24hosmw

I'm kind of late posting this but oh well, it's better than never (or ridiculously late).

24hosmw - 24 hours of Super Mario World. This contest idea was brought up by Kieran after seeing a similar contest (NOT Ludum Dare). You have to make an entry within 24 hours. Seems pretty short, but seeing it's only one level (or rather, sublevel) it's actually plenty of time.

The theme of this contest was like... "Imagine a 9th door in Bowser's Castle. What would it be like?". The most important thing in this contest was planning the entry. If you spent too much time for ASM, you'd have little time for the level. If you spent too much time on the level, you'd have little time for ASM, etc.

I actually participated in it with my entry named "9Munchers" (inspired by the 9 of Room 9, and the MMORPG called "9Dragons" together).

Apparently we needed to stick to the SMW feel. That... wasn't really obvious to me. Maybe I should read harder next time (I think I missed that SMW feel statement) because I kind of went overboard with my entry. All I had in my mind was things like "Room 9's gonna be awesome and unique!".

I ranked 46/86. x_x

The thing is, I'm still proud of my entry. It might be another generic Muncher Run level, but I decided to make my entry a little bit unique compared to my previous levels.

It involves running over munchers with a starman (again), but at the end you have to beat 9 munchers (actually 2 pokeys, 3 bouncing footballs). Once you beat them, you will have access to a silver P-switch. Using the P-switch, you will run back to the beginning of the level (and a few more silver P-switches fall from sky you have to press). If you ran all the way back, you'd see a blue P-switch. Press it. If you didn't touch the 9 at the beginning of the level, you're in for a surprise.

There really wasn't any ASM involved except for the 'fiery dust' effect those bouncing munchers left, along with the sparkling of the P-switches (like the goal sphere).

I wonder what the score of my level would be if the "SMW feel" thing wasn't involved.

Anyway, you can download my contest entry here.

I'd love to see this kind of contest again. Even though I quit SMW hacking, I still had fun designing my entry.

By the way, I shall release the patch for the P-Switch sparkle here, once it gets moderated at SMWCentral.