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Crystal Forest Chapter 4: The mysteries of few

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Second--Smile--
Story driven adventure with platform and puzzle elements.
(I made a new thread so i could use F4F, i fergot the first time round and can't figure out how to change it, so i made a new one.)
Story driven adventure with platform and puzzle elements.
Hey people


I've been away from lbp for a while but i'm back with the 4th chapter in my Crystal forest series. This chapter takes sackboy to the ancient village of Proncipia.

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/flinnoy/APhoto.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/flinnoy/APhoto_1-2.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/flinnoy/APhoto_2-1.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/flinnoy/APhoto_3-1.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/flinnoy/APhoto_4-1.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/flinnoy/APhoto_5.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/flinnoy/APhoto_6.jpg

As the level progresses you will encounter several boss fights, puzzles, platforming sections and story characters. Constructed with a high attention to detail. I hope you enjoy playing it as much as i enjoyed making it.
2010-06-07 11:30:00

Author:
second--smile--
Posts: 57


That was excellent! how did you fit that all in to one level? amazing.

I started from chapter 1 and worked my way to 4. 4 is by far the best. i love rpg-like gameplay elements like getting the two spells. awesome puzzles.
okay some issues:
i don't understand fully who the "counsel" are (i think its spelled "council), other than that small thing the storyline is excellent
it's possible to escape death in the end. i jumped to the left and was safe ut knew that wasn't meant to be, so i jumped into the gas.

i can't think of anything else to scrutinise, that was by far one of my favourite levels. if i think of anything else i'll let you know
:star::star::star::star::star:<3

if you could feedback my spelunking level that would be great, link in signature
2010-06-07 14:51:00

Author:
MegaBlob
Posts: 291


I absolutely loved everything about this level.

The visuals are beautiful, the gameplay is interesting and extremely inventive, love the colours and materials you used and I can honestly say this is one of my favourite levels on LBP.

Thought you might like to know there is a visible sound object just before the collapsing bridge! You may have already fixed that!

Great work, great level.

Icey
2010-06-08 14:38:00

Author:
IceMaiden
Posts: 1057


Hi I played your level today
I loved start with those light floating around like fairies and stuff. Story was good some bit, there much of text, could be little less maybe.
People and their clothes were nicely done and as far as I got story was good, but I got stuck to the part where that guy says something: "only fire will let you pass (or something?)"
It was about in that picture 5 you've added there. Gave it :star::star::star::star: for good and long story you have already made.
Check out my level Lighthouse (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=28187-Lighthouse&p=489499) when you have time for F4F.
2010-06-08 20:57:00

Author:
Unknown User


Hi I played your level today
I loved start with those light floating around like fairies and stuff. Story was good some bit, there much of text, could be little less maybe.
People and their clothes were nicely done and as far as I got story was good, but I got stuck to the part where that guy says something: "only fire will let you pass (or something?)"
It was about in that picture 5 you've added there. Gave it :star::star::star::star: for good and long story you have already made.
Check out my level Lighthouse (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=28187-Lighthouse&p=489499) when you have time for F4F.

thanks for playing mate, i'll try your level when i'm on tomorrow.

To get past that part you need to use the fire spell(sticker) on the stone pedistal and drag it to the door. Hope that helps.
2010-06-09 00:23:00

Author:
second--smile--
Posts: 57


Played this last night and found a few issues with it.

I'd suggest putting an alert in the description to turn on prizes since players will have to start over to get the sticker if it's turned off. I had mine turned off and rather than restarting I tried to break the level and managed to do it. Players can grab the tree and shimmy to the right and since the blocks aren't glued down or held by dark matter it was fairly easy to tip one and slip through. I did have to quit when I hit the second part that required the sticker since I couldn't get around that part.

You have really pretty and detailed visuals near the beginning and some of the natural looking parts but there are some really bland and simple areas that stand out in comparison to the highly detailed areas. Maybe a quick run through to add character or details to those areas will help balance it out but they really do stand out as it is now.

When the old guy says to meet him, I had no idea where to go. I wandered around until I found him but maybe a more specific clue or cut scene would help reduce player frustration.

So yea, loved parts of it and some of it not so much. As it is I gave it 4 stars.
2010-06-10 05:31:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983


Good level. I enjoy some interesting puzzles including the matching color ones and the gameplay is great. The boss battle is ingenious and the usage of Fire and Ice sticker really put the way you burn of freeze the objects. Although you should make more descriptions on what should I go next cause I sometimes get lost and I have nowhere to go.
Overall it's a good level. 4:star:s and a <3

F4F one of my levels if you can.
2010-06-10 06:37:00

Author:
JustinArt
Posts: 1314


Played this last night and found a few issues with it.

I'd suggest putting an alert in the description to turn on prizes since players will have to start over to get the sticker if it's turned off. I had mine turned off and rather than restarting I tried to break the level and managed to do it. Players can grab the tree and shimmy to the right and since the blocks aren't glued down or held by dark matter it was fairly easy to tip one and slip through. I did have to quit when I hit the second part that required the sticker since I couldn't get around that part.

You have really pretty and detailed visuals near the beginning and some of the natural looking parts but there are some really bland and simple areas that stand out in comparison to the highly detailed areas. Maybe a quick run through to add character or details to those areas will help balance it out but they really do stand out as it is now.

When the old guy says to meet him, I had no idea where to go. I wandered around until I found him but maybe a more specific clue or cut scene would help reduce player frustration.

So yea, loved parts of it and some of it not so much. As it is I gave it 4 stars.

Thanks for the feedback. I have put an alert in the level description can't believe you missed it, it's as clear as day. The first sentence says 'ATTENTION Community prizes need to switched on to proggress through the level'. I put it there before i first published the level.

The old man says to meet him at the white rock back past the tree's so there's the specific clue. It's the last thing he says when you first meet him, but i guess people that doen't pay attention to the speech bubbles will get a little confused. but i assume that your not one of these people so it strikes me as very strange that you missed that as well.

To be honest i can only place 1 more peace of materail in the level. after that it overheats but i will do my best to make the more bland parts more appealing but i can only use decorations to do so and i don't have them all in my popit
2010-06-10 13:16:00

Author:
second--smile--
Posts: 57


Level was great, secondsmile! I played it the other night when you sent me the psn message! five stars and a heart from me!2010-06-10 14:16:00

Author:
xkappax
Posts: 2569


Yea I usually read all the speech bubbles so I don't know how I missed that either. Strange. I guess you can disregard that feedback then. 2010-06-10 17:11:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983


Loved this level! The backtracking and the story are amazing It was hard to tell where to go sometimes because you couldn't read the speech bubbles twice, but I got the feeling that I was playing a final fantasy game or something and that was just great It had some innovative obstacles and the puzzling was superb, I gave it 5 stars and a heart 2010-06-12 12:40:00

Author:
Kn0cked-0ut
Posts: 562


The level was great until I glitched it... hard...
At the first jumping pads when you're first teleported to the snowy landscape, I jumped to the right on the last jumping pad. That bounced me of to the roof of some kind of cave.
After I went to the right, I fall down right on top of the last platform where the level ends (the swamp, not the not scoreboard).

I'll play it again cause it was really fun but fix that please!
2010-06-13 16:06:00

Author:
blizzard_cool
Posts: 752


I was not aware of that glitch, i'll fix it the best i can. Thanks for playing2010-06-13 21:27:00

Author:
second--smile--
Posts: 57


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