Level Design Tips

[Erik]

114. Alliteration in level names is recommended unless the name doesn't make sense anymore.
115. This is more episode design but don't use 1 tileset more then 1 time (just my opinion). That avoids making 4 levels which are almost the same.

[underFlo]

114. Alliteration in level names is recommended unless the name doesn't make sense anymore.

Creative Name >>>> Alliterative name

Ofc there are good alliterative names, but the problem is that they limit you in creativity.

115. This is more episode design but don't use 1 tileset more then 1 time (just my opinion). That avoids making 4 levels which are almost the same.

I don't feel like every level having a different tileset is too good, it doesn't make the worlds feel connected. There are way better ways to make levels distinct, like different tileset combinations or gimmicks.

[SilverDeoxys563]

You know how some Mario games have a kind of platform that moves in a certain direction when you move Mario towards that direction? PLEASE DON'T TRY SIMULATING THIS WITH A SPINY EGG, KTHX

[UltraEpicLeader100]

scenery and such to make it more lively.

but what if it's a nod to the castles seen in super mario bros. 1 and super mario bros. 2 (j)?

[underFlo]

scenery and such to make it more lively.

but what if it's a nod to the castles seen in super mario bros. 1 and super mario bros. 2 (j)?

then it'd still look shit

[UltraEpicLeader100]

scenery and such to make it more lively.

but what if it's a nod to the castles seen in super mario bros. 1 and super mario bros. 2 (j)?

then it'd still look shit

your mean!

[bossedit8]

Just saying that not every single levels needs to have sceneries everywhere in order to make a enjoyable level. My first project even has the near same rules as Nintendo ones like having no sceneries inside the cave and castle sections (depends) but still it's in the direction of being enjoyable as I have seen so far on other's opinions.

[Mable]

then it'd still look shit

your mean!

Everything on the internet can be mean. Also he said his opinion thats all.

[SilverDeoxys563]

So I guess if you wanted a line-guided platform to suddenly go 500 miles per hour you could do this?

[bossedit8]

@SilverDeoxys563: What are you trying to do here with this Image you have? Looks like 2 lines and a random object for no reason in a SMB Castle Background as far as I can tell. I can see that it has to do with making a platform go very, very fast but even then it's hard to tell with that tiny Image you have.

[UltraEpicLeader100]

http://www.mediafire.com/download/ukvzz ... +level.zip do this level as a test level

[FanofSMBX]

whatever you do, DON'T use lunadll or lunalua or I can't play your level

[underFlo]

whatever you do, DON'T use lunadll or lunalua or I can't play your level

10/10 avice

[Ichwillpopcorn]

116. Better don´t think about how to kill the player with an
obstacle, instead think about how he passes it.

[suckhacker]

Don't surround player by solid blocks. They can't get out and level can't be beaten.

[underFlo]

Don't surround player by solid blocks. They can't get out and level can't be beaten.

I don't recall this being called "common sense tips".

[SilverDeoxys563]

I just thought of a neat idea that might actually work for a Metroid level. If you wanted to make an actual episode full of them, here's what you would do. For each level, have two save stations. The first one acts as a checkpoint, and the second one ends the level. I never had actually thought of a good way to end a Metroid level, but that would do nicely in conjunction with a good world map.

[eitan555]

I'd just like to point out, putting Piranha Plants or Venus Fire Traps on pipes does not cause runtime errors. Same thing with the mushrooms falling into lava. They don't caue runtime errors, either.

Why are you trying to trick people? Is this some kind of joke? Venus Fire Traps do cause a crash if the player enters a warp that's directly above/under the plant. Mushrooms and other power-ups don't always make the game crash when they touch lava but they do sometimes.

I don't get crashes with either of these.

Im also.

[Valtteri]

Why are you trying to trick people? Is this some kind of joke? Venus Fire Traps do cause a crash if the player enters a warp that's directly above/under the plant. Mushrooms and other power-ups don't always make the game crash when they touch lava but they do sometimes.

I don't get crashes with either of these.

Im also.

You have to enter the warp right before it shoots the fireball. It crashes because you're straight under it and it can't shoot straight down because it causes the engine to have to divide a value with the player's X coordinate in relation to the plant which is 0.

[Magician]

Do we even know yet why the powerup hitting lava can sometimes trigger the game crash?
The first thing I did when I witnessed that happening was test it in various other levels. I noticed that only some of them actually cause the error when the powerup hits lava, meaning there's a certain set of parameters in the level that are causing the error to happen and the powerup hitting the lava is only the trigger. There could be any number of parameters, or multiple different sets that result in the error happening. I assume it's very complex if no one's managed to figure it out yet.