Attack of the Darkness - THANK YOU

[PopYoshi]

Now's when I begin to look for more level designers
*sigh*

Hope when I release the demo some people will get interested to apply for the position

[Eri7]

PopYoshi, i can be a level designer but the way i design levels is very, very different from how you design levels judging from the level i beta tested, if you are going to hire me as a level designer, expect 3 things.
1st, i will make levels once a month or two, why? Because i am too busy with 4 projects and countless more stuff.
2nd, systematic approach, the way i design levels is use a formula and focus my level on a gimmick, the point of the level is to explore its interaction, the way you design levels judging by what i beta tested is provide challenges until something big happens and alongside these challenges, force the player to explore to progress further or give him a lot of options for exploration to get items/npc dialogue/secret bosses and then repeat one or two times until the all of the cards have been played aka the cutscenes/main bosses/story stuff which is not how i will usually design a level.
3rd, i will be using 2.0, i know you can't use it so that will be a problem.

[PopYoshi]

PopYoshi, i can be a level designer but the way i design levels is very, very different from how you design levels judging from the level i beta tested, if you are going to hire me as a level designer, expect 3 things.
1st, i will make levels once a month or two, why? Because i am too busy with 4 projects and countless more stuff.
2nd, systematic approach, the way i design levels is use a formula and focus my level on a gimmick, the point of the level is to explore its interaction, the way you design levels judging by what i beta tested is provide challenges until something big happens and alongside these challenges, force the player to explore to progress further or give him a lot of options for exploration to get items/npc dialogue/secret bosses and then repeat one or two times until the all of the cards have been played aka the cutscenes/main bosses/story stuff which is not how i will usually design a level.
3rd, i will be using 2.0, i know you can't use it so that will be a problem.

I'm not too good with gimmicks, not to mention I already had doubts about that level...

Even if I wanted to make you a designer I can't play the 2.0 :/ that's the only problem to me

[sammerbro]

Now's when I begin to look for more level designers
*sigh*

Hope when I release the demo some people will get interested to apply for the position

I can be a level designer since I have 1.3.

[PopYoshi]

Now's when I begin to look for more level designers
*sigh*

Hope when I release the demo some people will get interested to apply for the position

I can be a level designer since I have 1.3.

Do you have a level thread? if you don't then send me at least 2 levels and I'll take a decision

[sammerbro]

Now's when I begin to look for more level designers
*sigh*

Hope when I release the demo some people will get interested to apply for the position

I can be a level designer since I have 1.3.

Do you have a level thread? if you don't then send me at least 2 levels and I'll take a decision

I will send you levels once they are finished.

[PopYoshi]

Looking good so far!

Spoiler: show

The level's called Bouncing on Mushrooms

[Eri7]

Looking good so far!

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The level's called Bouncing on Mushrooms

It does look good but what is the gimmick?

[LGLMAKING]

Looking good so far!

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The level's called Bouncing on Mushrooms

It does look good but what is the gimmick?

Mushroom bouncing

[Eri7]

Looking good so far!

Spoiler: show

The level's called Bouncing on Mushrooms

It does look good but what is the gimmick?

Mushroom bouncing

Ohh, too bad this gimmick has only one interaction so bringing variety to it will be kinda hard.

[ElectriKong]

It does look good but what is the gimmick?

Mushroom bouncing

Ohh, too bad this gimmick has only one interaction so bringing variety to it will be kinda hard.

Interactions ≠ ability to add variety

[Cedur]

It does look good but what is the gimmick?

(why) is there a general dogmatic need for one

[PopYoshi]

I thought you were asking that in a ironic way
Anyway, here's the gimmick


That, and the fruit from the tree

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It does look good but what is the gimmick?

Mushroom bouncing

Ohh, too bad this gimmick has only one interaction so bringing variety to it will be kinda hard.

Still the gimmick isn't always what matters
The first version of this level made in 2015, a 2 minutes long level which only gimmick was mushroom bouncing and that had a not so hidden star (and which name was Jumping from Mushroom to Mushroom) received a 7.5 by ShadowStarX, with the only issues being the bad coin placement (the few coins the level had) and the clash with YI graphics

[Teemster2]

PopYoshi, i can be a level designer but the way i design levels is very, very different from how you design levels judging from the level i beta tested, if you are going to hire me as a level designer, expect 3 things.
1st, i will make levels once a month or two, why? Because i am too busy with 4 projects and countless more stuff.
2nd, systematic approach, the way i design levels is use a formula and focus my level on a gimmick, the point of the level is to explore its interaction, the way you design levels judging by what i beta tested is provide challenges until something big happens and alongside these challenges, force the player to explore to progress further or give him a lot of options for exploration to get items/npc dialogue/secret bosses and then repeat one or two times until the all of the cards have been played aka the cutscenes/main bosses/story stuff which is not how i will usually design a level.
3rd, i will be using 2.0, i know you can't use it so that will be a problem.

I'm not too good with gimmicks, not to mention I already had doubts about that level...

Even if I wanted to make you a designer I can't play the 2.0 :/ that's the only problem to me

You should still be able to play 1.3 levels with 2.0 and if there is an issue with 2.0 maybe that will be fixed when the official beta release comes out? Good luck with your project.

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Looking good so far!

Spoiler: show

The level's called Bouncing on Mushrooms

It does look good but what is the gimmick?

I never really thought levels needed a gimmick. A level with a good gimmick that is really rompy and uses no layers or events can be worse then a level with no gimmick that is still challenging for the player.

[Eri7]

PopYoshi, i can be a level designer but the way i design levels is very, very different from how you design levels judging from the level i beta tested, if you are going to hire me as a level designer, expect 3 things.
1st, i will make levels once a month or two, why? Because i am too busy with 4 projects and countless more stuff.
2nd, systematic approach, the way i design levels is use a formula and focus my level on a gimmick, the point of the level is to explore its interaction, the way you design levels judging by what i beta tested is provide challenges until something big happens and alongside these challenges, force the player to explore to progress further or give him a lot of options for exploration to get items/npc dialogue/secret bosses and then repeat one or two times until the all of the cards have been played aka the cutscenes/main bosses/story stuff which is not how i will usually design a level.
3rd, i will be using 2.0, i know you can't use it so that will be a problem.

I'm not too good with gimmicks, not to mention I already had doubts about that level...

Even if I wanted to make you a designer I can't play the 2.0 :/ that's the only problem to me

You should still be able to play 1.3 levels with 2.0 and if there is an issue with 2.0 maybe that will be fixed when the official beta release comes out? Good luck with your project.

Added in 4 minutes 10 seconds:

Looking good so far!

Spoiler: show

The level's called Bouncing on Mushrooms

It does look good but what is the gimmick?

I never really thought levels needed a gimmick. A level with a good gimmick that is really rompy and uses no layers or events can be worse then a level with no gimmick that is still challenging for the player.

Gimmicks are what makes up the gameplay, of course you need them, everything which has a gameplay interaction is a gimmick, even a simple goomba! Events/layers are just tools to use for some of your gimmicks like to provide more interactions with them/make challenges harder/add twist to them. I have seen plenty of levels where people have left their gimmicks unexplored by having a lot of repetitive challenges with them without exploring their interactions.

[PopYoshi]

PopYoshi, i can be a level designer but the way i design levels is very, very different from how you design levels judging from the level i beta tested, if you are going to hire me as a level designer, expect 3 things.
1st, i will make levels once a month or two, why? Because i am too busy with 4 projects and countless more stuff.
2nd, systematic approach, the way i design levels is use a formula and focus my level on a gimmick, the point of the level is to explore its interaction, the way you design levels judging by what i beta tested is provide challenges until something big happens and alongside these challenges, force the player to explore to progress further or give him a lot of options for exploration to get items/npc dialogue/secret bosses and then repeat one or two times until the all of the cards have been played aka the cutscenes/main bosses/story stuff which is not how i will usually design a level.
3rd, i will be using 2.0, i know you can't use it so that will be a problem.

I'm not too good with gimmicks, not to mention I already had doubts about that level...

Even if I wanted to make you a designer I can't play the 2.0 :/ that's the only problem to me

You should still be able to play 1.3 levels with 2.0 and if there is an issue with 2.0 maybe that will be fixed when the official beta release comes out? Good luck with your project.

Added in 4 minutes 10 seconds:

Looking good so far!

Spoiler: show

The level's called Bouncing on Mushrooms

It does look good but what is the gimmick?

I never really thought levels needed a gimmick. A level with a good gimmick that is really rompy and uses no layers or events can be worse then a level with no gimmick that is still challenging for the player.

I've already explained that my PC can't run SMBX2

[Super Luigi!]

I think the bouncing mushroom level looks great, especially regarding how everything is colored and designed. Additionally, we probably have different definitions for the word "gimmick".

[Eri7]

I thought you were asking that in a ironic way
Anyway, here's the gimmick


That, and the fruit from the tree

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Mushroom bouncing

Ohh, too bad this gimmick has only one interaction so bringing variety to it will be kinda hard.

Still the gimmick isn't always what matters
The first version of this level made in 2015, a 2 minutes long level which only gimmick was mushroom bouncing and that had a not so hidden star (and which name was Jumping from Mushroom to Mushroom) received a 7.5 by ShadowStarX, with the only issues being the bad coin placement (the few coins the level had) and the clash with YI graphics

I just saw this reply, and yes gimmicks DO matter a lot! Just because in the past, level judging was different since this community wasn't that enlightened yet in level design, it doesn't mean the same standarts can be applied now! Since 2017, a lot of people have been improving to level design thanks to people like Enjl or Waddle who introduced us to blocking which was just a wonderful thing and i wish i knew it earilier and Enjl even made 2 videos on level design! They have encouraged us to become better, redirect us to level designing videos such as Mark Brown's amazing videos on level design and overall, without them, i don't think we would have improved that much. So yeah, PopYoshi this isn't 2015, this is 2019 and stuff have changed a lot, you better get in the game or your levels will suffer repetitiveness and lack of innovative uses of gimmicks which will make your level feel bland/dull even tho your aesthetics are great, your bosses are decent and your cutscenes are amazing so yeah, focus on improving this and i am sure this project will be really, really good!

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I think the bouncing mushroom level looks great, especially regarding how everything is colored and designed. Additionally, we probably have different definitions for the word "gimmick".

Gimmick is an object, call it npc, event, block or whatever else that provides a gameplay interaction. Everything can be a gimmick if it provides a new interaction to the gameplay. What do you think of gimmicks? Do you think they are only meant to be flashy big things? I too used to think like this but since Waddle helped me a lot with realizing what gimmicks actually are, i now understand that everything can be a gimmick and gimmicks shouldn't be left unexplored.

[Waddle]

I thought you were asking that in a ironic way
Anyway, here's the gimmick


That, and the fruit from the tree

Added in 5 minutes 52 seconds:

Ohh, too bad this gimmick has only one interaction so bringing variety to it will be kinda hard.

Still the gimmick isn't always what matters
The first version of this level made in 2015, a 2 minutes long level which only gimmick was mushroom bouncing and that had a not so hidden star (and which name was Jumping from Mushroom to Mushroom) received a 7.5 by ShadowStarX, with the only issues being the bad coin placement (the few coins the level had) and the clash with YI graphics

I just saw this reply, and yes gimmicks DO matter a lot! Just because in the past, level judging was different since this community wasn't that enlightened yet in level design, it doesn't mean the same standarts can be applied now! Since 2017, a lot of people have been improving to level design thanks to people like Enjl or Waddle who introduced us to blocking which was just a wonderful thing and i wish i knew it earilier and Enjl even made 2 videos on level design! They have encouraged us to become better, redirect us to level designing videos such as Mark Brown's amazing videos on level design and overall, without them, i don't think we would have improved that much. So yeah, PopYoshi this isn't 2015, this is 2019 and stuff have changed a lot, you better get in the game or your levels will suffer repetitiveness and lack of innovative uses of gimmicks which will make your level feel bland/dull even tho your aesthetics are great, your bosses are decent and your cutscenes are amazing so yeah, focus on improving this and i am sure this project will be really, really good!

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I think the bouncing mushroom level looks great, especially regarding how everything is colored and designed. Additionally, we probably have different definitions for the word "gimmick".

Gimmick is an object, call it npc, event, block or whatever else that provides a gameplay interaction. Everything can be a gimmick if it provides a new interaction to the gameplay. What do you think of gimmicks? Do you think they are only meant to be flashy big things? I too used to think like this but since Waddle helped me a lot with realizing what gimmicks actually are, i now understand that everything can be a gimmick and gimmicks shouldn't be left unexplored.

If anything can be a gimmick then surely these mushroom springs are also gimmicks! And there's definitely enough that can be done with them. One vital point I want to stress is that the style of level design that Enjl and I advocate is one of many; it isn't the "right" one, it's not meant to "enlighten" a stupid community but rather it's the way we feel we can consistently make cool levels. And even then I tend to stray from these methods: I rarely actually do the barebones blocking process but I still deploy the technique every now and then. Preaching a singular design philosophy as gospel, as flattering as it is, is not a very good attitude towards something like level design. We don't want everyone to start making the same levels with the same principles- variety is fun. Look to SMW romhacks or SMM levels: these are fundamentally different from SMBX levels but they are not worse. There is overlap in the principles applied, but there's also enormous differences and these differences are valuable, not something to be combated.

[PopYoshi]

Someday I'll die without knowing what should I do

Sorry if I sound rude but:

I'll add 50 gimmicks to my level, then I'll add the Benny Hill theme because it's super atheltic for the level and the whole blocks of the level will be the bouncing mushrooms

First you're going to jump from a mushroom to hit a goomba, then you have to climb while you shoot an explosive bird, after that you'll reach a zone with two bosses at the same time, you kill them, then a mushrooms falls and you have to take a motorcycle to jump over a great pit. After that you have to escape from a nuclear explosion and jump to an airplane but the airplane is filled with tons of Bowsers, you have to drive the plane while you shoot Bowser but the plane falls and you slide in a mushroom and fight another boss with a bullet cannon and PAM PAM PAM!

Done, it's the perfect level, now let me work!

Yes, I exploded
Yet no one says anything about the levels of The Restoration which main """""gimmick""""" in several levels are bullet bills and moving layers so far I've played it

Probably I'll have a call of attention for my attitude, but I don't care, I had to say it
I like to take what people says in consideration but not like this
Excuse me, I have a project to make