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My first level! After days of working, i have finally created "Bowser's Battleship". Give constructive criticism!
Credits:
Atom Bill, Sniper Bill, Torpedo Ted, Chuckya, Monty Tank, NSMBWii Airship Blocks: Squishy Rex
Bowser Painting, Bowser Castle Background: Some Guy (I forgot)

Screenshots: Download:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/w6r01x ... Battleship

Oh yeah, just want to ask: How do you use those airship-block NPCs? I know that one of them just accelerates fast, another drops, but i don't know what's the use of the rest. Can anyone help with that?

You're supposed to put them on the tank treads and flying airship NPCs

I'm definitely going to try this level out, the detail and layout look awesome; however I'm noticing some cutoff on the 3rd screen. Also, fix your download link. Compress it into a .rar or .zip file so it is easier to download

FanofSMBX wrote:You're supposed to put them on the tank treads and flying airship NPCs

Oh, ok. Thanks!

Edited it slightly, and fixed the download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/phdvt ... leship.zip

I'm having some issues with the custom graphics regarding the NPCs, for some reason, the gif files are faded in the folder and they don't show up in your level. Could you maybe fix that?

PROX wrote:I'm having some issues with the custom graphics regarding the NPCs, for some reason, the gif files are faded in the folder and they don't show up in your level. Could you maybe fix that?

When i tested the level, i didn't have any problems with it, and the GIFs look perfectly fine to me. Give me a screenshot of the "Faded GIF Files" and i'll check.

when I play the level, the npc graphics don't work:

PROX wrote:when I play the level, the npc graphics don't work:

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Huh? That's weird, when i downloaded the level as a .zip folder for a test, all the graphics worked for me...probably something with your computer, or the download link, since i use Windows XP.

IDK, I don't have that kind of problem with any other level

PROX wrote:IDK, I don't have that kind of problem with any other level

Wait, did you use the old link or the new one?

wow, i like this. who make this bullet bill?

SMBXRaptor wrote:wow, i like this. who make this bullet bill?

Which bullet bill?

SMBXRaptor wrote:wow, i like this. who make this bullet bill?

Squishy Rex.

Storm Destructor wrote:

SMBXRaptor wrote:wow, i like this. who make this bullet bill?

Squishy Rex.

LOL I said the exact same thing to him when he asked me that in my Bowser's Army Invasion level xD

PROX wrote:

Storm Destructor wrote:

SMBXRaptor wrote:wow, i like this. who make this bullet bill?

Squishy Rex.

LOL I said the exact same thing to him when he asked me that in my Bowser's Army Invasion level xD

Wow amazing xD

Hey DatDude, the level looks good so far, plenty of arsenal to throw around. I like that. I just wanted to let you know about that the Monty Tank. I don't remember making that, I believe it belongs to someone else.

Yeh, agreed with squishy rex it looks good so far plus a good mix of nsmbw, smb3 and smw in there and like someone confermed there are a copple or missing tiles in there. But overall it looks fine other than that.

After checking the level in both downloads, I have determined that your level is impossible to beat since the boss doesn't trigger any event, much less the correct event, upon being defeated.

Aside from that, this level was okay. I recommend against having message boxes appear at the start of the level since the player has to skip through them each time he/she is killed. I also recommend against having sound effects play for events that have messages, as the message box makes its own sound effect.

On top of npc-68 lacking a mask sprite (causing the bottom half of it to be transparent), there are a few odd design choices in this level, such as placing a background-101 chain directly under a column of background-99 chains or placing a Billy Gun a mere screen before an "Allow NPC=No" door warp, not to mention the many instances of cutoff where the ground meets the lava. Plus, the part where you had a row of Atomic Bill generators was pretty boring since the player can simply walk past that part safely, not even needing to worry about the Podobo since it gets killed by one of the Atomic Bills.

In conclusion, I'd say that this deserves a 1/10. I can see that you put effort into this level, but it has plenty of minor problems on top of being impossible to beat.