Level Contest 9: First Place

[Valtteri]

I have calculated Christian07's score wrong, he'll appear in Tier 7. Other changes will be done as well. Here's who's still in though:

• ap3jmpt
  as303298
  Blueoak
  Bomber57
  bulletbill43
  Chad
  Christian07
  Darkonius64
  fireflowerhour
  GameClip477
  GMarinaX
  h2643
  HenryRichard
  Shinbison-Kof
  SnifitGuy
  SuperMario7
  TheUltimateKyogre
  TNTtimelord
  Valtteri
  WaddleDerp
  WillHart
  zlakerboy357

[SuperWingedYoshi]

Rank 37 for me. Not too bad, I can live with this. (Especially since I expected to do much worse than that, lol.)
I'm gonna comment on some of the points you judges brought up.

The first is the placement of firebars. A good amount of the firebars placed are in unfair positions where it is really tough to avoid them.

If I could, I'd just reduce the speed of the firebars (like it's possible in Super Mario Flash, as far as I know). However, SMBX doesn't have an option like that, sadly, so I had to use what I could use. Sorry about the inconvenience. :/

Another issue is the switch block puzzle room. If you fail the puzzle, there is no way of resetting it, forcing the player to suicide.

I tried to find a way to make the puzzle resettable but couldn't find one...

complicated switch puzzle

You just had to hit two switches and that was it. I struggled between giving the player 5, 10 or 15 seconds, but eventually decided for 10 after some testing since I felt that was enough time. I'm gonna keep that in mind next time.

Also, the enemies in the first key room aren't placed well, with Koopas bouncing around unpredictably in a narrow space and being on top of you within seconds with Hammer Bros close by.

I didn't feel this was too hard, actually. And I somehow had to make this more difficult. Two Hammer Bros alone felt too bland.

Hey, jackass. Metal music is the shit.

The level was meant as a reference to Kep who hates that "noisy crap where the lyrics are all about people burning and screaming" (or something)... I'm a huge fan of metal music, actually!

...and it was easy to pick up vegetables instead of bombs.

The bombs were meant for those who dare to enter the boss room as Link. With the other four characters, you're supposed to use the vegetables. You can hit the boss with both.

First off, freaking props to you for finding and using an 8-bit cover of a METALLICA song!

Hell yeah! \m/

It didn't really feel at all special when it came to anything innovative, other than the beatboxes.

You can't put much innovation in a level when it's 8-bit only.

...and the level's start was pretty silly.

I know right? XD

The boss was a bit hard and I recommend reducing the enemy number.

I tried different set-ups with two, four, five and six beatboxes. Two was too easy, five and six were too hard. So I chose four.

[RudeGuy]

Always calculate your score, because there might be a mistake.

Yay I got tier 7 (much better) and I'll appear in the top 20! Hopefully it won't be the first level of it.

[Mable]

Holy fuck did i do good this time. Better then the last contest holy fucking shit.

[Chad]

You just had to hit two switches and that was it. I struggled between giving the player 5, 10 or 15 seconds, but eventually decided for 10 after some testing since I felt that was enough time. I'm gonna keep that in mind next time.

The problem with this is that you know how it works going in, because you designed and tested it to work a certain way. But like I said in my review, other players won't have the same perspective and can't pick it up as easily. 10 seconds is very little time to think about every possible switch combination for that room and mentally visualize which shell path works and how all the other ones don't. A couple of those seconds are required to learn how the room's even laid out, as well as the physical action of hitting the switches at all, so it feels like you expected players to know the answer already.

[as303298]

Well well, I made it further than I really wanted. Considering the level I made was for SDG's later worlds, I didn't make it with the intent of winning a contest. So...yay?

[Superiorstar]

I have to say my level was pretty rushed to go to tier 5. it took 3 day altogether.

[JupiHornet]

Sux's score *_*
Since I didn't win I hope either Waddle Derp or as303298 does.
Also Happy Halloween peeps
Nice avatar Valtteri

[Waddle]

Sux's score *_*
Since I didn't win I hope either Waddle Derp or as303298 does.
Also Happy Halloween peeps
Nice avatar Valtteri

Im sure im not going to win. tier 7 was a pleasant surprise, though. but I think thats gonna be it. as303298... has potential but I don't think he'll win. It's either going to be chad or zlaker.

[Radishl]

Its not like I expected to get top 10 on my first contest...

Im glad with 33 #.

[Waddle]

Its not like I expected to get top 10 on my first contest...

Im glad with 33 #.

this is my first contest too .____.

[Valtteri]

I've fixed (with help from zlakerboy357! <3) the results now. Yes, I can sometimes calculate your score wrong, like what happened Christian07. He noticed an error in his average score and I recalculated it and while he didn't end up in tier 7 like we thought he went up by a notable amount of places. So please calculate your own score (the sum of the scores given by all five judges divided by 5) to make sure you're in the right place!

The results have changed quite a bit. In addition to Christian07's new place the last person in each tier went down to the first place of the tier below. ap3jmpt fell from tier 7 to tier 6.

Tier 6
21. Christian07 - This Level Has Extended Castle Graphics - 7.21/10
22. ap3jmpt - Deepsea Ruins - 7.06/10
23. Little Boo - Death Valley - 6.96/10
24. Sux - Scarlet Spatial Sewers - 6.66/10
25. Frozen - Underground Street - 6.61/10
26. Zant - Toads Gone Rogue - 6.59/10
27. RarePairGaming - Snow Brick Fortress - 6.58/10
28. KoolKat - Larry Koopa's Blazing Fortress - 6.58/10
29. Fwusha medias - The Floating Cargoship - 6.53/10
30. LuigiGamer - Bowser's Final Castle - 6.37/10

Tier 5
31. GLD4 - A Small Quest - 6.34/10
32. BlimpFruit - Mouser's Brigade - 6.18/10
33. Superiorstar - Invasion on Destruction - 6.12/10
34. Radishl - Mushroom Lore - 6.12/10
35. Pivot40Channel - Bowser's Sky Tower - 6.11/10
36. Dragonmaster146 - Waltz in the Autumn Woods - 6.08/10
37. litchh - All Night Biased Hills - 5.92/10
38. SuperWingedYoshi - Oldschool Metal - 5.89/10
39. Valtries the Fox - Munchers Galore!!! - 5.81/10
40. Vanishing Bilborb - Time to Visit Grassland Village - 5.74/10

Tier 4
41. Thetoxicminecrafter1 - Cold Autumn's Night - 5.69/10
42. Wind - Snowflake Valley - 5.61/10
43. Blue Bomber - Arid Chambers - 5.61/10
44. RubberParasite - Ghost's Vine Puzzle - 5.45/10
45. MECHDRAGON777 - Regen Gefüllt Plains - 5.43/10
46. dragonfan96 - The Sands of Time - 5.37/10
47. Zupermariobros - Volcano Madness - 5.36/10
48. DarkMatt - A Field of Vicious Trappers - 5.3/10
49. DatDude - Relentless Fortress - 5.2/10
50. Trace42 - Fire Castle - 5.13/10

Tier 3
51. 116taj - Dungeon of Doom - 5.06/10
52. PaperPlayerX - Euphoric Everymart - 5.03/10
53. TangledLion - Woods of Wonder - 4.74/10
54. jetace98 - Bowser's Tank Brigade - 4.64/10
55. Murphmario - Great Cloud Athletics - 4.46/10
56. moemoe02 - Sidestepper Shoreside - 4.32/10
57. Phazon1111 - Big Boo's Mansion - 4.19/10
58. Mista Epic - An Autumn Stroll - 3.94/10
59. Antiginger - Five Trials - 3.82/10
60. krazybluemonkey - Cake Walk - 3.79/10

Tier 2
61. Bj007pro - Deep Dark Forest - 3.48/10
62. Turtwig - Cookie Land - 3.02/10
63. Kooper4 - The Puzzle That Be - 2.84/10
64. Jack Goff - JG Third Level - 2.81/10
65. TheTurnipLord - Beetle's Domain - 2.32/10
66. Magibowser - SMB3 Showdown - 2.28/10
67. Coll4040 - Contest Level 2 - NOT A SEQUEL - 2.22/10
68. HarrisonTheKitsune - Casino Moon - 1.8/10
69. MyNameIsEric52 - Crisis at Blue Island - 1.64/10
70. meowflash - Run while You Still Can - 1.16/10

Tier 1
71. Zyglrox Odyssey - Akihabara - 1/10
72. knux - Epic Dank Level 420 - 0.98/10
73. DoctorShemp - Philosophical Introspection - 0.6484138/10
74. Kep - A Pyramid Switch Puzzle with an Uncreative Name - 0.41/10
75. 8flight - The Easiest Boss Fight Ever - 0.08/10
76. Arale - Memo - 0.04/10

[JupiHornet]

Spoiler: show

I've fixed (with help from zlakerboy357!) the results now. Yes, I can sometimes calculate your score wrong, like what happened Christian07. He noticed an error in his average score and I recalculated it and while he didn't end up in tier 7 like we thought he went up by a notable amount of places. So please calculate your own score (the sum of the scores given by all five judges divided by 5) to make sure you're in the right place!

The results have changed quite a bit. In addition to Christian07's new place the last person in each tier went down to the first place of the tier below. ap3jmpt fell from tier 7 to tier 6.

Tier 6
21. Christian07 - This Level Has Extended Castle Graphics - 7.21/10
22. ap3jmpt - Deepsea Ruins - 7.06/10
23. Little Boo - Death Valley - 6.96/10
24. Sux - Scarlet Spatial Sewers - 6.66/10
25. Frozen - Underground Street - 6.61/10
26. Zant - Toads Gone Rogue - 6.59/10
27. RarePairGaming - Snow Brick Fortress - 6.58/10
28. KoolKat - Larry Koopa's Blazing Fortress - 6.58/10
29. Fwusha medias - The Floating Cargoship - 6.53/10
30. LuigiGamer - Bowser's Final Castle - 6.37/10

Tier 5
31. GLD4 - A Small Quest - 6.34/10
32. BlimpFruit - Mouser's Brigade - 6.18/10
33. Superiorstar - Invasion on Destruction - 6.12/10
34. Radishl - Mushroom Lore - 6.12/10
35. Pivot40Channel - Bowser's Sky Tower - 6.11/10
36. Dragonmaster146 - Waltz in the Autumn Woods - 6.08/10
37. litchh - All Night Biased Hills - 5.92/10
38. SuperWingedYoshi - Oldschool Metal - 5.89/10
39. Valtries the Fox - Munchers Galore!!! - 5.81/10
40. Vanishing Bilborb - Time to Visit Grassland Village - 5.74/10

Tier 4
41. Thetoxicminecrafter1 - Cold Autumn's Night - 5.69/10
42. Wind - Snowflake Valley - 5.61/10
43. Blue Bomber - Arid Chambers - 5.61/10
44. RubberParasite - Ghost's Vine Puzzle - 5.45/10
45. MECHDRAGON777 - Regen Gefüllt Plains - 5.43/10
46. dragonfan96 - The Sands of Time - 5.37/10
47. Zupermariobros - Volcano Madness - 5.36/10
48. DarkMatt - A Field of Vicious Trappers - 5.3/10
49. DatDude - Relentless Fortress - 5.2/10
50. Trace42 - Fire Castle - 5.13/10

Tier 3
51. 116taj - Dungeon of Doom - 5.06/10
52. PaperPlayerX - Euphoric Everymart - 5.03/10
53. TangledLion - Woods of Wonder - 4.74/10
54. jetace98 - Bowser's Tank Brigade - 4.64/10
55. Murphmario - Great Cloud Athletics - 4.46/10
56. moemoe02 - Sidestepper Shoreside - 4.32/10
57. Phazon1111 - Big Boo's Mansion - 4.19/10
58. Mista Epic - An Autumn Stroll - 3.94/10
59. Antiginger - Five Trials - 3.82/10
60. krazybluemonkey - Cake Walk - 3.79/10

Tier 2
61. Bj007pro - Deep Dark Forest - 3.48/10
62. Turtwig - Cookie Land - 3.02/10
63. Kooper4 - The Puzzle That Be - 2.84/10
64. Jack Goff - JG Third Level - 2.81/10
65. TheTurnipLord - Beetle's Domain - 2.32/10
66. Magibowser - SMB3 Showdown - 2.28/10
67. Coll4040 - Contest Level 2 - NOT A SEQUEL - 2.22/10
68. HarrisonTheKitsune - Casino Moon - 1.8/10
69. MyNameIsEric52 - Crisis at Blue Island - 1.64/10
70. meowflash - Run while You Still Can - 1.16/10

Tier 1
71. Zyglrox Odyssey - Akihabara - 1/10
72. knux - Epic Dank Level 420 - 0.98/10
73. DoctorShemp - Philosophical Introspection - 0.6484138/10
74. Kep - A Pyramid Switch Puzzle with an Uncreative Name - 0.41/10
75. 8flight - The Easiest Boss Fight Ever - 0.08/10
76. Arale - Memo - 0.04/10

NOOOO NOW I'M ONLY 62ND PLACE ;-;
I really feel bad for ap3jmpt though. That's pretty rough
Also if Sux's score isn't joked about in ToB8 I will be very disappointed (no offense Sux)

[FanofSMBX]

Was "Memo" a "y u no lunadll" message?

[HenryRichard]

How am I not shown yet? I didn't think my level was THIS good!

[Mable]

76. Arale - Memo - 0.04/10

Can i please laugh at this? First being someone who keeps his mouth open and spreads out a lot of stuff and then trolls the forum. Oh wait what else is there to expect from them.

[JupiHornet]

76. Arale - Memo - 0.04/10

Can i please laugh at this? First being someone who keeps his mouth open and spreads out a lot of stuff and then trolls the forum. Oh wait what else is there to expect from them.

Has a level ever gotten an average of 0/10 before?

[Mable]

76. Arale - Memo - 0.04/10

Can i please laugh at this? First being someone who keeps his mouth open and spreads out a lot of stuff and then trolls the forum. Oh wait what else is there to expect from them.

Has a level ever gotten an average of 0/10 before?

72. SMBXxer - One More Overless - 0.1/10 Contest 8

Let's say yes.

[JupiHornet]

76. Arale - Memo - 0.04/10

Has a level ever gotten an average of 0/10 before?

72. SMBXxer - One More Overless - 0.1/10 Contest 8

Let's say yes.

0.1 is not 0 >:(
I do remember that level though. The pitch-black one, right?
Also looking forward to seeing the Top 20!

[RudeGuy]

I like that everyone had to go down just for me.
Not in top 20, but I am very near. Bad luck to everyone!