Space Corps: ReVITAlized by tsr13

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It's been a long time since your last space flight, Sackboy. Time for some Space Corps mandated retraining!

Are you fascinated by rockets? Do you enjoy terrible jokes? Have you ever had any unusual cravings for dehydrated space rations? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes", then I've got just the level you've been waiting for. I am proud to present Space Corps: ReVITAlized, a mostly ridiculous adventure centered around the not-so-glamorous life of an astronaut. Make your way through a gauntlet of re-education procedures and prepare to blast off for a mission to My Moon.

This is my first LBP Vita level and the fourth in my Space Corps series that I started on LBP PSP. Although technically a sequel, this level is intended to be a standalone experience that serves as a reboot of my PSP creations. It took me a solid couple of weeks of VERY late nights to put this level together, but I had a blast working on it. I hope you enjoy it!

Queue the level here: http://vita.lbp.me/v/ht5h

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Updates:

• Changed intro title letters to hologram material - 9-26-12
• Replaced "dehydrated" in various speech bubbles (censored word) - 9-26-12
• Adjusted gameplay in the C-shaped bouncy hallway thing to make it less annoying - 9-27-12
• Adjusted gameplay in the "alternating beams" room to make it less rage-inducing - 9-27-12
• Added an animated 'O' button during the food minigame intro - 9-27-12
• Touch now works in conjunction with 'O' to skip to the next cutscene in the food minigame intro - 9-27-12
• Disabled popit controls during food minigame - 9-27-12
• Added timers to the asteroid dodging minigame - doing nothing will eventually get you to the next scene - 9-27-12
• Successfully dodging an asteroid will earn you points - 9-27-12
• Disabled popit controls during asteroid minigame - 9-27-12
• Fixed a bug that allows the player to potentially skip the final cutscene - 9-27-12
• Fixed issue with asteroids sometimes not emitting - 10-4-12
• First speech bubble on the Create Moon will now only trigger once - 10-4-12
• Fixed a checkpoint bug that could potentially end the level early - 10-4-12
• Added stickers and decorations in a few plain-looking spots - 10-4-12

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If it wasn't for the space corps series on the PSP I wouldn't've joined LBPC. :p

QUEUED!!!!!!11112234one

This seems really nice Taffey, it's in my queue! I'm looking forward to play it

WOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!! First Taffey level for ps Vita - run for play! :)

From Russia with love,
Domick12

Looks like a lot of fun. Got it queued and ready.

I played it!!!

iIt was really cool! It remember me old good times with LBP PSP :) Great story with your tsr12's humor, beautiful decorations with many cool details and very fun gameplay! Also I love food mini-game - clever idea! Great recreation of Space corp serias! I love it!

Now I just have a dream to see in future continue of your Star Bores serias :)

From Russia with love,
Domick12

Taffy the pics look awesome qued up :D ill play later tonight :)

Awesome work! I loved the humour in the level, I often found myself chuckling to myself as well as that the gameplay was unique as well. One bit that stuck out it my mind is the bit where you carry the touch material and have to avoid hitting the buttons, that was really fun and ragey! But not as ragey as this bit... Attachment 41963
Man, I must of died on that bit like 100 times! I'm sure I probably made it harder than it was. However when I played it the level broke at the cut scene just before you eat the delicious dehydrated food, I thought it might have been a one off bug so I replayed the level, and I got stuck at the same bit, it's really strange as I looked through the reviews to see if anyone else had experienced the same problem but it seemed to be just me :/

The level almost put it in a nostalgic coma from when I still played LBP PSP, the humour was just brilliant as I remember it and I love the little-piece-of-everything gameplay, varying things always. On a side note, was there not a computer named SAL 9000/3000 (both numbers were mentioned) in the cartoon named Recess? Anyway, the names were brilliant, as always. Downloaded the level so I can laugh wherever I go :gopher:

I'm pretty sure I did not encounter any glitches on my journey, so that is good :p

Also, I will hopefully get back to you for the back-feedback when I have a level out :hrmf:

Oh, and I'm in first place on the scoreboard as I write this :33

Omgomgomgomgomgomgomg. It's another of those hilarious Taffey levels. :3

Thanks everybody for queueing and playing the level - I'm really happy that everybody is enjoying it! Man it feels nice to finally have this one published. It was eating my life. :p

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If it wasn't for the space corps series on the PSP I wouldn't've joined LBPC. :p

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Well that is quite honestly one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me.. Thanks so much Joruto! It's really great to have you here, so I'm glad I put those LBPC banners in my old levels. ;)

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Originally Posted by Domik12

I played it!!!

iIt was really cool! It remember me old good times with LBP PSP :) Great story with your tsr12's humor, beautiful decorations with many cool details and very fun gameplay! Also I love food mini-game - clever idea! Great recreation of Space corp serias! I love it!

Now I just have a dream to see in future continue of your Star Bores serias :)

From Russia with love,
Domick12

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Haha thanks Domick - I'm glad it was worth the two year wait! :p I originally thought about doing a direct recreation of The Right Stuffing but decided to change it up a bit so it would be new and a bit different.

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Originally Posted by OriginalCreator

Awesome work! I loved the humour in the level, I often found myself chuckling to myself as well as that the gameplay was unique as well. One bit that stuck out it my mind is the bit where you carry the touch material and have to avoid hitting the buttons, that was really fun and ragey! But not as ragey as this bit... Man, I must of died on that bit like 100 times! I'm sure I probably made it harder than it was.

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Hey Deadmn! Thanks for checking it out. :D The don't-touch-the-button room was inspired by the boardgame Operation.. Why I don't know, but that's what my brain does sometimes. The second room you mentioned, admittedly, was a bit tough. I was considering slowing down the cycling of the beams a little bit and I might still do just that. It's amazing what a difference 0.1 seconds makes when it comes to that sort of thing.

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Originally Posted by OriginalCreator

However when I played it the level broke at the cut scene just before you eat the delicious dehydrated food, I thought it might have been a one off bug so I replayed the level, and I got stuck at the same bit, it's really strange as I looked through the reviews to see if anyone else had experienced the same problem but it seemed to be just me :/

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Well now that is concerning... I encountered tons and TONS of other odd one-off bugs while playtesting endlessly, but that particular part never broke for me.

I am noticing a lot of fun and different new bugs that seem to have to do with being published to the community though... For example, the plastic "neon border" material that I used for the title screen works fine on My Moon but once published it refuses to actually turn off. Bizarre. I had to change the lettering to hologram to get the malfunctioning blinking sign effect I wanted.

Anyway, please do let me know if you encounter that particular bug again and I'll see what I can come up with. What exactly happened when you got stuck?

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Originally Posted by moonwire

The level almost put it in a nostalgic coma from when I still played LBP PSP, the humour was just brilliant as I remember it and I love the little-piece-of-everything gameplay, varying things always.

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Thanks for the feedback moonwire! Brings back memories of the old PSP days. :D

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Originally Posted by moonwire

On a side note, was there not a computer named SAL 9000/3000 (both numbers were mentioned) in the cartoon named Recess?

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Hmm, I'm not aware of that but I wouldn't be surprised. "HAL 9000" is a famous (villain) computer from the movie 2001 and has been spoofed like crazy ever since. My computer SAL of course is a tribute to HAL, much like what it sounds like in Recess.

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Originally Posted by moonwire

I'm pretty sure I did not encounter any glitches on my journey, so that is good :p

Also, I will hopefully get back to you for the back-feedback when I have a level out :hrmf:

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Yay! *does the no-glitch dance* Definitely let me know when you have your level published and I'll be very happy indeed to return the feedback. :D

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Oh, and I'm in first place on the scoreboard as I write this :33

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Indeed you are! Well, for you score-seekers out there, I have included quite a few hidden ways to get points. Hint: Don't be afraid to touch the screen even when it doesn't seem like it will do anything. ;)

Just played it! It was brilliant. But where is the guy who gives you your meds? I quite liked him. Nether the less this level is amazing.

Handy Tip: Make sure you press the R button a lot when in the roket. ;)

EDIT: One post away from 1000! :D

Queued and ready to play. Back in half an hour to give you my verdict!

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Originally Posted by Taffey

Hey Deadmn! Thanks for checking it out. :D The don't-touch-the-button room was inspired by the boardgame Operation.. Why I don't know, but that's what my brain does sometimes. The second room you mentioned, admittedly, was a bit tough. I was considering slowing down the cycling of the beams a little bit and I might still do just that. It's amazing what a difference 0.1 seconds makes when it comes to that sort of thing.

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Yeah, I thin that could help a lot but it wasn't too much of a problem after a while once I got the hang of it only 100 deaths later :)

Well now that is concerning... I encountered tons and TONS of other odd one-off bugs while playtesting endlessly, but that particular part never broke for me.

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Originally Posted by Taffey

I am noticing a lot of fun and different new bugs that seem to have to do with being published to the community though... For example, the plastic "neon border" material that I used for the title screen works fine on My Moon but once published it refuses to actually turn off. Bizarre. I had to change the lettering to hologram to get the malfunctioning blinking sign effect I wanted.

Anyway, please do let me know if you encounter that particular bug again and I'll see what I can come up with. What exactly happened when you got stuck?

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I just found out the reason why it got "stuck", I feel like such an idiot lol it's because I didn't relise that you had to press O for next part of the sequence to come up. I'm so used to just seeing automatic cut scenes, that only took me 3 retries to find out :) . So you don't have to worry about any game breaking bugs, you just have to worry about stupid people like me not knowing to press O, btw that was a fun little mini game to throw in.

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Originally Posted by Taffey

Indeed you are! Well, for you score-seekers out there, I have included quite a few hidden ways to get points. Hint: Don't be afraid to touch the screen even when it doesn't seem like it will do anything. ;)

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Now I have to play it again D: Must mention I really enjoyed releasing gas, almost died when I got points for it XD

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Originally Posted by OriginalCreator

Yeah, I thin that could help a lot but it wasn't too much of a problem after a while once I got the hang of it only 100 deaths later :)

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LOL Well on one hand that's actually really funny... and fits in with the theme of the level quite nicely... but I do prefer to err on the side of easier rather than harder. After playtesting it a BILLION times it feels just right to me which means it's probably too hard for a brand new player.

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I just found out the reason why it got "stuck", I feel like such an idiot lol it's because I didn't relise that you had to press O for next part of the sequence to come up. I'm so used to just seeing automatic cut scenes, that only took me 3 retries to find out :) . So you don't have to worry about any game breaking bugs, you just have to worry about stupid people like me not knowing to press O, btw that was a fun little mini game to throw in.

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AH, yes I just saw a review on my level that mentioned the same thing - I hadn't even considered it. Yes it is a little odd that it waits for you to press O despite appearing to be a timed cutscene. I'll add in a little 'press O to continue' in the lower right hand corner of the screen or something and maybe see if I can accomplish the same thing with logic. I could wire the touch sensor into the next magic mouth with an 'or' gate, but I'm not sure if that would suffice to skip the current magic mouth. Well, I just gotta try it and see!

Thanks for helping me narrow this one down - I'll get it fixed pronto. ;)

Well... er... it's far too hard for me. I just couldn't get past the row of lasers LOL. I'll try again once my nerves have returned to normal

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Originally Posted by moonwire

Now I have to play it again D: Must mention I really enjoyed releasing gas, almost died when I got points for it XD

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Hahaha I just couldn't resist putting that in. :D

Try the different buttons for different tones - you can make music that way. :p

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Well... er... it's far too hard for me. I just couldn't get past the row of lasers LOL. I'll try again once my nerves have returned to normal

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Sorry about that! I'll definitely be turning down the difficulty on that section.

Insta-queued! I look forward to getting back into the LBP portable scene, and I bet this is a good start.

Well Taffey, I told you on twitter that I was excited for this - and you totally delivered!! This is a quality level and it kept to your original psp style.

The humour is my favourite part, it's just stuffed to the brim with wit and fart sounds :p I loved that touch, with the rocket making fart sounds especially! The visuals are good, the cutscenes are beautifully set up and the gameplay is, although more challenging than your usual, is still awesome!

I could throw superlatives at you all day, but let's just say I enjoyed it greatly and I hope you make more space corps level for the Vita

<3 and a :D for a wicked level