A cool layout I made(Mantis)

[left harbor]

@summer isle

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[summer isle]

Level Name: Mantis

Username: Flingflaim

ID: 116817196

I want to get feedback on the gameplay:

Is it good?

Is it too repetitive?

Does it get boring at any point?

What can I do to improve certain aspects of it?

Can I make it more fair?

Is it unfair?

That's about it.

[latent sage]

the orbs in the parts before the sideways spider are really repetetive and i think are missed oppourtinities for more gameplay,
i think the overaall gameplay is fair, however the ufo part with the portals is a big difficulty spike. the dual and the ship afterwords are wonderful tho. i loved the camera effects but i think when you put the spider sideways it should be nerfed a little as to keep it fair to players considering nobody is used to it. a few nerfs to the sideways spider and the ufo would be very good. and the orbs in the robot are also repetitive, as you can put more different unique gameplay in there. the ball near the end and the spider near the end would benefit from more platforms for it to go on rather than just top to bottom. i really liked the camera triggers and the timewarps, and i think this a good level overall even without any edits.

holy shit im a yapper

[umbral atlas]

Ur better than me I sometimes hit the character limit yapping 😔

[latent sage]

Damnn 💀

[summer isle]

Thanks. I like yappers. They help more. Anyways I thought someone the GP was a little repetitive but fine. When I was playing the level I knew the sideways spider was hard but I was like idk skill issue or something. The UFO I most likely I won't nerf it so I may or may not buff everything else to make it more consistent. Let me know if that's a good idea.

[summer isle]

Also if you have the time could you check out my other layouts Rival Blaster, Ether, Blender, and DashDriver.

[latent sage]

Ofc ofc in an hr

[latent sage]

I feel the issue with the ufo is that the timings are annoying

[latent sage]

just replayed and the ufo is kinda growing on me

[latent sage]

this transition kills you most of the time and i literally cant get past it

everything leading up to that is good tho

[summer isle]

I've never had any issues with that transition. Maybe it's a herz thing

[latent sage]

what hz are you on?

[summer isle]

Well I'm on my phone so I think 60

[latent sage]

im on 60 too

your phone might be 120

you might want to add an extra spider pad there tho

my phone can go 120 ill continue on that

[summer isle]

Are you dying from the spikes under the platform because if so I'll just delete some of them

[latent sage]

also here you might want to block off other parts because i accidentally took the wrong path

[latent sage]

no these ones

[summer isle]

How?

I've literally never gone up

[latent sage]

hold on ill show you my path

[summer isle]

I've always gone down

[summer isle]

To be fair I put arrows

[latent sage]

yh ur right thats js me being dumb

[summer isle]

Interesting

[summer isle]

Hold tight let me tinker a bit

[latent sage]

alr ill continue playing the level

played the rest of the level

[latent sage]

that was my only issue with it

[summer isle]

I changed it to blue pads so maybe that'll help

[latent sage]

yep issue fixed

[summer isle]

Hoorah

[latent sage]

rest of the level is fine

[latent sage]

still want help on the others?

[summer isle]

Now go try Blender which I think is pretty good. Ether is definitely the worst as it was a level a made a while ago but never released. Then I decided to make it a layout.

[latent sage]

sure sure

what difficulty is it meant to be?

this keeps happening with the red orb

and you can skip the 2nd pink orb if you buffer

would be good if you moved it something like this

[summer isle]

Stop holding for so long then it won't propel you so far. You're the robot you're ment to control

[latent sage]

fair enough

stil lplaying it

[summer isle]

Also if you wan a know difficulty just check the description of the level but this one is supposed to be 6

[untold perch]

hey its me on my main acc

[untold perch]

alr

only issue is the ship at the start and the 2nd ufo

the ship is a massive difficulty spike

and the 2nd ufo starts to get a bit repetative

[summer isle]

Which part are you talking about. Send a pic

[untold perch]

this

bit hard compared to the rest of the level

[summer isle]

I'd say it's about as hard as the mini wave before it. so Imo it's balanced. So now I have a question. What's your hardest because I'm noticing were having a discrepancy in difficulty. I've beaten medium demons.

[untold perch]

I don't see how that's relevant

These levels are 6 star at best

[summer isle]

Well I was thinking(not to be mean) but maybe you're not as good and you're struggling more . Because to me it's balanced but maybe to someone who's not as good would think otherwise. Not trying mean by the way. Also I would've asked eventually. But could you tell me what your hardest is.

[untold perch]

yeah i have beaten medium demons too

[summer isle]

My hardest are B, Wannacry, and Deadlocked. What about you.

[untold perch]

we can talk in dms if thats what your looking for

[summer isle]

Ok

[untold perch]

need some xp

[untold perch]

h

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[frozen stirrup]

@untold perch you can ping me or illusion2 if we dont see the feedback early

[untold perch]

thanks