Let's Share Super Mario Maker Levels!

[k1]

I'll be sure to check out those levels when I get a chance.  I'm working on a musical level at the moment.

[k1]

Here's some of my son's levels:

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We are both marking everyone as "follow" and will be dealing out as many stars as we can!

[Edward J Grug III]

I played and starred both. Have you had a chance to play around with it yourself yet?

[Quirk]

I have a new one out. I think I've learned some valuable lessons from my other courses, which are apparently nigh-impossible. Their real problem, though, is not being fun enough to play the beginnings over and over until you finally beat it. They are slogs when you don't beat them the first try, and I think I've really fixed that this time. Now the parts you've already cleared once become easier and faster on subsequent plays. Anyway, it's called Port Thwomp.

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[Edward J Grug III]

Nice! I think I finished both of your other ones? The second one was brutal though.

[Edward J Grug III]

Having said that, my levels have very low completion rate, and I don't think they are as hard as yours. I think if people don't complete a level on their first try, they skip them.

That's something really lacking in SMM - Consequence.

I've put secrets into every level I've made, often multiple paths. No one will ever play them enough to find them.

With over a million levels already uploaded, and no real reward for completing a specific level, I think people aren't giving levels much of a shot.

[Quirk]

It's difficult to make secrets and multiple paths matter to the player in this format. In Port Thwomp, I use a couple secrets to hide fire flowers. I think the multiple hits allowed by the FF is a good reward for their exploration. I also make sure not to allow them to collect more than three 1UPs in the stage. When I give them one, I want it to count, so I have to be careful about how many enemies are in a line, how many coins are in the level, etc. If the level comes up at the right time in the 100 Mario Challenge, those lives have value.

Multiple paths, though? That's a really hard thing to convince somebody to go back and find, unless they're trying for an easier path after they've died a few times.

As for avoiding skipping, one must capture that elusive "just one more try" quality. Part of that is making sure that, on the next try, they can more quickly get to the point where they died. This is where both mine failed.

[Edward J Grug III]

As for avoiding skipping, one must capture that elusive "just one more try" quality. Part of that is making sure that, on the next try, they can more quickly get to the point where they died. This is where both mine failed.

For sure.

If it doesn't feel too repetitive (some puzzle levels where you have to get a sequence exactly right, though very clever, can just wear on the nerves) and it doesn't feel too luck based as well.

A level with a bunch of Lakatus, for example, can mean even if you figure out the sequence of everything up till that point, it can be very frustrating to have an enemy dropped on your head from off screen. That happens surprisingly regularly.

Also, I have no patience for levels with just 100 of one enemy and you have to run and hope you accidentally time it right.

One clever thing I've been seeing on Twitter is people making comics and art to advertise their levels. Doing that is a good way to raise awareness and to also highlight things to look for or do in a level. But I don't know if I can be bothered...

[Quirk]

Also, I have no patience for levels with just 100 of one enemy and you have to run and hope you accidentally time it right.

This. Swarm levels get an immediate skip from me.

[Edward J Grug III]

I guess you can do this on Miiverse, but I think another great update would be if you could add a short blurb to the level select screen.

[Edward J Grug III]

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That's the last two levels from my Super Mario Bros cycle.

I'm working on Super Mario Bros 3 levels (I have uploaded the first two) but need more staaaaars.

[Edward J Grug III]

I have a new one out. I think I've learned some valuable lessons from my other courses, which are apparently nigh-impossible. Their real problem, though, is not being fun enough to play the beginnings over and over until you finally beat it. They are slogs when you don't beat them the first try, and I think I've really fixed that this time. Now the parts you've already cleared once become easier and faster on subsequent plays. Anyway, it's called Port Thwomp.

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Took me a little too long to figure out what to do once I wall jumped up, before getting up to the clouds, but I got there. Not sure it was how intended though? I jumped off one of the cannon balls and took the hit landing on the piranha plants. Or maybe if I was a better mario player I might have made it to the clouds?

[Quirk]

Took me a little too long to figure out what to do once I wall jumped up, before getting up to the clouds, but I got there. Not sure it was how intended though? I jumped off one of the cannon balls and took the hit landing on the piranha plants. Or maybe if I was a better mario player I might have made it to the clouds?

Hm. That shouldn't be possible. You're supposed to

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use the helmet to push the big thwomps up onto the second level, and then spin jump across them.

I didn't even think about the cannonballs.

[Quirk]

I altered The Invasion of Mz Koop's Garden and made it significantly easier.

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[k1]

I played and starred both. Have you had a chance to play around with it yourself yet?

A little bit! I have most of the music level built out I'm just working on the timing on it (and needing to unlock a few more things so I can get it the way I want it)