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» 14 Feb 2014, 01:28
Since I really want to help you improve, I'm going to go into specifics since it seems like my advice on the last mappack didn't get through to you. All in all, there are a lot of things that can be a lot better, but I see a lot of potential in your design and interest.
The tile placement is still very awkward, but here's my thoughts on the mappack:
1-1, 1-2: The first two levels seem kind of pointless, and I completely don't understand the thing with the clouds. my advice would be to incorporate some gameplay and not have those random not-power ups that kill you or whatever. These came off really sloppy
1-3: That shake animation with the changing blocks is freaking epic. Nice job. SE has so much cool stuff to work with, huh?
1-4: My first reaction was terrible enemy spam, but the level actually turned out very fun! The dialogue is a bit awkward though. The raining spikeys thing at the beginning was really clever. You really utilize the special SE features, which make me happy.
2-1: Felt reaaally sloppy
2-2: The dialogue is so awkward I cried. So far world 2 needs some actual gameplay. I haven't had to use portals at all yet. Could you please try to work with that a little more? I like the aerial faith plates as they were. Maybe 2-2 should have gameplay involving them?
2-3: Sloppppyyyyyyy. Sorry, just being honest. I like the idea, it just needs work. The coin thing was kind of pointless, but I get the idea.
2-4: MAKE ME THINK WITH PORTALS. ...or something
Boring platforming and enemy spam. I explained this to you last time you released a mappack
3-1: Really cool! If you make it into an actual maze instead of just the wandering, and make it bigger, this would be really fun.
3-2: Completely unnecessary things. This mappack is kind of frustrating to be honest. I'm just not having as much fun as I would want to
3-3: Neat. Reminded me of SMW a bit, except more enemies. This is kind of a good example of how to actually use enemies, provided you still offer a bit more variety and gameplay design as I've said before.
3-4: what the hell
7-1: Umm okay now it's at 7. This dialogue is tedious and not well put. Maybe someone could help you with that?
7-2: Neato puzzles. Spelling errors make it sound really bad though
7-3: I really want to see the thought and effort put into World 7 throughout this entire mappack really. I liked these puzzles. Pretty challenging! :)
7-4: The custom thwomp kills you when you touch him. You can change that you know.
8-1: Same as 7-4 but with Bowser killing you (and throwing hammers). You can change all of this. Check the documentation. Also, blatant boring enemy spam
...Okay this plot and dialogue reminds of Birdemic. Seriously. Look it up. I can't make any sense or reason out of it. I don't even know how to react to this stuff.
8-2: Enemy spam levels aren't fun in the slightest and require no effort on your part.
8-3: No
8-4: HELL YES
Best music choice ever (This is actually debatably the first song I was ever obsessed with, and it kind of sparked my interest in arranging video game music <3)
I love the effects (still not the dialogue but whatever)
Fun to play
Interesting ideas
Sensible platforming and variety
Make every level 8-4
I mean it's a joke but that's a good point
All in all, thanks for sharing! I had some fun, and I'm glad to help you improve. Hope all of this helps :)
(Edited a few times for spelling errors)
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B-Man99 on 14 Feb 2014, 02:13, edited 3 times in total.
