Playtest request

[untold pollen]

I'll try it now and I will give you some feedback !

[untold pollen]

There are a lot of problems with your level, not least the fact that it's very boring. The level is relatively empty, with no background and no block design (because there are almost no blocks). What's more, the rest of the gameplay after the cube is just too repetitive without any difficulty, just a few changes of game mode and that's it. What's more, from 67% (the ship with the grey background), there are no obstacles at all, only the ground is deadly. The level becomes a little more interesting with the ball, but that's all over very quickly, and we're back to the same gameplay as in the rest of the level. So here are a few tips:

1. Use background elements to fill the void.
2. Try to make gameplay with platforms and orbs, and make it varied and not just "corridor" gameplay.
3. To take things a step further, try to make gameplay in rhythm with the music.
   For a first level, this is still very good, you seem to have already learned the basics.

[carmine tusk]

thanks!
What your gd username?

[untold pollen]

Tenuuky

[carmine tusk]

should i change the difficulty to easy or should i just focus on trying to make it a 3 star?

[untold pollen]

If you want to keep most of the gameplay that you have made, change to easy, but if you think you can upgrade your gameplay, go on for the 3 stars difficulty

[carmine tusk]

thanks

will you be available later today?

im currently changing the gameplay and will be done later today.

[untold pollen]

Sorry, but it's going to be night at my place, so I won't be able to test your level again for a while. I think in 10 hours I'll test it.

[carmine tusk]

alright

Im still looking for playtesters

[onyx terrace]

Hi! This level has a lot of potential to be a regular 2-3 star, but the lack of gameplay is holding it back a lot.

The main problem with your gameplay is that it lacks any sort of movement. The player is mainly static for the last half of the level, just moving in place.

There are no obstacles in many of the parts, and even simply forcing the player to move up and down through each part would upgrade this experience tremendously.

Some of the wave portal transitions are a bit janky, and the custom orbs and pads are confusing (to me at least).

Overall, this level could use more variation in its gameplay, and that would make it a pretty fun easy level! Good luck!
(btw username: Psytranc3)

[carmine tusk]

thanks! I was struggling with with choosing to use custom pads and orbs or not

i tried changing the color of the orbs to mabye help

thanks a lot for the feedback

[onyx terrace]

np

[carmine tusk]

hey, i was wondering if this was a good start

[onyx terrace]

yea, that's already much better

also, don't want to be that guy but it's "you're"

just so your comments are somewhat readable

[carmine tusk]

gd does not let you use that sign

this one ‘

So it would just be youre

[onyx terrace]

ok

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[carmine tusk]

@untold pollen @onyx terrace
The level has just been updated

lmk any feedback

im still looking for more playtesters

[floral kettle]

In game name: CevoidGD
For you first real level, its looking pretty good so far. However i found a bunch of small things, gameplay and visuals, that i think could be improved : )
Also im gonna use alot of pictures and less text, cuz that just makes it easier to show you what im talking about.

Feedback:

I think it would be better with a colored pilar instead of a black one, so the player have an easier time seing where the hitboxes are

[carmine tusk]

hmmmm
Alright

[floral kettle]

And did this for the entire level.
For the wave part i think it would improve the players expirience if you used d blocks, so that the player wont die to the transition

[carmine tusk]

what does D do?

[floral kettle]

it makes blocks now kill the wave

so you can slide

good for transitions and gimmicks

can be found on the last side of the orb thingy page

I also did a few small nerfs, that i personally think will make the level more balanced, such as removing this spike in the ufo part, and nerfing this spam in the wave part.

[carmine tusk]

i was trying to do a 3 star level

was that a bit too much buffing those parts?

[floral kettle]

since i first attempted it i cant rly tell, i just have just never seen that tight spam used in 3 stars, eventho i found it easy. And that one spike is the only one i removed from the ufo part. just because newer players often struggle to control the ufo

[carmine tusk]

ok

thanks so much

[floral kettle]

Remember all im showing you is just concepts, and things i personally think makes the level better. You dont HAVE to use it because i said so, its just my opinion

[floral kettle]

oh and i almost forgot.
@modest dove gimme gimme

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[untold pollen]

I think you can try to look into using triggers to make your level less "dead" and that is pulse/color.
Here is a video which shows the result and an image of the settings to make this trigger work, as you see, the background briefly changes color.

I also think you can nerf this part of the wave which is too difficult for a 3* level.

[carmine tusk]

already done

[carmine tusk]

im currently try to make the pulse

i dint think its as good as what you did but you let me know when i update the level

[carmine tusk]

@untold pollen @floral kettle @onyx terrace
Update 3 is out, check it and give me feedback

still looking for playtesters if you wanna check it it

[onyx terrace]

it's looking a lot better now!

40-50% ufo is still a bit boring, but everything else is great

however, it's probably a 4 star now imo, so idk if that's what you wanted

awesome job though!

[floral kettle]

It improved alot holy. I still think you could make it a bit more intrsting without adding difficulty by adding a few structures without spikes in empty sections, aswell as making the colors pulse on the beat to add some life.

[carmine tusk]

thanks!
I was thinking about about adding glow beams and parts in the background that are just there

[carmine tusk]

i was thinking about doing that but i was scared it wasn’t gonna sync lol
I will try and see what i can do tho

[carmine tusk]

@floral kettle @onyx terrace @untold pollen
Update three is out lmk the feedback im still working on it but i just wanna get some feedback

im still looking for playtesters if anyone is intrested

[floral kettle]

@carmine tusk I'm on vacation in Greece en can't play

[carmine tusk]

dang

when are you getting back
Bcs i was gonna ask if you could do the pulse lights for me and then see what the lvl looks like after that

[untold pollen]

I think you can try by yourself, moreover, there is some tutorial in this discord server that can teach you how to use triggers and more...Being able to change the triggers at will will be easier than asking anyone else to do it.

[carmine tusk]

i know how to do it i just have trouble sometimes with pulse sync

also what do you think of the update

[untold pollen]

I think the addition of platforms makes the level less empty and boring, you're on the right way. I just think that the platforms of the first wave should have spikes because you can have the impression that you can slide on them even though there is no "D block", so you die; adding spikes would therefore be a little clearer to understand that it is dangerous.
I think I'm going to leave this post, keep asking other playtesters for advice, tbh this level has no chance of being rated (if that's what you're looking for) because it's only a level of discovery of the editor for you, so making this level can be rated is almost impossible. However, continue to learn all the basics of creation to perhaps one day have one of your levels rated.

[carmine tusk]

alright seya