11 - That Way by pineapple (me)
STORY IN DESCRIPTION :
Level released in approx 16th December 2015
Another song found by random, no popular artist. I have to say it's a pretty good song I just had to ruin everything.
The first part is obviously inspired by another world there was just a trend of remaking those crystal thingies and putting them in your level and we all just did that and since I started getting more involved with the community I
started doing it too. You can also notice another world's equalizer block design used at 0:19 and 0:44. At that point I became a huge funnygame fan (who didn't lol). In retrospect I should've focused on better utilise the equalizer rather than those crystal stuff maybe I could've improved a lot in block design. I say this because back then there would be people who would use one of the two funnily enough.
Back to the level as always the first part is timings.
I also experimented more with the wave effect and this time I made it in the background. I also found out it can be more challenging to make invisible saws through the whole level and flash in an attempt to temporarily blind the player. Yeah Idk what I was on really.
The part right after is not that hard but it runs the speedracer gimmick of having random speed traps everywhere.
It's not very sightreadable and again timing related so ... yeah
The wave part right after is very generic (also no cornerpieces cuz what is that amirite) but then you get the worst mirror transition I ever made it's the only real challenge of the level other than the speed traps if you survive it the level is basically free as long as you just buffer everything if I recall.
at 1:03 that particular setup with the ball part and the orbs made your icon do a 360 backflip just a piece of secret geometry dash lore. But I'm playing this in 2.2 so you don't see it.
Notice in the description how I say it's my easiest level, I had playtested the level so much that it became way too easy for me (it's just bias but most people just never realise that and I actually think I never did I just heavily nerfed my stuff instead)
There's some mild water level sonic inspiration since you go fast in the level and there some coral like decoration at 0:58 (also notice how the main colors are blue and white, sonic colors)
Now you probably know how the level is supposed to look like. If it were made in more modern times I would've added orange, and a lot more details so the level felt more lively. It would look like a sonic level but with my own handmade gd decoration. I think you can probably picture it now can you ? After all, a lot of talented creators made sonic levels (altho they are more faithful to the original rather than being their own thing). We have mario maker so why not make a sonic maker ? Romhackers/Modders :
Take home messages :
Avoid timings
Avoid blind transitions especially with mirror portal
Add variation in the level
Be careful of the bias making you think your level is easier. Have qualified (emphasis on qualified not everyone is qualified to give feedback or playtest) people playtest your level if you don't have the skills to determine a level difficulty
Try to vary structures
Try to make better use of others assets or make your own, following trends can be good but it's another cool thing is if you can improve on them or use them in new ways
Also in the past we had glitches that made the level even cooler like the backflip setup at 1:03
There are still glitches in the game that get used in levels but remember some get fixed and forever forgotten.
Level info :
Level : that way by pineapple
ID: 4250039
Song: That way by southwest statistic
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