Hyper Sphere Revolution

[MrsSpookyBuz•]

Talk about milking a series. What is this, the 6th one? I'll check it out, probably because it'll be on the first page of Cool Levels, though.

Hmm... well, it's there if you want to play it, but nobody is putting a gun to your head. I hope you find it sufficiently different to justify that I'm not trying to 'milk it'.

[IceMaiden]

I'm watching Rhy play your fantastic new level MrsSB, it is totally superb. So inventive, as always. Fast, slick and extremely good looking. Much like Rhy (so he says).!!

Will play it myself soon, I don't see why he should have all the fun.

Congratulations on another brilliant creation.

Icey

[qrtda235566]

Hmm... well, it's there if you want to play it, but nobody is putting a gun to your head. I hope you find it sufficiently different to justify that I'm not trying to 'milk it'.

How do you know no one is putting a gun to my head to play it? You don't know me.

No, but I like these Hyper levels. They're all great, but I'm just saying a Darkness Falls 2 would be WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY cooler. I just can't get enough of those falling bloody limbs.

[MrsSpookyBuz•]

No, but I like these Hyper levels. They're all great, but I'm just saying a Darkness Falls 2 would be WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY cooler. I just can't get enough of those falling bloody limbs.

Good gracious, you mean you actually liked Darkness Falls? Shout it a bit louder! Seriously though, I like it too, but not many other people do. And I do wish I could understand why it's got a 'repetitive' tag. *sigh*

[mistervista]

What the hell are you doing up at this time MrsSB ?

Get to bed right now. I'm off too. Will give you feedback on your great level when i'm more awake. Goodnight.

[qrtda235566]

Good gracious, you mean you actually liked Darkness Falls? Shout it a bit louder! Seriously though, I like it too, but not many other people do. And I do wish I could understand why it's got a 'repetitive' tag. *sigh*

Doesn't it have 4 stars?

It has a repetitive tag for the same reason the best level on LBP: Tree Fortress 2, only has 4 stars. Meanwhile, 324 FREE PRIZES PLUS PAINTINATOR!!! has 5. People are stupid. Besides, you shouldn't make a Darkness Falls 2 because random nobodies liked the first one. You should make it because I like it and will raid your village with my vicious pirate crew if you don't make a second one.

[MrsSpookyBuz•]

lol - okay then, I'll get right on it!

[NinjaMicWZ]

Really awesome level. I had a blast.

Good use of sounds, like sine wave on a speed setting. Really like the look of this level because of the colors, the spiral focus which made everything feel detailed and ornate despite being a cube/sphere continuation, and I think this is an example of some of the very best that LBP platforming gameplay has to offer. Namely because of the section with the rotating wheels with the electrified floor and grabbable ceilings... I thought that was sick.

[mrsupercomputer]

Just finished playing and really enjoyed myself. The visuals were great and my heart was pumping as I raced through the level. The obstacles were well placed and very creative! I loved the sequence where you have to grab the floor, turn the wheel, let go, grab again, etc. Really cool stuff there!

And for a race level, I felt that, with the exception of the two large rotating circles at the end before the final slide, you really nailed the flow and I was always moving, jumping, grabbing etc. I just got a bit impatient at the end with having to wait for the wheels to turn, jump in and wait for the other one to come, but I'm a pretty impatient person, so no big deal.

Overall, great looking level with great platforming! Nice job!

[OmegaSlayer]

Great level as always.
The only problem I experienced is that sometimes checkpoint doesn't activate.
It's not your faults, but a lot of time checkpoint doesn't activate, especially when you pass over them at high speed or if you're falling.

Anyway I had a great amount of fun and the level is really well balanced.

[thefrozenpenquin]

how come i cant find revolution?

[qrtda235566]

Okay, so I just played Revolution a bit ago. It was pretty fun. It had one thing that I wish more levels had these days: fast platforming. You always feel like a ninja or something when you're doing all these crazy things in quick succession. It's the same feeling you get in Mirror's Edge when you don't run into any crap and beat a level in like, 10 seconds. Revolution has a lot of these but it also has some slower, more boring sections like the part where you stand in the little circle and just switch layers. I think if you made the next Hyper Sphere faster with more flow it would be perfect. But please make Darkness Falls 2. Please.

You said no one liked it. It has 4 stars. What the hell were you talking about?

[mistervista]

Played this last night and after a few failed attempts and a telling off from MrsV because of my foul language I finally managed to finish it.

The design is fantastic as usual and I like the way you sticker the level name on the score bubbles. That's simple but very effective. I may have to steal that idea in a future level if that's ok.

I did die a few times in places I guess you're not supposed to. First was by those spinning spiral things. I fell between the first 2 and got squished. Is that meant to happen? I wasn't really sure what the idea was there. Are you supposed to jump across or grab them? I tried both but neither seemed to work very well so in the end I just ran underneath them and jumped up the far side by grabbing the last one for a split second.

The really difficult bits I found to be the slope with the massive electric to jump over and the part where a flipper throws you up to some floating grabs over an electric floor. I found those particularly annoying because it seemed like they hardly ever came close enough together to reach the next one.

I did it eventually though after several restarts and even though it was a tad too difficult for my liking I still thought it was another brilliant level and rated it 4 and brilliant. Just please don't make the next one any harder because if you do I certainly won't be able to finish.

I only wish I could make something half as good. I'm really struggling for inspiration and ideas at the moment. I honestly don't know how you come up with such great ideas. Do you plan them out on paper first? or does it all just come together naturally?

If it's the latter I hate you LOL.

EDIT : Just remembered a problem with the part where you have to jump in a moving oblong box and go across to some circles and keep changing layers. Although the layer changing to get from one to another is very awkward that's aproblem with LBP in general so nothing you can do about that. The problem I had most was getting into the box to start with. I found that it was just the wrong distance off the floor as every time I tried to jump in it I ended up just jumping underneath it. Probable the easiest solution there would be to put a raised step where you get in it to make that easier.

[MrsSpookyBuz•]

Thanks for your honest feedback, MrV, and please do pass on my apologies to MrsV for causing you to swear!

Okay, the spiral 'pinwheel' obstacle - this was simply a device to fling the player randomly, and therefore adding to the urgency of the race. I was aware that there's a possibility of 'squash death' between them. Also, running underneath is just a failsafe way to allow passage, which is why the last spiral is grabbable.

The floaty grabs are tricky. They're on slack pistons and slack bolts, so the idea was to be 'flicked' from one to the other, using spinny momentum. Like I say, it's not easy to do, especially when the timer is ticking down. If you do manage to pull it off quickly, it's mighty fun!

"Just remembered a problem with the part where you have to jump in a moving oblong box "

Hmm, I'm struggling to know where abouts you mean - I've just played the level, and I can't remember seeing a moving oblong box?!

Thanks again for your feedback and for playing. I do usually plan on paper first, though the finished article very rarely ends up being exactly what I'd planned.

And finally, I do wish you'd stop putting yourself down - many of your levels are among my faves!

[lk9988]

Again, you've made another fun and frantic addition to the "Hyper" series, and I'd say it's the best one out of em' yet.

The platforming, like the first Hyper Sphere, was very fast paced. Something I think LBP needs more of. The platforming was also fun too, and I had a lot of fun trying to get the points scattered around. Plus, many of the platforming elements were pretty original.

Another thing I noticed was the excellent visual style. You improved the visuals of the first one significantly with this level, and the materials used were highly approiate for the style and theme.

I thought that part with the wheels that turned once you grabbed them was pretty frustrating. To make it a bit easier, maybe you could deactivate the elelectricity for the first wheel or so, so you can get used to it? Also, maybe you could extend the timer a little bit. I finished the race with only around 30 seconds to spare, but then again, I was dying a LOT and I was keep trying to collect points.

Overall, and a heart! It's good to see you still creating levels!