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Reign of the Gatekeepers (RELEASED!)

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:15 pm
by Shadow_Flame

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GAME IS NOW RELEASED IN THE EPISODES SECTION OF THE FORUM! GO TO THIS LINK TO PLAY: https://www.smbxgame.com/forums/ ... 36&t=18547

Tadaaa, this is my official second SMBX project! It's currently in final beta-testing stages before fixing some last minute bugs. Development started in September 2016. There will be 6 worlds in total, each consisting of 7 main levels, a secret house and a separate boss encounter (some levels will have mini-boss fights in them). There will also be a main hub area as well as a final level, which will be unlocked once all other levels have been passed.

Players have the freedom to choose which world to start with and can complete the main levels in any order they like. At the end of each level, there is a star to be collected and a special room in the hub area allows you to see if you have collected that star or not.

THE STORY:
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The plot picks up directly from where my previous episode "A Kingdom at War" ends. Mario and Luigi, alongside their new ally Bombette, race to rescue Princess Peach from an evil entity. To reach their goal, however, they need to defeat six different Gatekeepers, each of them guarding a special Gate. Will our heroes manage to get to the Princess on time?...
WORLDS:
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World 1 -> Zaaba Jungle
World 2 -> Mount Rekki
World 3 -> Sky Plains
World 4 -> Madoro Desert
World 5 -> Fiery Valley
World 6 -> Urban Polis
WORLD 1 LEVEL SCREENSHOTS:
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WORLD 1 MAP SCREENSHOT:
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WORLD 2 LEVEL SCREENSHOTS:
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WORLD 2 MAP SCREENSHOTS:
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WORLD 3 LEVEL SCREENSHOTS:
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WORLD 3 MAP SCREENSHOT:
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WORLD 4 LEVEL SCREENSHOTS:
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WORLD 4 MAP SCREENSHOT:
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WORLD 5 LEVEL SCREENSHOTS:
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WORLD 5 MAP SCREENSHOT:
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WORLD 6 LEVEL SCREENSHOTS:
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WORLD 6 MAP SCREENSHOT:
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Official beta-testers:
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Supershroom
King of Eterity
I've also created a short playthrough for some of the early versions of the project levels. Check them out here if you want: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... g7PppKuNh3

Let me know what people think so far...

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:43 pm
by ElectriKong
The Project looks very good.
Not too sure about the rain in screenshot 5, looks a bit unrealistic.
Does this project use 2.0 or lunalua?

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:27 pm
by Shadow_Flame
King of Eterity wrote:The Project looks very good.
Not too sure about the rain in screenshot 5, looks a bit unrealistic.
Does this project use 2.0 or lunalua?
Hi there! I'm afraid that's the best rain effect that I managed to find :roll: Make sure to watch my playthrough of the whole level at the link provided to see the rest of the rain mechanics.

I'm using SMBX Level editor version 1.3. Do you know if it's massively different from the 2.0 version?

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 6:33 pm
by loop
Shadow_Flame wrote:
King of Eterity wrote:The Project looks very good.
Not too sure about the rain in screenshot 5, looks a bit unrealistic.
Does this project use 2.0 or lunalua?
Hi there! I'm afraid that's the best rain effect that I managed to find :roll: Make sure to watch my playthrough of the whole level at the link provided to see the rest of the rain mechanics.

I'm using SMBX Level editor version 1.3. Do you know if it's massively different from the 2.0 version?
SMBX 2.0 has a new editor and new elements exclusive to it. That includes new characters such as Klonoa and Snake. It also comes with LunaLUA, a coding language used by many people. ;)

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 3:04 pm
by Shadow_Flame
Ah, I see, thanks for clarifying ;) So would people be able to play something that I've created on Level Editor 1.3 on the 2.0 version?

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers

Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 5:01 am
by ElectriKong
Shadow_Flame wrote:Ah, I see, thanks for clarifying ;) So would people be able to play something that I've created on Level Editor 1.3 on the 2.0 version?
Yes

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers

Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:07 pm
by RhysOwens
Some screenshots look pretty good.
I'm pretty ready for this.

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 12:59 pm
by Shadow_Flame
The DEMO version for this project is now available to play! Check the description for the download link ;)

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 2:45 am
by RhysOwens
Why did you skip working on Mount Rekki and moved to World 3 and 4?

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 5:36 am
by Shadow_Flame
RhysOwens wrote:Why did you skip working on Mount Rekki and moved to World 3 and 4?
It's funny actually because at the start of the project I created a few levels in a random order and 2 of them were from Worlds 3 and 4 - the sandship and the airship levels. I simply had a clear vision about them in my mind and wanted to get them done while I still had their design fresh in my memory. I then started focusing purely on World 1 and completed it in a month or so. I hope this makes sense :D Did you manage to play the demo? If so, I'd love to hear your feedback on it.

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 10:23 am
by mariogeek2
Hey, ShadowFlame. If this is anything like your previous episode, I'll probably enjoy it. I guess I'm going to download the demo and give you a few tips.

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 10:33 am
by Shadow_Flame
mariogeek2 wrote:Hey, ShadowFlame. If this is anything like your previous episode, I'll probably enjoy it. I guess I'm going to download the demo and give you a few tips.
Hi, mariogeek2. Great, thanks! Any feedback would be welcome as I'm trying to make this better than my previous episode ;)

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 7:50 pm
by mariogeek2
You're welcome! I'll try and give all the feedback I can.

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:13 pm
by Cidro
Hmmm.... World 1 and it is 100+ MB? I think I'll try it out and see what did you put in there when I have the time and Internet too. Seems interesting in my opinion.

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 5:14 am
by Cedur
Size isn't always correlating with length / gameplay magnitude, heh :>

The screens look really interesting, Shadow_Flame. A little note, in the fifth one from above I guess you can remove the lower waterfall right to the toad house and just leave a pit.

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 2:08 pm
by ElectriKong
The episode looks very good so far. I think the hub should have more scenery though. Is this episode inspired by Luigi's fight for the Mushroom Kingdom?

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 3:00 pm
by Shadow_Flame
Supershroom wrote:Size isn't always correlating with length / gameplay magnitude, heh :>

The screens look really interesting, Shadow_Flame. A little note, in the fifth one from above I guess you can remove the lower waterfall right to the toad house and just leave a pit.
Hi Supershroom, thanks for liking the screenshots! In terms of your tip, the water is actually falling down into the river below in this level, so it's not an abyss. Here's the screenshot to prove it:
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Let me know when you get the chance to finish the demo :)

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 6:18 pm
by Shadow_Flame
King of Eterity wrote:The episode looks very good so far. I think the hub should have more scenery though. Is this episode inspired by Luigi's fight for the Mushroom Kingdom?
Hiya, thanks for the feedback! This is not the final version of the hub anyway and I imagine that you've already noticed that the tutorial in it is still in progress. To be honest, I don't think that I've been inspired by any particular SMBX episode, it's more a mix of various old-school games :)

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now!)

Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 6:24 am
by Shadow_Flame
I have now included screenshots from World 2 in the project description! If there are people who would be interested in beta testing World 2, let me know by private message.

Re: Reign of the Gatekeepers (DEMO version out now + new screenshots)

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:36 pm
by Shinbison-Kof
I really like this project, especially because the levels are fun and creatives ( My opinion is based in the video). I like the elements that you have added and the creative "way" that you have used. The graphics are good too ( I can see some errors, like cut-offs, but isn't a big problem and is easy to fix them). I like the music choose too. This seems interesting!