Topic: Super Mario Maker - OT

Would you have room for one of my music trains?

This level is short but pretty involving. It shouldn't be too difficult. It's all about timing and P-Switches. Enjoy!

@Benjula: I thought your auto runner course was pretty simple, but effective. Dunno if you had intended it this way, but some of the events such as Thwomps landing on the shellmet and a few of the jumps were nicely synchronized with the music.

@dizzy_boy: Your ship level is pretty cool too. I felt like exploring your ship was pretty worthwhile, and the onslaught of bullets and cannonballs wasn't too overwhelming. It felt a little short somehow, though.

@SuperWiiU: I tried all three of your turbo levels. Neat idea! Interesting how having auto scroll on really changes how you play. The first one I breezed through, but the second and third ones were surprisingly tough.

@Mk_II: I'm afraid that ghost house course was way too short and not very challenging at all - the only reason I died once was because I was watching my laggy TV instead of the gamepad and missed a jump, but otherwise it was very straightforward.

@Freeon-Leon: Your ice fortress level is excellent. At first I thought it would be a breeze, but the challenge grows at a very steady pace. Well done!

@Maxz: I just played your Goomba Mince level. Very cute! And I laughed at the "Farewell Yoshi" comment partway through. Haven't tried your insanely hard one.

I made a quick video on the Glitch block mechanics and how to choose your layers. I can answer questions if anyone needs help.

@Chandlero: I just gave your Saw the Sky level a try. I think when you said "checkpoint", you really mean "try again rooms". I don't think they work that well for just a way to get a mushroom again, but the second one also contains a crucial P switch, so if you can liven up the puzzle aspect on that room a bit more, I think you'd have something solid. Also, the second room is not intuitive to find.

That was great, I really like puzzle levels like this.

Thanks for the star. I don't know what you mean by "try again rooms". Do you mean the two underground rooms? They are not really necessary. What I meant by "checkpoint" is another thing: If you die in the second part of the level, you are allowed to skip the first part. Didn't you noticed that? Maybe you didn't die in the second part

@Maxz: Well I can't affect how cannon falls in that situation, but I recently saw player solving this with alternate solution and you wouldn't need this "glitch". Before uploading this level, I tested if that solution, but I couldn't get one crucial move to work, so I thought it would be impossible. I guess I was wrong.

@Kinan: Just watched the video now,loved it haha.Cheers man,it didn't seem to cause you much problems.Watching someone else take it on I can see where it needs improvement as well as being thoroughly entertaining.'The Wall' part took me an age to get right,it's designed so you can't get stuck and can always get back up to collect the shell,that's why The Wall part wasn't too clear.Would have loved to see you take on Stario Wars or my new one The Cryptic Crypt but I've had my turn haha.Thanks again,very much appreciated.

Thanks for playing my levels. Yeah, the first one is pretty easy, especially if you've played the original before. But the other two require some well timed jumps that most people probably never tried before even if they know the levels by heart.

Hi guys here are a few levels for you to try:

Koopa Troopa Hills 28F7-0000-0077-8683 (Easy-Medium)

Bowser's Airship Castle 3629-0000-0052-C63E (Medium)

Find the doors C827-0000-0025-B5A2 (Easy)

By the way how are you getting the screenshot with your level and the difficulty on it?

Any feedback on these stages would be great, I try not to make them to tough which I was doing at first as I am finding they are not that fun.

@Kinan: "Music Train" is the name I'm giving to my music reproduction levels. I have three right now (posted on the previous page of the forum) - the first level of SMB2, the theme from Chrono Trigger, and Frog's theme from that game. You just ride a train through the level to listen to the theme - longer ones require you to enter a pipe to hear the second verse.

And I'm willing to take requests, though I can't guarantee a quick turnaround or that it'll be possible to do the music justice.

You are talking about "justice".. How about a "Cornered Theme" form Phoenix Wright?

@Chandlero: Not familiar with that one. I'll take a listen and see if I can do anything with it.

So... Last month, most of the top levels were automatic ones, this time seems like the musical levels are the popular ones.

I was wondering... Will we ever see the day when the top levels are actually the best ones gameplay-wise? One can dream.

As I mentioned earlier, it seems a lot of people in SMM just want stuff they can breeze through. Only a relatively small portion of the audience for this game appreciates Mario level making for the art form that it is.

I think this community here is more into the gameplay and challenge of Mario than most.

Curious: should we start new forum topics for specific styles of levels so that people can look more easily for stuff that interests them? It seems a little haphazard in this giant thread, and even yesterday's posts are already fading into obscurity with new pages.

@NintyMan: You need to be in the part of stage, where you want preview image, when you save.

My newest:

C = Checkpoint

Using NintendoLife's proprietary Mario Maker Sharing Tool! The link can be found here: https://www.nintendolife.com/super-mario-maker

One can dream indeed. I can't imagine getting to a point where levels that actually require user input outperform those that don't.

They're like the fast food of Mario Maker. Products that are acceptable to the widest audience, which then get further promotion, which then blot out all the alternatives and become the new norm.

I think I prefer music ones though. At least you get a bit more variety than 'Mario narrow avoidsly death, again, and again, and again'. I'm looking forward to the 'hybrids', where little musical interludes are worked into actual normal levels. Imagine a Luigi's Mansion level where you boarded a Skull Train, which then took you over a chasm, which played the eerie 8-note piano jingle that starts of the Luigi's Mansion Theme. I think it'd be a cool little way of deepening the theme of the numerous 'themed levels' already out there.

My newest level

My flatmate who has never really played a Mario game took a stab at making a level that I thought I'd share. The funny thing is he couldn't beat what he made so called me from my room so I could do it so he could upload it.