Super Mario Maker

[ZedIsDead]

Anybody else pick this up? I'm having fun just playing some of the online courses. I did make a stage, but it's mostly just the result of me playing around with the creator, rather than an actual attempt to make a great stage.

Course ID: 7145-0000-0034-770F

[Slime Slayer]

I haven't made a course yet, just sorting by expert and going down the list. Haven't been stumped yet!

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Nice course, a little short but what is there is pretty sweet.

[ZedIsDead]

Thanks. It was my first attempt, I tried to keep it in the style of an actual Mario game, and not bother with any gimmicks.

[CrispyChicken]

I don't own the game but my cousin brought it over and we were playing it for a bit. Had a fun time. I'm not really the creative type when it comes to things like building levels so I probably would just play courses people made rather than make them.

I love the exceptionally long and weird cast of characters you can play as.

[ZedIsDead]

I decided to make another course, this time of the airship type.

Magikoopas on an Airship Course ID: 2C3C-0000-0039-3254

[Slime Slayer]

Wew lads I made a doozy tonight, I'll upload it tommorow.

[QAOP Spaceman]

Captain Jivepants has uploaded a few belters, Luigi 1-1 etc.

I think he's on there as Teter.

[Slime Slayer]

Heres mine: 4BAD-0000-0040-3262

@ZED Checking out your airship one now.

@QAOP Get him to post his codes here.

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Nice airship Zed, took me 3-4 tries, ended up hopping on the cloud and floating to the end lol.

[ZedIsDead]

I knew that Lakitu was a mistake. I'll probably replace him with a Magikoopa.

Steven, I'll give yours a whirl tomorrow.

[Slime Slayer]

I knew that Lakitu was a mistake. I'll probably replace him with a Magikoopa.

Steven, I'll give yours a whirl tomorrow.

Maybe put him in a chamber of some sort. So riding him to victory is not an option?

[ZedIsDead]

Steven, your course is brutal. For pretty much the whole thing, you need a perfect run or else you're going to get stuck. In the first bit, I ended up having to take a hit from the Hammer Bro after I broke the nearby blocks so that I could skip ahead using small Mario. Also, that triple Bowser gauntlet is crazy. It took me a while to figure out how to get past that. I eventually ended up bum-rushing the second two Bowsers after being able to kill the first with a Fire Flower. All in all, good level. It definitely left me with a sense of accomplishment once I finally cleared it.

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Maybe put him in a chamber of some sort. So riding him to victory is not an option?

I tried that, and he just flew right out. Not a big deal, I just replaced him with two Magikoopas. I also tweaked the lower fork of the level a little bit and made it harder.

New Course ID: 2C1B 0000 0044 7E31

Please disregard my previous airship level code, I deleted it in favor of this revision.

[Slime Slayer]

Good job figuring it out, I am impressed! Those two things you mentioned are the only way to beat it.

[ZedIsDead]

I made another level. This time, I tried to emulate Super Mario Bros. 3 as closely as possible, so I tried to ensure everything in the level is possible in SMB3. And like its inspiration, the level is pretty easy.

Course ID:5354-0000-0052-7019

[Slime Slayer]

Nice one Zed. Definitely one of the more true to Mario levels I've seen.

[Kugyince]

Pit of Panga: P-Break (Hardest Super Mario Maker Level Ever Made) - YouTube

[Seahawk]

Super Mario Maker: First Clear of Bomb Voyage by PangaeaPanga! - YouTube

[ZedIsDead]

I made yet another course, this time a boss rush type. It took me quite a while to beat this one.

Title: Can't We Get Beyond Vanilla Dome?
Course ID: 5343-0000-006E-12A6

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Screwed up the Course ID on the last one. It's actually 5343-0000-006E-15A6.

[nick666101]

Guess it's my turn to show some stages c: (and showing my face again, i've been gone from this site for months >_>)

Title: Kaizo Nick
ID: 0494-0000-0047-a420

Title: Castle Torture v2
ID: 2f8e-0000-0068-595b

And these are all 1-screen puzzles :)
11dd-0000-0069-c1ee
5104-0000-006c-4bd3
ad88-0000-0070-d4a2
74e3-0000-0074-b256 (technically 2 screens, but 1 of them happens inside the warp pipe ;3)
a274-0000-007a-51a6

[CatalystiCam]

Thanks. It was my first attempt, I tried to keep it in the style of an actual Mario game, and not bother with any gimmicks.

Likewise, here is my first attempt. I threw in a hint of gimmicks I guess, but nothing extreme. Designed to be beatable and there is a secret somewhere:

70A2-0000-007D-E5C1

These kinds of games are right up my alley. Not keen on the wait for new things to use system. Going to try the old fast forward the consoles clock trick.

[ZedIsDead]

@Nick: Kaizo Nick is unforgiving, but it never feels unfair. It makes me want to try again, which is great. Couldn't really ever get past the piranha plant bit, though.

@Japandering: I liked your level, especially considering you didn't have a whole lot of tools at your disposal. Your level actually felt like a real Mario level.

[CatalystiCam]

@Nick: Kaizo Nick is unforgiving, but it never feels unfair. It makes me want to try again, which is great. Couldn't really ever get past the piranha plant bit, though.

@Japandering: I liked your level, especially considering you didn't have a whole lot of tools at your disposal. Your level actually felt like a real Mario level.

Good feedback to hear. Thats what i was going for. Making non-boxy land adds a lot i feel personally.

Made a 2nd level. Difficulty ranped up a fair amount. This one is called Pipe Dream inspired off of my favourite level from my smw hack years ago. Similar secret in this one. See if you can find it. Note coins can be a subtle hint.

4f16-0000-007e-50e2

[ZedIsDead]

Pipe Dream was pretty fun. I died a couple times due to stupid mistakes, but the difficulty level wasn't too bad.

[CatalystiCam]

Pipe Dream was pretty fun. I died a couple times due to stupid mistakes, but the difficulty level wasn't too bad.

I had gone through a few upload playthroughs or whatever (thing you do to ensure it's beatable before upload) and tweaked a few things. added pirhana plant, moved spiny, removed a goomba and a spiny. Something like that. Feels a lot more polished and complete now. So it was a bit too difficult at times, especially at a spot I think you (or a few others died at).

I'm pretty impressed by the amounts of plays my levels have already. I assumed this would be another one of those things where only famous youtubers levels and such are able to be found. Looks like they have a pretty good random optimization in place.

Is clear rate based on deaths/attempts, or each individual giving up or succeeding eventually?

[ZedIsDead]

Is clear rate based on deaths/attempts, or each individual giving up or succeeding eventually?

Deaths/attempts.

[Slime Slayer]

Deaths/attempts.

Are you sure? I thought it was users who have played and not completed it vs. users who have completed it.

[ZedIsDead]

Are you sure? I thought it was users who have played and not completed it vs. users who have completed it.

Yeah. You can find the total number of unique players for a course next to the star rating in the expanded view of the course.

For example, in my stage Magikoopas on an Airship, 19 different players have tried the course. However, the clear rate is 8/62, meaning that there has been 8 clears over 62 attempts by these 19 people.

http://www.retrouprising.com/img/2015_09/5917.jpg

Really, it isn't deaths/attempts as much as it's clears/attempts.

[Slime Slayer]

Ahah, gotcha.

[ZedIsDead]

Since my Authentic-Style SMB3 Level did so well, I did it again, this time with Super Mario World.

Name: Authentic-Style SMW Level
Course ID: 23F1-0000-0080-80FF

[CatalystiCam]

I'm really enjoying making my levels detailed. Trying to actually set a progressive theme up through my course bot. First 3 levels will be NSMBU Undergound Pipe themed, and the end castle obviously. About as far as I've got with that thought. SMW-style is just something I associate with romhacks, and it's my favourite look. Once I unlock that, I think you'll see a lot more SMW from me.

Disappointed however in... LIMITATIONS... Damn it! I like to add great detail and polish to these, even if it just means making roofs and pipes that are just aesthetic for the level. However I've been stopped from using land tiles now in my 3rd level, with only two-thirds of it roofed. Minor complaint, the limitations are pretty high, but dang that was slightly disappointing. I'll make it work.

Tried Steven's level, and the Kaizo nick one. I actually livestreamed them, but the audio screwed up from my skype, so it was basically me talking to myself as the others weren't heard.

Steven - I liked it, a lot of confusing and seemingly impassible segments? Perhaps intentional. Overall I liked the amount of detail in the level though.

Nick - Definition of a Kaizo level. I find these sadistic levels oddly fun now and then. I gave it a good several-dozen attempts and got as far as where the stars ran out with the bullet bills. Not bad.

Edit: Sidenote. I love that a lot of Mario Paint icons and themes are back. Especially Coursebot being this rendition of the save robot. When you think about it, this really is this generations Mario Paint. A sandbox game to just create with.

[ZedIsDead]

Disregard the first code for the Authentic-Style SMW Level, I realized that I had forgotten something that would prevent players from getting stuck.

New course ID: C1FC-0000-0080-8E3A

@Japandering: I'm not sure if you know this or not, but if you download 4 levels and place them in the same "world" in Coursebot, you can play those levels in order like a normal Mario game, with lives carrying over and everything. This game has a ton of hidden secrets in it, too.

[CatalystiCam]

New course ID: C1FC-0000-0080-8E3A

@Japandering: I'm not sure if you know this or not, but if you download 4 levels and place them in the same "world" in Coursebot, you can play those levels in order like a normal Mario game, with lives carrying over and everything. This game has a ton of hidden secrets in it, too.

that's perfect, Zed. That's kind of the way I was looking at it. I'll shuffle em all around and build what I choose, but arrange them eventually in a sensible order. For right now, The Underground NSMBU is the favourite theme that I have. This'll either be world 1 or 2. Not sure.

Speaking of unlocking. I'm kind of letting it go at it's natural pace, but for future reference you can edit a course for 5 minutes, then edit your WiiU's system date ahead a day to speed up the process. I may have exploited this a few times, but still easing into it.

Level 3 is done. Let me know if the difficulty is scaling alright, also let me know if the last third of the level feels too empty aesthetically. Naturally, there is a few secrets in this one again, though none of them are for springboard access this time.

Chasm Chaos: F6CB-0000-0080-9167

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Right. Forgot Chris' Levels:

Hailing Hammers - Very Nice, especially for a first level. Slightly extreme, but meh. Mario aint hard at this point.

Authentic Mario 3 - Very nice as well. Better than Hammers for sure. Favourited

Authentic SMW - Same thing here. Feels a bit on the difficult side for some perhaps, but no biggie here. Note that your secret to the 1-up room is accessible through both pipes.

[ZedIsDead]

Chasm Choas is pretty fun. I seemed to have a little more difficulty with the beginning of the course rather than the end, but I think that mostly due to me getting used to the NSMBU style. For some reason, NSMBU feels a lot more floaty than the other styles, so it tends to mess me up a little bit. As for the end of the level, I was too busy evading Bullet Bills and dealing with respawning enemies to really notice any lack of aesthetics.

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Note that your secret to the 1-up room is accessible through both pipes.
I know. It's not really a big deal, I didn't want to create another pipe and I couldn't really block off access to the pipe without trapping the player in the bonus room.

[Slime Slayer]

Not sure if you are aware Zed, but the player can jump the gaps between the islands in Beyond The Vanilla Dome. Personally I like it that way, since the 2nd Bowser battle was pissing me off. Found the hidden flower, still takes too many hits and I get sloppy.

Good levels Cam, thought the difficulty ramped up nicely, a few questionable choices though... Why the secret propeller hat? Seems like it was rewarding to find, and then turned out to be pretty useless. Unless I'm missing something.

Kaizo Nick was a 1 death nope for me, way too brutal.

It's not easy bouncing around from the different physics of the different games, but really fascinating to be to compare them against one another. It's funny but for me, the SMB 1 physics are the tightest, and most enjoyable, and to be frank the best. Furthermore, I've come to realize that I hate the SMB 3 physics.

SMB 1 > SMW > NSMB > SMB 3

I started up a new level tonight, I can't help but try to make these things into adventure games, lol. Any semblance to a legit Mario level goes out the window.

And my god there are a damn boatload of shit levels out there, if I see one more goddamn level that plays by itself I'm gonna put my fist through my gamepad. The first one was neat, the second won was not. And what's with all these stupid nubs who's little pea sized minds can only come up with designs focusing around MORE ENEMIES!!!! Although there is also a ton of awesome stuff, a lot of well thought out creative levels that definitely make the shit levels worthwhile.

[ZedIsDead]

I've played levels that require the player to hold right before the level even starts up. That's some Action 52 level shit there. However, quite a few of these levels are being made by children who don't know any better. As such, there will probably always be mostly shit levels. This is why I tend to avoid 100 Mario Challenge these days, since there's no way of filtering the bad levels out.

Another thing I've noticed is that the worst levels are almost always in the New Super Mario Bros. U style. I mean, it does make sense, it's the style that the young kids are most familiar with, and it's available from the start, so a lot of them are first or second attempts. Because of this(and the fact that the physics annoy me) I mostly avoid NSMBU stages unless I know the person making them(like Cam and Nick). Right now, I have a strong preference for the Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World styles, and I don't think that's going to change.

[CatalystiCam]

Good levels Cam, thought the difficulty ramped up nicely, a few questionable choices though... Why the secret propeller hat? Seems like it was rewarding to find, and then turned out to be pretty useless. Unless I'm missing something.

Yeah. I noticed that too. Something I may tweak, but is probably to late to just replace in the upload? Like it'll be new upload if so? Still, either way I'll probably fix it. I had actually planned for it to be a pikachu (only amiibo I have), but apparently those only work in SMB1 oddly enough. It went to a propeller suit with the NSMBU look and I just worked around that. If you can make it out of the next piranha plant segment, you can propeller up to a bit of a shortcut on the top of the level (This was also put in place to delete some land tiles lol. I'm not sure I should fix this. Not sure how many will find it, but hey, it has a purpose. Thoughts?

Chasm Choas is pretty fun. I seemed to have a little more difficulty with the beginning of the course rather than the end, but I think that mostly due to me getting used to the NSMBU style. For some reason, NSMBU feels a lot more floaty than the other styles, so it tends to mess me up a little bit. As for the end of the level, I was too busy evading Bullet Bills and dealing with respawning enemies to really notice any lack of aesthetics.

Yeah, it's definitely one interesting thing with this game, is the differing styles. I'm actually finding I get used to them in a snap personally depending on which one I'm playing. Only difference is I become too reliant on the mid-air spin in NSMBU as a jump modifier that I go to use it when I switch styles, and usually subsequently die and then remember I can't spin from there on.

It's not easy bouncing around from the different physics of the different games, but really fascinating to be to compare them against one another. It's funny but for me, the SMB 1 physics are the tightest, and most enjoyable, and to be frank the best. Furthermore, I've come to realize that I hate the SMB 3 physics.

SMB 1 > SMW > NSMB > SMB 3

Interesting. while in terms of the actual games themselves, I've always found SMB1 to be my least favourite. Feels stiffer, screen doesn't scroll, and damn springboards. Not like I didn't grow up with SMB1 either, I just tended to favour 3 on our All-stars pack, until I got older, and just learned to adapt to the slightly more primitive controls. I have to mention this is a mild preference however. I always just get used to what I'm playing, but yeah. A lot of this seems to be fixed in Mario Maker, at least the screen scrolling does. My kryptonite is still springboards though. When do you press jump? It's apparently wildly different from when you jump in other games.

For me:

SMW > NSMBU/SMB3 > SMB1 I really just enjoy them all to a similar degree though.

And my god there are a damn boatload of shit levels out there, if I see one more goddamn level that plays by itself I'm gonna put my fist through my gamepad. The first one was neat, the second won was not. And what's with all these stupid nubs who's little pea sized minds can only come up with designs focusing around MORE ENEMIES!!!! Although there is also a ton of awesome stuff, a lot of well thought out creative levels that definitely make the shit levels worthwhile.

I've played levels that require the player to hold right before the level even starts up. That's some Action 52 level shit there. However, quite a few of these levels are being made by children who don't know any better. As such, there will probably always be mostly shit levels. This is why I tend to avoid 100 Mario Challenge these days, since there's no way of filtering the bad levels out.

Another thing I've noticed is that the worst levels are almost always in the New Super Mario Bros. U style. I mean, it does make sense, it's the style that the young kids are most familiar with, and it's available from the start, so a lot of them are first or second attempts. Because of this(and the fact that the physics annoy me) I mostly avoid NSMBU stages unless I know the person making them(like Cam and Nick). Right now, I have a strong preference for the Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World styles, and I don't think that's going to change.

Yeeeeeep! I think I need to retract my comments about good level optimization on the course world. I'm glad it's not just famous youtubers at the top of the lists, and you can find regular joe's levels in a random sense, but it does need to be a bit better. Levels need to be categorized into types. say like Authentic-style, Parkour, Kaizo, Auto, Easy, difficult. Something like that, even just ranks that the people tag, much like Little Big Planet.

For now, there isn't much we can do, and yeah 100-mario challenge is useless right now. Too much chance of an auto level, or a kaizo level, which just makes no sense. Again not that auto-levels are not cool, but if I want to see an auto level, I should have to ask for it.

I think it's the unfortunate reality of having kids play this game, and not just kids, but people that have a different idea of how they want to work with the game. Say Chris, and myself for example, both seem to be trying to create fair and mario-style levels, and putting a lot of work into that, but I doubt many people know better for lack of a better term, I agree. On the other hand, some people may enjoy the extreme difficulty, and I bet there's less mario-style levels than there is not. Key thing is too, it takes a lot more effort to put thought and detail into your levels, something that requires patience and play-testing, and something kids won't have the patience to do.

Anyways, my way of optimizing for myself is by favouriting user who's levels I liked. Both Chris & Steve are on my list now.

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Interesting. while in terms of the actual games themselves, I've always found SMB1 to be my least favourite. Feels stiffer, screen doesn't scroll, and damn springboards. Not like I didn't grow up with SMB1 either, I just tended to favour 3 on our All-stars pack, until I got older, and just learned to adapt to the slightly more primitive controls. I have to mention this is a mild preference however. I always just get used to what I'm playing, but yeah. A lot of this seems to be fixed in Mario Maker, at least the screen scrolling does. My kryptonite is still springboards though. When do you press jump? It's apparently wildly different from when you jump in other games.

Re-iterating this. Ignore me. Controls are indeed quite tight. Childhood me talking apparentrly. Free-air control movement would be nice, but eh. All around pretty good, especially in this game.

My final World Castle level (NSMBU theme), probably the last in this graphic for a good while.

Lava Mites: 7077-0000-0081-f24d

Additionally, here is a fun challenging SMB1 airship level I found:

B759-0000-005a-3646

[ZedIsDead]

Lava Mites is pretty fun, although I found it's not as hard as Chasm Chaos. You've got a nice little world there.

Alright, new level!
Title: Bowser's Frozen Castle
Course ID: 3F6D-0000-0082-6F9F

[Slime Slayer]

Yeah. I noticed that too. Something I may tweak, but is probably to late to just replace in the upload? Like it'll be new upload if so? Still, either way I'll probably fix it. I had actually planned for it to be a pikachu (only amiibo I have), but apparently those only work in SMB1 oddly enough. It went to a propeller suit with the NSMBU look and I just worked around that. If you can make it out of the next piranha plant segment, you can propeller up to a bit of a shortcut on the top of the level (This was also put in place to delete some land tiles lol. I'm not sure I should fix this. Not sure how many will find it, but hey, it has a purpose. Thoughts?
[/B]

Not worth re-uping the level i.m.o. and of course there all no "rules", it's all just for fun.

I try to make everything in there important, for example if I was gonna put in a hidden star, that star would enable the player to take an easier route that was otherwise not accessible, or whatever... I just try and give a purpose to the stuff at the players disposal. Of course like I mentioned, I don't make Nintendo style levels. This next one Im making is more akin to Maniac Mansion than it is Mario Bros.

[ZedIsDead]

You do, however, retain the stars from levels you have deleted, so the only thing you really lose is the Miiverse posts. If there's something bothering me about one of my levels, I'm not afraid to take it down, fix what's wrong, and reupload it. That's just me, though.

[Slime Slayer]

Re-iterating this. Ignore me. Controls are indeed quite tight. Childhood me talking apparentrly. Free-air control movement would be nice, but eh. All around pretty good, especially in this game.
[/B]

It's the lack of free-air controls that I appreciate, It's a more focused control scheme.

You give me a 1 tile block to land on in SMB 1 and I will land on it every time. You give me the same in NSMB, and its a wobbly butt-puckering mess every time.

This might be just me and other people who had a NES and nothing else to play but SMB for 2 years when the game was new.

It's probable that I really just need to git gud.

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@Japandering: I'm not sure if you know this or not, but if you download 4 levels and place them in the same "world" in Coursebot, you can play those levels in order like a normal Mario game, with lives carrying over and everything. This game has a ton of hidden secrets in it, too.

This is an awesome feature. I was always wondering why I would ever put any coins or 1-ups in my levels.

[CatalystiCam]

Steven. In regards to thinking in a level like 'this powerup will help this way'. I definitely get that. Adds a nice element

Basic Nelly - keep a shell. Kick it at the block between plants for a springboard to an easier route.

Pipe Dream - top left of screen segment has a star, as well as a springboard if you wall jump between a wall and pipe.

Chasm Chaos - accessible hiddenish areas for a star and shell helmet. Pipe and wall jump to propeller suit allowing you to skip a later segment.

Lava mites - if small there is a mini shortcut up. If you still have the propeller suit from level 3. You can go over fire-rod segment.

Steven on 1-ups. Same. I just put one into Lava mites after realizing that. I also thought it was silly for people to put 1-ups inand have them count in 100-mario challenge.

Chris. New level is good. Sense of urgency is present with enemies and magikoopa, but is disorienting in knowing where lava hoppers are. Not sure how to feel on this. Powerups are very generous though. End with flying black chompers csn cluster a bit with bowser fireballs. Its ok, but a likely hit. I had the same issue on lava-mites ending. Overall. Still worth a favourite, but i like your others more. Keep it up. Enjoying these!

Working on something very different. Definitely not a traditional level. Really curious to see how it turns out and what you guys think. Actual level probably pretty small as a test.

Written on phone. Excuse grammar.

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Okaaaaaaaaay. Holy crap man. Playing this for upload made me want to cry. Please i dare any of you to try and beat this action puzzle level i made. Happy i made it but also hate myself a bit.

Note sprite despawns. Dont keep either shell, yoshi or springboard far out of sight. Keep both shells until needed. Should be obviousish where to ditch em. Same with yoshi. SERIOUS respect if you can beat this level! Im going to go sleep now...

Keep Both Shells: 4b8e-0000-0083-5e92

[ZedIsDead]

@Cam: Thanks for the feedback. I've replaced the Poodoboos with flamethrowers, that should make things more visible. I also removed the wings on the first set of chompers. The level seems to work a little better now.

New Course ID: 70D7-0000-0084-5249

[CatalystiCam]

@Cam: Thanks for the feedback. I've replaced the Poodoboos with flamethrowers, that should make things more visible. I also removed the wings on the first set of chompers. The level seems to work a little better now.

New Course ID: 70D7-0000-0084-5249

Awesome! I tried it, and I really like it now. Never been thrilled with ice-phsics overall, but never been one to hate it either. I think there was some other changes to the landscape too, eh? Either way favourited.

I decided to put myself through this again for video. Oddly enough I think the difficulty is right now that it's not 2 AM How to solve Keep Both Shells:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKQTAH21PK4

Anyways, back to normal for a bit. My official world 1-1 in Mario 3 Style (other will be world 2 or 3):

Concept of Familiarity: 116A-0000-0084-A4A3

[ZedIsDead]

I liked Concept of Familiarity, it was a fun little level.

I made a joke level, and it already has more stars than some of my real ones. Weird.

Title: Automatic Levels Are The Worst
Course ID: 2678-0000-0084-EC51

The upside to this is I passed the 50 star mark, which upped my upload limit to 20.

[Slime Slayer]

Nice.

I upped a new one but I'm pissed off, I had this hilarious bubbles quote "you're peein yourself mr layhe" scattered all over the level. I didn't know they would all be replaced with the stupid bird chirping. Ruined the level.

[CatalystiCam]

Nice.

I upped a new one but I'm pissed off, I had this hilarious bubbles quote "you're peein yourself mr layhe" scattered all over the level. I didn't know they would all be replaced with the stupid bird chirping. Ruined the level.

That's what that was. I don't really like the Sfx in levels to be honest. I do know uploading your own won't play online, probably for safety of not being able to monitor swears or something, because Nintendo. Frankly I'm kind of glad I don't have to randomly hear some 10 year old screaming into the mic as a sound effect online though, as the normal spammed sound effects are bad enough.

I played the level though. Makes you think a bit, but seemed to be a few correct ways to do things? I liked it overall but died near the end and quit on like attempt 10.

I feel like I'm losing my creativity for this. My own limitations of trying to make world 1 or 2 levels easy enough. So I'm doing things a bit scattered now and arranging as I see fit. Finishing the Mario 3 world first though.

Current other two Mario 3 Levels:

Navigational Deviation (Apparently this is the world of big words... I don't know lol): 56C6-0000-0086-7CD7

Delve Into the Hollow: 1F12-0000-008E-0908

And last but not least, a different style of level. Somewhat Kaizo-style, somewhat action puzzle, but fair and aesthetically appealing still of course. Not nearly as unforgiving as Keep Both Shells, but it's based around challenging platforming, and a bit of puzzle elements with things like Yoshi, P-switches and springboards.

Disposable Gadgets: 28D7-0000-0091-337A

Speaking of Keep Both Shells, what did you guys think? I see the completion rate is 1/140. That one actually being me beating it at a friends house to show them how it's done. I like the idea, but people I've seen seem to be struggling with it. It is an extremely unforgiving concept.

[Slime Slayer]

Yeah there are few different ways of succeeding.

I'll try out your guys new ones later.

[ZedIsDead]

I played your guys's levels a bit, but I want to try them again once I'm not completely dead tired.

@Cam: Although I know how to beat Keep Both Shells(thanks to your video), actually pulling it off is a different story.

[CaptainJivePants]

So many Course IDs for me to try in here. New makers to follow, too. Very excited. Here's one of mine so you can find me and my courses. Almost everything has been an attempt to create Luigi levels that feel kind of like SMB levels, and I kind of made the one below a little mean unintentionally. Most of my other ones are easier and more fun/accessible.

3BBF-0000-004E-089D Luigi 3-2

[Slime Slayer]

Right on CJP will follow.

I had a plan last night I was gonna tear through all your guys levels and brag here today and tell you all to step it up. I beat one level and then next in line was 2 shells... I don't know what to do, I get to the part with the p and coins and then it's just a huge gap...

[CatalystiCam]

Right on CJP will follow.

I had a plan last night I was gonna tear through all your guys levels and brag here today and tell you all to step it up. I beat one level and then next in line was 2 shells... I don't know what to do, I get to the part with the p and coins and then it's just a huge gap...

The ending? Impressive already. spit the last shell to get the p switch out, and you'll lose the last shell after doing so. Run across the now solid coins, take a running leap, jump off yoshi mid-air, hit the springboard, and then use the momentum to bounce to the ending. I made a tutorial youtube video up in one of my other posts.

Here is the part you're referring to specifically:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKQTAH21PK4&t=6m34s

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Recording Mr. Layhe Musta been on the sauce now. This'll be a doozy...

[Slime Slayer]

That's one thing I was gonna try, but I never hit that second last pswitch to get yoshi to drop down. I've been stubborn and trying to do it with just one shell, and the timing to hit the spinny block and then re catch the shell is tough.

[CatalystiCam]

That's one thing I was gonna try, but I never hit that second last pswitch to get yoshi to drop down. I've been stubborn and trying to do it with just one shell, and the timing to hit the spinny block and then re catch the shell is tough.

Hey man, if you can find a way to break the level and beat it that way, more power to ya. I think I broke your level a bit whilst beating it. Should see it in a bit. Also I'm editing in the sound effect you wanted into my video.

[Slime Slayer]

Hahaha awesome!

[CatalystiCam]

Hahaha awesome!

I actually watched Trailer Park Boys in order to get the sound effect lol. Wasn't available anywhere Online. All I saw was an old man acting messed up saying "Propane, propane" and then the "peeing yourself" line. I chuckled, but I had not context. Nonetheless... It's in the video, like 50 damn times... That was a bad promise lol.

Rendering now. In the meantime, I did Zed/Chris' levels the other day, but I must have been tired on that one. Mumbling n' such. Either way, here's Chris' for now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjy25VHGdwM&feature=youtu.be

[CaptainJivePants]

So, I started adding everybody in this thread to my following list. My wife and I are watching Trailer Park Boys, and we started reading the names of everyone's courses. Steven Cassidy wins: "Mr Layhe musta been on the sauce."

[ZedIsDead]

I decided to try my hand at an underwater level. I put it together pretty quickly, so it probably needs some playtesting.

Title: Underneath the Direst Docks
Course ID: 69F9-0000-0095-5AC3

@Cam: You can make Monty Moles by shaking Rocky Wrenches. Nice video, by the way. I'll probably make another revision of Magikoopas on an Airship, incorporating some of your suggestions.

I liked Chu-Chu Chain, good concept there. Wasn't really into Disposable Gadgets, but puzzle levels aren't really my thing anyway. I was kinda annoyed by the very first bit, where it seems you are forced to sacrifice the mushroom you just received.

@CaptainJivePants: I played all of your levels. They were all pretty good, except for Luigi 3-2, which drove me nuts. My favorites are Baby Bowser's Thunderdome and Chris and Laura's Castle. Keep up the good work.

[CatalystiCam]

Here we are Steven. Mr. Lahey musta been on the sauce. 5-attempt completion! Feeling really good at this game after beating this, Chu-chu Chain and 2 Shells.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekV43jzLw7Q

game Audio Desyncs about 3 quarters of the way through. Multiple attempts to fix didn't work. My capture card likes to not work with WiiU loading or transition screens sometimes. It's just with the WiiU however... Odd I know...

This is my favourite Hard level I've played. I'm honoured to be the first to complete it hehehe.

Also. I've been delving into the realms of making hard, and fair levels these days. Here is a Mario 1 level I constructed, probably with my most clever title yet...

Chu-chu Chain: 6653-0000-0093-2EF6

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I decided to try my hand at an underwater level. I put it together pretty quickly, so it probably needs some playtesting.

Title: Underneath the Direst Docks
Course ID: 69F9-0000-0095-5AC3

@Cam: You can make Monty Moles by shaking Rocky Wrenches. Nice video, by the way. I'll probably make another revision of Magikoopas on an Airship, incorporating some of your suggestions.

I liked Chu-Chu Chain, good concept there. Wasn't really into Disposable Gadgets, but puzzle levels aren't really my thing anyway. I was kinda annoyed by the very first bit, where it seems you are forced to sacrifice the mushroom you just received.

@CaptainJivePants: I played all of your levels. They were all pretty good, except for Luigi 3-2, which drove me nuts. My favorites are Baby Bowser's Thunderdome and Chris and Laura's Castle. Keep up the good work.

Disposable Gadgets - You can spin jump on the spiny's. I'm sure you know this, what got you is that letting go of the spin jump whilst spin-jumping in sequence does a lower spin jump avoiding the spikes.

Chu-chu Chain - I'm quite happy with it too. I wish the bomb chain spawned correctly, but it pans out quite the same.

Will get to Captain's levels along the way here. Welcome to the fun, sir!

[ZedIsDead]

Didn't know you could do a low spin jump. Nice tip!

On second thought, I've had a change of heart on Disposable Gadgets. It's actually pretty decent.

[Slime Slayer]

Holy shit Cam well done, you did a lot of stuff that not intended, good job thinking outside the box.

The Bob bombs at the start were not supposed to be used like that, something I overlooked. You can take one into the nearby pipe that the hammer bros come out of and find another way to skip ahead in the level.
The spring board to get up was also very nice, there is actually a vine near the bottom that goes up the small gap.
There is a star hidden on the left side next to the other vine that was for clearing out all the chain chomps.i thought the brick layout was a good clue but I guess not. Hit both spinners under the pipe to drop a pow block to take out the hammer bros. Then at the end your method for clearing out the blocks is the more difficult one I believe, that's why the hidden blocks are on the right side. Anyway, great job breaking my level to bits, was really fun to watch.

Thanks for doing the vid Cam, especially all the layhe peeing himself stuff lol, was fun to watch.

[CatalystiCam]

Haha, glad to have broken it. It was a fun time, and I didn't even realize certain things were in fact breaking it.

I think the other method was just too tedious for me to keep doing. In kicking 20 shells into the spiny area in order to gain access to that door. Somewhere along the way I noticed the grey blocks off to the right and just came up with that. The springboard on the giant mushroom. No idea how I thought of that, but it worked, so hey. I think I see where the star would be, yeah. I don't however see the easy route for the end sequence.

Curious if you're going to shorten that giant mushroom to the left, and replace the grey blocks with land tiles or something now? Or just leave the level as is. I'd be surprised if anyone thinks of either of those strategies too too frequently.

[ZedIsDead]

Yet another new level, this time trying to make it as sparse and bleak as possible. No music, power-ups, blocks or coins. Just Mario, Boos, and Dry Bones.

Title: The Dead Lands
Course ID: 3E23-0000-0096-D426

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I'm really happy with this new level. Basically, the setup is that you're required to "time travel" between the past and the present in order to progress through the level. For example, in the present, the castle is in a state of disrepair and none of the contraptions are operational. In the past, everything works, both helpful and harmful. Also, enemies like Magikoopas and Hammer Bros in the past become Dry Bones in the future.

Title: Past and Present
Course ID: D55F-0000-00A6-C57E

I also made a level based on the first level of Cheetahmen II:
Title: Cheetahmen II Level 1
Course ID: D72B-0000-0097-2A93

[ZedIsDead]

New level, this time a fire-based level.

Title: Through The Fire And The Flames
Course ID: A355-0000-00B9-9FC2

[CatalystiCam]

Working on a really detailed level right now. Have about 2 others finished that I can't upload right now as well.

Anyways, this one I did upload, but never posted. Seems to be my most popular level online:

Spins & Spikes
E5B9-0000-0098-B530

[Seahawk]

Players Are Bending And Breaking Mario Maker, And The Results Are Amazing (http://kotaku.com/players-are-bending-and-breaking-mario-maker-and-the-r-1737615599)

Losing My Mind In A Mario Maker Level Designed To Troll Me (http://kotaku.com/losing-my-mind-in-a-mario-maker-level-designed-to-troll-1738063758)

Maybe some tips and tricks for you guys in these two articles.

[ZedIsDead]

I did a follow-up to my Authentic-Style SMB3 Level.

Title: Authentic-Style SMB3 Level 2
Course ID: C63A-0000-00C0-2DBB

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No, no, no, light speed is too slow! We're gonna have to go right to... Ludicrous Speed!

Title: Ludicrous Speed
Course ID: D565-0000-00C3-7476

http://www.retrouprising.com/img/2015_10/5945.gif

[Slime Slayer]

Nice ones Zed, authentic feels pretty darned authentic.

Ludicrous speed was a bitch till I figured out you are supposed to hang back near the left of the screen.
What is I'm turning plaid from? I know I heared it from something before...

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Oh yeah try my new one, better hurry up Randy.

[ZedIsDead]

Nice course Steven, I came very close to beating it.

There's an update for Super Mario Maker coming November 4th. New features include checkpoints and tiered powerups.

Super Mario Maker - Checkpoint! - YouTube

Checkpoints are going to make the game much better and should have been implemented from the start. I think I'm going reupload some of my courses with checkpoints added. This would also be the perfect time to rework some of my previous courses.

[CatalystiCam]

beat the 20-second steven course, but with bottom of the flagpole method. That last koopa throws you off, the rest are stretch jumps.

Uploading more of my courses ever since I've hit 50 stars. Yeah, the update is definitely implementing stuff that should have been there in the first place.

[Kevo]

Hey cool, it's a Super Mario Maker thread. I've played a few of Zed's levels and I enjoyed them. I'll have to try and play some of the others listed here when I have time.

[ZedIsDead]

The new update is live!

I made a number of changes to Magikoopas on an Airship and Can't We Get Beyond Vanilla Dome? and added checkpoints, too. Vanilla Dome in particular was made much easier.

Magikoopas on an Airship
A399-0000-00D6-80CE

Can't We Get Beyond Vanilla Dome?
6B11-0000-00D6-BB60

I have also made a few more levels since I last updated.

Authentic-Style SMB Level
F7AE-0000-00D1-853B

Airship Warfare v2
70D5-0000-00D4-D142

And a couple I made for Reddit:

/r/Nintendo 5-3 Cobalt Caverns
FE5F-0000-00D4-C8EC

/r/Nintendo 7-2 Tower To The Sky
72F9-0000-00C5-4EB4

[Slime Slayer]

I beat them all last night, good stuff.

[Mareeps]

Apparently they stuck Arino of all things into Mario Maker.

[Slime Slayer]

That's awesome.

[Mareeps]

If you beat one of the levels he made you get an Arino costume.

[ZedIsDead]

Another new course! At first, it was going to be a remake of Underneath the Direst Docks, but it ended up becoming a different course altogether. It's a homage course to the Super Mario 64 level Dire, Dire Docks(unlike Underneath the Direst Docks, which I mostly just used the name). Can you get both Power Stars?

Dire, Dire Docks
0CC4-0000-00DB-3056

[ZedIsDead]

It's been awhile since I made a course. My new course is an athletic-style Super Mario Bros. airship level built around Bullet Bills and Grinders. It's a little harder than I usually make courses.

Pursuit of the Dreadnought
675E-0000-00F8-BCF5

[CatalystiCam]

Getting quite the following there Chris, nice!

I can't remember the last I posted one. I have about 14 uploaded I think now. The newest I had been working on for a while, and I tried to really pretty it up, and run with somewhat of a gimmick.

Cannon Turtles:
DA22-0000-00D6-EFB1

[ZedIsDead]

Getting quite the following there Chris, nice!


Thanks! I'm pretty happy with the way my courses have been received to this point.

I liked the gimmick in Cannon Turtles, I've used that myself in Airship Warfare. I kinda wish it was a bit longer, but what's there is really fun. Good job!

New level time! This level draws some inspiration from the Super Mario World level Cookie Mountain(Although not a whole lot, honestly. It is pretty heavy on Monty Moles like its namesake, though.) Climb the mountain and leap over an erupting crater!

Ascending Cookie Mountain
7B00-0000-0101-D064

[ZedIsDead]

New update coming Dec. 22! New additions include P-Switch doors, bumpers, and Fire Clown Cars.

Super Mario Maker - New Features! (Wii U) - YouTube

[Kevo]

New update coming Dec. 22! New additions include P-Switch doors, bumpers, and Fire Clown Cars.

Actually, the new update arrives on Monday, December 21 for folks in the U.S. and on December 22 in Europe and Japan. In addition, the Bookmark web portal goes live on December 22 worldwide -- looking forward to all of this new content. :)

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EDIT: So, correction, the Bookmark web portal goes live for fans in North America on December 21 -- same day as the update. At least that's what my PR email said. Interestingly, Nintendo of America just released a trailer detailing the update. At the end, it says December 22. They've got conflicting dates.

[ZedIsDead]

Update is live, and with it comes the new Bookmark site:

https://supermariomakerbookmark.nintendo.net/

Bit of a mouthful, isn't it?

Anyway, I made a shooter course utilizing the new Fire Clown Car.

Ice-cold Shoot-out
https://supermariomakerbookmark.nintendo.net/courses/9A2C-0000-0127-39A9

[Slime Slayer]

That bookmak site is awesome, I was thinking that the game could really use something like that.

[Kevo]

I'm kind of getting bored with Super Mario Maker. Building levels is just something I don't have time for, and many of the levels built by players are pretty awful. Even some of the Event Courses are pretty mediocre.

[ZedIsDead]

Yeah, I hear you on that. I had to resort to going to Reddit in order to find decent courses. The Bookmark site has helped greatly in finding better courses, also. Of course, I'm more of a maker than a player, so I get my enjoyment out of the game.

Speaking of Super Mario Maker, one of my courses just hit the 100-star threshold. Pursuit of the Dreadnought just exploded in popularity recently, and I'm not entirely sure why. It's one of my better courses, but I wouldn't call it my best. Still nice to be seeing some recognition for my hard work, though!

[Slime Slayer]

I find the terrible courses problem has gotten a lot better over the lifetime of the game. Nice on the 100 star club Zed.

[Kevo]

I'm sure a few members here have unlocked the three Pokémon costumes by now? I still need to do, but I did watch footage of each one in action. I thought they were pretty neat.

[CatalystiCam]

Took me a while to get around to it, but here is the next level. Thinking I one upped myself again. I really like it.

Hidden Hideouts
B3AD-0000-01D1-EEF2

[CatalystiCam]

My friend has been bugging me to make some ridiculously difficult levels for him. So here are 2 of them. Can any of you clear them?

Aggrivation:
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Sadistic Salmon:
f06b-0000-01e9-4369

[nick666101]

With the latest update I made a few new levels, so go ahead and enjoy (or hate) them c:

The challenging door
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Shellmet guidance
7cc0-0000-01f5-7c9c