Sir Sackboy, The Accidental Hero I & II (SPOTLIGHTED!) -- VIDEO ADDED--

**Zwollie•** · 03-01-2009

Sir Sackboy, The Accidental Hero
Chapter I: For death nor glory
PSN: Zwoltopia

Hold on adventurers!! A new saga is about to begin.
The legendary tale of Sir Sackboy has been told for many generations but only now, you can be part of it!!

Synopsis:
King Leon has summoned you, for the kingdom is under attack by a firebreathing dragon!! (how original...)
As expected, it is up to you to save the kingdom and slay yourself that dragon!! Together with his trusted companion, Oswald, our hero sets out to do what he was born for.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhq3xuR_Xzg"]YouTube - Sir Sackboy, The accidental Hero I- For death nor glory[/ame]

(Video provided by Vanemiera)

+ Visuals
+ Humor
+ Platformer

- Not intended for multiplayer
- My first level

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Sir Sackboy, The Accidental Hero
Chapter II: Escape From The Dragons' Den
PSN: Zwoltopia

Synopsis:
[SPOILER]The story picks up several days after the events of Chapter I.
Our heroes, still trapped in the belly of a dragon, are busy planning their daring escape. But what awaits our duo on the outside??[/SPOILER]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu7I5YHoBPE"]YouTube - Sir Sackboy, The accidental Hero II- Escape from the dragon's den[/ame]

(Video provided by Vanemiera)

+ Good visuals
+ Humor
+ Collectable Dragontokens
+ Simple but fun puzzles

- Not intended for multiplayer
- Shorter then I wanted it to be

PS: please don't take it seriously story-wise

**CCubbage** · 03-01-2009

Dude.... I played the first level in this series - this ROCKS! You have a LOT of custom content in here, the visuals are impeccable!

I absolutely loved the beginning. Immediately it screamed "Quality!".

You used many elements in here really creatively - I loved the flag on fire. Now, a little past this when the bridge "was out", minor thing: Maybe you could see if you could adjust the camera angle here. I didn't see where to jump to the first time and died. But if the camera was panned out just a TINY bit, it would be nicer.

Door to castle - I loved the puzzle of getting the bomb and dropping it on the material to have the door to the castle open, however (and I don't know if you intended this) - you can cheat and just squeeze down between the door to the castle and the wall and get through without using the bomb. I went back and used the bomb anyway, but it's up to you whether you want to fix this little cheat.

LOVED the part where you see the dragon outside the window and end up falling inside (also loved the clock at the top of the clock tower - very well done).

You know, the only thing that made me a little sad on this level is seeing a 3 star rating - it really shows that the ratings are messed up and young kids that shouldn't be rating and probably can't finish your level are causing problems...

I would love if you checked out my "Splat Invaders II: The Caverns of Splat" (PSN: CuzFeeshe)

**superezekiel** · 03-01-2009

I'm doing this with a handful of levels right now, but I'll be giving you feedback as soon as I get home to try these levels out

Looks great!

**ThommyTheThird** · 03-01-2009

Prepare for a wall of text.

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Hey Zwollie, i've been playing trough both chapters, and here's what i think:

-- Chapter 1 --
Pros:
- The cinematic intro was amazing

It's always good to have an intro like that, but you've done an amazing job.
- The characters look really good. I like the floating electric ball

- The explosives storage was cool. Everybody likes explosions..
- The witty comments were fun. It's alot better than a serious story. (Well, in my opinion it is)
- The clocktower part was cool. ANd the gears on the background were some nice touches. But there's also a con related to this.
- The slide into the dragon's belly was cool.

Cons:
- The dissolvable slide right at the beginning, was quite ugly.. First of all, dissolvable material is ugly. Second, the slide itself was quite an ugly shape. I know you wanted something that could disappear, but you can also achieve this by hooking a Sensor Switch, to a brain. That way you can still make a nice looking, stone (or other material) slide.
- Right after the "Surprise surprise, the gate mechanism wont budge" part, there's a visible emitter that spawns the bombs. Kinda ugly
- There's a section where you can get 3 objects real quick. First is the king (Under the "oh it's getting hotter, we're closer to our death" comment, then going up there's the Crash bandicoot one and a .. green snake..? Anyway, if you go to the right, up the bridge. You can clearly see dark matter at the lower left corner.
- The green snake thing i mentioned, which is on the background when you walk on the bridge, is one layer thick. This means you can jump up his tail, and then fall down to the bottom of the level. Even though you're not stuck there (you made fire down there) it's still a bit weird.
- The gears on the background, at the top of the clocktower. If you let go of the sponge on a winch, you can stand on top of these gears. A thin layer of glass would be appreciated. But it might be a bit ugly :S

Misc:
- Uhm.. a Crash Bandicoot object..? :O
- You must like yourself

There's pictures of you everywhere.
- "only you could get INSIDE a dragon". Then why is he in here aswell? XD

-- Chapter 2 --
Pros:
- You kept the intro

Good stuff. Also, if you walk to the left there's an altar which gives you the key to Chapter 1. Nice looking altar

- Did you change Oswald's looks? He didn't spin in the first part.
- I liked how you used the exact catapult from the MGS levels :P And the ladder was really cool. I loved the skulls on the spinning wheels.
- WOW! That golden dragon altar was insane!!! (The little secret was well hidden too.)
- The dragont okens are well hidden, and add some replay value.

Cons:
- Even though the intro is cool, it's a bit odd that you're not inside the dragon anymore.
- Never mind. I'm sorry.. should've looked better.
- The magic mouth saying "Only those who pray to the gold dragon..." is visible. Uncool... Walls can't talk.
- Quite a big con here, you have a grab switch on the Golden dragon altar, that raises the.. wall thingy. BUT! You should make this a permanent switch. As soon as you grab the altar, you get the message "Acces Granted". I thought i did indeed clear the exit, and found out the wall was only slightly open. Had to walk back and hold it for a few more seconds. Even though the camera angle shows the door.. I didn't see it :P
- MAJOR con! After sliding both dragon statues in their right places. There was this elevator thingy, which i could go in. I pulled the switch, and the elevator lowered WITHOUT ME! I got back up the normal place. ANd the elvator was now down.. Had to restart the level here.

Misc:
- Was it intended that the last painting in the "Previously on" section had a magic mouth saying "*******************" ?
- Squishy, pink, bleeping objects inside the dragon? What's going on... XD
- What the.. I pulled a switch, it emitted 3 bombs coming out of the dragon. Then i walked inside the dragon's mouth, heard a sound as if you've achieved something.. But it was a dead end.
- Firmly held down the switch of the elevator this time.
- Found 6/8 dragon tokens. But i saw the one during the boat ride.. I jumped up to the stones, but the game didn't auto-switch layers...

Overall, 2 amazing levels! ANd you've definately learned from the first one. THe overall quality of the second level was way higher! Looking forward to part 3.

**Zwollie•** · 03-01-2009

Thanks CCUBAGE for the nice comments!!
I'm going to try your levels the first chance I get.

I am very aware of the issues the first level has but decided not to alter it any further.
For nostalgic reasons I guess.

As I (hopefully) improve my creative skills, I want to be able to look back on all my previous levels and see how I started out.

**Zwollie•** · 03-01-2009

First of all, thanks for the review T.T.T.
A lot of useful information for me as a creator, keep up the good work!!

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