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The cream and the clocktower

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The cream and the clocktower (http://lbp.me/v/k3jnbd)


As you enter this level you find some very strange happenings, grabinators, magnets, cosmetics and a BATH!? what have you got yourself into... ALSO! if you get separated from your block simply "pop" and it should be reset. Music by NK827. WARNING: may contain traces of puzzle platformer gameplay.
http://lbp.me/v/k3jnbd
2013-06-25 09:21:00

Author:
zecros4
Posts: 7


Sounds pretty interesting, i have it qued. Will try it out when i get on in a bit ^^2013-06-25 10:52:00

Author:
Townzee
Posts: 157


and it is queued2013-06-25 15:09:00

Author:
biorogue
Posts: 8424


The guy in the bathroom was scary. But your design and the gameplay are very good and funny. The new magnets gameplay made this to a funny level. I really enjoyed it. Great job 2013-06-25 20:16:00

Author:
Sandro8708
Posts: 625


This is great stuff!
Very nice environment, tricky riddle gameplay and fantastic music.
Unfortunately I was too stupid to finish it

Anyway: Excellent level!
2013-06-26 21:41:00

Author:
avundcv
Posts: 2526


Hey man, I played your level, woo!

Good stuff: Nice with some new ideas, fun and strange gameplay mechanics, nice scenery and music.

Other stuff: It felt weird how you mixed two completely different gameplay mechanics. IMO there was plenty of gameplay to give both the attract-o-grabbers and time stopping shenanigans their own levels.

More importantly, the puzzles felt very unclear at a lot of times. Even the very first puzzle (after going down a floor with bathtub man) is confusing, as it is not indicated that the lever is in fact a toggle switch. I also didn't realize that there were magnetic junk making the block go up/down in the level til' later; the magnetic iron was super-hard to spot as it was the same color as everything else.

In general I felt like I was not entirely sure I was doing stuff the way you intended for people to do them. In the part with the sideways crushers I got the left switch activated by stoppingt he crusher and reactivating it right in time, but on the right side I was able to simply jump up onto the crusher somehow - the gravity had been lowered..at some point.
The rules are somehwat inconsitent and a lot of things simply does not make sense.

There's a lot of stuff to talk about and linger on, but overall I'd give you some random advice for your next puzzler.
Playtest it! Grab a friend, add a controllinator that follows a player so that you can watch without disturbing and see if the friend solves your puzzles, why your friend solves the puzzles and if your friend finds em' fun. Everyone has different minds and experience and a gamapelay experience can shift widely from a new player to an LBP veteran.
Get inside your friends head and see if the friend is having the conversation you want him/her to with the level.

This turned out to be a confusing all of text, sorry! Fun level! Make more! Learn more!
2013-09-07 21:32:00

Author:
Mnniska
Posts: 531


Add to the queued 2013-09-07 23:33:00

Author:
cyclist67
Posts: 11


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