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A Creator's Life

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Just a few thoughts on the trials and tribulations of a level creator. I hope some of the words ring true to some of you...

A Creator's Life

A new blank level, a great new idea,
Got my notepad and my plans and my poppit right here.
The concept is drawn, the plans are swell,
I've got objects to make and a story to tell.

Build a bit, save a bit, it's all coming good,
But do I use cardboard, or metal, or wood?
That building's not right, it's falling apart!
And the thermo's gone crazy - I've only built the start!

Things are looking better, and I've done my best,
It's now time to tweak things and then do a test.
The runthrough is great, and all seems okay,
I must go to bed now, tomorrow's the big day!

I've posted the level, and it's had a few plays
Hmm, not a bad rating, oh happy, happy days!
I've had a few comments, that's not a bad start...
Oh 'plz.play.my.lvls' and 'plz heart-for-heart'!

My week is nearly over, but I've had so much fun,
The level made cool pages - it had a good run.
For torture and worry, building levels is a 'ten',
But tomorrow, no doubt, I'll start it all over again.

2009-08-14 19:47:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

Excellent! I love it! :star: 2009-08-14 19:51:00

Author:
v0rtex
Posts: 1878

Cute Very positive outlook on the whole process too.2009-08-14 19:59:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983

You're an artist. And not only making levels2009-08-14 20:21:00

Author:
poms
Posts: 383

Haha, it's oh too true MrsSpooky!
Brilliant words too 		2009-08-14 20:22:00

Author:
Coxy224
Posts: 2645

you missed the part where you forget how to make the simplest of objects and start doubting if you've ever been a decent creator or if everything you've done right up until that point has been luck and that that second obstacle kinda looks like something you've seen before so you should take it out and that the middle section drags a bit and requires a complete revamp and that bit where you swing through the gaps in the gas is cool but is hard so will frustrate the kiddies and will screw your star rating so you ask yourself whether you should dumb down for the masses or stick to your artistic vision but then why am I even talking about artistic vision since all I'm making is a platformer with a few puzzles in it and then you forget whether this post was in 1st person or 3rd person at the start but it doesn't matter anyway because everyone will hate you once they play your awful awful level....


or maybe that's just me.

your poem's good.		2009-08-14 20:51:00

Author:
Matt 82
Posts: 1096

LOL Matt!

I can't match that! I did have a verse about dark matter and rubber, but it just sounded so rude! :blush:		2009-08-14 20:54:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

LOL Matt!

I can't match that! I did have a verse about dark matter and rubber, but it just sounded so rude! :blush:

We want the dark matter and rubber verse!!! Quickly or I'm revoking my thanks! 		2009-08-14 21:08:00

Author:
jackofcourse
Posts: 1494

Ha ha...very nice...and very true2009-08-14 21:10:00

Author:
dsgeeno1
Posts: 76

Haha, that's great! :star::star::star::star::star:

2009-08-14 21:12:00

Author:
Reef1978
Posts: 527

Very nice.
Marvelous indeed!		2009-08-14 21:13:00

Author:
ARD
Posts: 4291

We want the dark matter and rubber verse!!! Quickly or I'm revoking my thanks!

lol jack - your thanks are gratefully received, but if I included the other verse, I think it would be my membership that would be revoked! 		2009-08-14 21:15:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

Brilliant! The only thing I can't ever relate to is the notepad and concepts (I just make it up as I go! Everyone has a plan but me =( ), but even so, it rang bells. Nice work!2009-08-14 21:40:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg
Posts: 1424

Brilliant! The only thing I can't relate to is the notepad and concepts (I just make it up as I go), but even so, it rang some bells. Nice work!

Thank you Dawwgy - I tried to include a lot of things, but it got a bit long! 		2009-08-14 21:44:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

Thank you Dawwgy - I tried to include a lot of things, but it got a bit long!

Long? Never too long Awesome stuff.		2009-08-14 21:52:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg
Posts: 1424

this is cool and so true 2009-08-14 21:54:00

Author:
Unknown User

That poem's pretty accurate but my level never makes cool pages for anything more than five minutes. I think my best ever was 24 hours on page five.


We want to hear dark matter and rubber! 		2009-08-14 21:54:00

Author:
resistance1
Posts: 812

Very swell poem, it's light-hearted and true!2009-08-15 03:01:00

Author:
Night Angel
Posts: 1214

You're on a roll with the thread lately Spookybuz

2009-08-15 05:46:00

Author:
RangerZero
Posts: 3901

Great poem! but you need to make it longer like this:

A new blank level, a great new idea,
Got my notepad and my plans and my poppit right here.
The concept is drawn, the plans are swell,
I've got objects to make and a story to tell.

Build a bit, save a bit, it's all coming good,
But do I use cardboard, or metal, or wood?
That building's not right, it's falling apart!
And the thermo's gone crazy - I've only built the start!

Things are looking better, and I've done my best,
It's now time to tweak things and then do a test.
The runthrough is great, and all seems okay,
I must go to bed now, tomorrow's another day!

Things are looking better now that i added my zest,
It's now time to tweak things and then do a test.
The runthrough is great, and all seems okay,
I must go to bed now, tomorrow's another day!

Things are looking better, and I've done my best,
It's now time to tweak things and then do a test.
The runthrough is great, and all seems okay,
I must go to bed now, tomorrow's another day!

Things are looking better now that i added my zest,
It's now time to tweak things and then do a test.
The runthrough is great, and all seems okay,
I must go to bed now, tomorrow's another day!

Things are looking better, and I've done my best,
It's now time to tweak things and then do a test.
The runthrough is great, and all seems okay,
I must go to bed now, tomorrow's the big day!

Things are looking better now that i added my zest,
It's now time to tweak things and then do a test.
The runthrough is great, and all seems okay,
I must go to bed now, tomorrow's another day!

I've posted the level, and it's had a few plays
Hmm, not a bad rating, oh happy, happy days!
I've had a few comments, that's not a bad start...
Oh 'plz.play.my.lvls' and 'plz heart-for-heart'!

My week is nearly over, but I've had so much fun,
The level made cool pages - it had a good run.
For torture and worry, building levels is a 'ten',
But tomorrow, no doubt, I'll start it all over again.		2009-08-15 11:30:00

Author:
snowyjoe
Posts: 509

Great poem!

I've got one too:

I really like your levels
I think they're really swell
But they get way more plays than mine
So you can go straight to....

Oops... didn't turn out the way I planned. I'm not very good at poetry.		2009-08-15 13:59:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430

Ha ha - pure class and pure cheek!

I think I remembered an extra verse...

I played your latest level,
It was filled with horrible blue gas,
I really tried my hardest,
But it was one big pain in the ...

Hmm, I think it needs work 		2009-08-15 14:24:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

lol, thats EPIC, i can relate to nearly all of it 2009-08-15 16:27:00

Author:
springs86
Posts: 785

Aahh, thats brilliant. Thanks for that 2009-08-17 11:56:00

Author:
wexfordian
Posts: 1904

hehe, i love rhymes like that good job!2009-08-17 13:39:00

Author:
Spaff_Molecule
Posts: 421

hehe, i love rhymes like that good job!


Why, thank you Spaff!

I could make up some more and you could use them for updating the Latest News in-game?!! 		2009-08-17 13:50:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

OOOO - I can submit one! Hold on, I'm getting inspired:

I like the levels on this site
I like them quite a bit
I play a few most every night
Even when they look like..... the creator could have spent a BIT more time on the aesthetics.		2009-08-17 13:55:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430

The better the insult or inferred profanity, the better the poem (that's a joke, kids!)

I really thought you were going to say "... the creator should have spent a 'THRUPNY BIT' more time..."		2009-08-17 13:59:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

Excellent I love it. Very true as well.

And Matt, your description is spot on to. I go through that EVERY level I do.		2009-08-17 14:32:00

Author:
GruntosUK
Posts: 1754

hehe, i love rhymes like that good job!

Yay! Proof that Spaff does still check his emails!

2009-08-17 15:10:00

Author:
ARD
Posts: 4291

Very nice!

You're really good at these. It actually made Spaff post something for once! 		2009-08-17 15:16:00

Author:
Leather-Monkey
Posts: 2266

Yay! Proof that Spaff does still check his emails!



I thought you were joking when you said you'd sent it!!! At least tell me BEFORE you send something - I nearly had a heart attack!		2009-08-17 15:40:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

wow!!! ur a great creator... and a poet 2. =D
nice mrs buz!!!! i liked it!

yeah... wat u said iz so true. i remember my first levels that i deleted long ago. i worked so hard and so long on them. but omg, they were soooo bad!!!! LOL. i think they got only 2 or 3 starz and the comments were so harsh! hehe. i almost gave-up cuz i sucked at making levels.

i love ur poem mrs buz!!!! ... im a poet 2! yeah... really. i know i know, a guy that writes poetry... he must be a loser. =P		2009-08-17 19:36:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

wow!!! ur a great creator... and a poet 2. =D
nice mrs buz!!!! i liked it!

yeah... wat u said iz so true. i remember my first levels that i deleted long ago. i worked so hard and so long on them. but omg, they were soooo bad!!!! LOL. i think they got only 2 or 3 starz and the comments were so harsh! hehe. i almost gave-up cuz i sucked at making levels.

i love ur poem mrs buz!!!! ... im a poet 2! yeah... really. i know i know, a guy that writes poetry... he must be a loser. =P

Thank you, mdaj, that's very kind. I think a lot of us on here have improved a great deal since our first efforts!

And since when was a guy a loser because he writes poetry? Nothing wrong with that at all! 		2009-08-17 19:57:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

Just look at Shakespeare!2009-08-17 20:09:00

Author:
Syroc
Posts: 3193

Just look at Shakespeare!

Exactly! Or, forsoothe, you are quite correct, squire! I know a lot more male poets than I do female. 		2009-08-17 20:13:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

I thought you were joking when you said you'd sent it!!! At least tell me BEFORE you send something - I nearly had a heart attack!

Haha, sorry
But he liked it!		2009-08-17 20:16:00

Author:
ARD
Posts: 4291

i dont know... every poet person i know are girls. they even say "awww, u are so sweet and loving... u must hav been a girl in ur past life."
lol!!! iz embarrassing.
i dare not tell my guy frends i write. ohh, that would be bad. =P		2009-08-17 20:25:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

i dont know... every poet person i know are girls. they even say "awww, u are so sweet and loving... u must hav been a girl in ur past life."
lol!!! iz embarrassing.
i dare not tell my guy frends i write. ohh, that would be bad. =P

Aww, that's a shame. Poetry is brill! Here's a quick one especially for you...

"Your levels are great as the titles unfurled,
Flashing on the screen, 'Sci-Fi World'!
They're brill and they're awesome, and made by mdaj,
I gave you five stars, and a big hearted badge."

Sorry, that was made up on the spot 		2009-08-17 20:31:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

here's 1 i wrote mrs spooky.
=)

i was so very broken hearted
but just the other day,
i met sum1 named ----
and she made everything okay.

she helped dry my eyes
from the tears that i shed,
using only her frendship
and with all the kind words that she said.

sheez been a true frend
that im so lucky to hav met,
she healed my woundz caused by another girl
and she fixed my heartache and regret.

u like???? =D		2009-08-17 20:37:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

here's 1 i wrote mrs spooky.
=)

i was so very broken hearted
but just the other day,
i met sum1 named ----
and she made everything okay.

she helped dry my eyes
from the tears that i shed,
using only her frendship
and with all the kind words that she said.

sheez been a true frend
that im so lucky to hav met,
she healed my woundz caused by another girl
and she fixed my heartache and regret.

u like???? =D
** sniff ** gosh... now I want to cry.		2009-08-17 21:02:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430

That's excellent - very touching. 2009-08-17 21:03:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

** sniff ** gosh... now I want to cry.

"For creators in a true found niche,
There ain't none better than my mate, CuzFeeshe.
Bright as a button, happy as a song,
He's always around to right those wrongs.

Simple and true, gentile and a gent,
He always explains when I didn't know what they meant.
A star in the making, a friend like no other,
He's my friend, Cubby; my mentor, my brother."

Jeez, they're rolling off the production line tonight 		2009-08-17 21:08:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

When MrsSpookyBuz hits the keys
We know the result is sure to please
And her levels are a sight to see
Oh MrsSpookyBuz how we love thee! 		2009-08-17 21:19:00

Author:
BSprague
Posts: 2325

when i play ur lvls mrs spooky
i just hav to admit,
it makes all the other lvls
look like ugly sh*t.

i know some people
they just like to hate,
they give you low scores
when itz ur lvls that they rate.

all of them should be 5 starz spooky!!!
im sorry but sum people are so dumb,
maybe i can convince them
if i stick my foot up their bum!!!


u like!? hehehe. lol! =D		2009-08-17 21:29:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

When MrsSpookyBuz hits the keys
We know the result is sure to please
And her levels are a sight to see
Oh MrsSpookyBuz how we love thee!

That is lovely and kind - thank you very much!


when i play ur lvls mrs spooky
i just hav to admit,
it makes all the other lvls
look like ugly sh*t.

i know some people
they just like to hate,
they give you low scores
when itz ur lvls that they rate.

all of them should be 5 starz spooky!!!
im sorry but sum people are so dumb,
maybe i can convince them
if i stick my foot up their bum!!!


u like!? hehehe. lol! =D

That's very sweet, mdaj! Though I think you should keep your feet just where they are! 		2009-08-17 21:36:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

I'm sorry in advance for this, but.....



I'm trying to write another poem.
What does "thrupnies" rhyme with?
2009-08-17 21:38:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430

LOL!!!

sorry... 2 graphic? =P		2009-08-17 21:38:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

LOL!!!

sorry... 2 graphic? =P
I don't think it's too graphic, but "admit" doesn't rhyme with "shot"....		2009-08-17 21:39:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430

ummm... i dont know.

cut knees...
maybe???		2009-08-17 21:39:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

ummm... i dont know.

cut knees...
maybe???
Pretty good! Ok, I'll continue working on it...		2009-08-17 21:39:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430

I don't think it's too graphic, but "admit" doesn't rhyme with "shot"....


lol... =P
hehehe....		2009-08-17 21:41:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

I don't think it's too graphic, but "admit" doesn't rhyme with "shot"....

I really hope everyone gets the subtlety there - that was unofficially the funniest post today! 		2009-08-17 21:46:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

I was going to write a poem but soon came to the conclusion that nobody`s names rhyme with anything. And we all know that good poetry rhymes.2009-08-17 22:25:00

Author:
Matt 82
Posts: 1096

'Matt' rhymes with loads of stuff - but some of it is something that I'm not willing to get banned for 2009-08-17 22:36:00

Author:
MrsSpookyBuz
Posts: 1492

Very lovely, MrsSpookyBuz. Very lovely. Hopeful, optimistic, with the tiniest hint of the terror and frustration that, for me, mostly defines the creating experience. So I figured I'd represent a few more of the cynics out there and do a counter-balance poem.

Let me tell you about my level
it's undone, unglued and disheveled
Mm changed the cool levels page again
i got buried on page one hundred and ten

how'd my work sink so low?
did it make it to hell, or is this limbo?
but I did build this machine with the best of my wit
No, don't touch it though! And don't rewind - oh shhh....

And did you see my level with the massive tree?
oh right, you can't, what's wrong with me
that level never had a guarantee
I can't even load it or it crashes my PS3

So screw the troublesome escalator
let's make a simple piston elevator
what the... Now where's my pirate ship?
In pieces! off the coast of the gaza strip!

This xnor aint cutting the mustard
Or is it my AND and/or my NOR, I'm flustered
I'm giving up on the whole cursed project!
anyone following my logic?

yeah, I got it made in little big land
making and breaking with the tools in my hand
I'm off for beer, I'll fix this later
ah, living the life of a creator		2009-08-17 23:09:00

Author:
Teebonesy
Posts: 1937

Who knew there were so many poets here? Another brilliant one!2009-08-17 23:19:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430

Very lovely, MrsSpookyBuz. Very lovely. Hopeful, optimistic, with the tiniest hint of the terror and frustration that, for me, mostly defines the creating experience. So I figured I'd represent a few more of the cynics out there and do a counter-balance poem.

Let me tell you about my level
it's undone, unglued and disheveled
Mm changed the cool levels page again
i got buried on page one hundred and ten

how'd my work sink so low?
did it make it to hell, or is this limbo?
but I did build this machine with the best of my wit
No, don't touch it though! And don't rewind - oh shhh....

And did you see my level with the massive tree?
oh right, you can't, what's wrong with me
that level never had a guarantee
I can't even load it or it crashes my PS3

So screw the troublesome escalator
let's make a simple piston elevator
what the... Now where's my pirate ship?
In pieces! off the coast of the gaza strip!

This xnor aint cutting the mustard
Or is it my AND and/or my NOR, I'm flustered
I'm giving up on the whole cursed project!
anyone following my logic?

yeah, I got it made in little big land
making and breaking with the tools in my hand
I'm off for beer, I'll fix this later
ah, living the life of a creator


good poem!!! i give u 5-starz and hearted! LOL! =P		2009-08-18 05:31:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

Very beautiful MrsSpookyBuz.

And the rest of you. 		2009-08-18 06:03:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino
Posts: 5250


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