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Icy Path (a SMB2 level!)

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:25 pm
by h2643
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Level ends with an SMB3 Star and has a secret SMW star, which requires you to collect all 5 Ace Coins. Also don't mind that background cut-off at the third screen: it isn't visible in SMBX.
Also there's a secret easter egg...

Download updated level here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/4ss1s ... +h2643.zip

Credits:
  • Sednaiur
    h2643
    Zant
    bossedit8
    Squishy Rex
    Valtteri

Re: [MaGLX2, 33rd Place] Icy Path

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:39 pm
by TLtimelord
How many "Icy Path" levels have you made? Could have sworn you have another one somewhere, I think SMWCX related.

Re: [MaGLX2, 33rd Place] Icy Path

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 3:40 pm
by h2643
The one and only.

Re: [MaGLX2, 33rd Place] Icy Path

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:24 pm
by PixelPest
Didn't you enter this in Suckerman7's contest that never got judged completely? I recognize this level for sure. It was definitely my favourite out of the seven entries. You did an awesome job on this h2643!

Re: [MaGLX2, 33rd Place] Icy Path

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:11 pm
by HenryRichard
PixelPest wrote:Didn't you enter this in Suckerman7's contest that never got judged completely? I recognize this level for sure. It was definitely my favourite out of the seven entries. You did an awesome job on this h2643!
He also submitted it to SM12345's subcon contest.

It's a very good level, but I'm pretty sure after you submit one level to a contest you can't submit the same level to another contest.

Re: [MaGLX2, 33rd Place] Icy Path

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 11:36 am
by HeroLinik
PixelPest wrote:Didn't you enter this in Suckerman7's contest that never got judged completely? I recognize this level for sure. It was definitely my favourite out of the seven entries. You did an awesome job on this h2643!
They're both the same level.
But anyway, here comes my unofficial review...

Icy Path - 8/10
Oh my god I loved this level! The level is SMB2-styled, which is rather unusual as most levels made are mainly SMB3 or SMW, but it still does a good job at it. The aesthetics were awesome, the music was really fitting, and the puzzles made the level interesting, such as having to use the springboard in two spots, the Ace Coin hunt, which subsequently resulted in the player having to find a secret star door, and having to go back down a pool of water to find a secret bonus room, and you were trying to rise it to get to the top of the section! The sliding room was perfectly executed, but the boss at the end killed it, and then the whole thing just died at that point. When I went into the boss I was expecting an awesome layers and events battle considering how well structured the rest of the level is, but nope, it was just a boring Birdo battle. Despite that, the pros appear to outweigh the cons.

Re: [MaGLX2, 33rd Place] Icy Path (a SMB2 level!)

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 3:22 pm
by ShadowStarX
Icy Path Review

Design & Gameplay: Great
+ This level is pretty fun to play. (true, not the best level I've ever played but still p. cool) The NPC placement is nice, there is enough variety between the different sections, and the general block placements. The secrets are placed very well, they're not just the simple 'warp in a random pipe' (true that wouldn't have been bad either, but I prefer the way you did). The difficulty is pretty fair in the level, it's slightly challenging, it has perfect snow level difficulty. The level is very explorable in general, but it's not confusing at all. Overall, this level is p. nice and it has some replay value too.
| The boss fight was a bit disappointing if we compare to the level's difficulty, but I don't mind it as a big flaw.

Design & Gameplay: Amazing
+ This level had a p. cool atmosphere. (insert bad puns again) The level is well decorated and the music fits very well. I didn't find any graphical bugs or big mistakes. (for example: cutoffs) The atmosphere was quite enjoyable overall.

Score: 8.6/10
A p. cool snow level without any bigger flaws
Moved to 'Pretty Good'

Re: Icy Path (a SMB2 level!)

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:15 pm
by h2643
Even though I know it's really late to update this level now, I still did it because I wasn't happy with some things when I replayed the level today. Mostly I just polished stuff.

What has been updated/changed:
  • - some NPC & BGO placement - some BGOs were (re)moved and some NPCs were changed to other NPCs;
    - fixed the Autobomb death effect;
    - changed the Brick Block effect to SMB2 one;
    - white light entrances no longer lack the actual light;
    - added an extra bonus room;
    - added an extra unique checkpoint area - sometimes once you grab the checkpoint flag and die, you'll get respawned in a ceiling just above the checkpoint. I fixed this by adding an extra instant warp there, so if the glitch will happen, you'll be teleported to a completely new area...


Download updated level:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/4ss1s ... +h2643.zip

Enjoy, as always.