Super Mario Countdown

[Asterocrat]

This post by Asterocrat was thumbed up by:

Supershroom (March 25th, 2015, 1:48 pm)

[~MP3 Amplifier~]

Now my motivation for level designing is back (thank you so much 29th LDC), I'm gonna try and get back into Ville Lumiere afterwards. I want to keep the Parisian atmosphere so I'll probably do a few test designs with it first before I make an official start on the level.

[Asterocrat]

Alright! Now that the 29th LDC and my final exams are behind me, we can start talking about the future!

These holidays are going to be dedicated to Level Designing. Working with MoD on Leaves of the Vine really helped me find my true motivation back, and I feel like remaking a level you guys seemed to enjoy more than I do: Lethal. This should keep me busy for the next few days, and once I'm done, I'll finally go back to Super Mario Countdown. I'll start with NEON CITY - ACT 2, before working on GHOST DEPTHS - ACT 1 and then...



EERIE GREENS - ACT 1! It's the United-Kingdom-themed level I mentioned last time... It is what the 2014 part of Leaves of the Vine (my collab with MoD) was supposed to be, but it was deemed not serious enough for a level that serves as a tribute to the Level Designer. But I really liked the idea, so I decided to make it a full SMC "zone". But it's going to be way more than a trip through English landscapes, trust me. EERIE GREENS will take you through legendary places of English folklore, through mythical castles and magical forests and meadows... And a couple of other things you'll find out about in due time ;)

I also updated the first post to include EERIE GREENS... and I took the liberty to add a second post (sorry MP3, that's one of your posts I replaced)! This second post will contain all the Bonus Levels I'll make. I had fun with the formatting to make everything look cool. Infos on them have been added, but I'll still keep the general theme of these levels as well as their names secret so far. But, who knows, I might have dropped hints somewhere...

I'll announce everything regarding Bonus Levels when I'll be done with NEON CITY - ACT 2, meaning the next time you see a post from me in this topic, it will be for NEON CITY. Unless you have questions.

So yeah, check out the first (and second) post :P

[Supershroom]

lawl you stole MP3's post

I will also go back to LDing after almost three weeks of inactivity

[Harmless]

I kinda need to redeem myself after botching ville lumiere so hard

[Supershroom]

maybe you could do something about California

an old abandoned gold mine back from the Gold Rush time, that's what I could think of

[Asterocrat]

maybe you could do something about California

an old abandoned gold mine back from the Gold Rush time, that's what I could think of

That's exactly Ghost Depths except GD has ghosts and is located in Chile.

[MessengerOfDreams]

Is it really a direct reference to the Chile Mining Accident?

[Harmless]

Well, if we're being honest the only things in cali are the surfers, redwoods, hipsters, and maybe some low-altitude mountains

oh and of course plenty of farms and agriculture, but no gold mines (remember that the gold in cali was panned out of rivers, there aren't quite as many [or maybe not even any] mines here as you'd think)

[Asterocrat]

Is it really a direct reference to the Chile Mining Accident?

Well, like pretty much every level in this series, I had the concept for the level first, and then I needed a location. Dragon Valley is the only time where the location came first. So, to answer your question, not at all, Chile just happened to be the second place the popped up in my mind after the US (but I already had Neon City, and now I have a level taking place in Florida too, so I didn't want all my levels to take place in the US) for a Mine-themed level.

But yeah sure Harmless I would love you to try again