[Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs

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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2015, 17:26:23 »
OK, but keep in mind that the spine tiles already have an invisible collision mask. There's not a lot you can do to it other than extending parts of it out by a few pixels so that the entire thing is one straight line, but given how curvy the spine tiles are, Juni will still often look like she's climbing on air.

Yeah, I checked again and it seems the bottom part of the spine doesn't leave me much room for adjusting the collision mask. The fact that most of the spines I put in the level have a skull on top certainly doesn't help. I'll experiment a bit to see which option offers the best results without affecting the gameplay too much. If possible, I'd like to let the player climb the entire thing in a single go (skull included) rather than requiring multiple jumps, especially on the final maze.
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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2015, 01:53:56 »
This was pretty cool. A nice, scary level to play before Halloween.

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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2015, 13:27:59 »
Thanks Healy!  I did indeed consider keeping the finished level a secret and wait until mid October before releasing it... but I just don't have the necessary patience to pull off something like that :P2
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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #18 on: September 15, 2015, 19:37:12 »
Very interesting small level. I also like its graphic. The bones theme is very well done :).
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“Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains.” ~ Khalil Gibran

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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2015, 01:10:58 »
Thanks CWolvie :D  I'm glad I could do justice to the original tileset.

I still want to address the issues with the blue key area and the spine bones. Hopefully I'll be able to work on a new version soon.
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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #20 on: September 17, 2015, 19:23:25 »
Wow, that was creepy!

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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #21 on: September 25, 2015, 13:24:00 »
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the level :)
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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #22 on: October 09, 2015, 03:24:37 »
This was a great level. Really loved the atmosphere of it all. The "freedom" ending was a little of an anticlimax for me but I think the "truth" ending more than made up for it. Really well done level. :)

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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #23 on: November 04, 2015, 07:12:05 »
i just played this, really enjoyed it, it felt very purposeful in its approach with how stuff was placed and the flow between getting new powerups

Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #24 on: November 05, 2015, 17:00:38 »
Thank God there are people still making awesome KS levels!  :D :D :D

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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #25 on: February 28, 2016, 21:06:30 »
I've made a small update to this level before I finally release it on KnyttLevels.com. It fixes some issues and adds special optimizations and bonuses for KS+ (while still being playable on vanilla KS).

[ Curse of the Catacombs v1.1 ]

Spoiler: Changelog for v1.1 (click to show/hide)

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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #26 on: February 29, 2016, 01:37:12 »
Wow, this made me nostalgic - feels so much like the classic KS levels I played all those years ago. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the gameplay immensely. Great job!

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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #27 on: February 29, 2016, 16:18:07 »
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #28 on: February 29, 2016, 19:34:50 »
Thanks for updating to this beautiful level! :) I am also thinking of updating Save the high jump, but I...need...more...time. :sigh:
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Re: [Environmental/Challenge] [Easy] [Small] Curse of the Catacombs
« Reply #29 on: March 01, 2016, 15:17:59 »
I didn't notice too many differences in the new version, but it's been a long time since I played through. I found some bugs! When entering x996y1000 through the door, you can find yourself swimming in a skull. On the right side of x1006y997 the 2 stacked skulls are not solid.