My first two levels: 'Green Top' and 'Polar Peak - Act 1' [+pics]

Hi!

Those levels are in a oldschool vein, sonic visual like. The first one is in a forest theme and the last in the tundra, with lots of plataform things. Take a look in them! :p

Some pics:

Green Top:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...160190/gt1.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...160190/gt2.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...160190/gt3.jpg

Polar Peak - Act 1:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...0190/pp1-1.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...0190/pp2-1.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...0190/pp3-1.jpg

I hope you guys like, thanks!

ID: Tomasoares
Levels: "Green Top" and "Polar Peak - Act 1"

they look really nice, I'll give them a try

yes they do look really cool, i especially like the looks of the polar peak

Ok just got finished running through both of your levels.

Heres what I thought.


Green Top:

Pros: Beautiful Style.

Very well put together.

Creative use of space.

Nicely done, and humorous enimies.

Theres tons of other stuff for this list, I really liked the level.


Cons.
Only had three problems with this level...(2 are pretty small)

Ok one was when you are launched up on the cliff with the flipper thing, if you jump high enough you see some darkmatter, (on the top cliff to the right with all the spikes) not really a problem just maybe put a camera zone there to prevent this.

second problem was with the enimies... While being really well done and looked awesome, they really didnt pose much of a challenge. The technique seemed to be, to run past the guys on a different plane and then jump on the from behind, or just leave them alone... You could probably make them a little more challenging.

Speaking of challenging, my third problem was about somthing that was too challenging. Ok the swinging electric poles, most of them werent a problem. but one in particularly was. ok on this one there is a row of spikes, then the swinging pole hanging over a pit of gas... I couldnt make it past. Continued twice and died there everytime. you could either make the thing swing a little bit slower, or put a double life checkpoint there, either way...

I plan to come back and finish this level later, when a have a chance.



Polar Peak, Act 1:

Ok this is what Im talking about!!!

Loved this level. Very fun Very good use of materials, Awesome overall feel.

I really dont have the time to talk about all the stuff I liked in this level, the Polarbears were awesome, The swinging spinning lifting grabby elevator things were a really cool way to get from point A to B. everything just seemed to flow really well.

Only had two negitive things to say about it.

One (easy fix) right after the sled ride the monster walked out on the bridge flipped themselves over and waited for me to kill them... probably not what you wanted them to do..

Two (not so easy fix, but doesnt really need fixing) the sled ride was REALLY short.

Other than that I loved this level, thanks for sharing it..

If you wanna play one of mine, my F4F level is in my sig.

Hello! I played your two levels, and I really enjoyed them. My review applies to both levels unless specified:


The good stuff:
- I love the retro platforming style of your level design. The obstacles were very cleverly designed so that the action was non-stop.
- Simple but charming visuals.
- Cool-looking enemies, with some very ingeniously designed ones.
- Lots of delicious score bubbles!
- The level was long AND fun.

Stuff that need improvement:
- For Green Top, I agree with the previous review. The two electric poles were kinda tough. I can understand if you your level to get harder as the player progresses through it, but at this point the increase in difficulty was a little too sudden. I think this was the only point in the level were the action kinda slowed down for me. Most people will probably run out of lives here.
- Again, I agree with the previous review about the sled ride in Polar Peak being too short. Sled rides are FUN, and because of this it would be beneficial for your level if they were long. :) It would be very difficult to fix this, however, so either you leave this as it is, or delete the sled-ride area entirely and replace it with some other obstacle/puzzle. Then, maybe you can create another longer sled ride in some other area of this level, preferably where there's still room to edit. OR you can make it an optional bonus/secret area. :)


I gave both your levels 5 stars and hearts. :) I'm hoping your next projects are as fun as these are!
If you have time, please try any of my levels. They can be found with my sig. Thanks a bunch! :)

I loved your levels... And hearted them both.

With Green Top, I expected I immediately felt that it was a great looking level. When it started out, it was very linear... So I was expecting it to be a bit plain... But it really started to branch out in some really cool ways. I really liked that.

With the Polar Peak levels, I liked all the details. The snow and ice on the trees. I liked the bear... - It would have been cool to put an audio on him to roar when he gets close, though.

I loved the sponges that you grab and they swing you up and in... I thought that was very clever.

I did think the snowmobile section was too short. It felt almost tossed in. You see that thing and really want to fly.

I would have liked some little bit of a story to go along with them both though... A little hook.

Alright, posting feedback as i go:

--- Green Top ---
- The sponge swing looks a tad.. basic. This might be intended, but i think a more flowery theme would've looked better, since the whole level is in a flowery setting.

- Found a bunch of Dark Matter squares.. floating above the swing trough the fire part and the Piston-moved platform.. I used my roof-grabbing techniques to walk over them, but they leaded nowhere.. I have no idea what these blocks do. Please fix this.

- Yeah, you can also see the dark matter which holds the sponge part. Right above the springboard.

- Once more, dark matter material holding a platform. This time it's a thin layer, in front of the platform. You could easily fix this by glueing it to the dark matter BEHIND the platform.

- The place where you pick up the "Mushroom-baddie" shows a piece of dark matter in the bottom left corner. Under the gas.

- The yellow baddie has bad stickering (You see brown on the back) and visible emitters.

- Overall, decent basic platformer. With a matching basic visual style.

--- Polar Peaks ---

- Noticed how the first polar bear had a spike on his back, so far i've seen two that haven't.

- visible sensor switch at the part just after the snow-scooter part.

- Once again, decent basic level :) Better visuals than the first part.

I'm really grateful for the feedback! :p Thanks everyone!

Madafaku: You aren't the first one to have the same problem with the swinging electric pole. I took off the spikes and put a checkpoint. This way i think will not be too fustrating more. The dark matters problem will be fixed xD

I will think in a better way the make the enemies more challenging too.

In Polar Peak, the enemies after the Ice Peak part was easy to fix. About the Ice Car, i know its a bit short >.< The original idea was to have another sled ride with a bigger percouse in the end, but the thermometer thing filled up and i cant put anything more in the level =\ In act 2 i will make a much bigger one.

Thanks for the feedback! I will play your level and comment it! :p

mostevilmilo: Thank you very much for the feedback! I tried to fix the swinging electric pole, think it works better now! In the Polar Peak, cant change too many things because of the thermometer =x
I will play your level and give a feedback! :p

dobi6: Good to know you liked the level! The Polar bears has a roar audio, but i don't know how to make it more frequent. About the history, don't know if will work well in the level, i will try to do something xD

Thanks!

ThommyTheThird: I will fix the dark matters problem, thanks for the report! About the sponge thing, it was meant to be that simple, but looks it doesn't fit well. The emitters in the yellow badnik was to be visible too.

About the stickering, i will take a look xD

Some polars bears has spikes, others hasn't. Some of the bears hasn't because they're placed in trick parts (like the cavern in the beginning where theres not enoght height).

The layout is really very basic, because i don't have much ability in create complex things xD

Thanks for the report and i will try to fix!

I've made some improviments in Green Top and Polar Peak.
Fixed (i hope xD) the dark matter problem and some others little things in Green Top.
In the Polar Peak, i made the Ice Car part a bit longer. Hope its better now xD

About to go try these now, I'll edit this post with some feedback on both! :)

Green Top
Pros:
+ Basic fun.
+ Nice for a look that's been a lot.
+ Love the jump pads, they feel great.
+ Really nice enemies!

Cons:
- Too basic. We've seen this before!
- Lots of parts showing, poored mixed together.
- No real exciting parts, the level just sorta happens.

Overall it wasn't bad, but nothing shot out at me about it being really fun. The enemies were pretty good, but the rest was standard fare.

Polar Peak
Pros:
+ Much better visuals than Green top.
+ I like the swoopy thing at the beginning :P
+ POLAR BEARS
+ I like ALL of the swoopy things. The platforming in this level is MUCH more varied, I like it a lot.

Cons:
- Needs overall polish.
- You can see emitters on that first fire emitting creature near the beginning.
- Sensor and grab switch visible on the sled.
- A story would help this level out a lot!
- Hide your bits and pieces man! Don't make the music boxes visible. MM showed them to us so we got a basic understanding of things just by playing, in our levels, you should definitely hide'm!

Similar in style and flow to the first level, but with some different mechanics sprinkled throughout. I had a problem with how often the same few mechanics were used, but they were fun for what they were. The level was simple, but had neat concepts. 4 stars from me!

for F4F, could you try Stella Deus for me? It's in my sig, and it's 2 player co-op! So play it with someone reliable :P

i actually just played both of these like 5 mins ago. i left you some feedback on the polar level regarding a small issue i had. both good, though i far prefer the polar one.

Thanks for the feedback, superezekiel!

I agree with you that Green Top hasn't something really different, but is my first level hahaha :p I did it to learn more about the editor. In the Polar Peak, i have some experience in the editor and could done some more cool things. (but still very simple)

I will try to fix the things! (and hide de music box in Polar Peak xD)
Maybe the history will stay for the next level, so i can make a more cool one hehe :p

I will play you level and give a feedback, Thanks!

Matt 82, i read the feedback in the game, thanks for it! i made a better score on Polar Peak, i think now it will be harder to beat my score haha

Thanks!

Hi! Just played your Polar Peak level. Nice job!

Most of the things I noticed have already been discussed, so I'll focus on what I liked :

+ I see that your level have a "relaxing" tag. I don't know why, but this is really the feeling I had when playing this level. There's a small challenge to keep things interesting, but I enjoyed just exploring. The look is simple, but it works well with this kind of level.

I'm looking forward for the next part! :)

If you have some time, take a look at one of my levels. Links are in my signature. Thanks!

Thanks JackBurton! Good to know you liked Polar Peak! xD
I will play yours levels and give a feedback!

yeah i saw today you'd upped your score. obviously my 1337 skillz were scaring you haha!

If you want to beat my score, here goes a hint: You can get almost all the bubbles in Polar Peak without dying, except the five ones before the ice car part in the upper way. When you get to the baloon in the upper way, get back and go to the lower way where you can make some score combos xD

Make some little changes in Polar Peak. I'm trying to make a story to it, but didn't make a good one yet >.<

Put a story in Polar Peak, and some others fixes. Hope it's not too bad hahaha

I just had the chance to sit down and play through Polar Peak and I really liked it! I think you did a great job at creating an icy mountain top. The creatures were all well designed and I loved your polar bears! Platforming elements were just as good as the visuals, with lots of interesting mechanics. Nice use of the balloon to float to the underside of the cliff.

I had a couple issues with the spring platform that rocks back and forth. It was somewhat tricky to jump on and hit at the right time, because whenever I got close it would fire. I did get it eventually though!

I thought it was pretty cool that you created a multi path segment as well. I think this will help with the level's replayability. I played it twice myself, just to see each path. Overall, a nice level that I enjoyed playing through. Well done.

I played both of these tonight. Very fun! Really interesting use of the sponge with the circular lifts. I liked the multipath and secret areas. Nice lighting too. Earned both hearts for the levels and the creator one too. (never strings attached on those from me either - H4H must end.) Nice work - looking forward to seeing other levels from you.

Thanks for sharing :)

Wow thanks Mr. Supercomputer and Morgana25 :D

I fixed the problem with the moving spring. Positioned better the sensor making not too trick to jump. Hope works better now :p

I made the Ice Car course in the upper way more stable too, not too relevant hehe

Again, i'm really grateful for the feedback, thanks! :p