[Challenge/Epic] I Dreamed of the Sky

 


I'd like to say 'much anticipated' but I'll settle for 'mildly advertised'. My current Epic-Length level is now three quarters done and quite ready for a preview thread.
It's similar in theme to 'Petals of the Dying Flower' though I began work on this long before the little one. Both are about escaping from a dull, underground world to the bright world above, but this one's much bigger, much prettier and much more plot-oriented.

Both experimental in design and in storytelling, 'I Dreamed of the Sky' is about a girl (called Juni, of all things) who has, for all her life, lived as part of a tiny community deep underground, warned over and again against ever daring to enter the caves above. But her lifelong dreams of a fairer world have led her to ignore the warnings and face the unnamed dangers above.

Features many custom graphics and COs, an epic story, flashing lights, enormous lifts and a no-invisible-mazes guarantee . No release date yet but I intend to have it finished this year (since I promised as much when I first mentioned it at the end of 'My Loving Hadron Collider'). Beta Testers will be requested some time in the future (when I have a beta to test).

More screenshots may come if there's interest.

I have no doubt this will turn out amazing and epic and all, it looks great. Thought title sounds a bit cheesy I've had the same idea, where knytts lived underground and with no sun lost their powers so you look for the surface and gain your powers when you reach the sun.

75% complete epic-level kept mostly under wraps! You have greater restraint than I. Looking forward to it.

Yeah well, I tend to get discouraged by preview threads 'cus (unlike your good and highly popular self) nobody's ever interested in mine. So it's more detrimental to my motivation than helpful for me to announce my works in progress. Still, glad to know there's a little interest

The title should have been 'When I was a Child I Dreamed of the Sky' but it's too long. It was the same with '(I Saw the World in) the Petals of a Dying Flower' which, let's face it, was a pretty cheesy title, too. I guess I have a gift.

Your recent Cold Mist Mountain and Petals of a Dying Flower were both terrific levels. (Well, CMM could have used a little polish.) Anyone who's been paying attention should want to play this level too. You shouldn't feel discouraged if you don't receive many comments, especially after a couple weeks. That's just the nature of the forum right now.

For the record I like all of those^ titles, long and short. The long ones would get cut off in the level selection menu, but I'm sure you know that. You could put "When I was a child..." as the description.

Yeah well, I tend to get discouraged by preview threads 'cus (unlike your good and highly popular self) nobody's ever interested in mine.

I'm very interested! I try to post saying as much in preview threads that interest me, but most of the time I forget. Terrible, huh?

How's the level going?
I'm dying for news ;-;

Then ya should've said so sooner


I confess not much has happened since I posted this thread; I burnt myself out a bit getting the latest level finished. But it's been back on my mind since completing my competition entry, so hopefully I'll be able to get working on tilesets for the next area soon. It's kind of a complicated area, mixing dark, creepy abandonment with long-neglected and therefore rampant plant-life and with old, neglected (betcha didn't see that coming) industrialism. I'll post a screenshot when I have something I'm happy with. I might try using a black version of Nifflas' Flower Garden.

Wow, this looks so strange but yet... and the title is so nice.
Also i am now downloading all your levels!

"More screenshots may come if there's interest."

But, of course there's interest! I still have to play your latest 2 levels, but if it's made by you and if it's a large level as well, it should be awesome. Me too, I wish there were more people and action on the forum... like some advertising would be done somehow... through Facebook perhaps...

"More screenshots may come if there's interest."

But, of course there's interest! I still have to play your latest 2 levels, but if it's made by you and if it's a large level as well, it should be awesome. Me too, I wish there were more people and action on the forum... like some advertising would be done somehow... through Facebook perhaps...

Lol, i find facebook overrated

Lol, i find facebook overrated

May be, but that doesn't change the fact that it is a very good means to get this forum a little bit more active.

Quote from: PeppyHare4000 on August 23, 2011, 02:27:31

Lol, i find facebook overrated

May be, but that doesn't change the fact that it is a very good means to get this forum a little bit more active.

Well, Hopefully, we attract people that will stay at this forum for good...

Been on holiday for the last week and for most of that I had no internet access, which gave me time to work on the tilesets for the latest area.

It's not necessarily 100% finished but it's getting there. Hopefully I'll be motivated to press on with the whole area, soon, but I never find it as easy when the player has lots of upgrades, which by this point of the level they do. Still, it's coming along.

I demand more updates.
>.> I really don't DEMAND it, but it would be nice!