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Silhouetta: The Shadow City

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Silhouetta: The Shadow CityKaiju_kid
Are you afraid of the dark? Don't be, because when the lights come on, you'll see there's nothing wrong. The residents of Silhouetta like to tease you from the shadows, until you get them to come out. And these residents have a lot to show you! This level is completely in silhouette, and is moderate in challenge, but is puzzle -like in the way that you don't know what you're looking at, until you reveal the pictures true FORM. Usually the FORM of a hot woman... and there's a lil something in there for the women as well. This is all done in tongue in cheek, and in a tasteful manner. I've had all good comments, and this is one of my best levels. It got lost in the shuffle and has gotten little plays, but I want more people to see it as I think it is very unique. Are you up to it?
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update: This just gotmoderated thanks to ediots posting obscene pictures.
2009-10-03 15:00:00

Author:
kaiju_kid
Posts: 329


I'll check this out now.2009-10-04 14:23:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


I played this already a week or two ago and thought it was great.

Great character design, very sensual without being too graphic and cleverly revealed.

I had lots of fun hanging from 'thrupnies' as my uploaded pics will testify. My bad !!

The only negatives I found were:

(1) The part with the fire engine and ladder. I tried to move the ladder over right away and then shoot the fire out. Unfortunately in doing that the ladder collided with the fire and when I tried to use it to get over afterwards the extension was broken so I had to restart. The 2nd time i shot from below first until the fire disappeared and then went up the ladder which worked ok.
May be an idea to give instructions there or make sure the ladder can't hit the fire and break if players do it the way I did first.

(2) Checkpoint placement is not very good in a few places, particularly after the spaceships and fire logs ( they are very tricky by the way and would suggest making them a bit easier ) where I got to the top and then tried jumping to the bubbles and fell backwards and died. It then sent me right back and I had to do that all over again. That was annoying. A checkpoint immediately after difficult parts would be nice so you don't have to redo them.

Overall though I enjoyed it a lot and thought it was very well made and had some great 'tongue in cheek' humour.

No F4F required right now as I have no new levels. I am currently working on Sheriff Sack 2 so if you'd like to wait and give F4F on that when it's finished that would be great. Will probably be a few weeks yet though so don't worry if you forget, it's no problem.
2009-10-04 14:40:00

Author:
mistervista
Posts: 2210


Wow, I've played a couple of silhouette levels, but none like this. It kind of reminds me of the old atari games that tried to be sexy but failed horribly because the graphics of that time made everything look like a jumbled pile of legos, and this is trying to be sexy while you're playing a game for 9 year olds and any disgusting fetish you can find with a quick google search.

Your level looks nice and clean. The women look better than anything I could make. However, on some of them, some things are...disproportional. The puns are horrible, especially when the woman called me "berry good" or something like that. A lot of the things you do to get to the naked ladies part aren't very creative, but the reward is always amusing. You're here for the spectacle. You're here to climb on giant women.

Silhouetta is a novel concept and I'm glad you didn't take it too seriously.
:star::star::star::star:

Next time, if there is a next time, try to make the little puzzles more challenging and more creative.
2009-10-04 15:55:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


Thanks awesome. This was my 3rd level I made after getting LBP last year, and I've become a much better creator since then. As I was telling Mr. Vista above you, I haven't revisited the level to fix and update said problems. I am proud to say that it still holds up after all these months as an ,ahem, unique level. Yeah, it's hard to get things in proportion when you have to work with giant women who are doubling as platforming obstacles. But I think they look hotter than any other woman on an LBP level. One day I may go back and tighten things up. As for the puns, well, what other dialogue should I put in there? It's not exactly a thinking mans level, lol.
p.s.
By the way, did you need feedback? You didn't say
2009-10-04 17:21:00

Author:
kaiju_kid
Posts: 329


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