A New Hop by tsr13 (PSP) [Video added!]

Taffy, sorry for the late feed back on this but I had something typed up and lost it.... Take two!

I knew this was a Star Wars level but was surprised at the title screen and opening movie, very well done. The transition from the small pod to the larger one was ingenious. Its amazing what you did with just a single layer of glass and a quick moving camera. Using the background with the floor was a great call and fit Tatooine. You also did a good job with all the small details you added. It came together perfectly. The vehicles and ships were detailed accurately and almost made me think you snuck in some new stickers. After a few plays I looked closer and saw how you put them together with different stickers as was even more impressed.

The story as always with you levels was entertaining. Your comic book style of putting the character on the walls of each scene was very clever. I have seen this in your other levels but this one was on a whole other level. The characters expressions helped sell the story and gave it some emotion. The wookie made me laugh, as did the princess reveal. The ending was good. I like the explosion.

I’ve always like playing your levels. There are easy but so well done that I’m always having fun. Your bubble placement adds replay value. With all the movement in your levels its nice that you take the time to make sure players don’t get lost or find themselves out of the level. For instance, the mound under the Sandcrawler was something some may not have done. I was however able to jump out of the level via the Millennium Falcon where the sky transitioned. The spaceship scene was cool but a little too easy and short. Maybe you could have added some hard to reach bubble combos to add a little intensity to that section.

Funny as I wrapping this up Im thinking about the things I liked but forgot to mention like the Storm Trooper Head enemies or the TV robot cameo. But if I included everything it would be a moment by moment account of your level. So let me finish by saying that this level was stellar and I can’t wait for the next one.

Hey Xenon!

Thanks so much for the feedback, and I'm really happy that you enjoyed your Star Bores experience. :D Detailed feedback like this is really valuable in so many different ways, the least of which is not that it helps keep me focused and heading in the right direction for future levels that I work on. At least once per create process cycle I sort of lose my purpose and have trouble figuring out what to do next. I often come back to posts like yours and read through all the comments again to help remind me what people liked, what they want more of, and what I could have done better. It really helps get me motivated and thinking outside the box. It also reminds me all over again why LBP is probably the best game I have ever played and really gets me excited to complete my next goofy adventure and inflict it on the masses.

That's a really long way of saying that I truly appreciate the time you (and everyone else) take to write up your thoughts. I've read your post 4 or 5 times already, and I'm sure I'll be coming back to it at least as many times again as I wrap up Episode V and dive into Episode VI.

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Originally Posted by Xenon

Taffy, sorry for the late feed back on this but I had something typed up and lost it.... Take two!

I knew this was a Star Wars level but was surprised at the title screen and opening movie, very well done. The transition from the small pod to the larger one was ingenious. Its amazing what you did with just a single layer of glass and a quick moving camera. Using the background with the floor was a great call and fit Tatooine. You also did a good job with all the small details you added. It came together perfectly. The vehicles and ships were detailed accurately and almost made me think you snuck in some new stickers. After a few plays I looked closer and saw how you put them together with different stickers as was even more impressed.

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It's especially nice to hear the detail on the vehicles didn't go unseen. :) I spent way too long on those, but I was just having fun and experimenting and seeing how much detail I could cram onto those little tiny things. I'd be afraid to know how many hours were spent simply scrolling through the sticker menu.... I might have it completely memorized at this point.

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I was however able to jump out of the level via the Millennium Falcon where the sky transitioned.

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Ah, I wondered about that. I had theorized that it was possible but I tried a bunch of times and was never able to pull it off. Good find! :)

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Originally Posted by Xenon

The spaceship scene was cool but a little too easy and short. Maybe you could have added some hard to reach bubble combos to add a little intensity to that section.

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I agree. I'm struggling with that right now in fact - trying to add interest to existing areas without changing the way the story unfolds and without adding much thermo. Regardless, that's a great point of feedback.

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So let me finish by saying that this level was stellar and I can't wait for the next one.

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Hopefully you won't have to wait long. The thermo on my next level is way past the halfway mark, which is both good and bad. Good because it means I'm much more than halfway done, but bad because I'm going to be fighting against the thermo the entire rest of the time as I try to fit everything in.

Again, thanks for your kind words and for taking the time to post them here. :)