New Super Mario World (v1.0) [It's done!]

Sky · Post » 27 Mar 2012, 03:27

New Super Mario World (v1.0)

It's been too long.

New Super Mario World is the result of a sixteen-month-long development cycle - that's right, I've been working on it (off and on) pretty much since Mari0 was released. It aims to be a different kind of mappack, one that caters not to the Mario side or the Portal side, but to both in equal measure. It is suited for the experienced player, so it is not recommended that you download this as your first mappack.

There are sixty levels in this mappack. How, you ask? Almost every level has an extra level hidden somewhere within. Each is separated by an intermission, so when Mario starts moving on his own, you know you've found it. Even though the levels are well hidden, finding them is not the tricky part; completing them while under the same time constraints as the previous level is where things get difficult. But if you die in one of these X levels, don't worry - you'll start back at its beginning.

There are two ways to play this mappack. There is the normal version, which offers all sixty levels and the standard difficulty level. Also available is Rush mode, which reduces the time limit to 100 in-game seconds, but lightens the difficulty level in some areas so that you can breeze through as quickly as possible. Rush mode does not include X levels, since the strict time limit does not allow for completing both levels. (I might add a few as DLC worlds 9 and 10 if I get enough requests.) While Rush mode may have a lower difficulty in each level, the time limit actually raises the difficulty well above that of the normal version in some areas - choose wisely, or perhaps get both and see which you like better.

Screenshots - because you can't get downloads without 'em.

Version 1.0 Notes
There are so many changes since the last version that I can't cover them all! I'll put the most relevant ones here:

I now have every level completed. That should be obvious, though.
1-3 has been relegated to an X level and replaced with a proper underwater level.
A lot of levels have had difficulty/design improvements. These include 1-2, 1-4, 2-4, 3-3, 3-4, 6-1, 6-3, and a few others I can't think of right now.
A lot of X levels have been moved, removed, or replaced. I don't have a list, I just know there's quite a few.

Download:

New Super Mario World (3.16 MB)

New Super Mario World - Rush Mode (1.50 MB)

Thanks for showing interest in my mappack!
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Camewel · Post » 27 Mar 2012, 18:41

This is looking really nice. I love how the 8bit Mario and portal graphics sit in with the DS graphics, and your level design is really interesting.

mindnomad · Post » 27 Mar 2012, 18:48

I like that first part with the lasers that turn themselves on and off in 1-2. How exactly did you make it so that it follows that pattern? I'm having a hard time figuring out the links connections and and what goes where... and the direction they're going in. I tried looking at it myself and I've tried remaking it, but it's just too difficult. Mind explaining?

Also, your mappack so far is pretty epic. Keep it up!

Sky · Post » 27 Mar 2012, 21:44

Thanks all for your comments so far!

mindnomad wrote:I like that first part with the lasers that turn themselves on and off in 1-2. How exactly did you make it so that it follows that pattern? I'm having a hard time figuring out the links connections and and what goes where... and the direction they're going in. I tried looking at it myself and I've tried remaking it, but it's just too difficult. Mind explaining?

It's the only laser pattern I've figured out myself; set 3 lasers, not gates, timers, and laser switches up, then connect in the following pattern: laser - timer - not gate - NEXT switch. Make sure each laser is pointing to a different switch. For some reason, it doesn't work with two or four lasers.

By the way guys, play this with the HQ2X shader. It's really nice.

Yosbro · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 13:23

i need to say you all ways go into something new on your 5 levels. now in the 1st 4 i like it but then you have the ice world why is that and i have to say if you made a 2-2 it will have nothing to do with ice and the 1st world at least the 1st level needs to be more like the ds new super Mario BROS 1st level or new super Mario bros Wii level. now if you make it so people can make portals on any thing then you can make a Mario game the way it needs to be or make the levels as if you cant make portals i think more people like it then.

renhoek · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 13:32

minor nitpick
the top of the bullet bill canon has a 4 misplaced pixels. :P

Sky · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 15:33

Yosbro wrote:i need to say you all ways go into something new on your 5 levels. now in the 1st 4 i like it but then you have the ice world why is that and i have to say if you made a 2-2 it will have nothing to do with ice But world 2 is an ice world...
and the 1st world at least the 1st level needs to be more like the ds new super Mario BROS 1st level or new super Mario bros Wii level. That's not the point. This is a Mari0 game, not a Mario game. There is now a difference. I don't want to sound mean, just explain my reasoning.

xXxrenhoekxXx wrote:minor nitpick
the top of the bullet bill canon has a 4 misplaced pixels. :P I don't understand it either. I just took the sprites from the level maps.

Camewel · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 15:50

Yosbro wrote:the 1st world at least the 1st level needs to be more like the ds new super Mario BROS 1st level or new super Mario bros Wii level. now if you make it so people can make portals on any thing then you can make a Mario game the way it needs to be or make the levels as if you cant make portals i think more people like it then.

Why would we get this game just to play NSMB. There's a way to do that already. It's called NSMB.

renhoek · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 16:05

Camewel wrote:
Yosbro wrote:the 1st world at least the 1st level needs to be more like the ds new super Mario BROS 1st level or new super Mario bros Wii level. now if you make it so people can make portals on any thing then you can make a Mario game the way it needs to be or make the levels as if you cant make portals i think more people like it then.
Why would we get this game just to play NSMB. There's a way to do that already. It's called NSMB.

I thought that this wasn't worth giving a shit since the title says
new super mario world.

not bros.

Sky · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 17:39

xXxrenhoekxXx wrote:I thought that this wasn't worth giving a shit since the title says
new super mario world.

not bros.

If you mean my mappack then either you've had a bad time with the NEW series or I need to rename it.
If you mean the idea previously encountered in your post then I agree.

Camewel · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 18:35

The more I play this pack, the more I like it. Apart from the annoying underwater pipe bit, it's a really great pack.

Sky · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 19:47

Camewel wrote:the annoying underwater pipe bit

Do you want it over with in the beginning or later? Because the way my mind works, there is going to be one no matter what (sorry).

Sky · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 20:07

WARNING
WARNING
I'm having a lot of fun designing my ghost house.
Hee hee hee...

World 2 should be available on or (hopefully) before Saturday CST.

Camewel · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 20:21

WillWare wrote:
Camewel wrote:the annoying underwater pipe bit
Do you want it over with in the beginning or later? Because the way my mind works, there is going to be one no matter what (sorry).

It would be nice if there was some indication, like some pipes going GRYRG with Y being the peak of the little pyramid and that one being the way out. Otherwise it's just 'guess the right pipe gee isn't this fun' when it isn't, it's just tedious.

Ganondalf · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 22:35

Looks awesome, I'm downloading now.

Mari0Lu1g1 · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 23:04

This is looking pretty awesome...
It just needs parallax

Camewel · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 23:33

Mari0Lu1g1 wrote:This is looking pretty awesome...
It just needs parallax

It already has parallax.

Mari0Lu1g1 · Post » 28 Mar 2012, 23:38

Camewel wrote:
Mari0Lu1g1 wrote:This is looking pretty awesome...
It just needs parallax
It already has parallax.

I'm sold

RWLabs · Post » 29 Mar 2012, 01:34

So full of win!!!

renhoek · Post » 29 Mar 2012, 02:47

WillWare wrote:
xXxrenhoekxXx wrote:I thought that this wasn't worth giving a shit since the title says
new super mario world.

not bros.
If you mean my mappack then either you've had a bad time with the NEW series or I need to rename it.
If you mean the idea previously encountered in your post then I agree.

sorry should have made that clear

Mari0Lu1g1 · Post » 29 Mar 2012, 02:57

xXxrenhoekxXx wrote:
WillWare wrote:
xXxrenhoekxXx wrote:I thought that this wasn't worth giving a shit since the title says
new super mario world.

not bros.
If you mean my mappack then either you've had a bad time with the NEW series or I need to rename it.
If you mean the idea previously encountered in your post then I agree.
sorry should have made that clear

My map feels insignificant compared to this /pout

Sky · Post » 29 Mar 2012, 02:58

World 2 is on a good run. The opening of 2-3 should make you guys very happy.
Remember, for when I post the download, NOT to press anything at that time.

d_0o_d · Post » 29 Mar 2012, 16:51

It's cool man, keep it up. Though I don't like the spikeys in the castle, do I really have to have a shroom for that?

Sky · Post » 29 Mar 2012, 17:51

d_0o_d wrote:It's cool man, keep it up. Though I don't like the spikeys in the castle, do I really have to have a shroom for that?

Not in the slightest! Think with portals.

Kirby0 · Post » 29 Mar 2012, 23:34

SWEET!

Sky · Post » 30 Mar 2012, 00:04

So.
Let me get this straight.
For something that is five levels long I get 57 downloads and all this praise?
I don't feel like this is very fair. It's hardly a tech demo in my terms. ONE full world, a world teaser, and a hardly implemented extra level.

So I'm going to fix that now. You now may download New Super Mario World v0.2.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?aewvdwxwwjhsm8r
The update includes:
World 1
World 2
World 1-1x
World 1-2x
World 1-4x
And something that needs its own caption: World 2-3.
2-3 was made while my head was ringing with all of your praise. It is my thanks for your support. You WILL have fun with it. (vaguely commanding)
Thank you for all of your comments, and good luck!

Kirby0 · Post » 30 Mar 2012, 01:26

WillWare wrote:So.
Let me get this straight.
For something that is five levels long I get 57 downloads and all this praise?
I don't feel like this is very fair. It's hardly a tech demo in my terms. ONE full world, a world teaser, and a hardly implemented extra level.

So I'm going to fix that now. You now may download New Super Mario World v0.2.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?aewvdwxwwjhsm8r
The update includes:
World 1
World 2
World 1-1x
World 1-2x
World 1-4x
And something that needs its own caption: World 2-3.
2-3 was made while my head was ringing with all of your praise. It is my thanks for your support. You WILL have fun with it. (vaguely commanding)
Thank you for all of your comments, and good luck!

O_O THAT IS SO COOL! (>^_^)>

Sky · Post » 30 Mar 2012, 04:27

For those of you who haven't seen them yet, the "extra" levels are being made to be special. They'll range anywhere from creative to frustrating and easy to hard, but at least they'll all be fun. An intermission separates them from the other level, so you'll know when you find it.
And the difficulty curve... um.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=y%3Dsin+tan+x

Ganondalf · Post » 30 Mar 2012, 07:41

WillWare wrote:So.
Let me get this straight.
For something that is five levels long I get 57 downloads and all this praise?
I don't feel like this is very fair. It's hardly a tech demo in my terms. ONE full world, a world teaser, and a hardly implemented extra level.

Basically, just don't expect a lot of response when you do anything on this forum. People don't respond or download a lot of maps because they're lazy and dumb. It's also a hassle to have to go comment on the thing in a separate window after you've been playing the thing in your Mari0 window and have probably gone somewhere else already on your internet window.

Also, I think this is awesome.

Camewel · Post » 30 Mar 2012, 08:28

In 2-4, that bit with the single ice blocks and the podobos everywhere is so annoying. I edited it to make it easier because it was really irritating me.
Also, you may want to increase the amount of lives, because this map-pack isn't nearly as easy as the original Super Mario Bros.
Other than that though, it's a very good pack.

12mari0 · Post » 30 Mar 2012, 09:10

Cool Map

Sky · Post » 30 Mar 2012, 18:12

Ganondalf wrote:
I wrote:So.
Let me get this straight.
For something that is five levels long I get 57 downloads and all this praise?
I don't feel like this is very fair. It's hardly a tech demo in my terms. ONE full world, a world teaser, and a hardly implemented extra level.
Basically, just don't expect a lot of response when you do anything on this forum...

The point is "Look at all of this praise!" not "Y U NO REPLY".

Camewel wrote:In 2-4, that bit with the single ice blocks and the podobos everywhere is so annoying. I edited it to make it easier because it was really irritating me.
Also, you may want to increase the amount of lives, because this map-pack isn't nearly as easy as the original Super Mario Bros.
Other than that though, it's a very good pack.

Go find the lives. I added plenty.
As for the castle, yeah, that's being changed VERY soon. If I made 2-3 for the fans, I (unknowingly) made 2-4 because I hate the fans. Or something.

Sky · Post » 30 Mar 2012, 19:14

VERY soon being right now.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n7jfrnc4gzx98g8
I also included 3-1 for your enjoyment. My friends' comments range from "That's really cool" to "That's really overkill."
I really need comments on this one because it affects a lot of the rest of that world.
Speaking of comments, how are you guys liking the x levels (1-1x, 1-2x, 1-4x)? I haven't heard a thing about them yet.

Camewel · Post » 30 Mar 2012, 19:25

I liked 3-1. It wasn't even that hard.

Sky · Post » 30 Mar 2012, 19:28

Camewel wrote:I liked 3-1. It wasn't even that hard.

My friend didn't mean hard when he said "overkill." But thank you for the comment!

Sky · Post » 04 Apr 2012, 01:03

Quick question:
Would you like World 3 now, or would you rather wait for World 4 as well?

Camewel · Post » 04 Apr 2012, 01:04

Waiting for world 4 would be more fun, we'd get a sudden burst of fun. Fun is better when it's longer and not an innuendo.

Sky · Post » 04 Apr 2012, 01:07

Camewel wrote:Waiting for world 4 would be more fun, we'd get a sudden burst of fun. Fun is better when it's longer and not an innuendo.

That's why I asked!
...but I'm waiting for the input of 4 more people. It's a democracy today.

Camewel · Post » 04 Apr 2012, 01:24

They'll just ask for sooner releases. These people are a democracy? More like demo crazy. :P

Sky · Post » 04 Apr 2012, 01:29

Camewel wrote:They'll just ask for sooner releases. These people are a democracy? More like demo crazy. :P

You have me convinced. I will not release world 3 today. The other reason is the lack of response (yes, I know that it's been 15 minutes, but who cares, I need another excuse).

Sky · Post » 04 Apr 2012, 01:35

DESPITE THIS
Have a random teaser.

Sky · Post » 06 Apr 2012, 18:29

Nothing like a little BIT.TRIP CORE to get the creative juices flowing.
ANYWAY
New Super Mario World v0.4 should be available either today or tomorrow. Excited?
Ah, yes, of course not. You want to see something. Fine, then; here you go:

You may want to figure this one out before you play it later.

Camewel · Post » 06 Apr 2012, 18:39

I figured it out!
Place portals on both sides of the pyramid on the floor and bypass the whole puzzle. ;D

Sky · Post » 06 Apr 2012, 18:42

Camewel wrote:I figured it out!
Place portals on both sides of the pyramid on the floor and bypass the whole puzzle. ;D

Good, you figured out how to leave. Don't you want

?

Sky · Post » 06 Apr 2012, 22:24

Another numbers recap:
v0.1 - 57 downloads and lots of comments
v0.2.1 - 68 downloads and few comments

Okay.

Well, to fix the problem THIS time, here's half of the mappack for you - New Super Mario World v0.4.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1fvs6n3we7c34wc

Description is at the top.
Also, I would like a little feedback. You don't have to do this, but it would be nice:
What was your favorite level and why?
What was your least favorite level and why?
How are the x levels? Did you find any? What was the experience like?

Good luck with the mappack, and thanks for all of your support!

Camewel · Post » 06 Apr 2012, 23:28

3-4 and 4-2 have such dickish mazes. Quite how you ever expect anyone to figure those out without looking in the level editor I have no idea.

Sky · Post » 06 Apr 2012, 23:33

Camewel wrote:3-4 and 4-2 have such dickish mazes. Quite how you ever expect anyone to figure those out without looking in the level editor I have no idea.

Would you believe I was expecting to put nested mazes in 4-2?

Besides, I thought that I made them... slightly obvious...

Camewel · Post » 06 Apr 2012, 23:36

How is 4-2's last maze at all obvious? It's basically 'jump to every available location until the level ends'.

Oh, and since this is coming out incredibly negative, I did love the rest of world 4.

Sky · Post » 06 Apr 2012, 23:41

Camewel wrote:How is 4-2's last maze at all obvious? It's basically 'jump to every available location until the level ends'.

Oh, and since this is coming out incredibly negative, I did love the rest of world 4.

I forgot to put "except the last one of 4-2." Seriously.
Also, sorry...
Thank you for letting me know. I might do something about that...

Sky · Post » 08 Apr 2012, 00:00

Just a heads up: I'm taking a break from this project to work on some other things. I'll probably get back to it in a week or two, but I may make some minor edits. Keep the comments coming, though, as they will influence the designs of the other projects.