Pinball Wizzard 1: The Great Pinball Adventure

[dkjestrup]

Looks like I have to play this!!

Btw, isn't name a bit of a copy from Wexfordian's "Pinball Wizard" levels?

[Loius]

No, though it's similar. My level name was inspired by Terry Pratchet's 'Rincewind' character, a sort of bumbling wizard who misspelled wizard.

I hadn't seen those levels before I made this, and the 'wizzard' is an integral part of the level. At least I spelled it different. >..<

If you have alternate name suggestion(s) I'd be glad to hear them. I'll mull it over tonight I suppose.

[jwwphotos]

OOOOooooooooh. Now I understand.

That I can also fix.

Yeaaaaaa!!!

[jwwphotos]

No, though it's similar. My level name was inspired by Terry Pratchet's 'Rincewind' character, a sort of bumbling wizard who misspelled wizard.

I hadn't seen those levels before I made this, and the 'wizzard' is an integral part of the level. At least I spelled it different. >..<

If you have alternate name suggestion(s) I'd be glad to hear them. I'll mull it over tonight I suppose.

Hmmm... I've known many wizards over the years. Wizard of OZ - Mr Wizard - Cheech Wizard - Tommy the pinball wizard - Gandalf etc.. I don't think it is that big of a deal. Especially considering the spelling as well as having The Great Pinball Adventure in the title as well.

Maybe if you had your wiZZard behind your letters for your level icon that might lessen any confusion. ...Plus that is such a great character!! I think you would get a ton more plays.

You should check out Wexfordian's pinball levels though, they are really really good. Maybe even ask him his thoughts on your level name. He is on this forum.

[wexfordian]

Speak of the devil

Hi Loius and welcome to the forums.

To be fair, I hardly have copyright on a level name. Anyway, you could say I stole my level idea from Elton John (but please don't )

your level pics look good and I'll definitely have to check this one out. As you can tell i'm a fan of pinball levels.

EDIT: wow I use a lot of smileys! there.... balance is restored

[Loius]

Smileys are awesome. There is no 'too many' when one speaks of them.

Oh hey, you're the 'inside the mind' level creator I've played a lot of your levels (including the pinball ones now that I've been alerted to them). Fun are they.

I like the massive size of my pinball, though. Most pinball levels I've played, while visually stunning and much more proper representations of pinball than mine, have really tiny little balls that go 'whick' when you hit them, instead of a proper 'thump.'

Of course mine goes 'drip' 'cause it's made of dissolve. But it's bigger, and for us glasses-wearing lizards that's what's important. Also it's more satisfying to whack it around since it looks like it has some heft to it.

As for this level and its lack of 'real pinballness' as far as bumpers and twirlers and diddlies, my thermo is at 100.0% and I had originally planned another area that had to be cut xD So, I'll plan smaller on the sequel and actually have some flibberdigibits for the pinball to smack against.

Every word I just typed is real. Completely.

[GruntosUK]

To be fair, I hardly have copyright on a level name. Anyway, you could say I stole my level idea from Elton John (but please don't )

Elton John covered the original by The Who, so you could be copying him copying them

I'm gonna have another play of this Loius, and have a gander at the changes you made

[Loius]

They're pretty minor, mostly just a few cracks and broken windows, less places to get stuck, more sound effects. But altogether they increase the awesome factor of the level to blackwatch plaid.

[Zwollie•]

This was an awesome level Loius!!

I can only join in the praise of others!!
It was so out of the box, exactly what LBP should be all about.

I was most impressed with the ball clogging up the machine at the end!!
Great visuals and very cinematic, the sparks were really nice!!

Very well done, Loius!!
5 stars and a well deserved heart.

[wexfordian]

Well I played this last night and loved it! Great concept, well executed. I loved the boss.
minor quips:
the disolve on the machine at the start wasn't coloured.
audio speakers on the door at the start were visible.

Needles to say that didn't stop me giving it 5 stars, "brilliant" and hearted.

Good to see another talented creator join the forums...

[Loius]

The speakers on the doors were ~intentional, to break up the monotone black, but I'll see about the dissolve.

[Coxy224]

Finished the majority of my playlist, and this was nearer the bottom. I really wish it had been nearer the top though as this was a splendid level with working mechanics, a fun story and plenty of objectives and replay value.

Pros:
+ Fun
+ Plenty of replay value
+ A brilliant boss!
+ Bonus points for speed
+ Bonus points for balls!
+ Excellent pinball mechanics
+ Good checkpoints

Cons:
- A little on the short side

Overall though I loved this level and will be back for high scores!

[Loius]

Got my Monster pack and found some neat little doodads for use in this level.

Opened it up to edit, had another bit of thermometer open.

O_o

DECORATION ENSUED

I think I might have gone a bit overboard; play it and tell me if it's too much. xD

[brnxblze]

There's no such thing as too much decoration ! I'll definitely be checking this out tomorrow, no school .

[jwwphotos]

Got my Monster pack and found some neat little doodads for use in this level.

Opened it up to edit, had another bit of thermometer open.

O_o

DECORATION ENSUED

I think I might have gone a bit overboard; play it and tell me if it's too much. xD

LOL.. I think you might have gone a bit overboard with the green leafs on the knights table. Almost hard to see where the upper opening to the left is ..not sure I like the T looking thingy on the castle either, but other than that pretty cool upgrade. Electric flippers... doh!!

I also noticed you changed up the speed of the mine carts. booooo!!! I'll just have to compensate a bit.

Off to try again!!

[Loius]

Updated with a high-def video kindly recorded by Sackboy223 of LBWorkshop.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQi7ap85JqQ"]YouTube - Pinball Wizzard: The Great Pinball Adventure[/ame]

[Coreymill]

Don't need F4F ... just wanted to say how really awesome this level is.

- Loved it the first time through and had to play it a second time right afterwards. Managed to get third place on my second time through, although I am sure that I will play it some more. C:

- Easily a 5 star and heart, as many people have been saying. I didn't see anything wrong with the level at all.

[Mother-Misty]

Opened it up to edit, had another bit of thermometer open.

O_o

DECORATION ENSUED

I think I might have gone a bit overboard; play it and tell me if it's too much. xD

hehe, wow, lots of decorations in the first part now
Maybe it's a bit too much now, or maybe it's because i've seen the version without all those leaves...

misty.

[Loius]

I do not understand this level! It keeps lowering its thermometer level and allowing me to add more pistons! xD

But I finally managed to overheat it. So barring any enormous fixes needed, this is the final version

Added warning sound effect when you're at Zero lives left (it's not nearly as loud as checkpoint warning sounds <..<)
Fixed up the leaves that were pretty obviously way overdone.
Toned down the squeaky metal sound in the mine
May have changed the mine cart rate again xD I wish I had a better way to generate those randomly.
Um
Some more stalactites fall from the cave now; it's cool looking.

[brnxblze]

Wow just wow. This is like the greatest use of the "pinball concept" ever! Very fun level and I love how you start the pinball game by grabbing the machine. 5/5 and hearted!