Granted. He becomes the new Dark Emperor of Mars and from his Untouchable Mars Fortress he declares war on Earth.

(I had to look him up and I can't even...)


I wish Earth was better prepared to defend itself against Martian war.

8/11 done, and I just finished the "left half" of the map. Judging by that (attached, finished level is roughly twice the size) do you think this level should be considered larger than "large"? I never quite got where it gets "huge".

I've managed to pick up the pace, partly because I'm constantly thinking about this level now. I can't believe how close I'm getting to being done!

I don't update this thread as often now, moved to posting on discord instead. Thus the next update will be when the level is ready to be beta tested. It's probably about 2-3 months away but is anyone interested? @Lucinda showed interest early on I remember.

Granted, it is open every afternoon and evening now. However, there are lots of little kids there and they may have peed in the pool.

I wish Elon Musk would put RFK Jr. on his rocket and the rocket would go to the new Mars settlement and not come back.

I also personally feel that Strange Dream 50GC is not superior to the original - it's just a different way of experiencing it. I love that Pacifishi rated all the 50 GC levels separately though.

Pacifishi - what are some underrated levels that few people have played?

The seven 50GC levels have since been rated! The way I see it, the goal of a 50GC version is to encourage players to explore every corner of the map and add new content/challenges to give a fresh experience. Every level except Sky Flower 50GC achieves this, in my opinion.

I would recommend the 50GC versions of Dark Sky of Wish Mountain, A Strange dream, and Shalev over the originals. In the former two, I really appreciated the choice to color-code map screens golden that contain a GC.

Sky Flower 50GC I would not recommend over the original, as there isn't an extra sense of exploration (you visit every screen in the original anyways) and the linear level layout isn't great if a player misses a GC at one end.

The 50GC remixes of A Walk at Night / Azure Serenity Lite+ / Little Gothic Doll are interesting to me as they are the most transformative but unfortunately I did not enjoy them as much as I wished. In all 3, every screen is a significant challenge (great), but those challenges often are a result of adding a bunch of random-projectile enemies (not great). This is compounded with how GCs are gated where the player often has to travel back and forth the span of the map every time a new key/powerup is obtained, "replaying" an already difficult level more times than preferred. The guide hub is a great mechanic, but is hard to decipher. The gameplay experience of these levels seems very much intentional and I would still recommend these to "fans of the genre".

Three takeaways that I'll be considering if I make a 50GC remix:

• what resources does the level offer a player who is "stuck" at e.g. 49GC?
• how "fair" is the discovery of every GC location?
• how many times does the player have to "replay" the level to collect all GCs?