Level Ideas and Designing Tips Help and Discussion
We, as level designers, have some really interesting and imaginative ideas and concepts concerning the level designer. You all make some good tile and item combinations and enemy placement. You all have questions and concerns about the designer as well. So I thought about making this topic so we can bring those ideas and questions together and share them around.
What exactly can we discuss here? Well, here are some things that you can talk about or post here:
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Any Idea you have
I feel this title pretty much speaks for itself, but I'll elaborate a little more. If you have some cool idea you want to address like goombas stacked on each other or bullet bill platforming, then speak up. We would like to hear what's on your creative mind. Here is a general list of some of these ideas:
So, if you have an idea, share it with us.
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Ask Questions about Tips or Give Tips
If you have questions about designing, maybe in general, like when to use this kind of block or when is there an appropriate time to create a triple jump obstacle, ask away.
I asked for advice about when it comes to using other ideas for inspiration in a separate topic. Those are the sorts of questions that can be discussed here.
You can also give your own advice or answer these sorts of questions. Share your experience and knowledge. You can tell what would be the recommended level size or when to use signs. That sort of advice can go here.
Also, if your confused about what's going on or why some ideas are good and work very well in other levels or contests, you can ask about that too. If you want to know why someone used this block or item in their level, you can ask that.
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Critique or Give Feedback
We would like to know how you feel about the ideas presented. If you disagree with a certain idea addressed, you can disagree. Give some reasons to why you disagree with the idea.
For example, If someone says that colored walls can really liven up your levels and you disagree, then you can say that you're not to keen on the idea because of ____, and then just list your reasons.
And please...please don't say things like "Oh, I agree" or "Yeah I disagree with that". Okay, why do you agree or disagree? I may or may not actually report such posts. I say that because those kinds of posts are just short and vague, take up space, and there really isn't any clear evidence or reasoning as to why you say that.
Give some feedback to ideas if you want. If you tried out some idea that was addressed in your levels and you really like it from how it looks or functions, feel free to talk about it.
I guess I can say the same thing like I did with critique. Try not to say short posts like "I like it" or "I dislike it" unless that's all you can really say about it.
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Need inspiration?
If you've ran out of ideas and need something inspiring, tell about it here and get some help.
Ask about any good designers out there or any good levels or respond to people looking for some inspiration.
If you want to work on a city level, and you want to find a good level with a city theme in it but don't know what to look for or where to start, then ask about it or maybe say "Looking for ____".
If you came across a really, REALLY amazing level that you were just blown away by or if you found a level that would help or be a good starting point for newcomers getting into creative level making, you could share it here if you wanted to.
Also take a look at this topic --> For inspiration
There's also the tier list. It has a list of the best designers and their best levels. You can check that out.
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Please note:
What exactly can we discuss here? Well, here are some things that you can talk about or post here:
I feel this title pretty much speaks for itself, but I'll elaborate a little more. If you have some cool idea you want to address like goombas stacked on each other or bullet bill platforming, then speak up. We would like to hear what's on your creative mind. Here is a general list of some of these ideas:
- Tile combinations or Item combinations (for example, using golden walls with desert tiles or trees growing on mushrooms)
Enemy placements (using flightless skelegoonies in a trap hole)
F.L.U.D.D placement
Red Coin or Silver Star placement
So, if you have an idea, share it with us.
If you have questions about designing, maybe in general, like when to use this kind of block or when is there an appropriate time to create a triple jump obstacle, ask away.
I asked for advice about when it comes to using other ideas for inspiration in a separate topic. Those are the sorts of questions that can be discussed here.
You can also give your own advice or answer these sorts of questions. Share your experience and knowledge. You can tell what would be the recommended level size or when to use signs. That sort of advice can go here.
Also, if your confused about what's going on or why some ideas are good and work very well in other levels or contests, you can ask about that too. If you want to know why someone used this block or item in their level, you can ask that.
We would like to know how you feel about the ideas presented. If you disagree with a certain idea addressed, you can disagree. Give some reasons to why you disagree with the idea.
For example, If someone says that colored walls can really liven up your levels and you disagree, then you can say that you're not to keen on the idea because of ____, and then just list your reasons.
And please...please don't say things like "Oh, I agree" or "Yeah I disagree with that". Okay, why do you agree or disagree? I may or may not actually report such posts. I say that because those kinds of posts are just short and vague, take up space, and there really isn't any clear evidence or reasoning as to why you say that.
Give some feedback to ideas if you want. If you tried out some idea that was addressed in your levels and you really like it from how it looks or functions, feel free to talk about it.
I guess I can say the same thing like I did with critique. Try not to say short posts like "I like it" or "I dislike it" unless that's all you can really say about it.
If you've ran out of ideas and need something inspiring, tell about it here and get some help.
Ask about any good designers out there or any good levels or respond to people looking for some inspiration.
If you want to work on a city level, and you want to find a good level with a city theme in it but don't know what to look for or where to start, then ask about it or maybe say "Looking for ____".
If you came across a really, REALLY amazing level that you were just blown away by or if you found a level that would help or be a good starting point for newcomers getting into creative level making, you could share it here if you wanted to.
Also take a look at this topic --> For inspiration
There's also the tier list. It has a list of the best designers and their best levels. You can check that out.
Please note:
- This isn't a set and stone list or anything like that. The list is just a general idea of what you can talk about here. There are many things concerning level making ideas that you can address on here. So feel free to share anything about ideas, tips, or suggestions pertaining to the level designer.