Scrolling in a Bluish Winter Wonderland ( Beta 4 )

[cato]

Hello, I am Cato, this tread will be my level collection. Will upload individual levels outside my episode to save post storage.

Scrolling in a Bluish Winter Wonderland ( Uploaded on 3 January 2020 )

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Difficulty: Medium level.
Download Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7e7zh6ovg ... d.rar/file

[Troopa Koopa321]

Level Review.

Atmosphere/theme:
The atmosphere of the level was pretty great. And felt like you where traveling through a massive bee hive. However even through I liked the music choice it felt kinda out of place for some reason,Like it sounds too final levelish. Mostly because the music was a remix of Krook's march. Other than that the atmosphere was captured decently.
8/10

Gameplay:
My favorite part of this level was the addition of the bee mushroom which cleverly replaced one of link's powerups. However I wished this powerup had more involvement and interaction in the level instead of being in one section. Some other criticism I have is some enemy placement on the boss. The fire generator at the top of the screen when you go against the circling wasp can sometimes be blocked from view if you have a powerup in your inventory and some players will never know that it was there if they still have a powerup in the slot. Another reason why its badly placed is because the circling wasp are moving too fast and makes it more difficult to avoid the flames. Another thing is when you hit the giant wasp when he's throwing bombs, The generator doesn't disappear after you kill him which should be fixed. For anything the level was more easier than the boss. Positives of the level is the rest of the level design. Good dragon coin placement and some redeeming npc placement. The boss was very creative and entertaining as well. The positives out weighs all the negatives in this level imo.
score: 7.9/10

Total score
8.5/10

A very great level in my opinion. The boss can be improved though.

screenshots
Bomb generator

Item slot

[cato]

Did you kill King Zinc during the projected bomb segment? I don't think you are supposed to kill him, I even make him high enough so that you can't stomp him.

[DrMekar]

Did you kill King Zinc during the projected bomb segment? I don't think you are supposed to kill him, I even make him high enough so that you can't stomp him.

You can kill him, which also causes the Bombs to Generator to stop moving. Also the Last Phase with Mother Brain is pretty
confusing for a not SMBX Veteran. The whole time it was the rule to spin on King Zinc and suddently spinning on him hurts
you.

[Troopa Koopa321]

Did you kill King Zinc during the projected bomb segment? I don't think you are supposed to kill him, I even make him high enough so that you can't stomp him.

It wasnt high enough. I still managed to kill him some how. maybe you should set him as a friendly npc when he is launching the bombs.

[MegaDood]

This level looks nice! I like how the hive contrasts with the regular ground.

[cato]

The level has been updated, thanks for your comments.

[Ytagh]

i really want play it also that boss is new i like honey hive its soo cool idk why i cant play it but im fine i guess..

[Cedur]

i really want play it also that boss is new i like honey hive its soo cool idk why i cant play it but im fine i guess..

which SMBX version are using in the first place? You know the title says you need the most recent one, SMBX2PAL?

[AggressivePeanut90]

Great work, Cato Wong! Really nice theme! Now i will play and enjoy it!

[Ytagh]

i cant play it in 1.4.4, i play it in 2.0 but my version has stoping working the bees graphics idk why guys anyways nice level.. i guess :p

[Cedur]

you can't expect 2.0 stuff to be playable in 1.4. The engines are fundamentally different.

i play it in 2.0 but my version has stoping working the bees graphics

well, assuming you have the latest version, which ones exactly?

Also Cato, it would be good if there were one or two backtrack pipes in the fairy section. The boss phase which spawns two large hornets should kinda announce where they spawn so players don't get hit at first time.

[cato]

Hi Guys, 2-2 Outcasted Oremine is out!

[Daring Tombstone]

I got this on the mole boss.



Perhaps a missing music or misspelled file name. Or maybe it's just my end. Otherwise a good level to have played.

Also, careful about using nogravity NPC's as this can unfortunately happen.

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[cato]

I got this on the mole boss.



Perhaps missing music or misspelt file name. Or maybe it's just my end. Otherwise, a good level to have played.

Also, careful about using no gravity NPC's as this can unfortunately happen.

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Yeah, that was careless of me. Looks like I misplace the wrong music file. Also, I disabled what the GIF shows by putting an invisible player block. Should be updated in the download.

[MegaDood]

I liked the honey level quite a lot, I think the boss was creative, though it was never telegraphed what would happen next which got annoying, and the sections where you were a bee was also fun.

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[cato]

Ping

Just a quick suggestion, you honestly should be a checkpoint right before the boss fights

If you mean two checkpoints every level, I may have to consider my level style, especially some level has optional boss fight, making the level checkpoint inconsistent.
If you mean relocating the checkpoint, just no. My level style is basically like: Before the checkpoint, showcasing the gimmick of the level. After the checkpoint, extensively use the gimmick on more difficult stuff. The boss shouldn't be that hard, you have 2 powerups.

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[cato]

Uploaded "Scrolling in a Bluish Winter Wonderland".
This level has an extra stage. So please do not miss your second run.