2 - Pyramid of Kheops by pineapple (me)
STORY IN DESCRIPTION :
I decided to upload every single level I made in my channel to get a cleaner "my levels" playlist, since pretty much nobody recorded them on good quality or have notifications popup or other bs.It will be a series of around 55 videos.
I also decided this will be a retrospective journey so that we (me and you maybe) can reflect on the past things I made and how they could have been improved.
I may or may not make a video essay summing up the biggest breakthroughs.
Released on approx November 12th 2014 | GD Update at the time : 1.9
The first part is copypasted 3d blocks mashed together because I didn't really try to understand how to use the editor I just copypasted structures.
It's not exactly the best way of building but you can definitely make levels like that. (I may later make a speedbuild video to show how)
It seems the gameplay is inspired of glacial glen by lunarsimg because at the time they were top1 player and I thought if you're top 1 in the leaderboard you are the best player and you make the best gameplays (WTF?), also explains why I almost always use that square icon
Notice the gaps in sloped section I didn't know what a corner piece is (and you will see later it took me a very long time to figure it out)
I somehow added some kind of pixel art in the form of bird or snake seen at 0:10 but nothing too polished
Level is quite unbalanced and couldn't fill blocks properly for decoration
Tight timings in the ball part
Another misuse of mirror portals manageable still 0:22 also 0:45
Hardest part is ship at 0:33 which is around 6-8 in difficulty then you get a fast wave 0:42 which ain't too hard but not too enjoyable either
Seems like I tried to sync but didn't do it very well
The song selection is also dubious at best but I didn't know to choose from popular artists or popular newgrounds song (as stupid as that sounds) I literally just scrolled through songs or typed in any ID
I like that I tried to make a theme tho
Oh also it got star rated because I kept spamming people to like it so that it would always be in the top of trending (mod system wasn't established at the time and I didn't know of the other way around anyway) and yup I spammed in levels too
It would've been easy feature if I just knew the basics but you will see in later videos it will take me a lot of time to get those
It's kinda wild that I built with 0 knowledge of the editor really
Take home messages :
If you have to copy gameplay sections don't copy from top players but rather a creator known for good/decent gameplay instead (and preferably try to understand why it's "good" so you can make your own)
Try to make your level as sightreadable as possible (but doesn't have to be if you think the coolness of the layout makes up for it)
Avoid mirror portals that induce blind transitions (or I guess just avoid mirror portals in general)
Avoid making unbalanced difficulty
Try to have some sync with the song (flashes/deco or gp)
Try to know the general ways to fill blocks and have consistent decoration through the level
(All these don't have to be strictly respected they just make your level more enjoyable in general unless you're going for the frustrating demon level route I guess)
Enjoy !
Level info :
Level name : pyramid of kheops by pineapple
ID: 2884697
Song: Sunrise over cairo by winkoner
So first level is time machine and now we get egypt ? Why is it so fitting for a journey to the past ?
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