Twilight Tower - A Super Mario World Themed Project
Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 6:29 pm
Introduction
Hello everybody! I would like to introduce a project I've been working on since January of 2021, called Twilight Tower. This is a passion project of mine, with most of the work such as level design, overworld design, et cetera being done by myself alone. Some things such as code and graphics have been pulled from the forums / the SMBX Discord. Anyways, this project is a fully Super Mario World themed episode which is expected to have 4 normal worlds, and 1 secret world.
What is Twilight Tower?
Twilight Tower is a SMBX2 episode that is focused on bringing fun, vanilla-styled level design to the table, with a similar overworld structure to that of Super Mario World, encouraging exploration and a similar though process. The episode is planned to have five total worlds, with one being "secret", as well as a traditional themed overworld, like the ones you'd see in SMW ROM hacks.
What's the game plan?
So, as of the writing of this post, this is what's planned for Twilight Tower:
- No lives, so you can try levels as many times as you want without getting a game over.
- 36 - 50 full levels with a variety in difficulty.
- Four full worlds, with one secret "fifth" world that has levels locked behind Dragon Coin collection.
- Unique achievements for actions committed in the game.
- Custom bosses for the four main worlds, with the secret world being a unique scenario.
- A soundtrack that only uses .spc music.
- Two Switch Palaces, which will act like the ones found in Super Mario World: making levels easier.
- Full transparency with the episode creation, with every finished level publicly available for play testing by anyone, at any time.
- Reimu Hakurei as the main playable character. [STILL WIP]
As of May 14th, 2021, I have 9 levels finished. 6 from World 1, and 1 from World 2, World 4 & World 5. Open the spoiler to see them.
Full Level Previews: show
This video is a bit outdated.
Any way to contact you about Twilight Tower?
Well, you can obviously comment on this thread, but there's a few other ways to discuss Twilight Tower with me.
You can go to the official SMBX Discord server, and contact me there.
My projects also have their own Discord server, which you can find here.
Closing thoughts
If you have any feedback, suggestions, or ideas, please voice them! I want to make this episode one of the best episodes out there, and I can't do it alone. Thank you for reading this project thread, it means a lot to me. Expect it to be updated as time goes on. Farewell for now!