Destiny! ** Spotlighted!!!!! Yeah! **

Destiny! by CuzFeeshe
How Brave Are You?

You're suddenly awakened from hybernation in your Cryo-chamber and informed that a huge mysterious storm is about to destroy your spaceship! You must flee at once by surviving six areas of the ship that have gone all wonky... pausing only to collect energy (ummm.... point bubbles).

This level is the result of a whole bunch of wacky ideas I had.... could I build an entire level floating on a big conveyor system (without everything falling apart), and at the same time implement a totally new scoring system and some original gameplay?

The answer is a resounding YES. But is it GOOD? I'll let you decide.




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Dang - I'll have to work all day before I get to try it. Why must you torture the working woman? lol. I'll for sure check it out tomorrow night. I'm sure it's excellent!

this level looks really good dude cant wait till its released and from this level ideas i got an idea of my own:D

What are you releasing it right before you go to work so you don't have to agonize over how it's doing while sitting in front of the TV? That's all part of the experience, and I'm disappointed that you are taking the low road on this one... [/sarcam]

I'll check it out first thing in the morning, even though I've already played it a dozen times.

Actually.... I decided to go ahead and release it tonight.

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Originally Posted by Comphermc

What are you releasing it right before you go to work so you don't have to agonize over how it's doing while sitting in front of the TV? That's all part of the experience, and I'm disappointed that you are taking the low road on this one... [/sarcam]

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I'm a TAD apprehensive after my first release of Starship Troopers... rubbish rubbish rubbish rubbish. :D.

Yea! *runs to PS3*

Yup. Loved this level. Loved the challenge and frantic pace of trying to destroy everything and get points all the while the menacing sound of impending doom draws closer and closer in on you. This level DEMANDS that you play it more than once. Excellent effects, gameplay and ambiance. Go play it people...10 or 15 times. :star::star::star::star::star: <3

Well, I played it, but got disconnected, so your 5 star and heart are going to have to wait. I already gave you a ton of feedback during testing, so I'm going to be lazy now...

Great concept and great level.

Really nice level!
You knew how to make it feel original again and as I always say, that's what I like when I play a level. I want to see and play stuff I never saw and played. Your 6 parts are great except I would have liked to have score for the last one to and have the choice to enter the escape ship at the last moment.

I positively suck at the shooting parts and would really need to practice to get better. The level in overall is a bit hard on my pacemaker. Kudos for the nice backgrounds and your storm is simply fantastic and actually scary (probably because of the sound effect -- such a classic one it triggers exactly the right feeling in the brain!)

Overall I love it and I truly hope I won't keep the top stop for long because this would mean there's a SERIOUS lack of skill in the LBP userbase :p


:star::star::star::star: (gave 5 for the initial boost)

I silently followed the evolution of this project in the other thread, and I'm caught by surprise by this early release.
The problem is that I have nearly 8 hours of work before playing it

I really like this level, very original! I haven't seen a do-a-series-of-minigames-while-racing-the-clock type level like this before, and I must say I'm quite impressed.

I was always torn between staying and getting higher multipliers, or running away as I watch the approaching storm. The first time through some of the obstacles didn't make much sense to me (in how to play them effectively). I played through twice more, and it's interesting how different strategies for getting through without dying come to light after you've tried the stage a time or two.

I really liked some of those wacky ideas you put in. The laser one, for example, seems almost impossible at first sight, but very simple if you aren't killed off before you can see it.

Oh, and don't worry about your highscore Ranger, I beat it both my second and third times through. Looks like it's someone else's turn to nab the top spot.

Cool!

i played this lvl with morgana and another friend.. OMG! :eek: so hard but really cool, we beet it in the second try :p but yeah really cool i liked the storm if you don't go fast you will die pretty cool :)
:star::star::star::star::star: :)

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Originally Posted by RangerZero

Your 6 parts are great except I would have liked to have score for the last one to and have the choice to enter the escape ship at the last moment.

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The way the level is engineered prevented this, unfortunately - The escape in the spaceship at the very end required 3 layers, so the spinning planet blocks it from moving. The part just prior was between the movement stopping and the escape part. That was a concious design decision I made from the getgo.

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Originally Posted by Shredator

I played through twice more, and it's interesting how different strategies for getting through without dying come to light after you've tried the stage a time or two.

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Yeah, I love the scoring system on this game. Thinking up the "scoring" was the first thing that inspired me to design it. I could think of a bunch of different strategies for getting a higher score. So, I first built the empty sections with the scoring, then put the obstacles in.

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Originally Posted by Joey

OMG! so hard but really cool, we beet it in the second try

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Interestingly, in the beta players said it was hard but everyone seemed to have a problem with different sections. I, myself, have a problem with the 4 big guns with the brains in the middle. Everytime I walk into that section I'm a bit apprehensive!

Managed 2nd place on my 3rd or 4th run through, though i don't think I'll stay there for long. I love this level!

The scoring system is perfect, once you've run through a couple of times and familiarized yourself with the challenges, it becomes another challenge in itself, as you can make choices depending on how well you play each time. Its that freedom to play the level your own way that gives it such re-playability.

The gas idea is another thing i really love here, that foreboding sound is so great at letting you know your time is nearly up.

Its probably my favourite survival level on LBP so far!


(Just a small thing i didn't notice in the beta, the flaming rocks have a tendency to get stuck on the see-sawing platforms, one playthrough i couldn't make it off the first ledge because a couple of them had lodged themselves in the way.....)

I know you're in the top echelon of level creators so I shouldn't be surprised at the stuff you come up with but this is insanely fun to play. I'll be coming back to this one over and over!

it appears to be still locked...

When I search "cuzfeeshe destiny", it comes up with one locked result, and I can't see anything on your creator page :(

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Originally Posted by rtm223

it appears to be still locked...

When I search "cuzfeeshe destiny", it comes up with one locked result, and I can't see anything on your creator page :(

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Hmmmm.... I'll run home and check it out over lunch. That's really strange - I completely deleted, removed the lock, and published so I don't think anyone else here would be able to play it if it was locked.

I did MOVE it next to my other levels. Try looking up @Cuzfeeshe and showing more by the same author. It should be grouped with my other levels such as Splat Invaders and Vertigo.

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Originally Posted by JulesyJules

(Just a small thing i didn't notice in the beta, the flaming rocks have a tendency to get stuck on the see-sawing platforms, one playthrough i couldn't make it off the first ledge because a couple of them had lodged themselves in the way.....)

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I think a bunch of people are missing this puzzle, so I slightly changed it this morning. The flaming rocks are supposed to get stuck sometimes. There's a gun at the bottom of the section that you can use to shoot them - I moved the gun and changed the camera angle slightly this morning so it would be more visible.

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Originally Posted by Kipmonlin

I know you're in the top echelon of level creators so I shouldn't be surprised at the stuff you come up with but this is insanely fun to play.

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Heh... I'm glad you think so :D. I'm fooling people!

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Originally Posted by CCubbage

I think a bunch of people are missing this puzzle, so I slightly changed it this morning. The flaming rocks are supposed to get stuck sometimes. There's a gun at the bottom of the section that you can use to shoot them - I moved the gun and changed the camera angle slightly this morning so it would be more visible.

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Yeh, i know there's a gun, but the rocks jammed on the first platform from the spawn, so i couldn't get to it. There might be another way of getting to it, maybe i just didn't see it. If there is another way, just ignore the comment!

That's what I did - habit since the ratings bug, y'know. But just to the right of splat invaders 2 there is a little locked level...

It is very strange.

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Originally Posted by julesyjules

Yeh, i know there's a gun, but the rocks jammed on the first platform from the spawn, so i couldn't get to it. There might be another way of getting to it, maybe i just didn't see it. If there is another way, just ignore the comment!

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The bottom of the level is 2 layers thick and the meteors are 1, but I went ahead and moved the gun so it would be away from the falling meteors - I got the feeling people could get confused. You should, upon spawning, be able to drop straight down.

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Originally Posted by RTM223

That's what I did - habit since the ratings bug, y'know. But just to the right of splat invaders 2 there is a little locked level...

It is very strange.

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Weird.... I'll run home and check it out. If it is locked, I have no idea how I did it. Morgana would have had no way to play it at all if it was locked when I initially published. Probably something I did. :D.