The Gloaming Realm

[Daring Tombstone]

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Hello and welcome. I'd like to introduce an episode I've been working on for nearly a year now. The Gloaming Realm.

This episode is a little different than what you're probably used to playing. There are no "Worlds" really to go through. So the plot? Well let me copy/paste from the launcher.

"Far from the Mushroom Kingdom lies a land where corruption is spreading. Waking with slight amnesia you find Peach laying on her death bed in what is only known as the divine realm. With her very soul lost in this strange realm, you seek the divine traveler to begin your search with hopes of saving the princess. But can she really be saved?"

I am looking for a beta tester or two. If you'd like to design a level then be my guest, but as of right now I'd like to say this episode is actually complete therefore there won't be a demo. If you'd like to beta test then let me know via PM or posting down below. Knowing lunalua scripting is a plus but not at all necessary. This is my first time using lunalua so chances are there were better ways of executing some stuff. But everything works just fine as far as I know. The episode length is maybe two to two-and-a-half hours long but that's an estimation.

This episode only features Mario as a playable character and SMBX2 beta 3 is REQUIRED. This cannot be played in 1.3 or 1.4. Below are a few screenshots.

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If you'd like to beta test again let me know via replying below of PM. If you want to design a level to add then let me know as well.

Here's a banner link thing you can have should you want to use it for some reason. I'm not an artist so enjoy the simplistic design.

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Thank you for reading. Have a pleasant day.

Also since this episode is considered complete if it's in the wrong forum slot then feel free to tell me.

[Emral]

Looks sweet. Lack of worlds and fancy text are instant ways to get me interested.
Got a few suggestions regarding the particle systems:
-a "foggy" effect is better accomplished using the paralx library. You can have a handful of scrolling layers which work at a higher resolution than the currently very pixelated snow level particles. Make them scroll at different speeds and make all of them very faintly opaque to get some nice layering.
-consider experimenting with textureless 2x2 particles in colours appropriate for the level for snowflakes and flying desert sand respectively. I find they often produce a pretty nifty effect, sometimes even better than a particle with extra texture.

The episode can be moved to "Episodes" once you add a download, for the record.

[TheNightingale]

This looks pretty neat. And by the way here's the support code:

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[MegaDood]

Oh hey the lack of worlds is really cool. I rarely see that. Also the effects used in the screenshots look cool as well.

[Daring Tombstone]

I can see how paralX can be used for a foggy effect. I've used paralX in this episode so I have an idea of how it works. I'll try playing around with it, appreciate the feedback.
Thanks for the banner link. I know I didn't give anything fancy for it but I'll take the simplistic design.

One thing I should mention, there is a world map but doesn't follow a "This is desert world and this is water world" trope.

[Eri7]

Cool project, i am excited to play it when its done.

[Daring Tombstone]

Tomorrow this episode will possibly be released. I didn't know beta testers were scarce right now, most likely just busy with other projects in this forum. That's understandable. I have ran through the episode myself a few times and feel that's it's ready. Appreciate the interest in this episode. I hope anyone who gives it a try will have a good time with it.

[Cedur]

awesome ... I didn't care to read the whole OP at first, I just saw "this has been worked on for a year" and thought "OK this gonna take a while". (so yeah it kinda was the wrong forum / it wasn't very necessary to make a project thread this late etc)

[Waddle]

I'm stoked for this, I'll certainly play this through and give you my thoughts when it comes out!

[FireyPaperMario]

I'm so excited to support this episode. Only because Celebi is in it, and it's 1 of my favorite legendary Pokémon. Added to my signature! ^^"

[Daring Tombstone]

This episode was released in the episodes section a moment ago. And yeah I know it was redundant putting this in projects but I was hoping to find a free beta tester before releasing it. This topic can be locked or forgotten about, not sure what the protocol is about done projects. Thanks for the interest in this episode.

[MegaDood]

Thanks for making this great episode.