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Released Games => Knytt Stories => Topic started by: Hmpf on July 17, 2009, 21:12:11

Title: Lost levels?
Post by: Hmpf on July 17, 2009, 21:12:11
Is there a significant number of levels that are neither in the archive nor on what's left of the old forum? I'm slowly making my way through both (the archive is a pain, though, because it doesn't tell you the genre or difficulty of a level), but I'm wondering if I'm missing out on some great stuff because some of the forum posts were apparently lost. I'm especially interested in good environmentals, so if you happen to have one that you're sure is neither in the archive nor on the forum, maybe you could post the title here?

Compiling a list of stuff that's currently lost may also be useful for other newbies, of course - once you know what titles are missing you can start asking around if somebody has a copy. ;-) So, really, how about we list all levels that people still have on their computers/remember playing but which aren't available online anymore?
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: googoogjoob on July 17, 2009, 21:26:02
There are countless levels that are "lost" like this. (I have 964 levels right now. Only I think 61 have been downloaded since the forum crash.) Of course, to be honest, most of the other 903 levels aren't really worth playing.

However, when I find the time (read: later today probably) I suppose I could sort through all the levels and see which ones are a) not on the archive or this forum and b) worthwhile.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Hmpf on July 17, 2009, 21:38:27
That would be great!

Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: googoogjoob on July 18, 2009, 01:15:08
Right so I dug through KS and picked out the levels that I remember because of how good they were and then checked which ones weren't on the archive or posted here.

Spoiler: LIST. (click to show/hide)

(Of course, both Si's and Noi's levels are the first two parts of trilogies, sadly unfinished. And Jerom said he was going to make major changes to/expand upon Marine, and posted some very promising screenshots.)

Put together, these levels are very large, and uploading them all will take time. I've gotten started by uploading Knytt 8bits (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Jerom%20-%20Knytt%208bits%20v2.knytt.bin) and Creepy Dinosaurs (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Pesty%20-%20Creepy%20Dinosaurs.knytt.bin) to the archive. (And trying and failing to upload A Kick in the Nuts.)

If anyone else who has these levels could help upload them to the archive that'd be great.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Hmpf on July 18, 2009, 01:43:40
Marine's actually still available *somewhere* on the old forum, although I don't remember where exactly I found it. I trawled that forum in short, erratic bursts in the few online moments I could find at my job... weeks ago. But since I have Marine, it must definitely be available. It's one of about a dozen challenge levels I'm playing on and off, in small portions, because if I do it in small portions, the fact that I manage to die all the time is slightly less frustrating. *g*

The rest I don't have, and in most cases haven't even heard of, so I'm thrilled to hear you're uploading them!
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Dandelion on July 20, 2009, 00:09:00
[offtopic] Woah, is knytt 8bits even possible? The spike pillar part in the caves seems at least close to impossible unless i'm missing something. [/offtopic]

Just PM Farik for the hunt.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: googoogjoob on July 20, 2009, 02:38:24
Quote from: Dandelion on July 20, 2009, 00:09:00
[offtopic] Woah, is knytt 8bits even possible? The spike pillar part in the caves seems at least close to impossible unless i'm missing something. [/offtopic]

It's entirely possible. You just need to get all the powerups in the right order. (There's an older version which is pretty buggy and nearly impossible.)
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Salmoneous on July 20, 2009, 15:06:50
Quote from: googoogjoob on July 17, 2009, 21:26:02
(I have 964 levels right now. Only I think 61 have been downloaded since the forum crash.)

What the fuck goog you maniac. I cant believe there is almost 1000 (or maybe even over 1000) levels seeing what a small community this is.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Hmpf on July 20, 2009, 15:22:41
Quote from: Salmoneous on July 20, 2009, 15:06:50
I cant believe there is almost 1000 (or maybe even over 1000) levels seeing what a small community this is.

I'm not surprised. I have nearly 200, and I've mostly only downloaded stuff tagged 'easy'/'normal' and 'environmental'...
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: LPChip on July 20, 2009, 15:46:10
Quote from: Salmoneous on July 20, 2009, 15:06:50
What the fuck goog you maniac.
Hey hey! Watch your langage please!!!

Please familiarise yourself with the Official Forum Rules in case you can't seem to understand the reason behind this post.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Salmoneous on July 20, 2009, 19:20:18
Owh you  :P2
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Cosine on July 20, 2009, 19:36:17
I've got Marine. Pretty awesome level. (http://willhostforfood.com/?Action=download&fileid=75949)
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Hmpf on July 21, 2009, 02:31:38
<random>Just now when I looked at the forum this thread had 11 replies and 111 views.</random>

(What? I love seeing odd patterns in the world. ;-))

Sorry I didn't think to offer to upload Marine myself, btw. I figured since it was still there somewhere on the old forum it didn't need to be (re)uploaded.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: minmay on July 21, 2009, 16:29:28
Quote from: googoogjoob on July 18, 2009, 01:15:08
If anyone else who has these levels could help upload them to the archive that'd be great.

Many of those levels' authors didn't want them on the archive, you know.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: googoogjoob on July 22, 2009, 00:19:25
Quote from: minmay on July 21, 2009, 16:29:28
Quote from: googoogjoob on July 18, 2009, 01:15:08
If anyone else who has these levels could help upload them to the archive that'd be great.

Many of those levels' authors didn't want them on the archive, you know.

Examples plz. (And I mean, explicit statements from the authors, and not just stuff like "oh noes I can't upload to the archive so I uploaded to generichostingsite.com".)
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: minmay on July 22, 2009, 01:42:07
I'm afraid I don't care about it enough to actually go back to the old forum and dig statements up.  :P

That's how I am; lazy.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Hmpf on August 05, 2009, 01:00:20
Wow, Creepy Dinosaurs is awesome! Knytt 8bits looks great, too.

I would love to see more - though, obviously, if the authors of the levels didn't mean for people to see them then I suppose I shouldn't, err, 'lust' after those lost levels anymore... :-(
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: theiza27 on August 15, 2009, 20:47:43
i didn't understand why they were "creepy"... until now  :huh:

edit: is it that short? or did i miss something?

Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Widget on August 21, 2009, 22:46:04
I've been trawling through the old forum with the archive open on the side (thankyou whoever it was told me where to find it... I knew it'd be something simple  :oops:) and I came across a level called M143 by MNM. I'm really eager to give it a shot since, if nothing else, it looks gorgeous but the link is down. Does anyone happen to have it stashed away and feel happy to upload it?
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: googoogjoob on August 21, 2009, 23:34:36
Here (http://willhostforfood.com/?Action=download&fileid=80744) is TheRealTJ's A Kick in the Nuts, and here (http://willhostforfood.com/?Action=download&fileid=80745) is Farik's The Hunt. (The Archive still isn't working for me for anything larger than about a megabyte, so yeah.)

I have M143, but it's about 85MB, and to be honest, the level isn't actually that good at all, so I'm not going to spend half an hour uploading it.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Widget on August 22, 2009, 00:08:13
I just found out how absurdly huge it was and was coming back to take back the request. Wouldn't expect anyone else to do that when I wouldn't want to in their shoes.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Hmpf on August 22, 2009, 00:51:35
Very much appreciating that you're doing this, googoogjoob.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: special_d on August 23, 2009, 00:08:20
goo, I echo the statements of the above poster. You have to be joking: 900 levels? Dear god. I hope that includes tests and betas and even then that's a hell of a lot.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Aliera on November 06, 2009, 08:48:48
Anyone have these:

[Challenge] Forest and Sky
[Maze] Journey through sexuality!

Missing these two. (old links are dead and not on knyttlevels)
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: theiza27 on December 13, 2009, 01:46:23
can someone please upload Marine (by Jerom) on to the archive... I don't have it here on my boyfriend's laptop... and I'm itching to play :(

thank you.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: WatcherCCG on December 13, 2009, 13:57:38
Will Host For Food is down for good. Could someone please reupload The Hunt?
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: minmay on December 14, 2009, 20:34:05
I've put Marine (http://www.cowmuffins.net/stuff/marine.zip) on my own website (it's already decompressed, so just extract the zip into your Worlds folder).  I don't have The Hunt anymore, however.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: WatcherCCG on December 14, 2009, 21:35:48
Then someone please get ahold of Farik. I loved Harvest to bits and want to try out The Hunt.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: Hmpf on December 15, 2009, 14:59:39
I have The Hunt. Give me a moment to upload it to my webspace...

ETA: Okay, here it is:

http://www.allabouthmpf.com/Farik - The Hunt.knytt.bin (http://www.allabouthmpf.com/Farik - The Hunt.knytt.bin)

Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: WatcherCCG on December 15, 2009, 17:53:37
You have my undying thanks. :)
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: TheANIMAL on December 15, 2009, 23:12:40
The Hunt is a great level.
Title: Re: Lost levels?
Post by: mountblade98 on December 19, 2009, 08:18:32
argh!!!! thar goes da old forum!!!!
idwnloaded all da great lvls but mah computer crashed, inow i don hav da files!!!
iplanned to download da lvls on mah new computer but inow comback to find da old forum is gon, sad face =(