STAR WARS: The Return of the Jedi: Jabba's Palace: err... Etc!

STAR WARS: The Return of the Jedi: Jabba's Palace: err... Etc! by julesyjules
CHAPTER SEVEN : With Han Solo held captive, you set out on a secret undercover mission to sneak in, locate and rescue your friend from the slimy clutches of the infamous Jabba the Hut....


Hey all!

Just published the new chapter in the series, and big big thanks to everyone here who playtested and also offered their suggestions - Jagrevi, Ccubbage, jwwphotos, Zwollie, comphermc, Matt82, o_neo_o, piggabling...

Hope you play and and get a laugh or two.....it's got a bit of challenge but more of a general romp really. Any feedback, good or otherwise is appreciated ...

This one actually looks pretty good, I'll check it out when I get home. :)

Final version is out! Awesome! :)

I don't know if you got a crown for that series but you should have. Maybe they can't credit something named Star Wars though.

hmm looks pwettyy cool.. mhm ill need to chek it out:)

So just to be clear ... it's going to be time to get to work on the Ewoks sometime next month?

I do hope we're at least seeing this all the way to the "end", if not back around to the "beginning". This has truly been a magnificent series so far.

You probably hold the record for best series. I've played every one, and even your first ones were great. I can't wait! :cool:

Great! I'll be playing it soon!!

I am so annoyed that I need sleep. I WILL play this tomorrow and most likely 5star and heart considering the series so far. I will edit this post with my thoughts of the level. Can't wait!

EDIT: Played it and it is the best one yet. The lighting is used brilliantly all the way through.
A few things though:
Getting to the switch while finishing rancor was really difficult and took me longer to do than the brains. The tail kept flicking me into the roof and I couldn't reach the skull.
I miss jumped and fell into the sarlacc but didnt die, me and Fett had a party!
The other thing was that some of the jumps were very difficult, especially the one where there is the garb on a chain, which brings out a platform below. The jump from that platform to the swing was quite hard.

The 'force' was supremely well done and I cannot wait for the next.

ooook guess im first to give feedback but uh...:grr: i dont have any
all i can say is it was just magical, the beggining seemed so deep and real and idk the whole level was a perfect mixture of innovative obstacles and extrodinary scenery. I loved the system for killing jabba. This level really raises the bar, not enough stars or hearts to give to it.

to everyone reading this
PLAY IT!!!!!!!


NO DONT KEEP READING!!!!! PLAY IT!


WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS!?!?!

play it -.-

Wow, I'm really excited!!!
I haven't had time to play in like 3 weeks, but I might just have to find the time!!

Great :D Love the series.
I'm a bit tired, so I'm gonna cut it short. I managed to break the level. There's a part where you have to descend a pit holding onto a piece of sponge, while several creeps try to get you. Similiar to the Mm bunker.

I kept grabbing the piece of sponge while entering the right tunnel at the bottom, where a few points await. The chain for the sponge was a bit too long, enabling it to enter the room. I did not manage to get it out again though, it was stuck in there. This rendered me unable to progress.

I recommend either tweaking the chain or turning the sponge into an emitted object which is newly spawned each time you die.

Other than that, great atmosphere and great sneaky gameplay so far. I'm too tired to retry it now, but I'll definitely play through it as soon as I find some spare time.

Thanks for all the nice comments guys. : )

Treas, i just sorted that chain thing, cheers and sorry bout that, i know its a looong level.

Oh, and Jagrevi, the Endor level is far, far away. ; )

It was terrible, awful, and no fun...

[SPOILER]...while I was waiting for it to load. :p

But once I was in the level it was amazing, awesome, and a blast. I'm glad you addressed most of the issues from testing, but I am still awesome at shortcuts! This was easily your hardest level to date, but it was probably the best at fitting its respective theme. For that, kudos. As usual, great lighting and dialogue. I, too, wonder how for you are going to take this series...

Anyways, :star::star::star::star::star:, and a hearty. Cheers.[/SPOILER]

Edit: nice screenshot of the donut (doughnut?). I don't remembering seeing that in game!! :p

Hm, so, five stars and a heart... not much to be said.

Only thing I can say is that you can jump off Jabba to get to his pet rat thing, and he'd scream "No Fair! No Fair!" then. Other then that, perfect level... :D

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Originally Posted by julesyjules

Oh, and Jagrevi, the Endor level is far, far away. ; )

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Took me a minute before I noticed the witticism. :blush:

Anyways, I did find it interesting that you ended up using the Rose material for the Rancor, and I have to say I love the conversation with the eyeball camera.

Your series have impressed me since the first one was released.

Cant do anything but love every single level in the series!

Will play this tommorow..and then send you a (rather annoying) PM about how awesome your level series is! :D

Yikes this was so darn good!

Loved the lighting and setwork combined with tricky platforming at the beginning. I could have just camped out there under the stars. Lovely! Nice tasty use of the 3d glitch in just the right places.

Probably should have as yikes the rest of the level is tricky!!

As I said testing this, the spotlight bits were great. The spinning plasma jumps very cool and then going back through it again... wow!! ..and awwwww man!!!! I also loved the jail with the robot getting the hot feet and of course Jabba and the Rancor. Was that thing grabbable before?? If so.. I am such an idiot!! You probably could have left that 2nd electrified bit in if so. Still tricky mind you, but not being tossed around like a sack.. oh wait... I am a sack. Anyway.. I did enjoy that part much better and less chaotic.

Whew.. I could go on and on...but suffice it to say it is stellar.. errr star warthy in the form of lots of them... However it only allowed me to select 5 of them and tossed in a heart!

Congrats Jules! Epic work and a worthy successor in the series. This might be my favorite errr... Etc yet!! :D

Fantastic! I've played it 4 or 5 times now, and it keeps getting better every time. All the improvements you made since the beta work well, and I loved the new humor additions. FINALLY someone has addressed why Jabba is fat!

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Originally Posted by CCubbage

FINALLY someone has addressed why Jabba is fat!

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!!?!?
He's not fat! He's just big boned! :rolleyes:

You sent me a key to beta test, but I've been busy so I hav'nt had the chance, sorry Jules :(

I just played it though.....

+ Loved the start, the landscape and lighting is sublime, really really looks well
+ The Jawas craic is brilliant, hilarious as always
+ It really is staggeringly beautiful.
+ I was thinking you need the eye robot at the door the palace, and BAM! there it was, great minds and that!
+ Love the donuts, I thought Jabba was more a pie eater myself, but it makes sense ;)
+ Very subtle use of the layer glitch.
+ The Gamorrean (sp?) Guards rule
+ Hahaha, my freind is a coffee table.
+ I love the droid getting his feet burned.
+ I'm well imressed by the amount of little things you add into the level. Its a Star Wars geek heaven :D
+ Jabba looked great
+ The whole Rancor section was fabulous
+ Loved Salicious Crumb, he was total win!!
+ I'm still impressed by the lighting and visuals
+ Totally awesome

- I was confused at the cliff near the start, I did'nt see the point bubbles below so fell off a few times, once I missed the gas and ended up at the bottom of the level. I posted a pic.
- I was expecting a bit better looking Boba Fett :(
- Tatooine had two suns, you only have one above the sarlaac pit ;p

The level is filled with skill, humour and style. The series gets better and better. I'm actually jealous that you can knock out such greatness when I'm struggling with the basics of Mars 4. It was absolutely sublime

*, and rubbish tag. Hated it. :D

***** and hearted really :D

For me, it's getting to the point where I'd rather not give too much feedback on your levels because basically everything about your level is amazing. I played it this morning (on LBP's Birthday!!) so I'll just give you a few thoughts I had:

Pros:
- Details all over - the very small led lights for eyes on the skulls were a nice touch
- The Rancor was great! I was pleasantly surprised at the way he dies :)
- Jabba, and all the other characters looked amazing - their goofy look fits your series so well
- Yanking on Jabba's chain was genius - simple, but genius
- The intro left my mouth open - great lighting
- A lot of fun and challenging platforming
- I loved the sneaky use of the donut box - and by the way, I'm glad you went with donuts and not pizza, since pizza has been done before ("Pizza the Hut" from Space Balls)
- The humor is on par with your other levels ;)
- honestly, I think this might be your best level

Cons:
- I was really hoping to see the lightsaber shoot out towards Luke. I know it would be difficult to use a lightsaber in LBP, but you could have done something funny - like, the lightsaber shoots out and Luke misses it or drops it down the hole which maybe kills the monster below. And since he dropped it, you could say something funny as the character realizes a blaster will suffice.
- I agree with GrantosUK - 2 suns would have been great (although it almost gave the appearance that 2 were really close together, depending on where you stand)
- I don't remember what music you used for Jabba's lair, but I'm sure you could find some quirky LBP music for that section (maybe you did, and I just forgot?)

Needless to say, even with a few minor cons this level easily deserved 5 stars and a heart from me. Great job! You do realize that you are now obligated to finish the series... right? ;)

Also, if you ever get any unwanted or offensive pics uploaded to your level, just PM me or a Grief Relief Team member and we'll get on the case :cool:

I MUST PLAY!

Feedback soon! :p

@jww & Ccubbage - thanks guys, especially for testing such a long level, i really appreciate your time.
And j, doh! no wonder you had so much trouble with it, lol!

@Grantos - Really glad you enjoyed it Grant, i know you were anting the 'Fett! ; ) That intro is actually completely basic, its just plain sponge, some carefully placed big spotlights and a load of tiny LEDs layer glitched right back to the depths. I <3 the GLT!

I sorted out the gas hole and managed to squeeze in a second sun. I completely forgot about that. : ) I thought Bobba was quite swish as he was, but i know you're a total geek about these things, lol.

Lovely feedback, thanks. : )

@Powershifter - That second sun is in now thanks to you two. Re - the lightsabre thing, i just had to limit the amount of stuff happening there, its all out in the open so the player can go anywhere and triggering that, Jabba AND Bobba all without being able to control where the player was, erk, too much. By 'lair', do you mean his Chamber or the entire Palace? Thanks a lot for your fantastic comments, again I'm really pleased you guys are liking this one so much.

I seem to be totally stuck on the mouth-in-the-ground-whose-name-I-forget section. I can se the paintenator, I can see the ship to the right but the only place I can actually reach is into the mouth. I'm being stupid aren't I?

Is there not a platform coming out of the end of the ship that bounces you up?

That's a negative :(

eek. Locked and investigating! sorry rtm!!

Oh no... Let me know if you need some additional testing after while.

Yes, absolutely loved the level - great stuff, and not much more to say. Like rtm, I too got stuck at the Saarlac Pit - I didn't see a platform coming out of the vehicle to bounce me up to the Paintenator so I couldn't finish. But I guess you're looking into it, so I'll play again.

Good stuff.

Why's it locked?

'cause I broked it :(

Aaaahh... that would 'splain it then. I found it locked and assumed I needed to replay Cloud City to get the key. Just spent 40 minutes in there (when I should be working) to no avail. :)

Let us know when you've got it sorted out - I sure am looking forward to it.

BTW - Cloud City sure is a great level. tee hee :D

eek. Locked and investigating! sorry rtm!!

EDIT - Sorted. That second sun i just put in, wot a twit. :blush: My level glitched out on the legend that is MrsSpooky. I feel like I should be sent to the back of the class. : o

Haha - glad you got it fixed Jules. I'll have to go check out the new sun...

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Originally Posted by julesyjules

@Powershifter - That second sun is in now thanks to you two. Re - the lightsabre thing, i just had to limit the amount of stuff happening there, its all out in the open so the player can go anywhere and triggering that, Jabba AND Bobba all without being able to control where the player was, erk, too much. By 'lair', do you mean his Chamber or the entire Palace? Thanks a lot for your fantastic comments, again I'm really pleased you guys are liking this one so much.

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Yeah that's understandable (about the lightsaber). There was definitely a lot going on, so I can see your point. I meant Jabba's Chamber, where you see him for the first time. I'll definitely be playing this one again :)

Loved it. You hit all the stuff I wanted to see and it's got the same irreverent sense of humor that runs throughout the series. Really impressed how long this one is too. Nice job! 5 stars & hearted of course!

OK lets get this out of the way first. This is one of my favourite levels I have played so far. Not just from you, from the whole community.

It seems to have a fine blend of everything! Lighting, story development, style, gameplay, level layout, humour. You have ticked all the boxes.

Seriously, its been a long time since I was this impressed.

As for negatives, all I've got is some purely opinionated stuff.
Oh, before I forget, when I defeated jabba at the end the sponge on a winch that brings me up the the very last area got caught on something and broke leaving me stranded with the big fella forever. I think it was because I jumped and grabbed from an angle and swung it a bit to the side and got caught on the roof.

Some of the platforming section were super hard. Now, I would consider myself generally above average on this type of platforming but I started to get a little frustrated when I kept falling in the same hole about 20 times in a row. Right at the start is an example of this. Thise jumps are HARD :) but as I said this is a subjective comment so make of it what you will.

@ Morgana - When i was building the level you & MrsSpooky kept popping into my head because i know what fellow SW geeks you both are. I know you'll get every reference i chuck in, no matter how random!

@Wex - wow, high praise wex, thankyou. I'll take a look at the sponge winch. I'm getting 'Difficult' and 'Lousy' as some of the higher tags, so you're not the only one. I've gone in and tweaked a couple of times to try and get that balance right between 'difficult' (nope!)/ 'frustrating' (nope!)/ 'tricky' (bingo!).

As a fellow Star Wars fanatic, and big fan of your series, I am excited as a little puppy to be play this level.

And I should mention it's a GO******** good thing you put that second sun in. Otherwise, when I got to the sarlacc pit, I might have just stood there waiting for the second sun to rise, and if it never did, well then I likely would waste away in your level waiting, until the starving death claimed me fore'er.