(LBPC3) The Rhythm Ruins

[rialrees]

Hey guys! Just thought I'd pop my head around the corner and let you all know about my entry to the LBPC3 contest. It's taken a heap of hard work to get everything functioning properly, but it's finally done!

If you have any comments or criticisms, please please do let me know - I thrive on communication :P

Some pictures, for the visually inclined:

http://lbp.me/v/5ds0n6

[FourteenInchGaz]

Well.....It WAS an amazing level in the beta. But just to be sure I'd better go play the finished article!.....

[Dhana777]

I love it!

The beginning Scene was very nice,
the Visuals are admirable all the Materals were so harmonic and suitable.
I found it a bit difficult to beat the Level since I'm not the swiftest Sack out there

[biorogue]

I finally got to play this last night and was blown away. what rialrees has done is nothing short of spectacular. from the opening dialogue, to the challenging but fun gameplay, to the different styles of music and to the level design itself, everything is amazing. The whole level being in sync with the music, lends a hand to the challenging and varied gameplay. well done rialrees, well done. Good luck in this contest.

[Erebus]

Played it and I have to admit Im not sure if there is a way to catch up the theme of the LBPC3 better also the intro with the tribe was really unique and funny.....great work

[Plasmavore]

I already gave feedback to you on Twitter, but I thought I may as well post some here as well to try and get people to play your absolutely fantastic level!

First of all, the entire basis of the level - the music.
It was lively and actually quite catchy, I found myself tapping my feet along to the beat for most of the level! I could tell it was looped, although it never got annoying, which is extremely rare for looped music in games, I find. So well done on that!

The gameplay was very creative at times, and the synchronisation with the music was superb! It actually reminded me a lot of old LBP1-style gameplay with an LBP2 twist, and I mean that in a good way. It was very nice and almost refreshing to see this kind of gameplay, and I experienced a lot of nostalgia while playing the level.

Next was possibly what I loved most about the level, aside from the music, were the visuals and story. They were beautiful and I really believed the legend of the goddess and the bell. I said it on twitter and I'll repeat it here, my favourite part of the level was with the statue of the goddess holding up the cliff. It was absolutely astounding and it looked like something you could actually see created by ancient civilisations.

All in all - I absolutely adored this level, and it's one of my favourite LBP2 levels, and I'm really not just saying that. It was amazing. I really hope this wins the competition, it would be incredibly well deserved!

[rialrees]

Aww - was just about to go to bed and found all these lovely comments! Thanks so much folks!

[tom230889]

Played this today and was amazed. At one point i started tapping my fingers on my control along with the beat without knowing xD. I dont know what it is about the last bit, but i loved it. The music, colors and lights was just..perfect. One of my fav level so far .

[Behonkiss]

I had a lot of fun with this. Clever and well-executed concept, fun opening cinematic, and great scenery.

Acing this level is going to be a real chore, though. Could you list the prizes for that so I can decide if I should go for it?

[rialrees]

Thanks all for your nice comments!

Oh my, I really cant' remember what prizes I put up for acing. Nothing all that special though, probably a couple of a props, maybe a costume? :/

[Sport_dude]

Omg the last soundtrack was amazing, you played so well with the instrument i had a feeling someone was singing or did you really sing?
You have to teach me!

But honestly, i was touched by the music, it was relaxing and beautiful.

[rialrees]

Yup that was me singing. (I seem to remember saying a while ago that I'd only ever sing once on LBP... so much for that lol)

I noticed a few mentions of my level online (Hubby decided to Google me lol) which thought I was using tweaked sound objects or something... Not sure how they reached that conclusion, but I'm pretty chuffed that people thought it was that high quality.

TBH that section is the most annoying for me - I can still find a few flaws in there, but sadly they're pretty much unfixable without stripping that part back to the bare bones. Weighing up the odds, that's not gonna happen lol. I already stripped the level three times during creation. This is about the best balance I'm ever going to achieve while maintaining synch.

Thanks Sport Dude

[Plasmavore]

Yup that was me singing. (I seem to remember saying a while ago that I'd only ever sing once on LBP... so much for that lol)

.... Heh...

[marne13]

I just played this level and I was astonished. It looked beautiful. The music sounded very good too. Shame it was a bit short, but that was well compensated by the beauty of the design and the nice cinematic at the beginning of the level.

[rialrees]

Thanks marne

On a random note, I've noticed my level bobbing up and down ont he trending list, and I can only assume that its in large part due to you good folks clicking on this here thread, so many many thanks for that!

[JustinArt]

Great rhythm level. It has a great beat to it.

VISUALS:
The temple and environment design is great, and certain light effects have a good rhythm.

SOUND:
Excellent custom music that can be synchronized with this level's gameplay. Also, good voice acting of a tribe guy.

GAMEPLAY:
The obstacles that has a rhythm synchronization is great, and it is also quite challenging. No bugs or anything.

OVERALL:
Excellent job on this rhythm-synchronizing level. A yay, heart, and positive review.