MaGL X2 Discussion - MaGL X2 Lands TOMORROW. GET. HYPE.

[TaviTurnip]

Oh geez, what happens if I do well and people like my level and there are YouTube comments about me? .~. I can't even process the idea of coming to the forums one day and everyone goes "oh man that level was awesome". Is it embarrassing when someone says they really loved your level or it was their favorite?

[Willhart]

Is it embarrassing when someone says they really loved your level or it was their favorite?

It is a little embarrassing, in that I'm not always sure of how to respond to it. The feeling of accomplishment does help a lot.

Edit: people are always interested to hear about the level in question and how it was made. Kind of like a short developer's commentary. Some people wrote those during A2XT.

Every level should get some feedback as a reward for participating. raocow LP, and the comments are all part of it.

[Garlyle]

I used all seven cards. Some of them are much less obvious in implementation than others but they all informed various parts of the battle.

I was going to do something like magic card = spell card, that means that you either have to dodge bullets or something with the environment around you happens. But eh, at the time I got the cards I only had 4 hours left...

I'm on another forum where there's a lot of love for danmaku in an actual danmaku engine and I'm legit tempted to run a contest sometime with this gimmick where you get a set of cards and you have to design danmaku spell cards for 3 of them.

[KingTwelveSixteen]

Is it embarrassing when someone says they really loved your level or it was their favorite?

It gives me a huge grin whenever people say things like "I love your level design" or "Kood and Iris in A2MBXT were good in the cutscenes" or any other complement of my work.

Like this: :D

EDIT: The heck? The forum just messed up my posting.

Was that your level? I think you do some pretty neat level design. I'd love to see more from you!

Yep, that was mine. And you'll see a bossfight and level from me in Maglx 2, though my level-level is pretty short-'n-sweet type.

[Ivy]

I suppose it would only be embarrassing to one who was so insecure that it would be difficult to accept that something they made had had a good reception.

(This is some strange sentence structure, but somehow it works out.)

[blue_kirby]

I don't have a particular favorite, but some MAGLX levels that I really liked last year included:

- Dudes (I know it was one of the lower tier levels, but it was just so amusing to watch).
- Fortress of Trains (Awesome implementation of the level name. Possibly my favorite one.)
- Mission - Proud Sky (Best of the "bottom tier" levels by far. "Nailed it")
- It's a SMB1 Level, Except Way More Nicer (Hilarious level)
- My Own Take on Donut Plains 2 (Love the graphics)
- Wait, That's Now How It Happened (Fun in its own way)
- Too Many Forts in this Mother****ing Mountain (Going inside of the castles was pretty fun)
- Shaken, Not Stirred (Hilarious plus the level looked fun to play)

[zmonbobbo]

Not gonna lie, I'm super flattered that some of you folks liked Dudes! I had almost zero experience with the engine last year and made it on a whim, haha. I guess I'm disappointed with my level this year because it doesn't compare well in my mind to Dudes, even though I put 10x as much effort towards it. But thanks!

[Zia Satazaki]

So uh, posting this here in case the PM system fails again: hey Horikawa, poke me on IRC if you don't get my PM ^^;

(also it seems there's a blanket ban on *!*@* on the IRC now?)

[WestonSmith]

Not gonna lie, I'm super flattered that some of you folks liked Dudes! I had almost zero experience with the engine last year and made it on a whim, haha. I guess I'm disappointed with my level this year because it doesn't compare well in my mind to Dudes, even though I put 10x as much effort towards it. But thanks!

Count me in on the Dudes bandwagon. It's easily in my top five from MAGLX.

I'm curious how the rankings would change from MAGLX if we were to collectively vote on them a year later. The love for levels like Proud Sky, Dudes, and Bowser's Oldest Fortress suggests that the official rankings have little bearing on what the general Talkhaus members recall and enjoy. Think of it like a People's Choice award vs. The Oscars.

[Rednaxela]

(also it seems there's a blanket ban on *!*@* on the IRC now?)

(Just noticed that myself today and was wondering about it...)

31 bosses

That's a pretty sizeable number I think... I'm sure they won't take as long to play as full levels for sure, but yeah.

[RedMageSusie]

My top 5 from the MaGL X maingame:

5) No Forests!
4) I do like my Mysterious Ocean Levels don't I?
3) I hate Jumping When it's So Pitiful Outside
2) The Skies Above Scarlet Devil Mansion
1) Desert Oasis Fort

Favorite from the postgame:
The Plot

Personally, one of my biggest hopes is that my level can match some of my favorites such as Desert Oasis Fort and The Plot in terms of silliness. I might've gone a bit overboard on the cheesiness of the dialogue though.

I feel like we have identical tastes.

I've got such a dumb grin on my face, you wouldn't believe.

[FrozenQuills]

31 bosses

With 272 levels that's like 8-9 levels for each boss! Sounds neat if that's how it's going to be organized.

[blue_kirby]

Just curious, is there a "Make a Good Boss" contest for this one too? XD

[pholtos]

Just curious, is there a "Make a Good Boss" contest for this one too? XD

You just missed it.

[blue_kirby]

*falls down Proud Sky*

Seriously though, I'm curious to seeing how the bosses end up this year. ^_^

[Whimsical Calamari]

I wish I had had time to make a level for this, but man am I looking forward to watching this Let's Play.

Hopefully it's the most extravagant one yet, and not the most draining, but we'll see right?

[Garlyle]

I'm curious how the rankings would change from MAGLX if we were to collectively vote on them a year later. The love for levels like Proud Sky, Dudes, and Bowser's Oldest Fortress suggests that the official rankings have little bearing on what the general Talkhaus members recall and enjoy. Think of it like a People's Choice award vs. The Oscars.

Kind of. I mean, ultimately it depends, but a lot of gimmicky or silly levels are listed here probably more for being memorable and leaving a wide smile on your face. That can be a very different kind of appeal from a level that's strong in design and challenge and atmosphere, but it doesn't necessarily mean they have to be the best levels.

31 bosses

That was more than I thought, but that's about one boss per 9-ish levels, which seems fair!
(also that means we just barely topped 300 levels to appear in this thing holy carp)

[TaviTurnip]

31 bosses

That's less than I expected o_o Making me feel hopeful!

[No Lynch]

31 bosses for 272 levels...

Makes me anticipate whoever's boss gets to be the "Final Boss" of each of the 2 episodes.

[FFR]

303 levels and bosses... hype increasing...

[Dog In Da Grass]

man, i've never played Magic: The Gathering before so I didn't know any of the technically talk of the cards so I took all the cards SUPER literally x3

one of the descriptions of a card sounded like a Hard mode name from Horikawa so I went with that

aaaaanywayas my unused cards

I really wanted to use this last card for my Boss and have a nice Autumn theme for my it but with 6 hours to do my boss (because of work) I already had enough trouble with the graphics to change much else within the time limit.

[GalaxyOfJ]

Oh right, my hand!

This card was easy to get ideas for, but none of them were fun ideas so..

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THIS card on the other hand gave me a very great idea and is quite frankly the reason I don't want to tell all about my would have been boss in case I work on it some more.

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I could have maybe skinned it to be fungal or something? I only considered this very briefly.

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I didn't give this one any thought, but I thought it was funny that I got two vaguely similar cards.

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Monsters!

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Enemies!

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Now THIS one was the true crux my boss! I don't think I need to give any comment. It's pretty obvious where that was going

[Weird Goonie]

What were your favourite levels out of MaGL X last year, actually?

Both main game and post-game.

Main game

It's a SMB1 Level, Except way more Epic by WiiRool
It's the Holidays in the Land of Hyrule! by Valtteri
Wait, that's not how it Happened by Shagg
Yay! I Love it when Everything is so Vertical! by Axon

Postgame

Do you Remember raocow's MaGL X LP? Yeah, this is like this by 8flight

[raocow]

honestly 8flight's level was amasing and every game should have something like it.

[Rednaxela]

However, we cannot forget that everyone is truly a Birdo at heart (unless they're a cylon imposter).