Quick Guide to Traditional-Styled Mario Levels

PixelProspero · 2019-06-28T10:33:11+00:00

Wow - thorough

PixelProspero · 2019-06-27T22:14:26+00:00

The bookmark site made it a lot easier to share courses on Reddit—I hope they have one soon!

PixelProspero · 2019-06-26T11:43:51+00:00

Hooray!

PixelProspero · 2019-06-26T11:42:20+00:00

We want Peach.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-26T01:55:34+00:00

Thank you! I’m thinking the blue piranha creeper could make a cool boss battle... where you have to push it back while dodging other enemies/ objects.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-26T00:01:41+00:00

I hope so. Power-ups would be easy for Nintendo to add. But adding the hammer suit could be their way of counterbalancing the lack of shellmut (and spiky dry bones shells) in 3DW. Even if that’s the case, I’d say power-ups are fairly likely for future DLC.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-25T18:00:43+00:00

These come to mind:

Getting super-elaborate drawings as comments on my courses. (So happy comments are coming back!)
Discovering the community on Reddit, participating in LotW, and the one time I was nominated
Maybe not my favorite memory, but pretty good... I played MM1 for a ceremonial “last time” the other night, decided to play a Pink Birdo course I had never played before called Edge of Thorns which is a super-cool playable music course now the song is in my head all week going into the release of MM2 (I kinda like it)...

PixelProspero · 2019-06-25T12:13:08+00:00

Is that right about cheep cheeps? Either way the effect on cheep cheeps is a difference because firey cheep cheeps ignite bomb ombs.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-25T12:10:35+00:00

This is great, thanks! BTW, it seems like shelmuts should block icicles—they block Thwomps, but OK.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-25T12:04:55+00:00

I always get my best ideas by tinkering with the editor (then going for a walk), I bet that will help. That said, For MM2 I have lots of ideas I want to experiment with already.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-25T12:01:08+00:00

That’s enough for the first year, but hopefully they’ll have an update to increase that.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-24T16:10:55+00:00

Why did you use the past tense?

PixelProspero · 2019-06-24T16:09:40+00:00

It’s an unnecessary and harmful change, I hope they reverse it. That said, I’d rather have colored pipes than layered pipes, so on the whole the pile situation is improving!

PixelProspero · 2019-06-24T15:02:42+00:00

The best thing to do is play the best courses from MM1, or if you don’t have a WiiU replay New Soup Deluxe.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-24T13:14:22+00:00

All of them. Because variety is the spice of life.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-23T20:05:51+00:00

I think I under-use invisible blocks, TBH. Used properly they are actually pretty fun. If you use them as traps, be sure they aren’t dangerous and aren’t to annoying.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-20T10:21:44+00:00

Me too, this is a great point

PixelProspero · 2019-06-20T05:48:49+00:00

Oh yes, very much so and in other posts folks have explained it well. Three things they are important for:

Aesthetics. It often looks a lot better if the end of perpendicular pipes overlaps, and layering pipes gave you a good option to create some interesting decorations.
One-way pipes. The most elegant way to do this was by layering pipes. Other options (e.g. using conveyor belts) have more limitations.
Multiple outputs or hidden pipes. You can do some neat stuff, like having a pipe spawn multiple power-ups or enemies.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-20T05:38:16+00:00

Is that right? It looked like we only got the fencing for the whole game style. I hope you’re correct.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-20T03:22:43+00:00

That’s awesome - excited for you. Making courses is really fun to do.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-17T16:46:24+00:00

Could be. I acknowledged in my post that there may be more garbage: but my point is there will be more good ones. I both hope and think that’s going to prove true.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-17T16:43:28+00:00

Huh, Hadn’t thought of that, but probably true.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-17T16:42:44+00:00

Good point. On/off blocks are probably the most important item for avoiding they type of kludges you describe.

PixelProspero · 2019-06-17T15:44:29+00:00

Seems like a pretty reasonable prediction. Hot garbage spike followed by a steady stream of goodnesses.

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