Ohh, ok thanks. Will do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Risen
Ohh, ok thanks. Will do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Risen
This is looking pretty cool, I will have to hit it up tonight.
I was playing through this again last night with my little cousin, and it's still thoroughly enjoyable... but I encountered one problem - after launching off the cannon towards the spinning wheels, past the trapeze and towards the launching spring boards... the 2nd spring board fell right off it's dark matter placeholder. I don't know what happened, but you should bolt it down or glue it, or insert a tiny sliver of dark matter into it's base using the triangle shape to go easy on the thermometer - that would actually be a good alternative to large, blocky ledges of dark matter as well and a good space saver.
I really love everything about the level otherwise, but one thing I realized I don't like - the platforms of blocky dark matter. I love how it looks as a background because it appears wrinkly, like circus tent draping, but as platforms for walking it looks lazy and the tent wouldn't look like the floor in a circus. Even though dark matter takes a nice tinge under LED lighting that other materials don't, I say use the wooden or leather strut texture for platforms as it would fit well with the circus theme and look a little more detailed or meticulously crafted. Using a single sliver of dark matter again will still keep the platforms suspended in the air and will ultimately be easier on the thermometer as a whole - opening up the possibly for any expansions you might decide to do later on.
Thanks for the info about the spring board, and thanks for the feedback I will look into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by NinjaMicWZ
As far as I know there is not a single block of dark matter remaining in the level. It is a variety of metals colored with a dark matter texture giving it a unique shape and sheen. Technically a circus tent's floor is dirt/grass or whatever ground is around. I did not like the way this looked largely because it significantly took away from the dreamlike affect. The background is actually colored Denim.
That's pretty cool... I could have sworn it was dark matter under LED. I just got my eyetoy in the mail today and captured some textures around the house, to play around with it. Pretty nifty, but not sure what I'll do with any of these, if anything.
Dude, wanna do me an awesome favor? Take a picture of some textures and such and make them winnable in some of your levels. I would love to earn some new textures to work with.
I'm disappointed with it. It only appears that I can create stickers with photos to place on other materials... so first finding a perfect pic with even lighting edges to make them blend as squares, and imaging it at the right size and symmetry to make it functional as puzzle piece sections on a single material block is daunting. It seems pointless to take a random material pic and then size it to max, as any effect or functionality it has is lost.
Anything that shines or sparkles is lost, and has no luster or varnish the way the woods and foil/shiny metal materials do.
Maybe in time, I can find some way to utilize it for more than sticking my face onto something.
Well I have decided to do F4F for a little bit on this level just to get it as close to perfect as it can be. Please PM what level you would like me to look at after you leave feedback.
Hey Hex. I had a chnace to play through this again the other day and I am very pleased with all the changes you have made based on the feedback that has been given. A couple of other things that I noticed though:
- In 1 or 2 places there still seemed to be visible dark matter. Not a big deal but it could be cleaned up.
- The part with the lion. It is a little difficult to see the ball of sponge that you are meant to swing from (but maybe that is intentional?).
- The lion itself is an older version of the lions I made for Out of Africa (constructed from dissolve, a bit less detailed). If you like I can send you a newer version of the lion :)
That's about it. I am surprised no one has commented on this since being Spotlighted. If you have not played this level yet then your really missing out. Give it a shot and let Hex know what you think, he deserves it after all the hard work he put into it :)
I played yesterday and was thoroughly entertained by the writing. Was this based off of a children's book? If not ...WOW, you should start on the book right now! Great job, really fun level that keeps you entertained from beginning to end. Great for all ages.
I just played it right now, and it was thoroughly enjoyable. I really liked the overall look of things, and it was obvious that it took some time to get the looks right, which you certainly did. The platforming was well done, though there are two parts in particular that, had it not been for the extra double-life checkpoints, would have had me throwing my controller across the room. The first was the walking across those thin strips where there were a few touches of fire. I got across by sheer luck - I jumped over the first two fires, landed on the third, and my Sackboy jumped across on his own, singed by the flames. Maybe it's just my lack of skill with that particular obstacle, but I was very frustrated by it. The second was the ball on the flames. I was terrible at that as well. Again, sheer luck saved me when I jumped right as the ball went sailing through the air, catapulting me up to the ceiling, and just far enough for safety. I did like, however, the addition of extra checkpoints, considering how difficult those sections were. Those were really the only times it wasn't moving smoothly for me. I loved the story (it was always fun to guess how it would rhyme each time), the teddy bear owning the guy at the end was particularly enjoyable, and overall, it's certainly one of the best levels I've played. Very well done.
Ok, I removed any dark matter spots I could find, I removed the layer of dark matter around some lights, I made pistons on a few parts invisible I gave some minor gameplay tweaks. I made more obvious the star ranking given at the end of the level I made some punctuation modifications as well as tweaked some rhymes. I added some more detail to story characters (not much) I will add a more recent version of OCK's Lion later on. Thanks for taking the time to try it/try it again.
great visuals.......... like the color use and the dark in the set..... nice taste!!! congratulations... i think that levels with lots of text usually became boring for most of the players.......... and perhaps i feel that you have a bit of that in this level..........
;)
Yeah I played it with a friend of mine, he didn't have the patience to read all of it and he was in the room with me. Still, I don't have the heart to remove any of it and it just wouldn't be the same.
Such a beautiful level! The lighting really makes it feel dream-like. So many unique ideas thrown in as well. I really liked the diving board part, the sound when you land makes it perfect. :) Hearted and 5/5.
Thanks, the level is not as polished as some of the more recent ones, the puncuation is bad, the background doesn't blend perfectly and the level can be frustrating but I still have fun playing it myself and I guess thats a good sign lolQuote:
Originally Posted by maxwordlife