Cool guys don't look at explosions - Explosive race level!

I have been working on this level for a long time now and I am really excited to say that it is finally published!
Many of my friends have probably seen this level when it still wasn't finished. Now it has all the finishing touches, countless times of playtesting and adding a little details here and there.

So, what kind of level is this? It is a race (as in a running race) where you try to get a bubble-combo. It is possible to get a bubble-combo through the whole level but I have to say, that is veeeery hard :p
Oh, did I mention that there are pretty explosions everywhere!

Go, play it and get the highest score! I know you want to. ;)

Pictures:

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As far as F4F goes, I'm willing to do at least 5, probably more :)

http://lbp.me/v/w7re4d

Lookin good. Might have to take a look.

Hehe, this looks awesome. Imma play in next time on my PS3 (aka, when my mom is done watching the new twilight movie on the PS3 o_O)

Ooh it's done, I'll play this next time I'm on LBP.

Just like I had originally planned, I made a high score challenge for this level. If you feel like you need some LBPC XP or just want to have fun with a little competition, this is the right way.

This level is AMAZING I was there about an hour before he published it... GO PLAY IT!!! This will be one of the best levels you have played in LBP, guaranteed! (Unless your a ******* and don't know what a good level is :D)

Will play as soon as I'm on LBP.
Hurray for asplosions! :p

This level rocks ^__________^ I had a blast playing, but Im not a cool person I couldnt resist looking at those wonderful explosions @_@

XD LOL but it was awesome, you should make this a competition =)
The way you made the factory looked like it was all destroyed falling apart was awesome, and the way you use the stickers etc, I really liked this alot, im playing it again soon ^______^.

I gave it 5 Stars, Brilliant and a Heart, great job :)

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Originally Posted by Bloo_boy

This level rocks ^__________^ I had a blast playing, but Im not a cool person I couldnt resist looking at those wonderful explosions @_@

XD LOL but it was awesome, you should make this a competition =)
The way you made the factory looked like it was all destroyed falling apart was awesome, and the way you use the stickers etc, I really liked this alot, im playing it again soon ^______^.

I gave it 5 Stars, Brilliant and a Heart, great job :)

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Thank you for the feedback, it really means a lot to hear nice comments about a level that has been in the works for really long.
I actually do have a competition, I should put a link in the OP :p

Just played it, and I am SOOOO addicted!:p
Seriously, I played it like 10 times! :)

Making the level want you to try again is my substitute for it being fairly short :p

Reading comments that are posted on LBP make me lol, half of the people are saying they like the song (yeah well ok, the name was taken from a song but that's it) and then there are just random funny ones like "im cool but i look at explosions noob "

I hated dat :grr:
Just kidding! I loved that level! As I commented on the level, the explosions were very good looking, everything was very detailed, and I liked the explosions (Kinda said that twice, I really liked em though ^^) :star::star::star::star::star: and <3 ^^

Spotted this level a while ago, and absolutely loved it! I felt like a superhero getting away from the explosions! 5:star: and a <3 from me!

This level was very fun, but one small issue bothered me. It was an awkward camera angle on the first jump over the gap. It didn't give you much insight as to how far to jump and slows you down a little to much for a fast paced level like this. But overall, it was a great level. I gave it 5 stars and I'll give it a heart next time I'm on.

Hmm, I have to look at the camera angle there and maybe change it if it is really bad... I've playtested this so many times I know where to jump (and still don't succeed every time)
I'm more worried about people finding harder bubble-paths unfair since those tend to come crashing down without too much warning.

really great level bro
i found this level when i choose the lucky dip option so.........lucky me :)
i really liked the idea and how the pace of the level was.
a 4 out of 5 for me

I really like the detail in this level and thought it was really good fun. It made me want to play again and again as there were different areas to explore and try to reach before the bombs went off!. Great choice of materials and the lighting effect with the explosions really added to it. I thought some areas were a little difficult to reach in time but not impossible, and so these are a bonus to the level as they make the player want to retry. I gave 5 stars and a heart as I'm sure I'll play it again in the not too distant future. Great job!.

For F4F please can you play Little Big Noise.

Thank you, I'll be sure to play your level in a day or two :)

There aren't really secret areas, everything follows the same pattern, some harder to reach parts just have bubbles and are sometimes faster

Wow. I didn't get any higher platforms my first run. :(

Yeah, pretty cool.
Some platforms are pretty hard, but having the option of an actual challenge is nice.
Don't have much else to say. :P
Playable level. :)

This level was a fun little race! The explosion effects were really well done, and the gameplay was great! The way you built the paths so you had to stay on the high road and go as fast as possible to get the high score was really great! Very fun level, I'll have to go back and try and get a high score, if I can.:p

5 stars! F4F: Fight for Justice... Link is in my sig.:p

Hey! I played this level and thought it was amazing! The explosions and the scenery and all that were very detailed! And the platforming race stuff was really fun! I'm gonna play this again later to try and get some high score XD anyways yeah really good level. 5 stars and a heart. There isn't really anything I could recommend... it's just that good XD

F4F - That Search for More Skills

It seems all the flaws are so minor that not many people complain, thank you everyone :)
I'm pretty surprized no one has complained about the length of the level, it is pretty short. It could have been longer but I thought I needed more space for finishing touches than I actually needed at the end. Well, at least it seems to be addicting, many plays on a short level is just as awesome as one play on a long level.

Also, I have your levels queued for those who had a F4F level :)

I must be super uncool because all I did was look at the explosions, they were just too darn pretty.

Length wise I think it was good enough, it made it fast paced and frentic and seemed to fit the explosive-ness of the level

easily a level I could play again a few times

5 stars and a heart

Alright, sorry it took so long but here's my feedback as promised.

Everything in the level "works" fine which is always a plus. The explosions look decent enough and the scenery, whilst bland, is well very well-crafted. I see people touting the "sense of emergency" in the level, which I felt was not the case at all. The explosions look fine, but it's impossible for any of them to hit you meaning there really is no obstacle and there is no racing to be done. I could stand still, go make a sandwich and come back and it would have no bearing on the gameplay. When you take away that element, it becomes a very standard platforming deal with really just the most basic of platforming elements. The fact that it's also criminally short (something that bothers me more than most people) sealed the deal as not being a pick for spotlight.

To improve it, I think you could make the explosions an actual threat (even with infinite lives, death is something players strive to avoid), which would probably double the enjoyibility of the level. Introduce some more interesting mechanics outside of jumping from platform to platform (You may want to look to other creators and games for inspiration) and double the length of the level and you will have a superb level on your hands I think.

Hope that helps a little. As I see this is F4F, I think I'll make use of that. ;D

http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/sho...9-The-Antlands

Please let me know you think.

Thank you for the feedback :)

I do agree with the fact that the level is short, it could have been a lot longer and I even have about 20% of the thermo left because I didn't want to have it full when it isn't completed. Some people however find it pretty addicting to get a high score which makes the length actually better because they don't have to replay a way too long level all over again. Anyway, I guess it could have been longer.
The other point you had there however isn't really a flaw if you play the level as a race. The ticking clock and a bubble combo is supposed to keep you on the move, stopping and seeing what happens is just a way to seek flaws in this level, which I don't really approve as a reason for the level not being done well. I would say most of the people wouldn't think about there being no real danger because they are so focused on getting the bubble combo and finishing the level as fast as possible. If I wanted the player to die and have the level actually be dangerous then I would have made the explosions dangerous. I think races in which you die are rather frustrating which is also the reason I kept the explosions safe. (Although you can die if you try) The feel of danger is still there, unless of course you happen to know that it is not the case.

The obstacles could have been a little more varied but I didn't really want luck to be involved here, if there would be something that constantly goes up and down then the player could happen to come across that obsacle when it happens to be somewhere not in reach and thus making the player wait for just a bit. Although, there are also other possibilites and I might think of something better if I do a level like this in the future.

Sorry if that sounded harsh, I just had to defend my level a bit :p
I added your level to my queue, I might even play it tonight ;)

Great lvl, noticed my friend made it past all the explosions with out being touched, then towards the end I was the only one getting killed. :) Not feedback here, just saying fun level.

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Originally Posted by napero7

The ticking clock and a bubble combo is supposed to keep you on the move

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Are there two versions of the level? I swear every time I played it there was no race gate. I was even thinking "Shouldn't there be a race gate here?"

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Sorry if that sounded harsh, I just had to defend my level a bit :p

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No it's fine, I wouldn't expect you to agree with everything I said and you make some fair points.

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I added your level to my queue, I might even play it tonight ;)

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Cheers, feel free to rip it apart if necessary. ;P

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Originally Posted by UmJammerSully

Are there two versions of the level? I swear every time I played it there was no race gate. I was even thinking "Shouldn't there be a race gate here?"

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That's really weird because there is only one version of this level and the race gate was one of the first things I added into the level.
http://ic.lbp.me/img/ft/a2c591c795d0...cde5a323f2.jpg

Hello! I'm very sorry about not commenting earlier. I completely forgot! Until today that is. Saw you complaining about the length earlier. Well the thing is that even though level is short, that is it's biggest plus! Nobody would play this over and over again if this was long! And the alternative routes were great! They kept the ''Thing'' of the level up a very long time. Getting hi-score has always been very difficult to me. Still I succeeded to get in top 10 back when I played this. Haven't played for a while. Don't know for sure. Anyway the levels visual effects are marvelous (I rarely get to use that kind of adjectives). Maybe little bit too marvelous.
Good:
+Short, keeps giving ''One more time'' feeling all over and over again!
+Stunningly good looking
+Multipaths were great! Higher the score u want to get harder it will be.
+Awesome visual effects!
Bad:
-Awesome visual effects made me stop to look at them and took my consencration out of race. That isn't actually even a minus.
-Ending wasn't as cool looking as rest of the race.
-Needs a lot of luck to get the hi-score...
Overaal: :star::star::star::star::star: It was one of the greatest levels I have ever played.

Fun great level Nap!
Everything works smooth.
As I said it's fun, it has a good replay value, and the right length for the kind of gameplay.
I liked it a lot!