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Little progress report.

I just reached 20% completion of the overworld- which equates to the approximate amount of 20 standardized NSMB-style levels. I've come up with some new design ideas that are really going to take advantage of the open environment.

Remember though, that this does not mean the hack is at 20% completion. There are many other things that need to be taken care of, such as the additional non-overworld areas which range from traditional linear level design to a m#(!i$! &u) @or*# d(s&#n!% f%r #u(!k &!av)l.

Pic of the Week - Week 27



Pipes actually have quite a significance in this hack. They're your primary use of transportation, thanks to limitations. In previous hacks, the I rarely used pipes as a platform instead of an entrance. I decided to mix that up a bit by making a Pipe Maze in the sky world. Where you drop in in the maze depends on which Pipe you used to gain entrance!

If we set our minds to it, it's entirely possible that we can replicate that BG, because it has certain elements that were later on used as different assets. The Bottom BG should actually be fairly easy, since it seems to use a similar texture to an Underground BG.

Pic of the Week - Week 30



Ropes! Because if there's anything that should belong inside a hollow tree- it's man-made ropes!

Video game logic.

I've officially met the 25% milestone for the overworld development. Let me show you just how much that is.



This image represents the full overworld, downscaled to a small degree. The white area represents the content that you were able to access in the demo build from earlier this year. The light grey represents the content that I've currently completed for the overworld- and the darker grey represents the remaining space I still need to fill.

As you can see, I've been working on the top-right corner of the overworld, which contains Sky and Forest biomes, but also features Grassland, Mountain, Underground, Tropical and Tree areas. When I get to work on the next quarter, I'll be going counter clockwise with the bottom right corner, which focuses on Beach and Ocean, and includes a portion of the Cave biome.

That's one of the very rare exceptions, mainly because SMW doesn't have a Desert World. But pretty much every 2D Mario game does it. It's a trope of the series.

Pic of the Week - Week 35



Well, this looks difficult! I actually thought of this idea as a joke to begin with, "hey, I should make people run around with spiky ? blocks as the only platform", but than I started liking the idea. To get through this segment, perfect timing is the key. You gotta ground pound the blocks while they're still face down and get as far as you can before they spin back the right way around!

Just had a play. A few small errors here and there, particularly with tiles and sound effects but everything's in working order, and it's more than I'd expect from a new hacker. Good job!

I hereby move the thread to NSMB Hacks, and I will also add it to the list of Finished Hacks.

By the way, I encourage you to try making a longer hack. You've got potential.

Pic of the Week - Week 40



I've had a bit of inactivity over the last month or so, but worry not because I'm working on some new design ideas. This area here is actually part of a "special" area within the overworld, where there is some kind of event going on. You'll know you're in this "special place" when the underwater music changes to something a little more recognizable.

Moved to the main forum. Excellent work so far, just needs some fine-tuning. This is still in beta, right?

 Dirbaio - He's always been a great guy. Always a people person, always in a bright mood. He played an instrumental role in the development of NSMBe. And he also started this board! What's not to like?

 ray,  Freeze - If it weren't for these two guys, I probably would have stopped NSMB hacking after NSMB2. Their level design and creativity with New Super Hacker Bros. inspired me to continue, and eventually make Clone Tag Team 1.

 gridatttack - I always respected. There aren't very many jul veterans left, but I'm happy that grid's still here. He's a cool guy. We may not always agree on things, but it's never gotten between us or anything.

 TRS, RicBent, Wesley and  skawo - I'm very impressed by their hacks. My hacks are overrated- these ones look like they're going to be the best of the best. I'm excited about what I'll see from them in the future.

 Arceus - I'd consider him a good friend. He started out here as a big fan of my work, but then I found out that I was a big fan of his work. Then we both became moderators together. I think we made each other better hackers.

Apologies to anyone I didn't mention- there are a lot of great people here, but I can't sit here all day writing about them... Sorry!

Okay, to be plain, that background is far too detailed to correctly import into the game.

See, the game needs to compress the backgrounds to save them. To compress backgrounds, image size, and the color palette needs to be reduced. So backgrounds can only have certain amount of 8x8 pixel tiles that are used in repetition to form an image. If an image has too much detail to put into the limited amount of tiles, what you'll get is a random garbled mess as you can see in the first post.

I've edited the background so it doesn't use as many tiles. It's the best it can be done:

420blazeit.nmb

Pic of the Week - Week 42



When I designed this area, the structure I had in mind was "a sequence of small chambers that combine to look like a target". You can't see the whole view here, but that's exactly how this area turned out. But why the target shape? Is something else here?

Pic of the Week - Week 43



Just another Underwater Escapade. Incidentally, that's the name I dubbed for the Underwater music. It's going to be an original composition made by the same person who composed the MIDI for the Forest Music. He goes by "Bob. B".

Pic of the Week - Week 44



Deep down in beneath the crust of the Endless Earth, Mario explores the intricate cave system.

Wait, hold up.

Is this Endless Earth or Planet Zebes!?

Edit: Apologies to anyone who intended to follow my twitter page. When I signed up, the terms of privacy were unclear. I had the setting to let people who follow me see my tweets, but that setting also means that people have to request to follow me. That I wasn't aware of, and thanks to twitter's less than user friendly handling of notifications I had no idea up until today.

I hate to be a pain, but I have a request to make, which I'm sure is an easy one.

Any way I can disable the L and R buttons only on the world map screens?

Thanks  skawo. I appreciate your time.

Since this is no longer a NSMBDS project, would you like it to be moved to General ROM Hacking?

I think that's enough now. Off-topic posts will be deleted from here on in.

Bras are a part of women's undergarments. The more you know.