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Temporary => Knytt Stories Level Releases => Topic started by: Healy on May 14, 2012, 01:05:25

Title: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: Healy on May 14, 2012, 01:05:25
So here is something pretty different from me: a level that can be actually quite challenging at times. Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant (the title was inspired from one of those Video Game Name Generator things) is a simple collect-the-keys challenge level, with a few twists here and there. The plot is pretty basic and very silly, but I am pretty pleased with how some of the areas turned out.

Anyway, if you want to give it a try, you can download it here (http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/3489) or here. (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Healy%20-%20Awful%20Mountain%20Climber%20Restaurant.knytt.bin) Be sure to tell me if you think the level is too hard/easy/whatever! I'm not too used to making challenge levels.
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: Raicuparta on May 14, 2012, 01:55:54
Spoiler: (click to show/hide)
Overall it was a nice level, the only thing I didn't like was the excessive amount of save points. But there's a good chance that's just my problem, since a lot of people seem to hate the way I usually distribute them.
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: Healy on May 14, 2012, 18:33:19
Re: Savepoints: It's funny you should mention that, because a person on another forum that I showed the level to said the same thing. But I think that both of you are better at playing Knytt Stories than average.
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: ortoslon on May 14, 2012, 21:47:28
too much cautionary text. "take the traps slowly" thank you, i'm not stupid
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: Raicuparta on May 14, 2012, 22:27:11
Quote from: ortoslon on May 14, 2012, 21:47:28
too much cautionary text. "take the traps slowly" thank you, i'm not stupid
There is such a thing as a newbie that doesn't want to play very easy levels.
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: yohji on May 15, 2012, 00:30:18
I enjoyed the level and found most of the challenges to be adequate. Like the others said, it was weird to see so many savepoints (sometimes just a few tiles apart) and cautionary signs. I was quite astonished to discover the ending screen - there are more endings, and so many secrets to find? I've missed, well, everything. Replaying this soon.
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: Healy on May 15, 2012, 02:27:37
So the main problems with this level are too many cautionary signs/save points. Good to know, I guess.
Quote from: ortoslon on May 14, 2012, 21:47:28
too much cautionary text. "take the traps slowly" thank you, i'm not stupid

Man, all the time I was making this level, I kept thinking to myself "I bet this is gonna score the important ortoslon lp demographic."  :/
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: lamarblake on May 15, 2012, 05:38:38
Personally, the extra save points didn't bother me at all. Just didn't use them all. They in no way kept me from enjoying playing your level. I thought it was pretty durned good.
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: Raicuparta on May 15, 2012, 11:50:37
Quote from: lamarblake on May 15, 2012, 05:38:38
Personally, the extra save points didn't bother me at all. Just didn't use them all. They in no way kept me from enjoying playing your level. I thought it was pretty durned good.
Yes they don't actually interfere much with the level, but with so many save points, surviving doesn't seem that important, I don't have to stop and analyse the screen before jumping.
By the way I liked the
Spoiler: (click to show/hide)
, it was pretty funny.
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: ortoslon on May 15, 2012, 18:04:36
Quote from: Healy on May 15, 2012, 02:27:37
Man, all the time I was making this level, I kept thinking to myself "I bet this is gonna score the important ortoslon lp demographic."  :/
please describe this demographic, i want to know who watches those (:

might as well get subjective. the level felt claustrophobic (corridors...) and cluttered with interior objects. this together with the truly hideous yodeling set the pace: i wanted to get through as quick as possible. this is why i got annoyed when i ran past someone or a sign, saw the text flicker, stepped back and saw that it was unimportant or, worse, patronizing
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: sergiocornaga on May 16, 2012, 09:52:48
I played it and got all the endings. It was a lot of fun!

The only areas I thought had excessive savepoints were x1002y986-7 (where I found it faster and easier to just avoid them all) and x1002y980 (two savepoints in a room with barely any hazards). But I could see these being useful for people worse at Knytt Stories than me.
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: Healy on May 16, 2012, 14:07:19
Quote from: ortoslon on May 15, 2012, 18:04:36
Quote from: Healy on May 15, 2012, 02:27:37
Man, all the time I was making this level, I kept thinking to myself "I bet this is gonna score the important ortoslon lp demographic."  :/
please describe this demographic, i want to know who watches those (:

It's just that you're the most visible person promoting Knytt Stories on TIGSource right now, so whatever levels you cover get more exposure to the outside gaming community than most others. Of course, it's likely that it only feels that way.
Title: Re: [Challenge/Misc.] [Normal] [Medium] Awful Mountain Climber Restaurant
Post by: ixMarcel on May 16, 2012, 15:33:32
Amazing and good level , but after listening the yodel for fife times I feel brainwashed  :sick:.