New Great Castle Adventure (Released on a newer Topic!)

zlaker · Postby **zlaker** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:33 pm

Valtteri wrote:
zlakerboy357 wrote:It's nice to see this is an official SMBX episode. And I thought Chad left SMBX for good. Nice to see him back though...
He isn't back. He's listed as a designer because he made levels for the game before leaving.

Two questions.
1. When did the development of this episode started?
2. Was Chad even a Level Desinger for offical SMBX episodes?

Darkonius Mavakar · Postby **Darkonius Mavakar** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:43 pm

i noticed Chad in the level designer list...
is he still 'alive'...?

zlaker · Postby **zlaker** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:49 pm

Darkonius Mavakar wrote:i noticed Chad in the level designer list...
is he still 'alive'...?

No, unfortunately not. As Valtteri said he listed as level desinger before leaving SMBX.
Meow..

krazykoopa · Postby **krazykoopa** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:25 am

zlakerboy357 wrote:
Valtteri wrote:
zlakerboy357 wrote:It's nice to see this is an official SMBX episode. And I thought Chad left SMBX for good. Nice to see him back though...
He isn't back. He's listed as a designer because he made levels for the game before leaving.
Two questions.
1. When did the development of this episode started?
2. Was Chad even a Level Desinger for offical SMBX episodes?

The idea for an updated Great Castle Adventure has been around since Redigit's old forum shortly after the invasion 2 was released. But I didn't start the current build of NGCA until probably two years ago. And, it's only been a community project for almost a year (when Valtteri, Zephyr, and Chad were added as level designers). Chad has since left SMBX but contributed four levels before leaving, and we're just giving him credit for those levels, which is why he remains listed as a level designer. Sorry for the confusion. Anyway, have you checked the progress of this project? We're pretty close to finishing this thing up!

krazykoopa · Postby **krazykoopa** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:38 am

Yeah, my guess is this project will wrap up within the next few months. A few things have to come together for that to happen, but I'm crossing my fingers.

Kingbowser112 · Postby **Kingbowser112** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:09 am

I hope that there will be (coming soon) some new screens. Good work on your episode!

Postby **glitch4** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:08 am

oh please not the hardest bosses in the world D:

Zephyr · Postby **Zephyr** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:57 pm

We figured it was about time to show off some of the new progress so there are new screenshots on the first post. Also thank you joey and the forum staff for making this an official episode!

@Litdude32, we are doing our best to keep the bosses fair and fun to play. None of the bosses I have played are too hard.

Postby **Shadow Yoshi** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:01 pm

Screens look great, as usual. Looking forward to featuring this on the site.

The screen with the mushroom platforms and SMW recolored wood/etc. has a background that looks a bit crowded, though (at the very least, I would adjust the sky so it's not such bright turquoise and has some shading). Also, the SMB3 single wooden block is recolored differently than the rest of the SMW-recolored wood.

SuperMario7 · Postby **SuperMario7** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:02 pm

The new screens look really good. This project seems to be coming along nicely. I'm looking forward to playing it when it's finished. Good luck!

zlaker · Postby **zlaker** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:09 am

This project keeps looking better and better zephyr.,good job. I'm happy to see this a an Official SMBX Episode. Can't wait to play the whole game
Meow..

Kingbowser112 · Postby **Kingbowser112** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:52 am

Wow! I like in your new screens, first of all, all, XD , but especially the "Death level", yeah it's sounds very scary, but very good to play.

krazykoopa · Postby **krazykoopa** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:31 pm

Joey wrote:Screens look great, as usual. Looking forward to featuring this on the site.

The screen with the mushroom platforms and SMW recolored wood/etc. has a background that looks a bit crowded, though (at the very least, I would adjust the sky so it's not such bright turquoise and has some shading). Also, the SMB3 single wooden block is recolored differently than the rest of the SMW-recolored wood.

That's one of my levels. Thanks for the help, Joey. I'll definitely make the necessary edits here before the episode releases.

Postby **Julia Pseudo** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:26 am

All of the levels shown have really nice visuals, and it seems like each one has a pretty unique style. I respect that. One of the things I liked most about the original Great Castle Adventure is that the levels (at least some of them) mixed styles and integrated background objects really well, so they looked really good, especially considering that the episode had no custom graphics. Looking forward to this more than ever.

Veudekato · Postby **Veudekato** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:40 am

nice and various graphics and design level!

Postby **glitch4** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:00 pm

Hey,is this project still working?They haven't upgraded it yet!

Zephyr · Postby **Zephyr** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:31 pm

Yes the project is still in the works. Progress is not halted. I am having hard drive issues which could potentially cause me to lose one level, but everything else is backed up.

krazykoopa · Postby **krazykoopa** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:32 am

Zephyr wrote:Yes the project is still in the works. Progress is not halted. I am having hard drive issues which could potentially cause me to lose one level, but everything else is backed up.

I'd like to add that I, as the project leader, am not having any computer issues. I say this to stress that I'm the one compiling all the levels and putting this episode together, which is why Zephyr's hard drive issues only affects the one level he was working on. We're hoping he can retrieve his level, but worst case scenario is he has to make that one level over again. Hopefully this puts everyone's minds at ease.

Zephyr · Postby **Zephyr** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:28 am

in other news, chad is rejoining the project team! we're not sure if he will be adding any more levels to the ones he has made already, but he is going to be helping us beta test at the very least.

it's great to have you back chad!