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A little early to be a Halloween present, but I did it...

Titles says all. Almost all GFX ripped and assembled into SMBX format, including:
1. All 15 stages present.
2. 50+ backgrounds, including animated ones.
And many more surprises inside folders.
Screenies:
Updates 21.09.2024 Updates 09.10.2024 Updates 17.10.2024 Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GrvQw0 ... sp=sharing
Mirror: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/afi2efxh ... z1om4&dl=0

Any thoughts? Bugs? Issues? Missed credits? Ask here.

Luigi: "MArioooo!"

Okay, so this is kinda epic, and I can only imagine how much time went into this considering some of these tilesets can be a downright mess to look at at the best of times. Happy early Halloween indeed, what a way to kick off spooky season! Nice work!

Squishy Rex wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 21, 2024 7:30 am

Okay, so this is kinda epic, and I can only imagine how much time went into this considering some of these tilesets can be a downright mess to look at at the best of times. Happy early Halloween indeed, what a way to kick off spooky season! Nice work!

Any suggestions on how to improve it? The only apparent issues for me are:
1. White stripes in Level 9 background. To be fixed in next update.
2. Some of backgrounds are too bright and can merge with foreground.
3. Maybe cave tileset (Level 7B), but that was also issue with level GFX itself.

Edit: Updated.

1. Potentially you could take the quickest solution and fill them in with black because it wouldn't look out of place. I'd imagine the pillars would be casting a black shadow to the right side anyway based on other backgrounds in the game.

2. Something I thought of, which isn't exactly true to the source material but, what if you darken the backgrounds slightly by dropping the brightness? You could always keep both versions of the backgrounds available if someone wanted to specifically use the original or edited versions. I can play around with them if you'd like and see if we can find a good mid-ground.

3. If the problem is the tileset blending in too much with the background, then maybe 2 might be the way to go? Otherwise I think it looks fine.

EDIT:
Here's a quick sample I did (default, -35% Brightness -35% Contrast, -50% Brightness -50% Contrast) I think this is similar to what they did with some of the Mario Maker backgrounds for SMB1 and SMB3. Let me know your thoughts!

looks like you missed a small update that fixes those issues. Check changelog in OP.

Ah, looks like you’re correct. I think that works pretty well. That little bit of contrast should break those backgrounds up from the tilesets a little better now.

Squishy Rex wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 26, 2024 4:19 pm

Ah, looks like you’re correct. I think that works pretty well. That little bit of contrast should break those backgrounds up from the tilesets a little better now.

Thanks for appreciation of this work. If you have any suggestions for improvement, tell me.

Small update to 1.0.2. Added more BGOs to levels 5B and 10. Check OP and redownload updated pack.

Small update to 1.0.3:
Added DIY village house BGO set for Level 1.
Reduced brightness for one of Level 1 backgrounds.
Check OP and redownload updated pack.