Super Mario Star Scramble - 38A Collaboration Project

[TheNightingale]

Special thanks to AndrewPixel for the logo!

About: (last updated: 9/29/2019)
Some days ago I started along with some people a Discord server about Mario level making games in general, and we already got over 20 people so we decided to start a collaboration project in SMBX 38A with the purpose of making our small server community more popular, and to help people to improve their level design skills.

I am the leader of the project and I will give feedback to every level submitted. The title just comes from the story below, the project doesn't have anything to do with the original Star Scramble fangame but you are welcome to suggest anything to me.

Story: (last updated: 6/24/2019)
It's Princess Daisy's birthday, so Mario goes to her castle along with Luigi and Peach with a really nice present for her, a giant star. Daisy was delighted with the present she has received, but her happiness didn't last much. Next morning, Bowser went to Daisy's castle along with the koopalings with their biggest airship, where they had a lot of bob-ombs to attack. The people in Sarasaland saw them arriving and inmediately went to the castle to try to save Daisy from the attacks, and they did. But the big and shiny star didn't stay safe. The koopalings took it to the airship along with lots of small stars more, and then they returned to the Bowser's castle. However, not too far from Sarasaland, a bob-omb got triggered and the whole airship exploded, then all of the stars got scattered to different planets, excepting the biggest one, luckily for Bowser. So it's up to Mario, Luigi and Peach to take them back to Daisy's castle!
(kinda similar to the one in my previous project Rosalina's Satellite, isn't it?)

How to contribute?: (last updated: 9/29/2019)
You should follow these "guidelines" in your level(s) if you want to contribute:
- Your level should be compatible with SMBX 38A/1.4. Scripting is allowed, but do not add a custom HUD to your level. You will be notified about any issues.
- Your level should have a SMB3 star as its main exit. Multiple endings are allowed.
- If the level contains dragon coins, it must have 5.
- Make sure your level is playable with Mario, Luigi and Peach.
- By submitting a level, you should agree that you will receive feedback about it and I will decide if the level should be included or not.
- By submitting a level, you should agree that the leaders will make a few changes to adjust it better to the episode.

Project members/contributors:
- Scroll - Project head
- AndrewPixel - Logo creator
- sammerbro - 2 levels submitted
- MUZZ13 - 1 level submitted
- JDFRG - 1 level submitted

Level list:
This is a list of the levels already submitted to the collab, including a screenshot of each one:
Colorful Gardens by Scroll

Spoiler: show

Midnight Groove by Scroll

Spoiler: show

Warm Sunset by Scroll

Spoiler: show

The system of the episode will be planned and handled on later, once there are enough levels. So for now, I will let you choose. Should we make a worldmap? Or a hub? Tell your thoughts below.

Support this project!
To not miss anything about the project, I encourage you to join The Maker's Place, a Discord server about Mario level making games and level sharing: https://discord.gg/rrmjdnn
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[sammerbro]

I would like a World Map, so any exit can be used to end levels.
Also, I'm working on my own levels for this. Since I like boss battles, do not be surprised if at least 1 level has a boss. When people submit, where do they have to make their submission? I would like to know for when I submit.

[MECHDRAGON777]

The outline on a few of the clouds in Evening Heights seems to be a tad off. I do like Midnight Stroll's setup with the Hammer Brother however.

I would like a World Map, so any exit can be used to end levels.
Also, I'm working on my own levels for this. Since I like boss battles, do not be surprised if at least 1 level has a boss. When people submit, where do they have to make their submission? I would like to know for when I submit.

About this; I agree with the world map portion of this. I will not be making levels of this though due to the engine it requires though. About submission, I am willing to bet you just DM Scroll on Discord or PM her/him on the SMBX forums.

[LGLMAKING]

Scroll, you should consider that I was talking with Eri7 about adding this episode idea to his Novaverse. But alright, then two Star Scrambling projects. This collab be more something of it's own and my project would be more true to the Star Scramble series.
And you took a part of the story from Rosalina's Satellite.

And I'm going to re-use that king Kaliente boss for the collab, since it fits more with this than with my Star Scramble X

[Cedur]

fyi the novaverse is expanding too much in such a short time; it almost feels like people try to get their project in there just for the sake of prestige

[Emral]

fyi the novaverse is expanding too much in such a short time; it almost feels like people try to get their project in there just for the sake of prestige

selling your ideas into an existing framework never really made sense to me... seeing only one "universe" around in form of the novaverse is much less exciting to me than if there were countless individual settings and universes where everyone's ideas can flourish.

[TheNightingale]

I would like a World Map, so any exit can be used to end levels.
Also, I'm working on my own levels for this. Since I like boss battles, do not be surprised if at least 1 level has a boss. When people submit, where do they have to make their submission? I would like to know for when I submit.

Thank you for your opinion. And yes, as MECHDRAGON777 said, you can send me your levels privately.

The outline on a few of the clouds in Evening Heights seems to be a tad off. I do like Midnight Stroll's setup with the Hammer Brother however.

I would like a World Map, so any exit can be used to end levels.
Also, I'm working on my own levels for this. Since I like boss battles, do not be surprised if at least 1 level has a boss. When people submit, where do they have to make their submission? I would like to know for when I submit.

About this; I agree with the world map portion of this. I will not be making levels of this though due to the engine it requires though. About submission, I am willing to bet you just DM Scroll on Discord or PM her/him on the SMBX forums.

Thanks for the feedback, I will try to fix that.

Also it's him lol

Scroll, you should consider that I was talking with Eri7 about adding this episode idea to his Novaverse. But alright, then two Star Scrambling projects. This collab be more something of it's own and my project would be more true to the Star Scramble series.
And you took a part of the story from Rosalina's Satellite.

And I'm going to re-use that king Kaliente boss for the collab, since it fits more with this than with my Star Scramble X

We might add this to it once we have more progress - it's Eri's decision anyways. Also, what if we merge both projects? As I said in the topic, I try to make this episode to have a SMSS inspired experience

[sammerbro]

I would like a World Map, so any exit can be used to end levels.
Also, I'm working on my own levels for this. Since I like boss battles, do not be surprised if at least 1 level has a boss. When people submit, where do they have to make their submission? I would like to know for when I submit.

Thank you for your opinion. And yes, as MECHDRAGON777 said, you can send me your levels privately.

The outline on a few of the clouds in Evening Heights seems to be a tad off. I do like Midnight Stroll's setup with the Hammer Brother however.

I would like a World Map, so any exit can be used to end levels.
Also, I'm working on my own levels for this. Since I like boss battles, do not be surprised if at least 1 level has a boss. When people submit, where do they have to make their submission? I would like to know for when I submit.

About this; I agree with the world map portion of this. I will not be making levels of this though due to the engine it requires though. About submission, I am willing to bet you just DM Scroll on Discord or PM her/him on the SMBX forums.

Thanks for the feedback, I will try to fix that.

Also it's him lol

Scroll, you should consider that I was talking with Eri7 about adding this episode idea to his Novaverse. But alright, then two Star Scrambling projects. This collab be more something of it's own and my project would be more true to the Star Scramble series.
And you took a part of the story from Rosalina's Satellite.

And I'm going to re-use that king Kaliente boss for the collab, since it fits more with this than with my Star Scramble X

We might add this to it once we have more progress - it's Eri's decision anyways. Also, what if we merge both projects? As I said in the topic, I try to make this episode to have a SMSS inspired experience

Great, I'll submit my level "Gray Temple" via sending a PM to you

[LGLMAKING]

I would like a World Map, so any exit can be used to end levels.
Also, I'm working on my own levels for this. Since I like boss battles, do not be surprised if at least 1 level has a boss. When people submit, where do they have to make their submission? I would like to know for when I submit.

Thank you for your opinion. And yes, as MECHDRAGON777 said, you can send me your levels privately.

The outline on a few of the clouds in Evening Heights seems to be a tad off. I do like Midnight Stroll's setup with the Hammer Brother however.

I would like a World Map, so any exit can be used to end levels.
Also, I'm working on my own levels for this. Since I like boss battles, do not be surprised if at least 1 level has a boss. When people submit, where do they have to make their submission? I would like to know for when I submit.

About this; I agree with the world map portion of this. I will not be making levels of this though due to the engine it requires though. About submission, I am willing to bet you just DM Scroll on Discord or PM her/him on the SMBX forums.

Thanks for the feedback, I will try to fix that.

Also it's him lol

Scroll, you should consider that I was talking with Eri7 about adding this episode idea to his Novaverse. But alright, then two Star Scrambling projects. This collab be more something of it's own and my project would be more true to the Star Scramble series.
And you took a part of the story from Rosalina's Satellite.

And I'm going to re-use that king Kaliente boss for the collab, since it fits more with this than with my Star Scramble X

We might add this to it once we have more progress - it's Eri's decision anyways. Also, what if we merge both projects? As I said in the topic, I try to make this episode to have a SMSS inspired experience

It was my decision to add it to the Novaverse

I would like a World Map, so any exit can be used to end levels.
Also, I'm working on my own levels for this. Since I like boss battles, do not be surprised if at least 1 level has a boss. When people submit, where do they have to make their submission? I would like to know for when I submit.

Don't worry, Sammerbro. There will be bosses

[TheNightingale]

I will not be making levels of this though due to the engine it requires though.

Forgot to tell you this; you can send me a level made in 1.3, and I can convert it to 38A format and add it to the collab.

[MECHDRAGON777]

I will not be making levels of this though due to the engine it requires though.

Forgot to tell you this; you can send me a level made in 1.3, and I can convert it to 38A format and add it to the collab.

My 1.3 levels do not work in 5438A38A. I tried to beat Icy Mix (A Kaizo level made in 1.3) and could not do any of it.

[MegaDood]

So you're able to convert a 1.3 level into a 38A level? That'd be cool.
Is there any due date to submit our levels to you?

[Cedur]

So you're able to convert a 1.3 level into a 38A level? That'd be cool

Keep in mind you can't convert it back then. Make a backup copy first. Also according to hearsay it may not be 100% reliable.

[LGLMAKING]

So you're able to convert a 1.3 level into a 38A level? That'd be cool

Keep in mind you can't convert it back then. Make a backup copy first. Also according to hearsay it may not be 100% reliable.

I use the function mainly to convert gif's into png's

You can use this. I recommend you playtest it for bugs and fix little things before putting your conversion online

[TheNightingale]

Oh wow, I wasn't aware of these replies here because of receiving a lot of notifications for subscribing to the forums and then never reading them... My bad

So you're able to convert a 1.3 level into a 38A level? That'd be cool.
Is there any due date to submit our levels to you?

So far there's no a deadline. And you don't need to convert it to 38A, just send me a level made in 1.3 and I'll do the rest.

Added in 28 minutes 58 seconds:
Just made a small change to the thread. Due to some confusion with another project, the shine sprites have been replaced by stars.

Also, since what the leaders can do isn't too far from what other contributors can do, I added a project members list with all of the people that has contributed with the project.

More level screenshots coming soon!

[Sleepy Dee]

Glad to have submitted a level! Except it was a tedious one. And might cause rage, I'm going to submit another just for that >.<

[ThePieSkyHigh]

...a bomb-omb got TRIGGERED

XD
Sorry, I had to

ALSO, looks great! Reminds me of a certain flash game

[TheNightingale]

The rule of the 3 SMW stars has been deleted, so people can focus more on their design. I know this project has been dead for a while, but I'll be adding levels to the main post soon and try to find more ways to make it popular.

[sammerbro]

Is the project moved to 1.4.5?

[TheNightingale]

Is the project moved to 1.4.5?

I have to try it out to see if the actual levels are compatible. I had downloaded it when it was released and I got multiple errors, but I gotta download the new patches