A Run in Autumn (1P)

Nice level!

One thing, let the poor girl stop running into the wall at the end, I've just done it and she's desperately trying to run through the wall at the end :(
Also maybe you could have a brief pause at the start, I wasn't ready for the thing to start moving and had to lunge for the pad to press jump (i failed and tied on the first jump).
I think someones already mentioned the delay when dying, but thats not really a problem, more of an observation.

Decent level! Well worth a play (and probably moved into the Cool Levels subforum now if this is the 20th post)

If you're F4F'ing then have a look at this - Comic Relief Race

Edit: Ah i can't count, 21st post :P

@Sawicki originally the radius was a lot smaller but in the end I thought it just looked better with it as it is.

@Frostinski I think I've just figured out how to make her stop, and to do that I'll have to go into the controllinator and change the emitters as well but it's not too much of a hassle. I'll probably only put it at the end because I like that moment of panic at the beginning (:

3 people disliking in one day, this has not been a good day! ):

One guy died over 20 times and still said it's one of the best level's he's played so that's the counterbalance.

Anyway, I'm posting this to say that I was messing around earlier with some ideas for some possible fixes for getting the sackgirl to delay running/ stopping. I went in to the level with the know how of how to do it but everything was so slow that I couldn't actually change anything ):

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Originally Posted by JonnysToyRobot

3 people disliking in one day, this has not been a good day! ):

One guy died over 20 times and still said it's one of the best level's he's played so that's the counterbalance.

Anyway, I'm posting this to say that I was messing around earlier with some ideas for some possible fixes for getting the sackgirl to delay running/ stopping. I went in to the level with the know how of how to do it but everything was so slow that I couldn't actually change anything ):

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I think you published this about the same time as my Perky Prius level, so I keep seeing it in the threads I've been active in. I'll try to get to this tonight, but I won't boo it. If it needs feedback I'll just give you feedback. Also remember that you don't have to fix every suggestion. It still gets to be your level in the end :)

If you don't like it, boo it. I just like to know why people don't like it :P

I like putting in suggestions when I agree with them, and with these instances I do. I remember with my last level though people would say "put in cutscenes so we understand the story more" and the reply would always be "nnnnnnnno!"

I'll go ahead and queue your level. (:

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Originally Posted by JonnysToyRobot

If you don't like it, boo it. I just like to know why people don't like it :P

I like putting in suggestions when I agree with them, and with these instances I do. I remember with my last level though people would say "put in cutscenes so we understand the story more" and the reply would always be "nnnnnnnno!"

I'll go ahead and queue your level. (:

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I played this last night. It's really neat. It feels a lot different that the other levels out there.

Things I enjoyed the most:
Infinite spawns (yes, it's nice to be able to finish eventually)
The music and art/color palate
The alligator-shadow cutout on one of the pits

Issues:
- A couple of the platforms are kind of steep, so the sackthing slows down then speeds up unpredictably. I think this was near the beginning.
- On the downward slope, the checkpoint might be a little to close to the edge. I kept needing to do a long jump and miss the middle platform (but maybe that's what you intended).
- As already mentioned, it would be nice to let the sackbot stop running at the end.
- No lives lost (Not sure that's possible to remediate).

Suggestions:
I know you're out of thermo, but if you ever find some ways to optimize and get some space back, making it a little longer and putting in more scary shadows and such would make this really stand out.

Overall, I really liked it. I swear I gave it a Yay, but that's not showing up on lbp.me - I'll put on in tonight. Great job!

That looks like an amazing artistic level, Ill definatly check this out and give you feedback :)
If You'd like to return the favor you can look here, if not dont worry I just do this for free ^^.http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?51790-Sunshine-Silhouttes-2&highlight=Sunshine+Silhouttes


Edit* I was going to queue this level but for some reason lbp.me is acting up again lol, But I wrote the levels name and your psn on a piece of paper so I wont do any mistakes while searching it :p

Ill check it out soon :).

Good job nice and neat and and you can't play it to many times. Can't see why someone wouldn't like it. The death thing annoyed me tho. Not exactly sure how to fix it tho

hey, thanks for feedbacking my level :)

i really liked your level . it had a beatiful art style and the gameplay concept is very nice. well, sometimes it was a bit frustrating, but altogether it was a innovative ang really good level:D.
yayed and hearted.

Too many posts to bother quoting so I'll use @ :P

@hcwcmatt there are actually 5 wolf heads used, all pretty visible but only one massive one. I made it so you only really see them if you're looking for them (:

@Bloo thanks, your level looks like it's going to be awesome by the way.

@frex and @james thanks (:

Alright, tried this level out seconds ago,
The art style left me speechless I gotta say, I loved how you did the Leaves fly across the sackgirl as she runned that was really cool.

I never seen anything like this before, this is incredibly unique level, Difficul but thats not a bad thing :)
It really was challenging, and part of the fun was timing your jumps for to get them right.
Loved the Silhoutte style, really made it feel peaceful and soft, very beautiful work ^^

Great Job :)

Thanks, I don't get the chance to play yours till later which kind of sucks. I did spot it at the very top of trending levels on lbp.me so i'm glad someone who's making different/artistic levels is getting some recognition. So good for you (:

Tiny bit jealous though, not gonna lie.

- Delayed respawn is rather annoying when combined with the automatic running.
If you die you really have to pay attention (for longer than you should have to) as you respawn and need to jump straight away. In addition, there is a lot of variation in the respawn times.
Perhaps try to implement a system so that when the player respawns, they have to press jump/right to start running?
- I don't think that camera on the big jump is worth it. It's way more difficult to judge than normal, and then the camera cuts (twice?) infront which is rather distracting.
- Sometimes I would land/bounce and therefore couldn't jump in time for the next gap.
+ Kicking up the leaves as you run is really great.
You should give that away as a prize if you haven't already done so.

Despite the (minor?) faults, well worth checking out.

A truely visualy stunning level felt as if I got cheated out of a few lives but I fell thats what you were going for.
My only real complint is thatI fell there could be a multiplayer mode and I think that would add a lot of awesomeness to it but hey you did what had to be done.

Just played the level, back with some feedback. I did like the art style of the level, albeit a bit short. I just felt you could have done more with the concept and visuals. First off, I assume you're using a mover to make the sackbot run? If you connect a battery to the L-stick input on the Controllinator on the sackbot should run with a more fluid motion. I also thought I would've felt more immersed if you changed the animation style on the sackbot to "Sackboy" instead of "Sackbot", as it threw me off a bit to see my sackboys head twisting in circles whenever I died. These are the only points I can think of that were not already mentioned above, gave it a :) rating.

I'm about to go in and change a few things, mostly to do with the sackgirl's AI, making her stop when you finish and only start when you move etc.

@booXely, I'm already using the input of the left stick to make it run so that's as natural as it gets (:

@Yonin, it's far too complicated to do with a level where you're always running, for me anyway :P I'm also not sure how the emitters would react to it, there's a possibility of it just freezing.

I'll also fix the delay time. Wish me luck :P

Let's talk about compromise.

So I went into create mode to deal with some issues people have been having and I managed to do some stuff, but there were problems. Problem 1) The spawn delay really is unfixable and everything I tried only made it worse. Problem 2) Instead of having it so you started running as soon as you touch L3, I had to change it to X because of the way I did the AI for the sackgirl (I've literally just figured out a way to change this, while writing that actually, so I'll have a crack at it soon). This means you can control the sackgirl but as soon as you try to jump the AI takes over, so it's not too bad.

There's no longer the spinny-head animation when she gets spiked.

You now stop at the end and also appear next to the sackgirl, that's not a mistake, I meant it to be like that but the significance of it will only be apparent after I make a bunch more levels (the plan for my levels is to have them all set in the same "world")

Enjoy (:

I agree in a way about the checkpoint thing, but instead why dont you add more checkpoints? It would make it a bit more easier and well some players complain alot cause of the difficulty, making it a bit easier would reflect in a positive way maybe but I read the Update, Ill play this level again to check it out :)

Actually, now that you don't run automatically when you spawn that would be possibly. I'll try and do it tomorrow, though I've been absorbed by a new level recently so keep forgetting :P

What a cool level! I think it just hits me in all the right nostalgia points. (Except for the running from wolves part). :) The visuals capture the autumn mood perfectly. I like the tree silhouettes and the leaves that fly up behind the player. And to top it off the game play is fun and addictive. Well done.