Vertiginous Veridian
"No, not again! The crew are gone. Now Veridian must
navigate a strange new tight-knit dimension."
So this is the level I made that went into the new version of VVVVVV. Hope you like it!
I thought the way that Terry handled the overall original level design; several linear levels connected bia an open world; was fantastic, and felt it would be a good call to do something similar. Knowing that there wasn't likely to be a map, and given I was rather pushed for time making a big open map seemed unwise. So instead I made the most densely knotted map I possible could, 9x9 squares, every single one filled.
To make the knotting work I made a map of sorts to get the layout sorted before I even started on the individual screens.
For each of the 5 sub levels that spring from the main hub I tried to pick gameplay themes, each possible, but perhaps not fully explored in the original. So hopefully there's something a bit different here to even the most experienced V-ers.