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Curse of the Dragon - a music-teaser-level

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Hi Community,

I can proudly proclaim that my first music-level is done^^ I've published it under the name: "Curse of the Dragon" - a music-teaser-level.

http://lbp.me/v/f7mq7c

In "Curse of the Dragon" you can hear more then twenty of my compositions embedded in the first scenery of my music-adventure-level I'm working on.

To hear the music you have to explore the setting looking for treble clef signs which are marking the places where you can find the melodies. In the course of the level you'll get the grappling hook so that you'll be able to reach the inaccessible areas of the scenery and proof yourself to be as nimble as a lynx!^^

I've added some pictures and I'm hoping that I've made you curious to give it a try!
All comments are welcome! I'm hoping that you will feel entertained well! Thanks and many greetings from Bavaria, CS^^




Difficulty: medium
Duration: from about 10 minutes till...


brandnew:
here's a video recording of my level made by Dini_at_home_400, she has been bravely playing with me^^


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rhQ3VF2bYTk


F4F:

The Deluxe Waterpark! @ ace143od http://lbp.me/v/cyg64e
Pro_Flobot Loves Bundler ... A Progressive Contest Entry @ Verbal83 http://lbp.me/v/dx5d7e
http://lbp.me/v/d6pqy4
2012-08-30 16:56:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


cool, it's done! can't wait to see this man. queued2012-08-30 19:44:00

Author:
biorogue
Posts: 8424


Hi

First of all: you make fantastic music tracks. This is a fact
And now you are not only creating great music, you also create good levels

In my opinion we have a little masterpiece of a "music presentation level".
Most of music show rooms are a kind of dungeon, where you have to jump on a switch.
In your show room we can explore a nice area which donates the player a little bit of platform experience while listening your songs.

And btw I love this four animals

Great job!
2012-08-30 21:47:00

Author:
Unknown User


@biorogue
Hi biorogue, yeah, finally its done, my nerves have been strained like never before but now I'm relieved, publishing levels is stress pure! I hope that you will enjoy my music and the presentation!^^ Wish you a lot of fun, greetings, Jürgen


@avundcv
Hi my dear friend, I'm glad that you like my music-level, its been hard work for me cause I've been rather unexperienced in building levels! But if one has friends like you, then you can break through all obstacles!^^ Thanks a lot for your friendship^^
Greetings, Jürgen^^
2012-08-30 22:54:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


i love listen new lbp musics and also there are drawings? absolutely in my queue 2012-08-31 13:03:00

Author:
Art-in-Heart
Posts: 43


I'm hoping that you will enjoy my music and my level! I'm so curious what you think about it^^Greetings, CS^^2012-08-31 18:39:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


Hi CS. Let me first say this Music Teaser was a brilliant masterpiece. The musical elements were extremely high quality and took me on an audio journey...I loved the entire 63 minutes I was in your level. And the platforming...what can I say? Getting to the top was difficult, which is exactly what I like. And every grapple was well worth the musical reward received. The 4 animals and story line was a great touch, and it is obvious you took care in creating all the visual details. You deserve a Bravo for this excellent level. Thank you for sharing it with us.2012-09-01 16:12:00

Author:
RickRock_777
Posts: 1567


very nice level with good music from one of the most talented composers in LBP .... your first Level ?!?.... respect 2012-09-01 19:15:00

Author:
FabFio71
Posts: 584


Hey! I put this level to my queue because, name is good, lots of positive feedback and just want to play it :3

Could you try out my LBP2 level? that would be nice :3
2012-09-01 22:47:00

Author:
doggy97
Posts: 964


@RickRock_777

Hi CS. Let me first say this Music Teaser was a brilliant masterpiece. The musical elements were extremely high quality and took me on an audio journey...I loved the entire 63 minutes I was in your level. And the platforming...what can I say? Getting to the top was difficult, which is exactly what I like. And every grapple was well worth the musical reward received. The 4 animals and story line was a great touch, and it is obvious you took care in creating all the visual details. You deserve a Bravo for this excellent level. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Hi RickRock, once again thank you so much for your friendly comment, I'm glad that you liked my level and my music! You did hold the singleplayer record for some time, but splendor is perishable and meanwhile someone has stolen the crown! But I'm sure that you will hold the all-time-record of staying in my level for the longest time^^ (I don't think that I have stayed such a long time in it!^^) I'm working on an updateversion with fixing some bugs, giving more hints about the way to go and with a giveaway-track (which will be hidden rather meanly, so that nobody will ever find it! ) But for a record-holder like you there will be some hints if you want to have some!) Many greetings also to Lady_Luck, Jürgen^^


@FabFio71

very nice level with good music from one of the most talented composers in LBP .... your first Level ?!?.... respect

Hi Fabio, thank you for being such a good friend all the time, I'm happy about this^^ Your comment is making me proud, because I've always admired your great work with all those fantastic levels you've created^^ And your newest level (I'm hoping that I'm not blowing too much! But it will be a hammer! Community, you should put on warm clothes! Hahaha!^^) Greetings my dear friend, Jürgen^^


@doggy97

Hey! I put this level to my queue because, name is good, lots of positive feedback and just want to play it :3
Could you try out my LBP2 level? that would be nice :3

Hy doggy, thanks for having played my level and I'm very glad that you also liked it^^ I will play your level for sure^^ And I will leave you a comment because I'm thinking that the comments are the most funny part of publishing levels!^^ Bye, Jürgen^^
2012-09-03 15:04:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


Hi Community,

with respect to the feedback to my level, I've now done an updated-version with some improvements:

-fixing some bugs
-making some trouble spots with the grappling hook easier to handle
-additional cutscene, which shows the best way up to the eyes of the lynx and the fox
-treble clef signs are changing their colour, when the music is activated for the first time (so you can better see, which song you've already listened to)
-each song has an additional time bar (so that you can better see, when the song is ending)
and:
one giveaway-track!!! (but this one is meanly hidden so that probably no one will ever find it! Hahahaha!)

I'm hoping, that these improvements will increase the enjoyment of playing my level^^

Greetings and have a lot of fun, CS^^
2012-09-15 09:38:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


Hello.

I really liked how you made this level kinda like a scavenger hunt. Getting to the top of the level... Don't even get me started lol, I'm not a big fan of harder levels, but you really dragged me in. Oh did I mention, loved the music tons. Keep up the great work, and keep making truly awesome music pieces.
2012-09-16 01:49:00

Author:
fireblitz95
Posts: 2018


@fireblitz95

Hi fireblitz,
thank you so much for your friendly comment, I'm glad that you liked my level^^

Btw, my level just has been winning the community pick (August) of our German lbp-forum.com (sharing this 1st place with the great level: Kerberos 26 476 AD by l-wintermute-l)
Visiting the level-hub you can find the 4 winning titles each one highly to be recommended) http://lbp.me/v/fhg-00
Greetings from Bavaria, CS^^
2012-09-16 07:20:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


Hey! you have updated it eh? I have to play it!2012-09-16 18:40:00

Author:
doggy97
Posts: 964


Hi community,

my level has been winner of the community pick (August)of our German lbp-forum.com, which is making me feel rather proud! Now I'm user of the month there and Dini_at_home_400 has made a youtube-video of all the winner titles! In high quality!
So I'm able to give you a youtube-link of my level so that you can see and hear it! ^^

Here it is:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rhQ3VF2bYTk

A very special thanks to Dini_at_home_400 for all her labour and time she spent on recording, rendering and uploading the videos!The results have been worth all your efforts! Thank you so much!^^
2012-09-16 19:50:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


Hi and sorry for doubleposting, but I can't help it!^^ I`m so glad that my level has been mentionend in the spotlights94, would never have believed that this could happen one day! Many thanks to the spotlight-team, its a great honor to me!
Greetings from Bavaria, CS^^
2012-09-17 17:19:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


Congratulations on wining the community pick at the German Forum and also on the mention of the current spotlight - I'm glad, that I share that honor with someone who helped to promote my level that much!

Back to the topic - your level:
Your music skills are amazing and the visuals totally fit the fable-like story telling! I really had to restrain myself to stay at one place for longer to listen to the songs, because you put so many great ones so close together into it! As you are saying this is a teaser-level - when will there be a full level featuring the animal characters and continuing the story?
2012-09-17 17:33:00

Author:
Unknown User


@wintermute:

Hi wintermute, thanks so much for your congratulations, and I'm rather glad to share the title of our German Forum with you too! Your "Kerberos" is so fantastic so that you could have won the title all alone! (I'm suspecting that our community was thinking: "give that old man a title, it may be his last one! )

I'm totally proud that you liked my level! To answer your question, I've been rather busy in improving the teaser-level considering all the friendly hints and suggestions of the community so that I had to pause working on the adventure-level! But I will go one working on it soon! Believe me, I have no idea when it will be done and I've learned not to announce a publishing date before the level isn't totally finished! I can only say that there will be a dragon and I hope that it will be rather impressive!^^

Greetings, my dear friend, Jürgen^^
2012-09-18 08:55:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


Great music gallery. Actually, it's more than just a gallery level, it's a platforming level. The variety of music sounded great, and I like the idea of how players can reach certain areas to find more of your tracks. The level design is well creative, too. Amazing work, CuriousSack.
VISUALS: 5/5
SOUND: 5/5
GAMEPLAY: 4.5/5
OVERALL: A yay and heart
2012-09-19 02:58:00

Author:
JustinArt
Posts: 1314


Hi JustinArt,

your feedback is making me proud and happy, thank you so much! Two years ago I had the chance to visit California for a holiday trip! You're living in a wonderful area of our wonderful planet!
Many greetings fom Bavaria, CS^^
2012-09-22 05:44:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


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