VLDC9 - vanilla level design contest 9
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Yes, the judging was anonymous.
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Delibetus Caverns reminds me a lot of All Hail Megamole. I feel very similar about the two levels.
Archaic Architecture overstayed its welcome a tad, and there were some offputting design decisions, but there were plenty of redeeming qualities too. One thing I didn't like was that there are two sections of the level that have to be traversed three times each, but you probably killed the enemies the first time through, so you just have to run through parts of the level several times. But the level had some cool setups, and the mine shaft room was excellent.
Archaic Architecture overstayed its welcome a tad, and there were some offputting design decisions, but there were plenty of redeeming qualities too. One thing I didn't like was that there are two sections of the level that have to be traversed three times each, but you probably killed the enemies the first time through, so you just have to run through parts of the level several times. But the level had some cool setups, and the mine shaft room was excellent.
Re: VLDC9 - vintage lamps decorated chutes 9
i thought the whole anonymous judging thing was stupid and pointless, actually. that's why i think the penalty is so stupid. yeah, it fit the rules, but...it's something so infinitesimal and inconsequential, yet you lose points for it...TRS wrote:It's not stupid though. Why have a rule at all when there's no repercussions for breaking it?Nimono wrote:to be fair, penalty for doing it was STUPID. i think i was the only judge that kept saying that lol
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Whether or not points should have been taken away for putting your name on the title screen is up for debate, but I don't think it's a bad idea to keep levels anonymous. I've seen instances where authors likely got leeway with judging because of their name.
Like in MaGL3 where the one guy who was famous for making good SMBX levels hopped into Lunar Magic for his first time and made some castle level with so much layer shenanigans and and sprite overload that there was random slowdown spikes and parts of platforms disappearing. But because people liked his SMBX levels, they were like "wow, what a courageous design decision to have a bunch of random slowdown, it really added a unique challenge to the level" when it was clearly unintentional.
Like in MaGL3 where the one guy who was famous for making good SMBX levels hopped into Lunar Magic for his first time and made some castle level with so much layer shenanigans and and sprite overload that there was random slowdown spikes and parts of platforms disappearing. But because people liked his SMBX levels, they were like "wow, what a courageous design decision to have a bunch of random slowdown, it really added a unique challenge to the level" when it was clearly unintentional.
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Re: VLDC9 - vintage lamps decorated chutes 9
quite the opposite, actually, mechdragon is incredibly infamous for making bad levels. Also I never said that it was intentional and I never thought it was. I didn't give any more leeway because of it :v. I don't know how the others thought but I'm sure they had similar reasoning or something.Ashan wrote:Like in MaGL3 where the one guy who was famous for making good SMBX levels.
Also tbh anonymous judging is never needed if you have actually good, unbiased judges. Seeing someone's name on the level may give certain expectations for the level but if it's a good judge they'd be able to just move on from the name and just look at the level by itself. I'd give examples of how anonymous judging in VLDC9 didn't really change the kind of people who made top rankings but it really only applies to
worldpeace, Lui37 and Blue Leaf
here because the judging was so bullshit.Re: VLDC9 - vintage lamps decorated chutes 9
This has been brought up before but honestly, no matter how good a judge is, there's always that small subconscious influence. Even if, say, worldpeace submits a level, and it wasn't as good as the past several years, the judge will probably end up saying "well that was disappointing" but still rate it slightly higher than they would if it was made by (mostly) anybody else.Pyro wrote:Also tbh anonymous judging is never needed if you have actually good, unbiased judges.
..though honestly, I'm fine with either approach. I get the reasons behind wanting anonymous judging, but historically it has worked just fine with non-anonymous judging. That's why VLDCX is going back to that approach.
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Re: VLDC9 - vintage lamps decorated chutes 9
Whoa wait how did they do parallax scrolling??
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i loved the first level today. i played it myself, and it's really a level that does wonders with its autoscrolling. it's not too boring or too stupid like most autoscrollers, and its got good music!
the second level was also good, but not my cup of tea, honestly. lots of odd setups and bits where i feel only luck lets me survive. well made level, just not something i like.
the second level was also good, but not my cup of tea, honestly. lots of odd setups and bits where i feel only luck lets me survive. well made level, just not something i like.
Re: VLDC9 - vintage lamps decorated chutes 9
I feel raocow didn't catch that the map is vaporwave-styled :p
16th: PARACHUTIST PLAINS by darkdlp02
21st: FUNKY FLOATS by Centipede
Parachutist Plains is a very enjoyable level, but it's pretty simple which is why people often question why it got so high.
Funky Floats is a hard level. I saw the potential in the setups and arrangements, but it could be made a little bit less annoying admittedly.
!!!! CAVE LEVEL WARNING !!!! CAVE LEVEL WARNING !!!! CAVE LEVEL WARNING !!!!
And while we're at it, another warning for the dolphin house, and yet another warning for the glowing castle on the left. This world, man.
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16th: PARACHUTIST PLAINS by darkdlp02
21st: FUNKY FLOATS by Centipede
Parachutist Plains is a very enjoyable level, but it's pretty simple which is why people often question why it got so high.
Funky Floats is a hard level. I saw the potential in the setups and arrangements, but it could be made a little bit less annoying admittedly.
!!!! CAVE LEVEL WARNING !!!! CAVE LEVEL WARNING !!!! CAVE LEVEL WARNING !!!!
And while we're at it, another warning for the dolphin house, and yet another warning for the glowing castle on the left. This world, man.
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You know... I'm fine with mediocre judging, as long as they learn from the experience. Speaking of SMBX levels, I still need to edit that one I made a year ago... Actually, depending on who's judging, there's like 20 candidates for best world. Seriously.... the top rung of levels have all been very high quality.
This world reminds me of Dream Weavers from Spyro, and that's a good thing.
Parachuting Plains is an incredibly good autoscroller. It has the absolute perfect number of activities going on at any one time, leaving a stiff challenge while still being completely fair. Having parachuting jumps over bottomless pits is also new and exciting. The Dragon Coins are also placed well.. And yes, the enemy choice feels perfect. And the ending is great. You made a really great level here. It's also a perfect way to begin a strange and wonderful world.
Funky Floats is also a very nice level. Some of the setups are fascinating... and lethal. And both of those are good! While this is firmly on the difficult side of things, all the difficult things are incredibly real. And there's a great many ways it uses those floating landmasses, too! The Dragon Coins have some real risk associated with getting them, and this just tickles my fancy in a way that a good lategame level does. This is yet another great level, so superb job. ...Superb and great are equal denominators, yes? (probably not, but I like both of these, anyways)
Wait, WARNINGS? Why'd you have to give us those? Man, now I know they're going to somehow suck. At least Dream Weavers took time to suck for my child self.
This world reminds me of Dream Weavers from Spyro, and that's a good thing.
Parachuting Plains is an incredibly good autoscroller. It has the absolute perfect number of activities going on at any one time, leaving a stiff challenge while still being completely fair. Having parachuting jumps over bottomless pits is also new and exciting. The Dragon Coins are also placed well.. And yes, the enemy choice feels perfect. And the ending is great. You made a really great level here. It's also a perfect way to begin a strange and wonderful world.
Funky Floats is also a very nice level. Some of the setups are fascinating... and lethal. And both of those are good! While this is firmly on the difficult side of things, all the difficult things are incredibly real. And there's a great many ways it uses those floating landmasses, too! The Dragon Coins have some real risk associated with getting them, and this just tickles my fancy in a way that a good lategame level does. This is yet another great level, so superb job. ...Superb and great are equal denominators, yes? (probably not, but I like both of these, anyways)
Wait, WARNINGS? Why'd you have to give us those? Man, now I know they're going to somehow suck. At least Dream Weavers took time to suck for my child self.
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Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
I know it's nothing new, but man do I love that remix of the basic SMW level theme that was used in the second level today. It's such a good remix, though I may hold that opinion partially because it doesn't have a chance to be used very often.
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There have actually been at least four levels so far with that double-background trick.Mata Hari wrote:Whoa wait how did they do parallax scrolling??
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Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
Oh man, I've been waiting for him to get to the abstract world for a while now. The map music is SO GOOD.
The levels so far are holding up as well. Looking forward to the rest of what the map has to offer.
The levels so far are holding up as well. Looking forward to the rest of what the map has to offer.
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Not necessarily. I like the cave level (one of best in this game in my opinion), but it does deserve the warning. Let's say it's a level that would easily be in Best World if it was reasonable to do for average player.Zephyr_DragonLord wrote:Wait, WARNINGS? Why'd you have to give us those? Man, now I know they're going to somehow suck.
(there is also one more level I would personally have a warning for, but it's much more tame than the rest of levels Koopster mentioned, so whatever, considering it's after likely one video level, it probably doesn't need one)
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Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
Abstract world is probably the worst world in the game so have fun!!!! Two of the worst levels in the game make their home here and there's a slew of painfully average levels to go along with it. Have fun :V
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Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
there will be TWO videos tomorrow :O
there will be a super short video with two levels at the normal morning slot
and there will be a second, much longer video with a level that took an hour and a half to beat in the evening slot.
FEBRUARY 10, A DAY OF MARIO
there will be a super short video with two levels at the normal morning slot
and there will be a second, much longer video with a level that took an hour and a half to beat in the evening slot.
FEBRUARY 10, A DAY OF MARIO
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Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
Oh man, doublecow back to back? this should be interesting :3
...except for the fact that the cave is clearly Matterhorn. WELP! *prepares apologies*
...except for the fact that the cave is clearly Matterhorn. WELP! *prepares apologies*
Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
oh man
is there an integer overflow when you become 256 years old
Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
It's more like the left half of the map is really great, and the right half of the map is so terrible that you'll wonder if you're even in the same world.Pyro wrote:Abstract world is probably the worst world in the game so have fun!!!! Two of the worst levels in the game make their home here and there's a slew of painfully average levels to go along with it. Have fun :V
This is mostly just because I hate the left castle level's secret exit enough that it causes the whole area to blow.
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Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
You don't see the B-side as equal, do you?Nimono wrote:Oh man, doublecow back to back? this should be interesting :3
...except for the fact that the cave is clearly Matterhorn. WELP! *prepares apologies*
And because no one else will do it:
ABSTRACT WORLD
One day, an image will return
Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
Wait, a level taking an hour and a half to beat is the exception, not the rule?! Can I borrow your skills please? :Draocow wrote:and there will be a second, much longer video with a level that took an hour and a half to beat in the evening slot.
But seriously, you made today's two levels look easy when I'm sure that they're supposed to be on the difficult side. Getting all the dragon coins in that autoscroller on the first try was fantastic. I wish I could play like that!
Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
vaporwave world looks great so far
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Re: VLDC9 - viridian landscapes drizzly coagulations 9
B-side is equal, but it's not doublecow. Doublecow is when you have two same-side videos in one day, where one ISN'T a plot unimportant sidequest of only extra backstory infoheycallmeZe wrote:You don't see the B-side as equal, do you?Nimono wrote:Oh man, doublecow back to back? this should be interesting :3
...except for the fact that the cave is clearly Matterhorn. WELP! *prepares apologies*
And because no one else will do it:
ABSTRACT WORLD
also it's less abstract and more
A E S T H E T I C~
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TRU A E S T H E T I C