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IzIcy wrote:

Enjl wrote:

The101MarioGuy wrote:This contest is going to better than other contest I'm so excited for this GRAND EXTRAVAGNZA, and we still have 35 participants.

Incorrect. We have 35 people who SAY they WANT to participate. But nowhere in the original post does it say you participate by leaving a reply. You participate by actually making your level and sending it in. All we do with people who announce their submission but then weasel out is giving them the death stare.

And make them as uncomfortable as possible for a couple of weeks.

Sorry about that, but I can agree with it now.

Why isn't my name bolded in the OP? xD

Inspirited wrote:Why isn't my name bolded in the OP? xD

Bear with. He can't check all the time.

Inspirited wrote:Why isn't my name bolded in the OP? xD

Because maybe the dog has better things to do in life than holding a couple of letters.

Sorry Guys, I'm not joining Because I have a long work to work on my project. Maybe next time I'll join the contest next year.

The101MarioGuy wrote:Sorry Guys, I'm not joining Because I have a long work to work on my project. Maybe next time I'll join the contest next year.

Why not submit a level from your project? As long as you haven't shown it beforehand this is a great chance to get some feedback

I generally advise against submitting levels from episodes, as they are designed to work in the general composition of the episode, whereas contest levels are designed to stand by themselves and can't rely on elements taught in previous levels.

Enjl wrote:I generally advise against submitting levels from episodes, as they are designed to work in the general composition of the episode, whereas contest levels are designed to stand by themselves and can't rely on elements taught in previous levels.

It really depends on the episode though. Sometimes levels in episodes won't differ much from a designer's usual style/design (such as The Restoration)

PixelPest wrote:

Enjl wrote:I generally advise against submitting levels from episodes, as they are designed to work in the general composition of the episode, whereas contest levels are designed to stand by themselves and can't rely on elements taught in previous levels.

It really depends on the episode though. Sometimes levels in episodes won't differ much from a designer's usual style/design (such as The Restoration)

Well yeah but The Restoration isn't a good episode.

Enjl wrote:Well yeah but The Restoration isn't a good episode.

Enjl wrote: Well yeah but The Restoration isn't a good episode.

I respect your opinion on the restoration.

Enjl wrote:I generally advise against submitting levels from episodes, as they are designed to work in the general composition of the episode, whereas contest levels are designed to stand by themselves and can't rely on elements taught in previous levels.

I guess you can re-work parts of a level to then make them work in episodes.

Enjl wrote:

PixelPest wrote:

Enjl wrote:I generally advise against submitting levels from episodes, as they are designed to work in the general composition of the episode, whereas contest levels are designed to stand by themselves and can't rely on elements taught in previous levels.

It really depends on the episode though. Sometimes levels in episodes won't differ much from a designer's usual style/design (such as The Restoration)

Well yeah but The Restoration isn't a good episode.

Does not mean every episode will be the same though does it.

PixelPest wrote: It really depends on the episode though. Sometimes levels in episodes won't differ much from a designer's usual style/design (such as The Restoration)

Levels in The Restoration don't differ at all from one another though lol

King of Eterity wrote:I guess you can re-work parts of a level to then make them work in episodes.

If your episode sucks as an episode? Sure, then it's easy. If your episode actually puts focus on being a game you might have to remake the entire level.

King of Eterity wrote:Does not mean every episode will be the same though does it.

My point is that The Restoration is a poorly thought-out level pack, not an episode. The levels don't compliment each other, they downright kill each other. Every level uses the same ideas, has little to no regard to what came before or what comes after, and everything just blends together. I mean of course not every episode is like that, but once you leave this realm you get into "actually putting focus on being a game" and then injecting a contest level doesn't work.

Enjl wrote:Well yeah but The Restoration isn't a good episode.

What!?! This guy has a different opinion! How dare you!

Enjl wrote:

King of Eterity wrote:I guess you can re-work parts of a level to then make them work in episodes.

If your episode sucks as an episode? Sure, then it's easy. If your episode actually puts focus on being a game you might have to remake the entire level.

If you plan ahead, then not necessarily.

thehelmetguy1 wrote:

Enjl wrote:Well yeah but The Restoration isn't a good episode.

What!?! This guy has a different opinion! How dare you!

how ironic

Surprisingly enough, I don't actually like The Restoration. It is more like a level pack than an episode, and you get quickly fed up with the levels.

Why we are we talking about The restoration in the contest topic? :/

because it came up as an example of how using episode levels in a contest is a bad idea, unless the episode is more like a level pack than an actual progression - like the restoration