Quest for Doxoria (HELP NEEDED!)

[Shadow_Flame]

Credit for logo: YoshiSuperstarNL

ROLL UP, ROLL UP!
Boys and gals, I need your help with this episode, hence why I want it to be a collab project Let me know in the comments below or by PM if you're interested in becoming a Script editor, Level designer, NPC designer or Beta tester for this project!


After the success of my previous episode "Reign of the Gatekeepers", I've been planning on releasing a collab sequel to it which I've named "Quest for Doxoria". At the moment, this project is still in its very early stages but here is what we know so far:


STORY

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Mario wakes up and finds himself completely alone in the Mushroom Kingdom castle... Where is everyone?! It turns out all his allies are being held hostage by various baddies. To top it all, the future of the Kingdom is at stake as the cunning tyrant Dox, hidden in his distant lair, plots the destruction of our heroes and wreaks havoc, much to the dismay of the innocent local inhabitants suffering under his rule. Will Mario manage to save his friends, the whole Kingdom and face the mysterious Dox?...

WORLDS
There will be 7 worlds in total and a single world map from which you can access most worlds. Each world will have 7 main levels and a boss fight. At the end of each level you will get a star which means that each world has 8 stars. The first world won't be star locked but all the others will be.

There is currently an editable spreadsheet online which details each level's gimmicks, music track and outstanding tasks. Here's the link for those interested to have a closer look (please DO NOT make significant amendments to the spreadsheet before consulting me):

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0

CUSTOM MUSIC: Check out some of my custom tracks for this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssc0SA7 ... U2XgS6rDyX


PROGRESS

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World 1 - Frakka Forest (12.5%)
• 1-1: Foliage Fun (100%)
• 1-2: Turtle Trouble
• 1-3: Victorloo Village
• 1-4: Ruin Rampage
• 1-5: Stagnant Swamp
• 1-6: In Darkest Night
• 1-7: Tribal Terrors
• 1-8: Boss #1 – Frakka

World 2 - Aquarica (0%)
• 2-1: Clifftop Coast
• 2-2: Bazoonu Beach
• 2-3: Dangerous Docks
• 2-4: Perilous Pirate Ships
• 2-5: Serene Swimming
• 2-6: In Too Deep
• 2-7: Wonderful Waterfalls
• 2-8: Boss #2 - Delmor


World 3 - Dozdo Desert (0%)
• 3-1: Cacti Countryside
• 3-2: Quicksand Quarrel
• 3-3: Windy Wasteland
• 3-4: Tremendous Temple
• 3-5: Drying Dunes
• 3-6: Illusory Itinerary
• 3-7: Rocky Rustroad
• 3-8: Boss #3 – V


World 4 - Desolate Lands (0%)
• 4-1: Venomous Valley
• 4-2: Curious Critters
• 4-3: Boiling Badlands
• 4-4: Fierce Fortress
• 4-5: Arduous Abyss
• 4-6: Ghoulish Graveyard
• 4-7: Mansion Madness
• 4-8: Boss #4 – Spectre Lord


World 5 - Icy Fjords (0%)
• 5-1: Icy Iron
• 5-2: Snowstorm Struggle
• 5-3: Wintry Waterbed
• 5-4: Chilly Cruiser
• 5-5: Melting Meadows
• 5-6: Diamond Dome
• 5-7: Mystic Maze
• 5-8: Boss #5 – Mraz


World 6 - Huko Highlands (0%)
• 6-1: Rainy Rift
• 6-2: Elevation Escalade
• 6-3: Breaking Barriers
• 6-4: Monk’s Mount
• 6-5: Cloudy Canyon
• 6-6: Wooden Warships
• 6-7: Bewildering Breeze
• 6-8: Boss #6 - Aropio


World 7 - Doxoria (0%)
• 7-1: Metropolis Melee
• 7-2: Shooting Shadowtanks
• 7-3: Windbound War
• 7-4: Enemy Express
• 7-5: Frenetic Factory
• 7-6: Bridge Battlefield
• 7-7: Citadel Charge
• 7-8: Final Boss – Dox


World map = 0%

TEAM
* Project developer & lead --> Shadow_Flame
* Level designers --> Shadow_Flame, 8luestorm, TawPawNaw, Eri7, gbradey231
* NPC designers --> YoshiSuperstarNL, PixelPest
* Beta testers --> Cedur, candle, sammerbro, TawPawNaw, Eri7


PLAYABLE CHARACTERS
Players will first start off only with Mario and as you defeat each world boss, you will regain some of your friends (Luigi, Peach, Toad, Link etc.)


SCREENSHOTS

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LINK TO MY DISCORD SERVER:

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https://discord.gg/g2dyvG6

Let me know what you think and hopefully we can get this off the ground together!

[Gremonow]

Ooooh that's looks cool. I like those NSMBW shells and the sunlights what's under use in the "Return to Sarasaland" named project as well. I think that's only one level. Give me more screens soooon!

[Cedur]

Cool, will betatest again but only if you don't do it in 1.4 (and SMBX2 Beta4 is on the horizon so it will render many features of 1.4 redundant)

[Shadow_Flame]

Cool, will betatest again but only if you don't do it in 1.4.4 (and SMBX2 Beta4 is on the horizon so it will render many features of 1.4 redundant)

No worries, I am most certainly NOT doing it in SMBX 1.4.4 And thanks for offering your help, would greatly appreciate it!

Do you know when SMBX2 beta 4 will come out?

[Cedur]

Its estimated release timeframe has been pushed back a few times, now it's expected for April - June, but I'm very confident it will come out within the next months. So, you can stay tuned for its extended possibilities as you may want to explore them for this project.

[Shadow_Flame]

Its estimated release timeframe has been pushed back a few times, now it's expected for April - June, but I'm very confident it will come out within the next months. So, you can stay tuned for its extended possibilities as you may want to explore them for this project.

Sounds promising, mate! Will be awaiting it

[Eri7]

Rip 38A , nobody loves you expect me... Anyways good luck on your project , i hope beta 4 can do for you what 38A could not.

[Gremonow]

Rip 38A , nobody loves you expect me... Anyways good luck on your project , i hope beta 4 can do for you what 38A could not.

I like it. I made a topic about my opinions (WHAT IS BECAME DELETED -_-). I really like the 1.4. it has awesome features like the new power ups, npcs etc. etc. I just doesn't like it because it works badly (but that's my computer's fault) and I can't use it as well as the 1.3.

[TheNewGuy]

Well I could beta test if you want to
Also,is this a sequel to your previous episode?

[PixelPest]

Rip 38A , nobody loves you expect me... Anyways good luck on your project , i hope beta 4 can do for you what 38A could not.

I like it. I made a topic about my opinions (WHAT IS BECAME DELETED -_-). I really like the 1.4. it has awesome features like the new power ups, npcs etc. etc. I just doesn't like it because it works badly (but that's my computer's fault) and I can't use it as well as the 1.3.

Both of you please stay on-topic.

I'd be happy to help with some NPCs once this gets going and there's a little more progress.

Also, the one thing I'm a little worried about is how the difficulty curve is going to work out. Primarily, if you have six worlds that can be played in any order, really each of them should have the same difficulty curve. The problem then is that after you beat one world and move onto the next one it's suddenly easy again. If the difficulty is the same throughout all of the levels it can become boring and the last world would probably end up having quite the difficulty spike. Just something to be aware of

[Eri7]

I did say I wish him good luck , now with more experience thanks to your first episode I expect your second project to be even more successful and judging by the screenshots this project has a potential to be amazing.

[TheNewGuy]

I did say I wish him good luck , now with more experience thanks to your first episode I expect your second project to be even more successful and judging by the screenshots this project has a potential to be amazing.

Those are old screens of a scrapped level from 1.4
And this is actually his 3rd project

[Shadow_Flame]

I'd be happy to help with some NPCs once this gets going and there's a little more progress.

Also, the one thing I'm a little worried about is how the difficulty curve is going to work out. Primarily, if you have six worlds that can be played in any order, really each of them should have the same difficulty curve. The problem then is that after you beat one world and move onto the next one it's suddenly easy again. If the difficulty is the same throughout all of the levels it can become boring and the last world would probably end up having quite the difficulty spike. Just something to be aware of

Thanks for offering your help, PixelPest. I'll add your name to the team list if you don't mind.

I was thinking the same actually in terms of the difficulty and have decided that the hub area can be in the middle of the world map and from it you can access 2 worlds at the same time - for example, I will couple the forest and water ones as the easiest ones on one island and they will still be 2 separate worlds. Then I can make worlds 3 and 4 star-locked with 16 stars, worlds 5 and 6 with 32 stars and world 7 with 48 stars. Hope this doesn't sound too confusing... I'll try to sketch it out soon and can attach a picture so that it's clearer for people.

EDIT: see if this sketch makes sense

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[8lue Storm]

I'd be happy to help with some NPCs once this gets going and there's a little more progress.

Also, the one thing I'm a little worried about is how the difficulty curve is going to work out. Primarily, if you have six worlds that can be played in any order, really each of them should have the same difficulty curve. The problem then is that after you beat one world and move onto the next one it's suddenly easy again. If the difficulty is the same throughout all of the levels it can become boring and the last world would probably end up having quite the difficulty spike. Just something to be aware of

Thanks for offering your help, PixelPest. I'll add your name to the team list if you don't mind.

I was thinking the same actually in terms of the difficulty and have decided that the hub area can be in the middle of the world map and from it you can access 2 worlds at the same time - for example, I will couple the forest and water ones as the easiest ones on one island and they will still be 2 separate worlds. Then I can make worlds 3 and 4 star-locked with 16 stars, worlds 5 and 6 with 32 stars and world 7 with 48 stars. Hope this doesn't sound too confusing... I'll try to sketch it out soon and can attach a picture so that it's clearer for people.

This is a clever use of star locks. Will every world have 8 levels (logically)?

[Shadow_Flame]

This is a clever use of star locks. Will every world have 8 levels (logically)?

Yep, you guessed correctly 7 main levels and 1 boss fight (similar to "Reign of the Gatekeepers"). By the way, I just updated the description with a sketch of the world map.

[TheNewGuy]

This is a clever use of star locks. Will every world have 8 levels (logically)?

Yep, you guessed correctly 7 main levels and 1 boss fight (similar to "Reign of the Gatekeepers"). By the way, I just updated the description with a sketch of the world map.

Wait if we unlock link first and then go to world 3 you need to make sure if it's beatable with link. Same with other worlds.

[Shadow_Flame]

Wait if we unlock link first and then go to world 3 you need to make sure if it's beatable with link. Same with other worlds.

You can't unlock Link first as he'll be in World 4. However, let's say you decide to beat World 2 first and thus unlock Luigi before Toad. This means that I'll need to make sure that World 1 is beatable with Luigi. Hope this makes sense...

[TheNewGuy]

Wait if we unlock link first and then go to world 3 you need to make sure if it's beatable with link. Same with other worlds.

You can't unlock Link first as he'll be in World 4. However, let's say you decide to beat World 2 first and thus unlock Luigi before Toad. This means that I'll need to make sure that World 1 is beatable with Luigi. Hope this makes sense...

But aren't world 3 and 4 unlocked with 16 stars?
Maybe you could add player blocks so the level doesn't get broken by certain characters.
Because the player can visit older levels after gaining new characters.

[Shadow_Flame]

But aren't world 3 and 4 unlocked with 16 stars?
Maybe you could add player blocks so the level doesn't get broken by certain characters.
Because the player can visit older levels after gaining new characters.

The level won't get "broken". If anything, I could add bonuses in old levels that are only reachable by characters that you'll get later on.

[WildW]

I've been looking everywhere for those GFX. Who made them?