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Level Editing Support => Knytt Stories Level Previews => Topic started by: Lit Knob on June 11, 2022, 07:21:20

Title: [Environmental/Misc] [Easy/Normal] [Small] [KS+] Thee Fault
Post by: Lit Knob on June 11, 2022, 07:21:20

At first I was just practicing, but it eventually evolved into an actual level.
I started it 4 months ago but got sidetracked by maps and playing other levels. Then I started finishing Ego's templates.
It's not actually my first level, but my second one (the first one is unfinished too, and I decided to swap them because… reasons).

It's mainly a showcase of the best (in my opinion) default tilesets.
I think it can be described as a mix of An Attempt at Art, Vanilla, and Juni Gets a Food, but it's structured like a treasure-hunt of sorts.

The story is a bit non-existent but self-explanatory:

A sequence of radically different worlds (merely glued together by coincidentally aligned collision) is bridging the gap between the two halves of Juni's apartment. In order to reach the right side, she has to witness all possible variants of those places.

I'd say it's about 70% done, but it's hard to tell.

Main features:

• Almost everything is default (there are some COs).
• Some voice acting (mainly Juni).
• Lots of secrets.
• 10 golden creatures (two of them are challenging. The others are wannabe flags…).
• 7 artifacts.
• N coins (spoiler).
• Some silly missable stuff and a nigh-impossible-to-find dark one.
• A Progress Checker (missable secrets not needed for 100% completion).
• Hint room for the less nosy specimens.
• Anti-cheat warp shenanigans (still not wallswim-proof).
• Spoiler: (click to show/hide)

  Secrets for cheaters.
  Time to find that one secret in The Explore Challenge, kids. :P

Spoiler: Screenshots (click to show/hide)

(https://i.imgur.com/ObLVEc0.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/BYb0auw.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/TFxjvNH.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/lPQM29P.png)

Title: Re: [Environmental/Misc] [Easy/Normal] [Small] [KS+] Thee Fault
Post by: Polana on June 20, 2022, 22:07:24

Sounds interesting. I'm really curious about your level, especially after you've made all those templates.

Title: Re: [Environmental/Misc] [Easy/Normal] [Small] [KS+] Thee Fault
Post by: Lit Knob on June 22, 2022, 03:02:05

Thanks Polana.
I'll probably use some, but it's called Thee Fault for a reason. :P

Title: Re: [Environmental/Misc] [Easy/Normal] [Small] [KS+] Thee Fault
Post by: ixMarcel on June 25, 2022, 13:12:32

I like the look of the screens, classic yet fresh

Title: Re: [Environmental/Misc] [Easy/Normal] [Small] [KS+] Thee Fault
Post by: Lit Knob on June 25, 2022, 14:13:33

Thanks ixMarcel.
About that, did you know that if you "sync" tileset and gradient numbers, you get the correct combination?
That's how I chose gradients. For example, Tileset6 - Gradient6.

Title: Re: [Environmental/Misc] [Easy/Normal] [Small] [KS+] Thee Fault
Post by: Purple Ink on July 04, 2022, 04:41:05

I agree with Marcel. The screenshots feel like I've seen them before but at the same time feel like something brand new. So good job with that. Looking forward to this.

Title: Re: [Environmental/Misc] [Easy/Normal] [Small] [KS+] Thee Fault
Post by: Lit Knob on July 04, 2022, 15:02:35

Thanks Purple Ink. When making those screens I was both "pretending to be Nifflas" and applying all the "designer" knowledge I've gathered since 2015 (when I started learning Blender as a hobby).

My original goal, when I started this level, was to practice with default tilesets to match Nifflas' style.
It seems I succeeded. :)