MaGL 3 results: moral of the story: laziness always prevails
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wow
after seeing you around the community for years, now is the first time I've been constantly misreading your name, forever
I feel so so bad
after seeing you around the community for years, now is the first time I've been constantly misreading your name, forever
I feel so so bad
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What does it even mean
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My username isn't coherent at all, so I don't blame people for getting it wrong. It's just syllables.
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Re: MaGL 3 results: top five hype
this is one of those levels that makes you want to root for it because of the flavor and sheer amount of effort put in, but in reality it really didn't 'do much' (played it safe), which is maybe a good thing cuz it definitely secured a high rank. also these sorts of asm gimmicky levels are easy to get infatuated with if you've never seen the gimmick before, but you also got to keep in mind that sometimes the author didn't make the code and they just downloaded it from smwc (which was the case for some other levels in the contest). bottom line is not to get caught up on the gimmickiness or perceived effort put in just because it feels unique.
that all being said, it looks like everything in this level actually was original and coded from scratch, which is pretty amazing. the level is "well-designed" from a professional standpoint too, and never goes overboard with anything. I really like it and I'm excited for the top 5.
that all being said, it looks like everything in this level actually was original and coded from scratch, which is pretty amazing. the level is "well-designed" from a professional standpoint too, and never goes overboard with anything. I really like it and I'm excited for the top 5.
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It is true that this level could have done a bit more with the pencil, but when I played this, it was super fun (++fun points), and I've replayed this at least two times now (also ++fun points). Man, this should have definitely ranked higher. The thinking desk seriously impressed me.
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The level today was just so charming... I love the paper aesthetic, and I really love the ending. The boss and the gameplay were nice, too, with the latter being pretty varied. The pencil creation is a really neat touch.
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today's level was impressive. i've seen drawn on paper levels before but this was so technically impressive that i just had to love it. the pencils were super well animated and the ending was hilarious. the boss was kinda eh but the overall level design was solid.
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I'd like to thank the judges for helping me fulfill my destiny of beating idol, and idol for telling me about this contest and, I mean, I'd say she encouraged me to enter, but I'm pretty sure that wouldn't have happened. She did provide a competitive edge and a layer 3 bg, so thank u idol for all that. better luck next time. I'd also like to thank lolyoshi for repeatedly being in disbelief my level was doing as well as it was.
Thank u raocow for enjoying my level. :D
I'd like to thank the judges for helping me fulfill my destiny of beating idol, and idol for telling me about this contest and, I mean, I'd say she encouraged me to enter, but I'm pretty sure that wouldn't have happened. She did provide a competitive edge and a layer 3 bg, so thank u idol for all that. better luck next time. I'd also like to thank lolyoshi for repeatedly being in disbelief my level was doing as well as it was.
Thank u raocow for enjoying my level. :D
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I guess we judges just like coin puzzle levels since we all gave it like a 53 lol.nothobz wrote: I'd like to thank the judges for helping me fulfill my destiny of beating idol, and idol for telling me about this contest and, I mean, I'd say she encouraged me to enter, but I'm pretty sure that wouldn't have happened. She did provide a competitive edge and a layer 3 bg, so thank u idol for all that. better luck next time. I'd also like to thank lolyoshi for repeatedly being in disbelief my level was doing as well as it was.
Thank u raocow for enjoying my level. :D
Though, I haven't really seen anything like this before, which is why I gave it a high score.
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It's kind of funny that the one level raocow tries to be more careful and watch his surroundings on happens to be the level where going slowly makes it more difficult.
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There is a lot of maths in this top 10, what on earth
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Re: MaGL 3 results: top five hype
Fun fact! My score for this level was originally like a 42 or something. HOWEVER once SNN sent the results to the judges and we saw THREE 53s GIVEN INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER I was like "I have to change my score omg" and then I realized changing my score actually wouldn't have affected hobz's placement at all. So I did. Lol
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Im gonna be that one dick who goes "this doesnt really deserve to be this highly placed". Like, it's a good level and is well designed, but it feels like i've seen this type of level before. Top quarter, yeah, that's fair, but 5th place?
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Jeez Louise, raocow, you're terrible at budgeting.
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Reminded me of thisMoneyMan wrote: it feels like i've seen this type of level before.
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Wasn't there at least one level using a similar "budget your jumps because they cost you coins" gimmick in those short gimmick-challenge hacks raocow played a few years back? Hack 2 maybe? That's ringing a faint bell for me.MoneyMan wrote:Like, it's a good level and is well designed, but it feels like i've seen this type of level before.
EDIT: Yeah, this one.
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This was probably the best implementation of this gimmick I've seen before (minus the softlock). There's probably like a dozen different ways to play the level, depending on which paths you take and which coins you go for, and how carefully you play. I love how you can play through the level once, only to realize you didn't get enough coins, but then reset yourself and try again with your new familiarity with the layout without having to die or anything. And I like that going negative doesn't kill you. Also the Dragon Coins add an extra challenge to the level which is neat. I wonder how easy it is to get all DCs and finish the level within the same run (assuming it's possible). Start select or some kind of 'retry whenever' system would have been nice but otherwise I like it.
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Yeah that is one thing i really liked about this level, that it was forgiving. In these sorts of puzzle levels, it's very easy to want to design it around there only being one correct path, forcing the player to do it perfectly. It's refreshing to see a puzzle level that doesnt do that but still works as a puzzle level.
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well the neat thing is, you don't even need to play it like a puzzle level like raocow did. i did a run just now where I basically just took a straightforward path through the level and managed to finish with 55 just by dodging enough reds and collecting enough bunches of yellowsMoneyMan wrote:Yeah that is one thing i really liked about this level, that it was forgiving. In these sorts of puzzle levels, it's very easy to want to design it around there only being one correct path, forcing the player to do it perfectly. It's refreshing to see a puzzle level that doesnt do that but still works as a puzzle level.
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Re: MaGL 3 results: top five hype
today's video had the best video title.
can't forget this guy
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THIS is a non-linear level done right. There are billions of ways to do this level, and they're all fun and nice. It gives you a bunch of resources to play around with, like shells, goombas, P-switches, powerups, etc., and each combination of those resources results in something different. Brilliantly designed level, although it could have been a bit better toward the end. I feel like the end should have shown something new to the level with some sort of extension rather than being more of the same.
I've seen so many horrible nonlinear levels where it's just two linear paths that are both very generic and makes the player feel like they're missing out on something, and then the player checks each boring path and has no fun at all.
You can actually create a coin-block factory by block duping and stuff and stuff. Also, if you get 100 coins, you can't jump anymore.
I've seen so many horrible nonlinear levels where it's just two linear paths that are both very generic and makes the player feel like they're missing out on something, and then the player checks each boring path and has no fun at all.
You can actually create a coin-block factory by block duping and stuff and stuff. Also, if you get 100 coins, you can't jump anymore.
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Yeah the video was full of weird budgeting decisions like trying to "stay in the red".Le Neveu de Rameau wrote:Jeez Louise, raocow, you're terrible at budgeting.
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Man, watching that you can clearly see it's the same core gimmick of "one jump costs one coin", but the implementation is so fundamentally different with anticoins, a target of 50, a level packed full of stuff and dozens of ways to approach it that today's level has more in common with the moon level than that one.Voltgloss wrote:Wasn't there at least one level using a similar "budget your jumps because they cost you coins" gimmick in those short gimmick-challenge hacks raocow played a few years back? Hack 2 maybe? That's ringing a faint bell for me.MoneyMan wrote:Like, it's a good level and is well designed, but it feels like i've seen this type of level before.
EDIT: Yeah, this one.