How to get a level featured

Started by Terry, July 27, 2011, 11:16:35 AM

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Terry

From time to time, I'm hoping to feature particular levels that people have made by posting it on my blog and on twitter! I thought it would be a good idea to provide a few guidelines, and maybe talk about what I'm looking for in a featured level:


:viridian: DO: Try something different.

I'm very likely to feature a level if it does something I haven't seen in a VVVVVV level before. Experiment with scripting! Try to build levels around unusual ideas!

:viridian: DO: Make it polished.

This is mostly just a matter of making sure there are no gaps you can fall through or glitches, and that you've tested things thoroughly to make sure sure everything feels nice in the game.


:victoria: DON'T: Make it too hard.

The easiest thing to do in VVVVVV is make a hard level, and while they can be fun, I do think they're one of the less interesting things you can make. (I'm unlikely to feature a level that's basically just a super expanded version of Veni Vidi Vici, for example.)

:victoria: DON'T: Exploit glitches.

The VVVVVV editor plugs directly into VVVVVV, warts and all! Which means that if you use the editor for a while, you're bound to run into some glitches as a result of the way things were implemented in VVVVVV. For example! If you place two horizontal gravity lines so that they intersect each other in the same line, you'll go through them. The problem with working this into a level, though, is that at some point in the future, it might get fixed in a patch. Which would mean your level wouldn't work any more!

:victoria: DON'T: Ask me to feature your level.

I figure it's probably a good idea to establish this as a guideline, just so I don't get swamped with requests, heh. I don't want to feature too many levels, just the ones I think do something really special and different - if I don't feature your level, it's nothing personal!

TheoX

I'm just curious, how many levels have you featured so far?  I remember seeing "Seasons" on your blog - did you have any more?

EDIT: also I love the Animaniacs reference.

QualityJeverage

Going by Blog and Twitter, only Seasons has been featured thus far. Deservedly so :viridian:

Arkatox


TheoX

>.<

Well originally I didn't know if he was going to put all levels featured on his blog or just tweet about them, but I understand it all now.  Thanks for putting links though, maybe we can make a topic with all the featured levels links. ;)

Arkatox

I just realized how "I'm-making-fun-of-you" the :D smiley looks.

I didn't mean to be an idiot, if I appeared that way. I just meant to be a little sarcastic. :)

Terry

Quote from: TheoX on August 04, 2011, 03:51:50 AM
maybe we can make a topic with all the featured levels links. ;)

That's a good idea; I'll do that later on.

Psychopath

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Quote from: Terry on August 04, 2011, 11:41:44 AM
Quote from: TheoX on August 04, 2011, 03:51:50 AM
maybe we can make a topic with all the featured levels links. ;)

That's a good idea; I'll do that later on.

Way ahead of you:

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2.0 Launch:
July 26 Blog post

·Pyramid of Doom by Robson
·Vertiginous Viridian by Jonathan Whiting
·Dual Challenge by Magnus Pålsson*
·A New Dimension by Magnus Pålsson*
·Variation Venture by Craig Forrester
·Line Wrap by Roger Svanlund
·Roadtrip to the Moon by Roger Svanlund
·Golden Spiral by Roger Svanlund
·Variety Show by Whirligig
·VVVV 4k by Notch

July 30 Blog post

·Seasons by Michael Brough Download

August 2 Blog post

·Vertex Vortex by Matt Thorson Download

August 3 Blog post

·The Tower of Power by Randomnine Download

August 4 Blog post

·Vvvvvvideogames by Rob Fearon Download

August 9 Blog post

·Soul Searching (v1.2) by Martze Download

August 12 Blog post

·Palace of Peril by Blublu Download

*Stages marked with an asterisk have been updated since their initial release and must be redownloaded in order to have the most recent version.

Feel free to copy the formatting if you like.

Arkatox


Vimol

Just an idea here, but why don't we also do a people's choice ballot too? 

At the end of each week, people take the time to actually vote for a favorite from the last week, and we claim it the week's people choice.

Sendy

I intend to make a thread about my favourite levels soon - I encourage others to do the same! Perhaps we could have a level recommendation thread where people review their favourites?

Damn It AL to Hell

Eh, I did the 1 and 2 on the don't list. :vermillion:

Chillius

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Bump:i i'm bad at making these levels :(

Dav999

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Fixed!

Hilbert

It's not really a bump if it's pinned ::)