Ivory Tower: The Cascading Spire

"Sack-thing has found itself in a new place once again! What mysteries are in store in this new destination?"

Heyo! It's me again! My first LBP 2 level has finally been published! :p I'm totally in love with the new tool-set. This level is a total re-imaging of my first level ever [Ivory Tower] (Which can be found right next to this level!). Hope you all enjoy! <3

I'm willing to do as much F4F as sent in! ^_^

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Courtesy of PSNGreyMRP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maDwWOG41MU&hd=1

I just turned off my PS3 to go to bed.

I'll play this first... >_>

Bwahah thanks mate. Hopefully you won't get knocked out in the middle of playing. :]

Oh goodness! What the heck! Why isn't this MM Picked yet? I know it's just out but gosh!
It's so well done! Everything is so well done. It's a treat to the eyes! It's fun to run around in. And everything is made with such elegance! Brilliant level!

The only feedback I can give is that sometimes, the camera angles can be a tiny bit too extremes, but yeah what the hell. Yay'd and hearted <3

:D thanks for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed! I can try to lessen those angles. I tend to go crazy with them sometimes.

I played the original (or as far as I could got, bloody fire wheel...) and uhhh wow. You really picked up some serious skills.

Ok I'm off for now.

Lolz, That very is VERY dated. and was way too difficult...haha! Thanks again!

Well, here's a bug for you, lol -
Relatively near the start, there's a bit where you enter a room, a cutscene plays, showing what's above, and then doors closing so you can't go elsewhere.
Well, being a tool, I fell in a gap and died before entering the room. I respawned at the checkpoint outside and now I'm stuck out here.

But from what I've played thus far, it's been very nice. I'll restart and post again once I've finished.

Oh! I gotcha! I'll fix that soon. Should be easyy. :] Thankss for pointing it out.

Well, I finished. Entire levels very nice, and I must admit, there's not really much of anything to critisize or suggest.
My only real question would be - why the persistance on such tiny platforms? I see this alot - it becomes more frustrating than 'difficult' when creators do this. There are better ways to make something challenging than just making everything incredibly fiddly.

Another thing I noticed is that, there's a little platforming segment right before where I got stuck on my first playthrough. I get the impression, the idea is that players are ment to avoid the 2 in/out moving walls, and hop over the in/out platforms then onto the square being carried by the water. OK, the timing on the in/out walls makes that unbarably hard, but it doesn't really matter because you could just wait for the square to spawn, then just layer-change onto it from standing just left of the first in/out wall. Perhaps some railing on the thin layer and a timing alteration to make this more do-able and not cheat-able?

Other than these 2 points, fantastic work.

I don't think there's much I could do for the first without reconfiguring the whole level, I likes to break a lot. :'( But the second! I can add an extra in-out platform so waiting for the box will be unnecessary. :D Thanks for the feedback!

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Originally Posted by Noroibito

I don't think there's much I could do for the first without reconfiguring the whole level, I likes to break a lot. :'( But the second! I can add an extra in-out platform so waiting for the box will be unnecessary. :D Thanks for the feedback!

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Well, personally, I did actually quite like the square-on-the-water idea, it's more the timing on the square getting into the right position, and the really quick timing on the in/out walls that's the issue. Are you using a sequencer for this bit, or how are you doing it?
I just reckon all you need to do is make sure the Square is moving in harmony with the other obstacles in that segment, and my point would be resolved. I think to cut out the square altogether instead of just altering the obstacles leading up to it, would be like cutting your leg off to spite your foot, y'know?

It's done with a couple of separate timers. So more forgiving timing? Gotcha! Will implement as soon as possible. :]

Looks absolutely amazing :)

Queued and Post reserved for feedback! :D

Hope you enjoy!

First step in success! ^_^ #1 on trending levels on lbp.me! Thank you guys (and gals)!

Screenshots look pretty sweet, i'll queue this one up for later and pop some feedback in here for you, though from the looks of the above posts i'm doubting i'll be anything but positive!

Just played this level and i have to say that it was very cool. The atmosphere was beautiful and relaxing. the platforming was very fun and unique and I like how it is non linear in some parts. I really enjoyed it... if I was to give one suggestion it would be that the cameras could be a little less angled in some places. It was difficult to judge the distance of some of the jumps plus the constantly twisting cameras were kind of dizzying lol, maybe use them a bit more sparingly with a few more zoomed-out angles. Overall, awesome level!!

F4F on level in signature if you would like to leave some feedback on my level, thanks :)

Ok I have to admit I couldn't make myself finish this level, not that it's a bad level, far from it, just personally I found it extremely frustrating at times and just had to quit. The camera moves around far too much, I realise it's visually a very nice level but some of the platforming elements are quite tricky, that combined with the darkness caused me to die far too many times for my liking. The camera switching just as you approach a gap in the floor, which I couldn't really see because it was so dark, was annoying for me and ruined my enjoyment of the level.

On another note, the 'water' that it coming down through the level, do you have it where you're standing as well? I don't know if thats the intention but it made moving around fiddly as you would often find yourself standing on the glass or running over it which get tricky.

Finally, I just found it far too dark! Maybe I just need to turn the brightness of the tv up or something...

Apart from all that, I can tell a LOT of time has gone into the details and mechanics of this level, if it hadn't annoyed me so much i'm sure I would have enjoyed it!

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Hello, I played your level earlier today, and I must say it is very good, im baffled by the such small amount of plays on the level. I loved the battering ram bit that smashed the wall, and the cogs that turned as the water hit them :) oh and the final bit that led up to the scoreboard was beautifully made, as was the whole level to be honest. One suggestion though, I think you need to have a few less cameras, some changed to quickly, making some of the jumps a bit frustrating. Overall, i gave your level a 'yay' and a <3. Cant wait to see your next level :)
F4F could you do F4F on my movie level 'The Machiniac' in my sig. thanks in advance :)

Thanks for the feedback guys! I've eased up some of the camera angles and slowed down the timing for the in-out box ride section. :]