark for outrage or indignation at the change! Engine limitations are a problem and bad design is bad design. But as it is now, it only bears a passing resemblance to cuckoo condor, whereas before it was an explicit reference, albeit one that reached beyond the capabilities of the SMBX engine - or at least, past the capabilities of remaining fun. It's a shame there wasn't a way to implement it with the eggs more functional and the bombs not being set up quite so ridiculously, the altered version is obviously preferable, but it's interesting to see the original's more explicit design too.Imaynotbehere4long wrote:Differences between SMBX and Wario Land 4:BobisOnlyBob wrote:That's... literally Cuckoo Condor, from Wario Land 4 (well, both phases merged together). That was an explicit reference that got changed! Like, the only way it could be more cuckoo condor is if it alternated between dropping and throwing saws as well.Imaynotbehere4long wrote:Having to grab a Yoshi egg before it hatches as well as avoiding a deadweight NPC that looks nearly identical to the eggs, ON TOP OF JUMPHURT=1 BOB-OMS?? Seriously, Darknoius, what were you thinking?? Plus, the fourth phase had a Thwomp attached to the boss, which had a very high chance of hurting players before they even realize what's going on (since they'll have to jump and throw the egg up to the boss).
[changelog]
You're only thinking of the description based on its similarity to Cuckoo Condor, and not how it would affect SMBX gameplay. I'd rather play a good level than a reference level. Besides, people still got the reference, didn't they?
But since you asked so nicely...Imaynotbehere4long wrote:If you still don't think the changes were justified, feel free to play the original version.
- You're damn right about those eggs being finicky to catch, not impossible, but more annoying than challenging
- The bob-ombs have tiny explosions and produce less threat than a spiny, they're slow and very predictable even with jumphurt=1, and there's never more than 2 on the platform at once
- When jumphurt=1 I feel the sprite should be different somehow, a note at the beginning of the level is insufficient
- The deadweights are extremely easy to recognise and avoid too, only likely to kill on the first attempt at the second phase when you jump at it blindly
- They also clear bob-ombs harmlessly (as the explosion is almost the same width as the deadweight)
- I did not experience the instant crush glitch, but I will take your word for it and agree that's unacceptable
- The pendulum spawn is accompanied by a reset in Mr the Egg Timer's position, which can do instant damage at the start of the fourth phase, likely guaranteeing a kill unless the player has held onto their powerups well
- Once the pendulum-thwomp exists it poses similar threat to the deadweights, but combined with the fussy catching makes the fourth phase a pain
- During the fourth phase, eggs no longer produce bob-ombs but fall through the ground - unorthodox, but reduces threat again
- I somehow died to the final pidgit once, wtf am I literally raocow
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Re: SMWCX - Nowhere to Hyde
The hellevator ride was pretty rad because it's something you couldn't do in SMW as far as I know!
The Toadbot disappearing if you use the time switch feels like something they should've done something about!
That part after the conveyor belt ride probably should've been cut! But it doesn't seem unnecessarily difficult so it could be worse!
All those Rinkas at the end turned into lives! Twelve of them!
Overall today's levels were pretty OK!
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The Toadbot disappearing if you use the time switch feels like something they should've done something about!
That part after the conveyor belt ride probably should've been cut! But it doesn't seem unnecessarily difficult so it could be worse!
All those Rinkas at the end turned into lives! Twelve of them!
Overall today's levels were pretty OK!
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Re: SMWCX - Nowhere to Hyde
I feel like some level designers forget that mario doesn't have a health bar. This level was mostly fine but it reminded me of those ones you see in contests and such that are obviously designed to work like different platformers entirely where you don't just have 2-3 hits.
Re: SMWCX - Nowhere to Hyde
Can't you choose characters that have 3 HP in this, though? I thought toad/peach had SMB2-style health.tirakai wrote:I feel like some level designers forget that mario doesn't have a health bar. This level was mostly fine but it reminded me of those ones you see in contests and such that are obviously designed to work like different platformers entirely where you don't just have 2-3 hits.
Re: SMWCX - Nowhere to Hyde
Again, if you don't force people to choose a different character, almost everyone is going to default to Mario.
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Re: SMWCX - Nowhere to Hyde
3 HP is included in '2-3 hits'Giik wrote:Can't you choose characters that have 3 HP in this, though? I thought toad/peach had SMB2-style health.tirakai wrote:I feel like some level designers forget that mario doesn't have a health bar. This level was mostly fine but it reminded me of those ones you see in contests and such that are obviously designed to work like different platformers entirely where you don't just have 2-3 hits.