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hard sandal Apr 6, 2025, 6:55 PM

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User: therpotato
ID: 116902589
Name: Unnamed 1

I want some feedback on balancing gameplay, potential buggy areas, blind jumps, parts that are hard to sightread, musical representation, synch and other gameplay problems.

IMPORTANT: please be very critical, I want to know even the slightest problem without any sugarcoating. I am still very new to creating (this is my third layout), so I want to do my best to build a good foundation for creating.

astral templeBOT Apr 6, 2025, 6:55 PM

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@hard sandal

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hard sandal Apr 6, 2025, 6:59 PM

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Btw the vid is there so that you can easily refer to a percentage and so I can quickly see what part you mean, it is not there for you to judge the level. Please actually play the level, don’t judge from the vid

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 1:04 AM

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ok i have a few things. 1. you are thrust right into the gameplay, so i feel like you should have an intro where you can see the gameplay ahead of time. sort of like the beggining of gd gangster rap but for a harder level. also maybe try making the song fade in. 2. the wave is way too much of a chokepoint, so i'd suggest replacing it with a gravity portal. 3. at the 71 wave, probably make the last click on that wave auto. 4. at 84, in the transition into robot, make it so you cant acidentally go mini.

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also at the end, maybe wait for a calmer part of the song to end it with. I love the last 5% so prob move that to where the end will be.

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 7:08 AM

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hard oriole also at the end, maybe wait for a calmer part of the song to end it with. I love...

I’m still constructing the layout so it’s normal it feels unfinished

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Thanks a lot for ur feedback

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 7:25 AM

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hard oriole ok i have a few things. 1. you are thrust right into the gameplay, so i feel lik...

I tried using the fade in button but unfortunately the initial beat is too strong for it to do anything

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Is it possible with a trigger?

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Nvm the fade in works now

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Dunno y it didn’t work earlier

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 2:22 PM

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can you playtest mine?

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 3:50 PM

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hard oriole can you playtest mine?

Sure np

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Send me the id

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 3:55 PM

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Its on the playtesting request tab 2 spots above yours

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 4:41 PM

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what difficulty is this trying to be? rn its somewhere between easy and medium demon, id say a tier 4 on the gddl

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cool i just beat it

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i think, besides what i already said, the straight fly is a bit boring

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also at 24, you could extend the platform a bit

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also at 57, the black orb could go out a bit more

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at 9, the green orb is rly tight

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 4:57 PM

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hard oriole what difficulty is this trying to be? rn its somewhere between easy and medium d...

Rn I would say it’s a 9*

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Thought if I extend its length it will be an easy demon

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Which is my target

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 4:58 PM

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hard oriole what difficulty is this trying to be? rn its somewhere between easy and medium d...

What’s the gddl?

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I haven’t heard of it before

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What does tier 4 correspond to

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 4:59 PM

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hard sandal What’s the gddl?

its a list of demons sorted into tiers

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the nightmare is tier 1

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and tidal wave is 35

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 4:59 PM

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hard oriole i think, besides what i already said, the straight fly is a bit boring

There is only one straightfly and it lasts about 2%

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 4:59 PM

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hard oriole its a list of demons sorted into tiers

Oh I see

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Can u give me an example of tier 4?

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 5:00 PM

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tier 4 is a harder end easy demon

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 5:00 PM

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Alr i c

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 5:00 PM

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like Death Moon is 4

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 5:00 PM

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Btw can u tell me y the straight fly is boring?

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As I said earlier, it’s only 2% of the level which shouldn’t be enough to be boring

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 5:01 PM

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its just a 2 block straight fly with nothing in it

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i think you could add something in it

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 5:02 PM

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Alr ig so

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I Will brb i gotta eat

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I Will perform all modifications after that then send it so u again

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 5:02 PM

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ok when u get back, i friend reqested u

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in gd

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 5:55 PM

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hard oriole ok when u get back, i friend reqested u

Back

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 5:56 PM

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yay i did some of the things and im fixing the ending part now

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 5:57 PM

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Apart from the ship thing I modified the level according to ur recommendations

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 6:02 PM

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i have fixed the spikes following you, i made the dash orb at the spider better, i added a pad at the intermediate cube, and I fixed the thing where you could hug the bottom

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also i made the saws at the end visible

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 6:02 PM

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Yay

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I will go try it out in a bit

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Just finishing up ur modifications on my level

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Uploaded it

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 6:06 PM

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sorry but i cant upload it yet i need like 30 mins

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 6:12 PM

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Alr np

hard oriole Apr 7, 2025, 6:25 PM

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hi

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I'm back.

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level updated

hard sandal Apr 7, 2025, 8:07 PM

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W

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Imma check it out in 30m

hard oriole Apr 8, 2025, 2:27 PM

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I checked out your lvl its great

hard sandal Apr 8, 2025, 2:55 PM

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hard oriole I checked out your lvl its great

Thx

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Oh shit I’m really sorry i completely forgot about reviewing urs

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Lemme go do that rn

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