Topic: Super Mario Maker - OT

@sjmartin: Actually, I found one more way to cheat in first part of rosalina stage.

You can jump on ice platform on left before first spike square and wait. When platform comes back, you can just jump on it.

@mrichston: Okay, I have to ask. And I'm asking seriously. It seems people spend a lot of time trying to find ways to cheat courses when it would be faster to just play and experience them.
Why is that?
And I've heard before that "You can't expect people to play your levels the way they are intended." but there has to be a better reason than that.
And I'm not singling you out, at all. I appreciate you letting me know the places you've found. It's just something I've been curious about.

@sjmartin: I have seen streamers who said something like "If I see opportunity to cheese (skip), I'll take it." That's often true when they don't want to repeat one section after dying many times. Personally I like to explore level. Many levels have multiple routes and I might not know what is "correct" route. And I am not that good at certain type of levels. Especially if I need fast reflexes and accurate jumps multiple times in a row. Although I've beaten every stage of SMB Allstars and Super Mario World, but it was back then when I had Snes.

And I found this little document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KmVK6lYDXXadle1ssLJJ9I0dn... which says: "The player will ALWAYS play the level in a way you don’t want them to. Anticipate this." I sometimes find out that when people found some alternative way to solve my puzzles. If it's cool way, I do nothing. If it ruins the level, I try to prevent it. It's sometimes like puzzle itself when I try to prevent people cheating/skipping in levels.

@mrichston: Your reason of exploring is the best I've come across. Definitely one I can appreciate.

Thank you for sharing that document. Very insightful but the last one was my favorite. In the document you shared, #7 was "Don't Listen to This" - had one of the things I've said from the beginning: Creating levels with SMM is like putting a piece of yourself out into the universe. That's how I've felt when creating. There is a piece of me in each level. Creating levels is like creating art. When you put care into the creation, you are putting part of your soul into it to share with the world. And I love that!

I BEATEN GNAT ATTACK+!!!! YEE BOI YEE!!!...anyone else beat it?

Frosty Stronghold below! 7F8B-0000-00D9-E976

This is my third upload, still learning to balance between fun and challenging.

What is it?

@SuperWiiU: Well the harder version of the normal game, you get this from beating it.

Oh, it's the mosquito game. I didn't know it had a name.

@SuperWiiU: Yep it's called Gnat Attack, did ya make any progress with any version?

Yeah, I finished the first one for the SMM costume. Didn't bother with the new version because I don't like the game.

Just uploaded this:

I made a harder version, but it's taking me some time to beat it. The problem is that I built it with a checkpoint, but to upload you have to beat the level without the checkpoint on your first run (and then with the checkpoint). Starting from a checkpoint as a test is a good idea, but I don't see why I have to beat it without. It can be done, of course, but I've played and replayed every tiny bit of this level during the build. I'm done with it for a bit, yet want to get it uploaded this weekend...

EDIT: FINALLY now I can sleep:

Just uploaded a stage, I can't seem to get the screenshot working (help please) but here it is:

Alright, this should be the final update to the level!

I added a check point somewhere that might be needed, there is more decoration and more places to explore, of course I made more secrets!

Hi everyone. I took a break from SMM for a while when Yoshi's Woolly World came out (and Halloween happened, and other stuff). But I'm back now, and I have a new batch of levels for you all to try out.

This one expands on a concept I introduced in one of my earlier levels.

Just experimenting with another concept.

Now that we have checkpoints, I added one to this level and fixed a few issues, including improving the flow of the middle section.

Because ice blocks. And buzz saws.

This website has made it absolutely too difficult to post level codes. That's why it's the same 10 people posting over and over.

@las_cadenas: Difficult? How so?

Cause you have to get those URLs and add a description. Also incidentally your avatar reminds me of magikarp but with something missing...

By the way: You need to play the official levels ON THE SERVER if you want those new mystery mushroom-outfits! Downloading and then playing those levels doesn't earn you outfits, strangely.

So the new outfits are Totem Link, Mario-Kun and mister Arino? Fun stuff. I guess this means we also get Nekki some day?