Happy Halloween, everyone! This year, I decided to go as someone who just finished his level.
Deep Freeze
(...Can be downloaded by clicking here. You'll also need Knytt Stories Plus to play this one. If you already have KS+, be absolutely certain that the build you have is relatively recent!) Two years ago, on this date, I started work on what may be the single most ambitious project I've ever worked on. Deep Freeze is a huge, difficult, and wholly unique Knytt Stories experience that pushes KS and KS+ to their limits in order to produce a wild variety of challenges and puzzles. All these puzzles are based around one distinct idea that gets changed up constantly, keeping the focus tight while making every bit of gameplay feel fresh. I'm hoping that it pushes players just hard enough to be totally engaging, but gives them plenty of time and space to cool down, with the help of a simple, muted aesthetic, and a relaxing soundtrack composed by yours truly.
I've spent hundreds of hours designing, playtesting, and creating assets (custom objects, music, tileset adjustments, the works) for this level, and I've spoken at length in the preview thread about all the thought that's gone into designing it. At the end of it all, I had two goals: finish something big, and create something that my friends on and away from the forum would enjoy. I've already completed one of those goals, and for the other, well... here's to that. Enjoy.