my own level is trolling me. i’ve died every possible way. finally, i get to the first checkpoint. i think the most difficult part is right before that. the level is designed to be easier after that point, so i’m happy.
then i die
and i learn that to upload a level, you must beat it without the help of your own fucking checkpoints
who came up with this stupid fucking idea. i’m sure there’s some idiotic troll mechanic that could make a level unbeatable without this system. i’m not a troll, i’m just a terrible player making a difficult level
Yep. To upload the level, you have to beat once without the aid of any checkpoints, then beat it starting from each checkpoint. They really don’t want you to make a level where the player can use a checkpoint after rendering the level unwinnable—see also the fact that clear conditions aren’t available if you have any checkpoints in your level. I’m hoping they add checkpoints that adhere to clear conditions in a future patch.
You have to beat the whole level in one shot without continuing from any checkpoints, but then you also have to beat the level from each checkpoint
Sure it kinda sucks, but there are some particularly gruesome trolls that could be done without this in place. For instance, a checkpoint in a pit, so that you respawn in the same pit, dying over and over again infinitely. Or a level that can ONLY be beaten from a checkpoint, forcing you to get the checkpoint and then die, in order to continue.
Or someone using checkpoints to “punish” imperfect play, trapping you in a softlock room after your first death
I’m sure there are more, these are just what I was able to come up with off the top of my head once I learned about this requirement. I’m sure a particularly dastardly designer would be able to design something that would flay me alive using malicious checkpoints
B9T-G2S-51G if you’d like to play the level formerly known as Google Autocomplete Waluigi Feet. This level is a work of fiction and is not representative of the author’s experiences or desires.
I am disappointed Nintendo removed some of the more intense visual effects. The one with the birds was very good. I miss it. Though I saw some level with the swatting cat’s paw effect – is that unlockable or is it hidden behind an effect I haven’t tried yet?
I just realized my level is rather short, but I’m out of ideas on how to expand my central theme. I don’t know how to extend it without either betraying the theme or retreading the same ideas
well, i also have a checkpoint after several red coins, so i guess i’ll have to beat it without a checkpoint, then start from the first one and go backwards before doing it again. great
I really wanted to hate beat this level but I didn’t even know if it would be over at the big coin or not and those conveyer belts…
Well I’m glad I’ve seen this stage now because every time I’ve gotten the big mushroom I’ve hated it and I wondered what a stage centered on it would look like.
