Archive: 23 posts

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Hey Sack-chums, I've been noticeably silent on these forums for quite a while, but I'm still here, lurking in the shadows. I recently got a big chunk of vacation, so I thought it was a perfect time to make a new level. This one is a puzzle platformer called The Other Side. The Other Side is presented as a follow up to the game Limbo, but features a mostly original experience. What I am looking for, then, is some people who will help me test out the level and squash any bugs that I may have missed. I'd also love to know if any of the puzzles are too obscure and/or difficult. I'll be actively updating the level for the next several days before publishing it for the world. So if you'd like a sneak peek, or think you are worthy of bug-finding, then have at it! http://vita.lbp.me/v/dgzxm Enter the code 417399 into the above level and you will be linked into The Other Side. Leave any feedback you have here and I'll try to address it. Image Dump! http://i.imgur.com/CDwM6MX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/O8XeMIA.jpg Cheers!

2013-07-28 22:18:00 Author: comphermc Posts: 5338

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First ! *run away* I was waiting for another level by you ! It looks awesome ! Queued !

2013-07-28 22:35:00 Author: Gwaeron Posts: 170

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Wow wow wow! Let me take a look!

2013-07-28 23:05:00 Author: Pulparindo15 Posts: 334

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Whoa! YOU are the guy who inspired me to make polished and good levels in LBP So glad to hear from you! Let's go Beta test! EDIT: Sent you a PM with my thoughts

2013-07-29 00:17:00 Author: yugnar Posts: 1478

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Awesome, any level from shall not be disappointing Thanks for the code, i'll try it right now ! EDIT: After i played it: amazing ! loved it just beautiful and atmospheric from start to finish, only got one question....who did the music...cause WOW they are good

2013-07-29 02:12:00 Author: xASUSx Posts: 49

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After i played it: amazing ! loved it just beautiful and atmospheric from start to finish, only got one question....who did the music...cause WOW they are good Thanks. Did you have any problems with any of the puzzles? The music is actually the Marvel DLC int music, but using only the first stem. It works nicely, doesn't it?

2013-07-29 02:34:00 Author: comphermc Posts: 5338

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No actually it was fun even if it took a couple of tries and sorry for not knowing, i didn't buy that DLC anyway hope it's published soon

2013-07-29 03:03:00 Author: xASUSx Posts: 49

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Ok, just played it, and... It's Amazing, I completely forgot that I was playing LBP, I felt in another game, an incredible one. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3823/9387431969_1750779e1e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93211743@N07/9387431969/) From the moment you start playing you can enjoy the scenery, the enviroment... Whoo! http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3771/9387431929_5d90af0986_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93211743@N07/9387431929/) The puzzles are great! very well made and ingenious, totally original and challenging! http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/9390206202_c3dca2940d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93211743@N07/9390206202/) The level has a duration of gameplay quite enjoyable! the first time it took me 20 minutes to finish it! And the music, the ending, and those little details of the game... :star: On average, an fantastic level! has been a delightful! Great job! :star: By the way... http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7365/9390206144_3da40b5276_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93211743@N07/9390206144/) I found a duck, I won something?

2013-07-29 03:14:00 Author: Pulparindo15 Posts: 334

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There had to be a duck somewhere :arg:

2013-07-29 04:00:00 Author: yugnar Posts: 1478

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Welcome back stranger! I will try and give it a go asap.

2013-07-29 10:31:00 Author: jwwphotos Posts: 11383

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LBP has been glowing with your absence. great to see you're still alive and kicking i had some issues at this part 46377 and the part with the collapsing pipe. But i got past it pretty fast either way. Stunning detailing with flies and pipes! My jaw dropped at the last part (you know the part I'm talking about ;] ) Great level design, Polished mechanics and a great difficulty curve. I didn't experience any bugs or what i perceive to be bugs in my first play-through. all around a great successor for Limbo I plan to play it again in a while

2013-07-29 12:11:00 Author: dsdavve Posts: 72

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Another Comphermc level? Excited to play!

2013-07-29 13:02:00 Author: Schark94 Posts: 3378

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[CENTER]Ok, just played it, and... It's Amazing, I completely forgot that I was playing LBP, I felt in another game, an incredible one. [...] I found a duck, I won something? Thanks, buddy. Nice find! You win an internet high five. There had to be a duck somewhere :arg: It wouldn't be the full comphermc experience without one. No actually it was fun even if it took a couple of tries and sorry for not knowing, i didn't buy that DLC anyway hope it's published soon Good to hear. I was worried that some of the puzzles wouldn't work out, but I feel more confident now! That DLC has quite a few nice assets, and the mingames are very well done, offering tons of play time. Edit: For my testers, I have just updated the level again. I did a full dephysicalization pass, so the framerate is much more solid now, but I may have accidentally dephysicalized something I'm not supposed to. Keep an eye out for level escapes. Also, based on scores, I changed the time bonus so that you get points for finishing under 30 minutes, not 20 minutes. As before, the faster you finish, the more points you get.

2013-07-29 15:03:00 Author: comphermc Posts: 5338

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Colour me excited, glad you're back in create mode Comp! Will play imminently

2013-07-29 17:38:00 Author: Coxy224 Posts: 2645

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Just completed a second walkthrough and found all 10 secrets ! I think if people are actually looking for them it is "easier" to find them. In my first walkthorugh I had no idea "hearts" were secrets. Glad I could finally see the alternative ending. The very last secret was a really tough one! I loved it! Also, top-score! Just found one thing that maybe should not be dephysicalized: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7295/9392552383_d9b8895ea2.jpg Also noticed you added a pretty little animation for when you press square to retry. At least I think it is new because I'm pretty sure that in my first walkthrough I did restarted but no animation showed up.

2013-07-29 18:27:00 Author: yugnar Posts: 1478

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Just completed a second walkthrough and found all 10 secrets ! I think if people are actually looking for them it is "easier" to find them. In my first walkthorugh I had no idea "hearts" were secrets. Glad I could finally see the alternative ending. The very last secret was a really tough one! I loved it! Also, top-score! Nice job! I'm actually in the process of moving one of my least favorite secrets to a location that makes it very obvious that they exist. Just found one thing that maybe should not be dephysicalized: How the heck did you get up there? Also noticed you added a pretty little animation for when you press square to retry. At least I think it is new because I'm pretty sure that in my first walkthrough I did restarted but no animation showed up. Yeah, that's new. I have a spreadsheet of other subtle things to add. Next up: Color! I'm working on trying to add a splash of color on the secrets only. We'll see how it goes.

2013-07-29 18:35:00 Author: comphermc Posts: 5338

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Nice job! I'm actually in the process of moving one of my least favorite secrets to a location that makes it very obvious that they exist. I really loved every secret's secret location, all of them were really good thought of. Maybe insetad of moving one, you can just point out the existance of secrets by stressing/highlighting the location of the very first one, I think that one is easy enough to spot. How the heck did you get up there? :arg: Actually its not that hard... At first I actually got there by accident by looking for potential secret's locations. You can get on top of that from both sides of the tube, just by using adequately the ledge jump system. Not the big deal but I guess it should be physicalized again. Yeah, that's new. I have a spreadsheet of other subtle things to add. Next up: Color! I'm working on trying to add a splash of color on the secrets only. We'll see how it goes. Hmm... That's an interesting idea indeed. Gonna try it out when you upload it

2013-07-29 18:48:00 Author: yugnar Posts: 1478

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Absolutely amazing experience it was the subtle things that impressed me the most from little stuff like the sackbot head facing the other way when pulling a crate and automatically grabbing the crate when pushing, it gave the level a different dynamic to it, which made it stand out as a true "un-traditional" lbp level as most people don't change those kind of things. And of course the visuals and gameplay were top-notch, with great progression I felt smarter as I begin solving more and more complex puzzles. I only struggled on one puzzle which I soon had that "ah ha" moment, which felt great! That's my initial impressions on my first playthrough I'll be back if I manage to find any bugs on my next playthroughs.

2013-07-29 20:11:00 Author: OriginalCreator Posts: 217

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Right, so I just republished with a few "significant" changes. I've relocated a secret, added a splash of color, and a few other things that nobody but me will notice. It's very close now. I just need to do an optimization pass and remove a few cheat codes used for testing.

2013-07-29 21:00:00 Author: comphermc Posts: 5338

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Cheat codes ?! Whoa, I need them ! So here's my review : Hum... Is there any word more awesome than "awesome" ? I need one to describe your level ! LBP never stops impressing me... That's this kind of level that lets people see how complex is Creating Mode. It absolutely needs its Team Pick (like Hexagonal BTW...). The graphic style is a piece of art, you caught the LIMBO's aspect and did your own silhouette level. There is a lot of details like flies, the improved background scrolling (3D glitch ?), animations, the fine shiny line around the screen... The cinematic at the end is outstanding ! Sound design is also very sweet ! The dark (no joke ?!) ambiance is unique. There is plenty of noises and the music fits the level very well ! Now...the most important thing of a game : the gameplay ! Yours is very smooth, efficient and very polished ! The ideas are ingenious and various. Alternating platform parts and puzzles gives a really nice rhythm through the level. It is challenging (mostly the puzzles) but not impossible at all ! I think it will be alright for a lot of people, but if you see that just a minority of players achieves the level, you could make appear some tips if a sackboys stills stucked in an area during an amount of time... BTW the firefly is a really nice detail to show the right way ! There is a nice scoring aspect too. I finally didn't encounter any glitch and get the good end and the 2nd place on leaderboards... but one secret is missing :kz: ! I will try to get this one another time (under the 2 saws at the end) ! This was my review and if you're still awaked, I would like to give you (another time) all my congratulations and thanks for this game !

2013-07-29 22:01:00 Author: Gwaeron Posts: 170

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Woah! that's one great review for sure

2013-07-29 22:55:00 Author: xASUSx Posts: 49

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Right, so... the level is finished. I'm pretty confident that I've addressed all the issues you (and others) had with the level. I think I may do a minor tweak to the score pay-out at the end to add more weight to the time stat, but otherwise I'm really happy with how it turned out. For those of you that had already tested it, the "Load Chapter" option will still be enabled for you, but new players will not have access until they finish the level the first time. I will be publishing today, but I'm not entirely sure when. I'll try to give a heads up, so you guys can jump on and get the first few reviews and whatnot. Thanks for everything!

2013-07-30 16:29:00 Author: comphermc Posts: 5338

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Update: I will publish in one hour, barring any problems that might pop up. Legal double post! It's not a bump, since it's already at the top of the list.

2013-07-30 19:37:00 Author: comphermc Posts: 5338

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