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***The Lost Souls Of Mamroth Village*** [+ HD YouTube Video]

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PSN: Kobe24Life

***Updated version 1.2***

Description: Defeat the rock golem and bring back the gem of souls. The villagers are counting on you! If enough people like this (heart) I'll make a part two. Took me long to perfect, please heart. Enjoy


HD YouTube Video! Please don't watch if you're going to play later, because it will ruin the experience.

YouTube - The Lost Souls Of Mamroth Village



Some screens (Sorry for the low resolution, took them from the in-game capture)

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p222/Aragarof/APhoto.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p222/Aragarof/APhoto_1.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p222/Aragarof/APhoto_2.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p222/Aragarof/APhoto_3.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p222/Aragarof/APhoto_4.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p222/Aragarof/APhoto_5.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p222/Aragarof/APhoto_6.jpg

I would love to hear some feedback or suggestions.

Thanks in advance

~Kobe24life
2009-06-19 04:47:00

Author:
Kobe24Life
Posts: 150


Update 1.1

Online

No comments?? I spent weeks perfecting it and I never seem to get views.
2009-06-20 02:50:00

Author:
Kobe24Life
Posts: 150


Pictures and a description of the level would greatly increase interest.2009-06-20 03:11:00

Author:
Loius
Posts: 342


If I had a way to take a picture I would :S2009-06-20 03:13:00

Author:
Kobe24Life
Posts: 150


You can just take an in-game picture, save it to PS3 hard drive in the [square] menu, then upload to the forum through PS3 or transfer it to a computer with a USB drive. 2009-06-20 03:41:00

Author:
Loius
Posts: 342


Hi,

I just played this level and thought it was quite good - I liked the idea behind it, and the height and length of the level gave it a real sense of it being a voyage the sack-boy (or in my case, girl) was on.

I only have a few comments, nothing major, just some input.
- The 'lost soul' at the beginning says 'Mamoth', not Mamroth
- The lost souls near the end should say get 'past', not 'passed'
- The level was really dark, I found. Maybe it's just my screen but I found it too dark sometimes to see what was going on or what I should be doing.
- For the boss there should maybe be a speech bubble that says that you should find the levers to damage his health cos I died a few times, but again, that could just be me.

I think it's a good level and a good concept, and with a little tweaking it could be really really great.

As for getting more plays and feedback the F4F (feedback for feedback) feature on this site works wonders, I've had loads of hints and tips and comments on my level and the people here are all friendly maybe edit this to be an F4F thread, and head over to some other F4F threads to play and leave constructive feedback for other creators who in turn will do the same for you
2009-06-20 18:05:00

Author:
Unknown User


Hi,

I just played this level and thought it was quite good - I liked the idea behind it, and the height and length of the level gave it a real sense of it being a voyage the sack-boy (or in my case, girl) was on.

I only have a few comments, nothing major, just some input.
- The 'lost soul' at the beginning says 'Mamoth', not Mamroth
- The lost souls near the end should say get 'past', not 'passed'
- The level was really dark, I found. Maybe it's just my screen but I found it too dark sometimes to see what was going on or what I should be doing.
- For the boss there should maybe be a speech bubble that says that you should find the levers to damage his health cos I died a few times, but again, that could just be me.

I think it's a good level and a good concept, and with a little tweaking it could be really really great.

As for getting more plays and feedback the F4F (feedback for feedback) feature on this site works wonders, I've had loads of hints and tips and comments on my level and the people here are all friendly maybe edit this to be an F4F thread, and head over to some other F4F threads to play and leave constructive feedback for other creators who in turn will do the same for you

Thanks for the feedback pippylouise

I updated the level with alot of minor and some major changes. Level runs much smoother now and much easier to know what's going on (hopefully :S) + 1 new small mini game.

Let me know if it's better

Thanks again
2009-06-20 19:41:00

Author:
Kobe24Life
Posts: 150


EDIT: Version 1.3

Out Now
2009-06-21 03:43:00

Author:
Kobe24Life
Posts: 150


Sorry it's taken me so long to get round to playing this, but I've had a busy week and I needed a rest My intial thoughts on the level is how much effort has clearly put in, as this level is pretty well polished.

Pros:
+ The waterfall is brilliant
+ Some nicely positioned checkpoints
+ The design of the Rock Golem
+ Nice hidden point bubbles
+ Nice idea to have HP on the Rock Golem

Cons:
- Rock Golem doesn't disapear when you defeat him
- There was a lot of running along with nothing else to do.

Overall I rated this one :star::star::star: and tagged it "beautiful"
2009-06-21 08:52:00

Author:
Coxy224
Posts: 2645


Sorry it's taken me so long to get round to playing this, but I've had a busy week and I needed a rest My intial thoughts on the level is how much effort has clearly put in, as this level is pretty well polished.

Pros:
+ The waterfall is brilliant
+ Some nicely positioned checkpoints
+ The design of the Rock Golem
+ Nice hidden point bubbles
+ Nice idea to have HP on the Rock Golem

Cons:
- Rock Golem doesn't disapear when you defeat him
- There was a lot of running along with nothing else to do.

Overall I rated this one :star::star::star: and tagged it "beautiful"


Thanks for your feedback Coxy

I know the rock golem doesn't dissapear but when it says you defeated him, the lights all turn off and the spinning rocks on his arms, stop spinning. I would of had to make him out of dissolve material to make him dissapear and it would of looked ugly for a green monster, I might make him fall down into a trap hole or something in the next update.

For the alot of running but nothing to do:

I would also of added more small mini games but the thermometer was full maxed I had to delete alot of stuff, just to add the elevator mini game, where you had to power it on. I deleted like half of all the prize bubbles I had.

Anyway thanks again for the comment I will try to improve on it for # 2.
2009-06-21 13:59:00

Author:
Kobe24Life
Posts: 150


Small update, easier and fixed the glitch by the elevator.2009-06-22 03:29:00

Author:
Kobe24Life
Posts: 150


Played it tonight and overall thought it was pretty good. You have some awesome stuff going on like the plotline, interesting lighting (I have a HD TV so it wasn't dark for me), and The BEST wall of candles in a cave I've ever seen.... really liked that - reminded me of Indiana Jones style caves with some strange and spooky alter.... I digress.

Few things need to be adjusted to take this level to the next level of quality (imho). Coxy224 already mentioned this but I have to agree strongly - long walks with not much to do kill the flow of a level. You've got a few of them and the first one along all the trees is really long - followed by a ton of jumping up stairs..... people generally don't like a ton of stairs - especially after a long walk. I do like the lighting in the woodsy section so I'd suggest shortening it (you could move the front of the level to the right to make this an easy fix.

The boss doesn't finish with a bang. I know you have a mouth saying we defeated it but why say it when you could show it. Blow it up, Dissolve it, make it sink into the floor, make it fall apart - just something visual to let the player know it's dead and gone. It's like saying "my that was a large explosion" versus seeing a video of one... more dynamic to see it and satisfying too.

The only other issue I had is when you're a soul - you need to jump down into the middle plane from the checkpoint. Since you can't see with the bright light it's frustrating and since you end up there at least once or twice from the gas on the stairs it gets frustrating repeatably. I'd suggest moving the checkpoint up a plane or getting rid of the material beneath it so the player can just push left and be on their way.

Overall a cool level that I rated 4 stars for now - It's got great potential but needs a little more work to get the 5th star from me. Thanks for sharing it!
2009-06-22 04:58:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983


Played it tonight and overall thought it was pretty good. You have some awesome stuff going on like the plotline, interesting lighting (I have a HD TV so it wasn't dark for me), and The BEST wall of candles in a cave I've ever seen.... really liked that - reminded me of Indiana Jones style caves with some strange and spooky alter.... I digress.

Few things need to be adjusted to take this level to the next level of quality (imho). Coxy224 already mentioned this but I have to agree strongly - long walks with not much to do kill the flow of a level. You've got a few of them and the first one along all the trees is really long - followed by a ton of jumping up stairs..... people generally don't like a ton of stairs - especially after a long walk. I do like the lighting in the woodsy section so I'd suggest shortening it (you could move the front of the level to the right to make this an easy fix.

The boss doesn't finish with a bang. I know you have a mouth saying we defeated it but why say it when you could show it. Blow it up, Dissolve it, make it sink into the floor, make it fall apart - just something visual to let the player know it's dead and gone. It's like saying "my that was a large explosion" versus seeing a video of one... more dynamic to see it and satisfying too.

The only other issue I had is when you're a soul - you need to jump down into the middle plane from the checkpoint. Since you can't see with the bright light it's frustrating and since you end up there at least once or twice from the gas on the stairs it gets frustrating repeatably. I'd suggest moving the checkpoint up a plane or getting rid of the material beneath it so the player can just push left and be on their way.

Overall a cool level that I rated 4 stars for now - It's got great potential but needs a little more work to get the 5th star from me. Thanks for sharing it!


Thanks for the comment

I will try to improve on everything you said, into the level. Should be done by tomorrow.

The only thing I can do is add anything like to make it look less empty, the thermometer is maxed and I can't even add a single thing, I deleted like half the stuff that was originally on the level just to make room for the mini game to power the lift on. I might try and delete some of the point bubbles or unseen walls to make room for extra things to do.

Once again I appreciate all the comment, it's really hard knowing what to change since you know your own level off by heart, and know where everything is positioned.
2009-06-22 05:09:00

Author:
Kobe24Life
Posts: 150


I forgot to mention the lift section too. not much going on there. To save thermo try reducing the number of points on your shapes, keeping the different materials to a minimum and checking your emitters for the minimum number you can get away with. You'll be amazed how much thermo you can shave off by tweaking just those three things.2009-06-22 05:16:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983


i found the level really fun, but one thing i didnt like was that the boss just kinda died without any showing of damage being done to it (or at least i didnt see any),. so yeaah, other than that i really like this level. 4/5 stars2009-06-23 03:59:00

Author:
bbdogdude
Posts: 37


i found the level really fun, but one thing i didnt like was that the boss just kinda died without any showing of damage being done to it (or at least i didnt see any),. so yeaah, other than that i really like this level. 4/5 stars

Working on that right now.

Thanks
2009-06-23 16:23:00

Author:
Kobe24Life
Posts: 150


your welcome. cant wait to see what it is like once you are finished updating it!2009-06-23 16:29:00

Author:
bbdogdude
Posts: 37


Update YouTube Video up!

YouTube - The Lost Souls Of Mamroth Village
2009-07-01 00:59:00

Author:
Kobe24Life
Posts: 150


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