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Aww Pee Gee (spotlighted)

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This is the best level I've created and basically what I was going for was a Zelda-ish feel.

You start off entering a town, but to move on from the town, you have to perform a series of tasks for the villagers. It's dumbed down to a LittleBigPlanet scale, but it's something I've never seen anyone else do in the game.
Another unique thing I've added is houses - houses that you can walk by or enter if you choose. You can probably figure out how I've done it pretty easily, but it's nonetheless another thing I haven't seen before in other peoples levels.
Once you've made your way out of the town, there's a dungeon, followed by a boss at the end. So it's a full level, and there's lots of variety.

Name: Aww Pee Gee
PSN: Grethiwha
Location: Canada

Here are some screenshots:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9539/dsc07104ui4.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4022/dsc07103do9.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6353/dsc07105tu3.jpg
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/287/dsc07106ic4.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6359/dsc07107nb2.jpg
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8569/dsc07109nx2.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7936/dsc07110mk0.jpg

I think I've polished all the bugs out of it, but feedback and comments are welcome.
Also, I should note that my level doesn't recycle enemies or contraptions from the game, it's all custom.
So give it a shot!

(Note: For people who were paying attention, I posted this level in a thread before, but that thread was dedicated to two of my levels, and I've since edited it to be just about my other level. Also, nobody played this level. )
2008-12-23 21:25:00

Author:
Grethiwha
Posts: 61


Well, I gave your level a shot, and I was quite impressed. I really like how you did the houses and all that, and the boss fight at the end was quite fun. Good work.2008-12-23 21:51:00

Author:
BassDeluxe
Posts: 984


I will give it a shot as soon as my wife gives me the TV back.. or the pills I slipped her knock her out.. whichever comes first.2008-12-23 22:17:00

Author:
rz22g
Posts: 340


Bah, late reply (Christmas and all ).

Thanks guys!

@BassDeluxe: I'm glad you liked it.
2009-01-02 17:35:00

Author:
Grethiwha
Posts: 61


hey Grethiwha, I just played this and had fun with it. I laughed out loud at the letter part
pretty funky boss as well.


If I was to make suggestions, it would be to put abit more decoration in the town. perhaps use a thin background layer with stickers to give the impression of a big city in the distance. Also, maybe you could give us more stuff to play with in the area outside the houses. (Zelda-style games usually always have lots of random stuff to mess around with... a dog that follows you around, a market stall to knock over, that sort of thing)

overall nice job!
2009-05-05 21:29:00

Author:
Tig-W
Posts: 106


Hey, Tig-W, Thanks for the reply!

****, this is an old thread. Though I guess it doesn't matter, I'm always happy to get feedback.
However, I haven't touched this level in so long that I don't know if I'm willing to make significant changes to it. The sticker-background is a good idea, but I'm not sure how effective I'd be with it. The random stuff could also be cool, but I'll have to think about it.
2009-05-07 00:01:00

Author:
Grethiwha
Posts: 61


Hey mate, just played your level...

I'm sorry to say, but I actually found your level really boring... I can see what you were trying to do with the little jobs and get something in return caper but I just got bored of the whole town itself... You really should use some decorations or something, I'm guessing you have alot of termo left to use, so you might aswell use it to decorate and make stuff more lifely, so it's doesn't feel so boring...

Sorry but that's just how I feel man...

Nice work anyways...
2009-05-07 00:23:00

Author:
BalaBombz
Posts: 50


behhh.... well it's not for everyone I s'pose. But keep in mind the town is only half the level, and it's not like there are no decorations at all.2009-05-07 00:38:00

Author:
Grethiwha
Posts: 61


From the start!

So far, it looks good. My only complaint with the house idea (Which is great) is that you should set the pistons to go up when you stand on the platform. Maybe put a button on the platform that turns the piston on/off? Cause right now getting into a building is like catching a bus...

The castle is kind of plain. It could use a little decoration, and more stuff going on.

LOL'd @ the letter.

Headed back towards the house, but I missed my bus-i mean... door... Maybe if you don't want to set the platform to move when you're on it, set up a door that opens when the platform is there, and then closes when it's not. That way it doesn't look so much like an elevator.

Bit of a spoiler here, so I hid it.
Dissolve material money... Story of my life...

The hammer is annoying me. I accidentally rolled it over trying to get up the path to the castle, and now it won't flip back over... OK, I flipped it back over. But it's still a pain to drag up that ramp...

Got in the cave!

Nice obstacles. Bit difficult with the fire logs, but I got through.

Boss was pretty neat! I love its face!

Overall, the level was pretty cool! Could use a little improvement, but if you were to just do a tiny bit of tweaking, I'm sure this level would be even better!

I give this level 4 stars, and tag it with "Satisfying"! Keep up the good work!
2009-05-07 01:29:00

Author:
DJLols
Posts: 217


Thanks mate! Man, I'm getting way more plays out of this thread since Tig-W bumped it then I ever did when I first posted it.
Again, it's an old level and I'm in no hurry to tweak it, but when I do get around to it.... that's a great idea for the door! I'll also look at decorating the castle, maybe adding some random townsfolk or what have you.

I agree about the bus thing though; in an earlier version the two houses were synced and so whenever you leave one house to go to the second, you always just missed it. Also agreed about the hammer going up the ramp, but that things on, like, an emitted emitter and is a huge pain to tweak.
2009-05-07 03:54:00

Author:
Grethiwha
Posts: 61


Yeah, my levels need more attention. I have 20 of them. Most of them suck. I'm redoing all the sucky ones, but I don't have my MGS4 pack right now due to activation difficulties on my new ps3 (old one went <^> and died) so most of my levels are inaccessible to me right now.2009-05-07 04:22:00

Author:
DJLols
Posts: 217


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