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KCX 2 - Results! Full Episode is out now!

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I was actually going to make a new thread when i was done judging, but this is fine too.

The Episode download*NOW SMBX 2.0 COMPATIBLE I THINK*(dont forget to grab the a2xt resources if you dont have it):
mega link:
https://mega.nz/#!5AkgQYDJ!NRz_3QoUCLBd ... K446YOyIGE
here, try a Mediafire mirror:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/2qtm9 ... GKL+X2.rar


8/31 changelog:
-made an exit warp for the tutorial room and entrance to the main hub
-fixed the lifts for 10th - 4th place
-Katazuki had his Star buried, which messes up the star counter, so I changed it to a normal star(this is the only time Ive changed anyone's level in any degree, it does not affect gameplay in the slightest though)



The Results!:
(click here for all of Mechdragon's reviews, for My reviews, check the spoiler under each name):
http://puu.sh/kNwAu.htm
17.Clamestarebla - Fun Happy Rave Tower Hell 39/120
Focus 3/10
Atmosphere 7/15
Creativity 6/15
Difficulty 6/20

Total: 22/60

well this was a thing, a few surprises thrown here and there, but not very interesting overall
16.PardoMaster3000 - Back To The Future And Then Back To The Past Again 41/120
Focus 1/10
Atmosphere 1/15
Creativity 1/15
Difficulty 4/20

Total: 19/60

"Difficulty 4/20"
15.Antiginger - Toad's Last Chance For Justice 49/120
Focus 4/10
Atmosphere 6/15
Creativity 5/15
Difficulty 4/20

Total: 19/60

you can just walk to the end without doing any of the pipes, why? otherwise the actual challenges were not very difficult(and the sound effects got annoying after awhile, partially due to their volume and how much theyre used). Since youre using lua consider re-arranging the level with multiple midpoints or perm events since that seems like the idea you were going for with the pipe checkpoints.
14.LunarRainbowShyGuy - Violet Mountain 56/120
Focus 5/10
Atmosphere 7/15
Creativity 5/15
Difficulty 5/20

Total: 22/60

There was 2 jumps that were kind of tricky to do, outside of that the level was pretty much a normal level with an alright gimmick in the second half.
13.Willhart - GrainDesire 60/120
Focus 10/10
Atmosphere 15/15
Creativity 10/15
Difficulty 6/20

Total: 41/60

Your design and atmosphere are top-notch as always, but the main focus of this contest is difficulty and its pretty much non-existant.
12.Moosh - I have no Frames and I Must SMBX 63/120
Focus 3/10
Atmosphere 8/15
Creativity 7/15
Difficulty 14/20

Total: 32/60

The option to skip to the star is justified for this level unlike a level I judged earlier. I always liked levels like this, really hard but short with little retry downtime.
11.Pikabread - Untitled Factory Place 67/120
Focus 5/10
Atmosphere 8/15
Creativity 6/15
Difficulty 9/20

Total: 28/60

Im really not too big on the timing of the lava switch thingys. that ending also kinda feels like it shouldnt be there
10.Rednaxela - Disco Tower 70/120
Focus 9/10
Atmosphere 15/15
Creativity 15/15
Difficulty 8/20

Total: 47/60

Just about everything in this level speaks to me.(and in rhythm no less) The cute disabling of cheating was also great.
9.MonkeyShrapnel - Muncher Mound 72/120
Focus 7/10
Atmosphere 9/15
Creativity 6/15
Difficulty 13/20

Total: 33/60

Both rides really drive my paitence up the wall. The really slow wait to get back to a part you died only to die again is a super huge time waster.
8.Ivy - Block Blast Bonaza 76/120
Focus 8/10
Atmosphere 12/15
Creativity 10/15
Difficulty 6/20

Total: 36/60

Minus8 really ruined this music for me.Rhythm gimmicks like this are always fun
7.Frozen Quills - This Level Only Contains Goombas 76.6/120
Focus 6/10
Atmosphere 8/15
Creativity 7/15
Difficulty 9/20

Total: 30/60

fast goombas are fast
6.Sedron - Discount Lava and Lava Accessories 77/120
Focus 5/10
Atmosphere 8/15
Creativity 11/15
Difficulty 12/20

Total: 36/60

I loved the first part with the autoscroll. The rest after that is kind of a blur right now but it was nowhere near as fun as it started.
5.Pyro: - Mario's Window Washing Adventure 79/120
Focus 5/10
Atmosphere 11/15
Creativity 13/15
Difficulty 10/20

Total: 39/60

A pretty different way of doing a collection quest on the second half, was pretty fun. everything before the midpoint just kind of exists.
4.ravegg - Demo and the Forlorn Kettle 83/120
Focus 6/10
Atmosphere 9/15
Creativity 12/15
Difficulty 8/20

Total: 35/60

Pretty sure I broke that puzzle, or was it ever one? Once you get how the shoe glitch works this was super easy.
3.Dog In Da Grass - Duck, Duck, Pugatory 88/120
Focus 8/10
Atmosphere 12/15
Creativity 10/15
Difficulty 16/20

Total: 46/60

I spent a whole hour getting the wall clipping down. I hate myself just a little more from playing this; oh and the level itself was pretty good.
2.Katazuki - I wanna be the cat planet cat 89/120
Focus 8/10
Atmosphere 15/15
Creativity 9/15
Difficulty 13/20

Total: 45/60

Once you realize lunapoints exist you can guess most of them. Other than that the level was pretty great. Grey and Black room took most of my lives.
1.7NameSam - Cotton Skyland 95/120
Focus 7/10
Atmosphere 15/15
Creativity 10/15
Difficulty 11/20

Total: 43/60


I do love the use of the pulleys in the second half. The last one took forever to get down even just once. The tileset is adorable and it really makes the level enjoyable to die on...alot.
Just post in this thread that you want to participate if you want to.

Rules:

Use the lunalua Devkit to design your level

1. Level must be beatable
2. Level must be kaizo
3. Level exit has to be a star

Clemasterable wrote:How about you have to make a very hard level that can be beaten because it isn't unfair and must show proof that it is by recording yourself playing through it
You can still submit a level if you didn't declare your interest.
You can resubmit your level how many times you'd like until the end of the contest.

You only have to do this if both judges give up on your level.

Due Date: August 1
You can send me re submissions before the contest ends.
When you submit your level pm me
1. A character filter.
2. The number of exits the level has(Maximum of 2)
3. Any glitches the level requires
4. Which characters your level uses(if more than one)

List of acceptable glitches

Finalization:
If you want to finalize your level just tell me
After finalization:

1. The person cannot resubmit their level
2. The judges will get the level scored quicker

MAGKLx 2:

7NameSam: Mario filter, 1 star, 1 resubmission:

Cotton Skyland


Antiginger, Toad Filter, 1 Star

Toad's Last Chance For Justice


Clamestarebla: Mario filter, 1 star:

Fun Happy Rave Tower Hell


Dog In Da Grass, Toad Filter, 1 Star

Duck, Duck, Pugatory


Frozen Quills, Mario Filter, 1 star

This Level Only Contains Goombas

: 1 Resubmission
diggable object spin jump glitch
Ivy, Luigi filter, 1 star

Block Blast Bonaza


Katazuki, Mario filter, 1 star

I wanna be the cat planet cat


LunarRainbowShyGuy, luigi filter, 1 star

Violet Mountain


MonkeyShrapnel: Toad Filter, 1 star:

Muncher Mound


Moosh: Mario filter, 1 star

I have no Frames and I Must SMBX


PardoMaster3000, Mario Filter, 1 star

Back To The Future And Then Back To The Past Again


Pikabread, Toad Filter, 1 star

Untitled Factory Place


Pyro: Mario filter, 1 star,

Mario's Window Washing Adventure


ravegg, Mario Filter, 2 stars

Demo and the Forlorn Kettle


Rednaxela, Mario Filter, 1 star

Disco Tower


Sedron: Mario filter, 1 star

Discount Lava and Lava Accessories


Willhart: Mario Filter, 1 star:

GrainDesire






Judged Levels by Mabel:
7NameSam: Mario filter, 1 star, 1 resubmission:

Cotton Skyland


Antiginger, Toad Filter, 1 Star

Toad's Last Chance For Justice


Clamestarebla: Mario filter, 1 star:

Fun Happy Rave Tower Hell


Dog In Da Grass, Toad Filter, 1 Star

Duck, Duck, Pugatory


Frozen Quills, Mario Filter, 1 star

This Level Only Contains Goombas


Ivy, Luigi filter, 1 star

Block Blast Bonaza


Katazuki, Mario filter, 1 star

I wanna be the cat planet cat


LunarRainbowShyGuy, luigi filter, 1 star

Violet Mountain


MonkeyShrapnel: Toad Filter, 1 star:

Muncher Mound


Moosh: Mario filter, 1 star

I have no Frames and I Must SMBX


PardoMaster3000, Mario Filter, 1 star

Back To The Future And Then Back To The Past Again


Pikabread, Toad Filter, 1 star

Untitled Factory Place


Pyro: Mario filter, 1 star,

Mario's Window Washing Adventure


ravegg, Mario Filter, 2 stars

Demo and the Forlorn Kettle


Rednaxela, Mario Filter, 1 star

Disco Tower


Sedron: Mario filter, 1 star

Discount Lava and Lava Accessories


Willhart: Mario Filter, 1 star:

GrainDesire



Judged Levels by MechDragon:
7NameSam: Mario filter, 1 star, 1 resubmission:

Cotton Skyland


Clamestarebla: Mario filter, 1 star:

Fun Happy Rave Tower Hell


Ivy, Luigi filter, 1 star

Block Blast Bonaza

: 1 Resubmission
MonkeyShrapnel: Toad Filter, 1 star:

Muncher Mound

1 Resubmission
Moosh: Mario filter, 1 star

I have no Frames and I Must SMBX


Pyro: Mario filter, 1 star,

Mario's Window Washing Adventure


Sedron: Mario filter, 1 star

Discount Lava and Lava Accessories


Willhart: Mario Filter, 1 star:

GrainDesire


Zyglrox Odyssey, Toad Filter, 1 star

Greenhouse

No real "glitches" per se but
You can stand on your own thrown stand-on-able NPC mid-flight. With proper timing you can do this without bouncing it off a wall or anything.
You can stand on vegetables if you set them down rather than throw them. This also applies if they're in midair.
Dog In Da Grass, Toad Filter, 1 Star

Duck, Duck Pugatory

1 Resubmission
3 I abused the one block tall zip as well as another "glitch" I found where if you let go of down after hitting the ceiling you can clip in for a moment and extend your jump.

Dis-Particpants
Agentfire
aterraformer???
cheez8
CloudyCloud
SAJewers
Slimeman01
tangeruse
Validon98
Karifean
koplje


Judged Levels
Scoring System
Focus x/10
Atmosphere x/15
Creativity x/15
Difficulty x/20

Judges:
8flight
MECHDRAGON777
Mabel

8flight: Mario Filter, 1 star: Kaizo Screen
MECHDRAGON777


aterraformer???
Jolpengammler




Old MAGKLx stuff
Download: https://www.mediafire.com/?eo60zexppypyxpu
Release Version:

Meant to be played in A2XT dev kit,

https://www.mediafire.com/?93zx8chy18emiqt

Patch 1: https://www.mediafire.com/?57d91xp658c8h7j

Patch 2: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/308 ... inside.zip
(fixes music issues in one of the levels)

Levels are due by July 4th.
Send pm to 8flight with your finished level.
You can still submit a level if you didn't declare your interest in the proposal thread.
You can resubmit your level how many times you'd like until the end of the contest.

Since I acquired enough judges, participants, and waited enough time I can declare the start of this contest.

Rules:

1. Level must be beatable
2. Level must be kaizo
Clemasterable wrote:How about you have to make a very hard level that can be beaten because it isn't unfair and must show proof that it is by recording yourself playing through it
You only have to do this if all three judges give up on your level.

Scoring System:
Atmosphere x/10 - This includes music and graphics
Creativity x/10 - Self explanatory
Difficulty x/10 - Overall Difficulty

Judges:
8flight
Septenrion Pleiades

Isocitration

Participants who submitted their level will be bolded:
People who resubmitted will have a resubmission tag next to their name

Hoeloe:Spin jump Filter 1 resubmission
Holy: peach filter: 1 resubmission
Iseleri: Small Mario Filter
Karifean Small Mario Filter
Mabel small mario
Sedron: Small mario Filter
Willhart: Mario Filter 1 resubmission:
Zyglrox Odyssey: link filter 1 resubmission:


atterraformer
cheez8
Clemastrable
FluffiMasta
Horikawa Otane
JolpenGammler
Litdude42
RozajAlMubarak


Results:

When the Results were tied I used a tie breaker for the more difficult level

Septenrion's score broken down into Atmosphere/Creativity/Difficulty Score
My Total Score - My Atmosphere/Creativity/Difficulty Score
Final Score

8th Place:

Hoeloe - Non-Sequitor Content Inside
Septenrion: 17 - 5/6/6
8flight: 11 - 3/6/2
Final Score 14/30



7th Place:

Karifen - Lotus
Septenrion: 16 - 3/7/6
8flight: 12 - 2/7/3
Final Score 14/30
Septenrion's Favorite



6th Place:

Zyglrox Oddesey
Septenrion: 14 - 3/2/9
8flight: 20 - 5/6/9
Final Score: 17/30
Hardest Level


5th Place:

Holy - DuctWork!!
Septenrion: 20 - 6/7/7
8flight: 17 6/7/4
Final Score: 18.5/30



4th Place

Mable - Too many Touhou Levels in These Collabs
Septenrion: 18 - 4/6/8
8flight: 19 - 6/5/8
Final Score: 18.5/30



3rd Place

Iseleri - World 7 Holds No Hope
Septenrion: 16 - 5/3/8
8flight: 22 - 7/7/8
Final Score: 19/30
8flight's Favorite



2nd Place

Willhart - Blood Remix
Septenrion: 21 - 7/7/7
8flight: 19 - 8/7/4
Final Score: 20/30



1st Place

Sedron - Rave
Septenrion: 20 - 4/7/9
8flight: 20 - 6/8/6
Final Score 20/30

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I think I will participate this too. I have an idea for a level.
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Despite me not really having time, I've been messing about with the editor, so I should have something to submit.
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Kaizo, baby!
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8flight wrote:I just remembered, I have one more question to ask?

Should I make the hub for this game kaizo-like or a normal hub?
Somewhere in-between, I'd say. Having the hub be legitimately dangerous would be a nice touch, but it being on par with the levels themselves might be a bit overkill.
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8flight wrote:Should I make the hub for this game kaizo-like or a normal hub?
Normal hub. In fact, it should be a super nice, saccharine hub. For irony. And so that someone actually plays the game.
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Normal hub.

or, a fake kaizo hub
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Normal hub. Dying gets back at the beginning of the level.
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I could make the hub, I think. Are we going with a special theme or something?

Otherwise, this sounds like an interesting contest, but I don't really have any ideas for a kaizo level right now.
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I COULD do a hub, but the problem is if I have enough time for that...
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Oh damn, I found a bug in my level. I may fix it and resubmit, if that's okay, but I'll do so after my exams. Also, after next week, I can give a hubworld a try, if that isn't taken yet.

EDIT: Well, I found some free time, so I fixed some bugs and made my level a tiiiny bit harder. I'll resubmit it soon, if that's okay!
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I feel like the whole "difficulty/kaizo," part could be a little clearer.

The original Kaizo Mario is known for having mostly fake difficulty, ie. stuff you really can't predict. Other difficulty comes in the form of overly precise jumps and movements. The second kind of difficulty is a lot harder to pull off in SMBX while being beatable due to lack of savestates.

What kind of difficulty are we supposed to be aiming for, here? Do we want our levels to be unfair due to unpredictable stuff, overly precise stuff or both? Do we want this stuff to surpass the original hack in these regards, or be more forgiving?

I'm about halfway done with my level more or less, and I think it's pretty good for this contest in that it breaks a lot of design rules and is much more difficult/unfair than my standard fare, but I'm very unclear on what I'm supposed to be aiming for here.
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I know it's probably way too late to change anything, but having closely taken a look at the judging criteria, I feel like level design probably should be on there in some form. Creativity and originality could probably be consolidated into one category as well.

Also for the difficulty category, would a 0 mean the level was too easy, while a 10 would be super hard or is it based on how well the difficulty contributes to the level overall or something?
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I like this scoring system better. Atmosphere is a pretty basic thing that makes things tolerable at high difficulty.
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8flight wrote:
Isocitration wrote: Edit 2: You can resubmit your level how many times you'd like until the end of the contest.
Thanks for this. I apologise for having to resubmit, but I did find a bug or two in my level that broke it somewhat, and thought I might as well patch up some other things I wasn't too happy with in the process.
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Are we expected to use stars as level exits or can we use anything? Stars don't lend themselves to Kaizo traps nearly as well as, say, the SMB3 standard exit, so if we could use those instead I'd prefer as such. I can understand using the stars if it's necessary for the hub, though.
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sedron wrote:Are we expected to use stars as level exits or can we use anything? Stars don't lend themselves to Kaizo traps nearly as well as, say, the SMB3 standard exit, so if we could use those instead I'd prefer as such. I can understand using the stars if it's necessary for the hub, though.
You can always make an ax disguised as a star that triggers a kaizo trap-like event.
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Two weeks left to finish the levels.
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This sounds like fun. I'll join in. Now I can't decide whether to make a level that traps you or one that is actually a fair, but difficult challenge.
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Still working on mine. Haven't forgotten!
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f it's 50% done of my level
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couldn't start for now though I do hope I can make it in timw
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I'm probably going to cancel my level. I might still do it but I kinda doubt it with work and such. I suck at allocating my excessively tired free time.
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Trying. to. make. level. but. SMBX. won't. let me.
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According to the OP there are currently only four submissions. And half of them are by one person.
I am going to be disappointed in all of you if this contest's turnout is less than SMWCYILDC2's.

(Not really.)



(Also my level's basically done at this point, I just need music and a bit of last-minute testing.)
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