In a certain place in time and space I recently revealed plans I've been procrastinating over since ages ago to release a bunch of unfinished, probably-abandoned projects.

All of these levels are unfinished and none are very long. I've added some in-game notes to the end of each level explaining what my plans were and why the level was never completed.


2012 - Deep Remembers [Small, Hard]
This level would have told the story of a Knytt waking up deep underground and trying to find her way to the surface. If that sounds familiar, it probably won't be a surprise to learn I made this not long after I finished 'Petals of a Dying Flower' and while I was getting close to finishing 'I Dreamed of the Sky'. I had a plan for the whole level with lots of weirdness and mystery - all the good stuff.

What's there is, well, the graphics are not amazing. Which is pretty much why this died; I didn't have the skill to make things look how I wanted. I also had plans for cutscenes that were way beyond my ability to make. Ambition overstretched reach and while this floated in the back of my mind for a good few years (as late as 2018 I was considering asking Vegetal Gibber if he wanted to make it as a collaboration), I never did more than tweak the script from time to time.


2013 - 100 Rooms and You [Medium, Very Hard, KS+]
I wanted to make a level with 100 small puzzles, ten sets of ten puzzles with a different theme for each set. The first were a kind of tutorial, the next were set underground, the next were to be made using Nifflas' tilesets...

I am not amazing at making puzzles. So in the end I found myself making a succession of increasingly nasty challenges.

The level went through two or three iterations where I made a small amount, deleted it and started again, before I realised this just wasn't working for me. I couldn't make the level I wanted to make, so... I put it to bed.


2013 - Remember Me [Small, Normal, KS+]


In 2013 I posted a few screenshots here and there for what ought to have been 'Remember Me'. It was gonna be an introspective, scenic level playing with revisiting areas in different periods of time, exploring the character's memories of familiar places.

It died for the stupidest of reasons; I wasn't happy with a single tileset that, looking back, actually looked great. What was the problem, Past-Talps? It's a shame because I really liked the story, and the concept of moving through time. I kinda would like to resurrect this project... maybe... one day.

Just a warning - the music track in the first area of the level might be copywritten.


2014 - Liangzhu [Small, Hard/Very Hard, KS+]


This level actually got a preview thread before I gave up on it; it generated a fair bit of excitement, so apologies to everyone I let down.

I wanted to make a levels using tilesets made in the Community Tileset Project. I once again had a plan for the whole level, including a sketch-map.

So why was it unfinished? Well. The story was miserable and I couldn't find a way to redeem it. And committing myself to using the Crystal Caves tileset for the whole level meant every area had to be a shade of turquoise that slowly causes your corneas to disintegrate. The project stalled and never got finished. Though I used some plans I'd made for this in 'Petals II'.

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When working on Dragon Myth, I had the idea to use Salmoneous' 'Lava' tileset to remake the underground prison section from 'Petals of a Dying Flower' and sneak it into an updated version of Petals as a reward for secret-hunters.

When I came to actually implement this idea (building my own new tileset based on the one from 'Dragon Myth'), remaking one area ended up turning into remaking the entire level. It very quickly became apparent that the finished product was going to end up being bigger and longer than the original game, and I eventually realised that I didn't want it to only be seen by the tiny number of people who might replay a nine-year-old level and hunt out all its secrets. So I cut it out of that game and set out to release it separately. Petals II is currently about three fifths of the way to completion.

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Inspired by the original, this level reimagines and rebuilds each area from the ground up with (mostly) original tilesets, new layouts and challenges, and a few surprises thrown into the mix.

It also has colour.

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My name is Juni.

I have lived all of my life in Muen Village, west of the Grey Mountains where the dragon lives.

When I was young the dragon would fly down and attack our village, destroying houses and fields, and carrying away animals and people to devour in its home.

Ten years ago the dragon returned to its lair and fell into a deep sleep.

Then, last night, it woke up.

I'm not going to wait here like a sheep in a field for it to come and kill me. I'd much rather die fighting than die afraid. So I'm going to go to its lair and face it.

And nothing is going to stand in my way.

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Version two, the 'Oh gosh, why is there so much screaming' update, fixes two major bugs from the original release, as well as various minor tweaks and fixes and some minor story improvements.
Version two point one, the pedantic update, fixes one minor bug uncovered in a very belated piece of beta testing.
Version three, the NewGame+ update, adds a very exciting reward for those who find all five secret golden creatures. It also includes some SGE and minor bug fixes, new dialogue, and replaces some overly nasty challenges.

This is the entrance to the cave!


Um, this place looks pretty scary...


Hey, whoever made that terrifying dragon fountain forgot to give it wings*! (What a dork!)


How come I have two braids but only one hair ribbon? What is this rubbish?!

'Liangzhu' utilizes two of the recent community-made tilesets and numerous OCOs. It features six levels, five hidden collectibles and a reward for finding them all, custom music, pretty places, and me, Xianu, a totally custom character!

Semi-original tilesets made to compliment the community-made tilesets, and most of the level's OCOs (including myself!), will be released for public use when the level is completed.

As of posting this, two of the six levels have been explored but I'm making good progress! Beta-testers will be requested when I'm closer to the end. Also, the guy who made this cave could use some help translucentifying (it's a word!) some objects - for example, the crystal bouncer in the second screenshot - so if anyone would like to volunteer for that it'll save him the embarrassment of asking!

See you soon!

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*True story!

Wondering if anyone has any opinions for particularly interesting cave or mine tilesets, as I'm a little tired of the default crowd. I'm specifically looking for rocky caves - not much like the colourful or built-up tilesets of 'IDotS' - and anything that's little-used or has come clever design applications. Gloomy and atmospheric would be nice but that's not exclusively what I'm after.

So if you could tell me of any nice sets you like, I'd be very grateful. Mine tilesets would be very handy, too. Cheers, chums.

Currently working on this for the latest Knytt Stories competition.

Talps make an environmental! Surely not! It's ok! It has poetry in it, and poetry makes everything ok!

There's not much plot. It's a journey through a night-time environment with changing times and stuff. It's pretty (hopefully).

Currently about 2 thirds done and waiting for someone to get back to me about a tileset. I'll probably ask for beta testers once I get that far.

Features pretty environments, original poetry, a few original tilesets, custom music, some very lovely custom objects courtesy of Raicuparta, and probably some secrets if I can find space for one or two more hiding places. The level is being built with Egomassive's KS+ Knytt Stories Mod, so you'll need to download that to play this level.

Have some screenshots!

Hello friends!

I want to ask if anyone can/will make some custom ambience for use in a KS+ level I'm working on, and/or possibly some music.

Can I just say that to give as good an experience as possible to the players I want to keep as much of the level under wraps as possible, so I'm rather loathed to post any details but inevitably I have to for this. So if you're not likely to be able to help me then I recommend you don't read further than this, though of course I can't stop you and, at the end of the day, it's your choice.

My ambience request isn't the same as what I asked for in the Hidden Star Inn.



Thanks anyone who read; sorry my technical knowledge is very lacking. Hopefully that hasn't put you off. Please post here if you'd be willing to help with anything. I really want to make this a great level!
Contributors will receive full mention in the credits, including a link to your website/soundcloud/whatever.

Thanks again. 

*Goes to design horrible tilesets*

I suppose this is my 'Monocromatica Grotta'.

This little level is actually a series of screens I originally made for the last quarter of 'I Dreamed of the Sky' but during testing I was told that they were too difficult, which surprised me because I didn't find them that hard; I guess I'm good with umbrella floating and laser timing. I didn't want to expunge them from existence, so while I made them easier in the level, I'm releasing the originals here!

If you're good with umbrellas and timing, you might have fun! If you're not, you might spend an hour on this and then rage-quit! Either way, it has some custom tilesets from 'I Dreamed', and an uplifting message at the end! 

Download me!

I'll take this moment to mention that 'I Dreamed' is nearly ready for the next stage of testing; one of the testers found two of the areas too dark so I need to change the gradient in one and edit the tileset of the other. And I'm not happy with the ending so I need to try out some different things there, but maybe I'll do that just for the final release. I'll try and get round to it this week, and then contact my beta testers.

Anyway, if you're feeling hardcore, play the level! If you're not, wait for the full version of 'I Dreamed of the Sky' and don't say you weren't warned!
Look out for the spinny red things (there's two).

I Dreamed of the Sky is now finished and released!