*X3 WINNER CONGRATS TO ENJL* the one with the seasonal allergies

[Zephyr_DragonLord]

YO THIS IS JUST RIGHT OFF THE PRESS!
The author of today's level commented on youtube and said he DID use the gimmicks of temple, tightfisted and bowser statue, as well as bonus big steely! I guess he just.. didn't convey this information with his level submission ?

This... explains a ton about the level. Alas, poor communication does damage (to the score). I did feel this was oddly structured for a level that didn't have any terms to follow.

[Draexzhan]

Boy... I can see why Rameau marked this as their least favorite level.

It looks hard, long, frustrating, and above all, very dry. If you're going to make a hard level it's extremely important that you keep it interesting. It... really doesn't get much less interesting than this.

[7TC7]

I kinda want to ask one of the judges/devs to let me know if I included any comments with my submission and subsequently if I'm allowed to add some if I didn't. I assume I just sent a text file with the gimmick items I used but now I kinda want to put a brief two-cents about my thoughts in there for the LP's sake >_>

I want to second this. I was surprised when I saw that peoples README.txt were actually put into the contest proper, as I was certain those were just supposed to include instructions for the people judging/making the episode.

[Draexzhan]

I kinda want to ask one of the judges/devs to let me know if I included any comments with my submission and subsequently if I'm allowed to add some if I didn't. I assume I just sent a text file with the gimmick items I used but now I kinda want to put a brief two-cents about my thoughts in there for the LP's sake >_>

I want to second this. I was surprised when I saw that peoples README.txt were actually put into the contest proper, as I was certain those were just supposed to include instructions for the people judging/making the episode.

I was the same way, so I put my two cents in the level itself. Had I known... Oh well.

[Nimono]

Yeah, I interpreted that as being solely instructions for the judges, not creator commentary to be put in the project. I guess enough people used it for that, that they decided to use it for that for everyone...

EDIT: He says, as he finds out that for both his entries he put in a story giving basically dev commentary, thus clearly contributed to the issue. >w>;

[TaviTurnip]

Enjl basically gave me the "not at this time" answer as far as adding commentary goes and I said that was cool, so unfortunately my level is condemned to only having the provided gimmick items (I think??) as its comment in-game :P

[Duker]

I blame the thread title for this:


(without the MV part though)

[Dragon Fogel]

The twist is that you killed JFK by going through the level, somehow.

[tangy]

now i'm worried about getting tanked for not following gimmick, because it mightily confused me

[Zephyr_DragonLord]

The only thing that personally concerns me is that some of the older sprites may not have been displayed right in the new engine, and that would have resulted in the judges having a worse time. Thankfully, I've not gotten to see that yet here (and hopefully none of that happens at all), but I do get to see this nice spike in quality.

140th - Ponty Mython and the Grrroly Hail: Ah, a level holding itself up by its dialogue rather than its gameplay, which is simple but unobtrusive. There's definitely some nice bits here, and the vines were neat, but as said by Rameau, the lack of a punchline is disappointing. Though having a conclusion is better than lacking one altogether. Also, we're getting custom graphics/sprites already. I have a feeling we're going to see lots of that.

139th - The Frozen Dimensions: Speaking of custom graphics, nice job going in on them here. The SMB1 graphics look the neatest out of the bunch, and it's pretty faithful to the SMB1 design philosophy, which is a big plus. Sadly, such cohesion does not continue into the other sections, besides being held together by the winter acestetics. It's overall a cool level, but there's definitely some held-back potential here. Lastly, the NSMB graphics don't translate well to the SMBX engine, but a valiant attempt was made, and I can appreciate it.

138th - Structure that Pierces the Sky: That's a name I recognize, too. It's unfortunate that this was a rush job, because utilizing Rexes like this is neat. With another section elborating and mixing other elements in, this level has great potential to be up there with some of the better ones. But at least the beginning and ending graphics are beautiful, and that's a really good takeaway from this one, and enough for me to forgive the strictness with some of the setups. Well done for a day's work.

[LunarRainbowShyGuy]

I found all three of these levels to be pretty easy - I didn't die a single time on any of them - but I personally appreciate some nice easy levels, especially after yesterday's level.

- Level Comments -

Ponty Mython and the Grrroly Hail: I liked the section with the vines; too bad it doesn't really last very long. I would have liked to see this level go on a bit longer. Also, I like that the author put invisible walls around the car at the end so you can't jump off the right side and get yourself trapped.

The Frozen Dimensions: Seeing the enemies in the NSMB sections have just two frames of animation was amusing to me. I liked the idea of switching between different styles, but each style having a completely different feel from the others means there isn't really time for each of them to develop their ideas.

Structure that Pierces the Sky: Somehow I didn't really notice what was going on in the background when I was playing this myself. Anyway, I liked the setups with the rexes, but again I find myself wishing this level was longer.

- End of Level Comments -

I didn't really have much to say about these levels, but that doesn't mean I didn't like them, quite the opposite in fact. When I don't like something I can go on and on about its flaws, but when I do like something I never know what to say.

[Donut]

After seeing the Utena graphics in the third level, I was hoping for some Utena music to go along with the level, especially since the lyrics of most of the fight themes in that show could be mistaken for lists of MaGLX3 gimmick terms anyway.

[KobaBeach]

not even surprised leet made the utena stage

man all these stages fucking ruled, 1st place to all

After seeing the Utena graphics in the third level, I was hoping for some Utena music to go along with the level, especially since the lyrics of most of the fight themes in that show could be mistaken for lists of MaGLX3 gimmick terms anyway.

I think they're copyrighted by king records

[Kincyr]

is there an official total count for this throughout all the MAGLs so far?

[Veruchai]

Nostalgic Venomous Rainforest:
Followed its theme and looked nice, basically only needed to copy paste some more screens for a higher score.

Tightfisted Temple:
Followed its theme and looked nice, basically only needed to refrain from copy pasting some screens for a higher score.

The Frozen Dimensions:
I wonder about this one.
I liked the non-custom sections the best but was that because playing smbx that is familiar and comfortable thus I'm biased?
Or, hypothesis; those sections are actually better because with more blocks available in the editor they were easier to construct?


And I feel you Leet. I think I finished exactly 4 talkhaus levels and they have all been fundamentally flawed. Actual objective quality aside, with just an hour or so to patch a single thing each would be so much better. One day I'll make a level I don't regret.

[Rixithechao]

I really need to finish watching Utena.

is there an official total count for this throughout all the MAGLs so far?

if there’s not a Best i hope i win 2021 in this year’s Mosts I will be extremely disappointed

[KobaBeach]

also an addendum, snowdin feels extremely fitting and yet extremely unfitting in a mario snow level i hate it

[FourteenthOrder]

utena's my favorite anime ever highly recommended

Also now that we're into actual levels I'm increasingly afraid my level was forgotten because a lot of things seem better than what I did. :c
although it probably wasn't lost i'm probably just being critical of myself but stilllllllllllllll

[Grounder]

i can't believe leet carried out the jfk assassination

[PSI Ninja]

After playing through Tightfisted Temple, I suspected something was wrong when NPC Sturg said that the gimmick terms were ignored. I mean, why else would one use the word "tightfisted" so many times in the dialogue.

The only problem I had with Leet's level was the part with the two Rexes, where you had to slide under the one-tile high opening as Big Mario. I couldn't slide all the way through, so whenever I tried to duck-jump mash my way to the right I kept grabbing onto the ladder, causing me to zip back to the left. It's much harder to duck-jump mash in SMBX than in SMW. And it seems like you zip in the opposite direction to where you're facing? Still getting used to this engine. Other than that, having to manage your Rex jumps across the horizontal screen wraps was a cool idea.

[kitikami]

I thought the JFK plot resolved nicely with the subtle hinting that it was Mike Scioscia, but i can see it being too open-ended for some people's tastes.

[Chirei]

someone port the rave background of leet's level into winamp

[AweStriker]

I’m catching up. This third level (Sedron’s) does not lack the depth to convince me that it is really Hell

[Slimeman01]

I think out of all the levels played so far, Ponty Mython is my favourite simply because I like the stupid joke of it, I find it really dumb in all the right ways

[KobaBeach]

investigate 3/11