Anti-Idol Pack (Contest with 30E FEM prize: Lasts until end of April)

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Anti-Idol Pack (Contest with 30E FEM prize: Lasts until end of April)

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Been making some levs lately so decided to make them into a new pack. I think it fits nicely as an antithesis of Idol Pack as it has a similar concept but different approach.

The main similarity is that these levels are made in a short time-span, and the difference is the type of levels.

Here is a chart illustrating the main differences:
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What I've been generally aiming for when making these levs is to try to approach levelmaking with the mindset of someone that hasn't made many levs and with little elma experience. So they are kinda intentionally "bad" in some ways I guess. To try to achieve this I've also done minimal testing and there are no visuals at all in the levs.

Now the problem has been that in levelmaking sessions the focus tends to shift gradually so there are some levels that are pretty much conventional battle levels from me. The level order has been randomized so it's a pretty weird mix of levels overall. From 5-10s UHSEP/Tiny type of levels to 20-40s typical dani-battle levels to some very raw levels remniscent of levels made in the early 2000s.

Another aim of making this pack has just been to make levels to get into levelmaking, and I felt like I wanted to make a lot of levels without having the back-and-forth dynamic of making battles.

This will be a contest until the end of the month:
First place on elmaonline kinglist will win 30 euros towards paying for their FEM2022 attendance.
If the winner won't attend FEM this year the prize will go to the next player instead.
In the case that there is no FEM this year it will go to next FEM instead.

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Re: Anti-Idol Pack (Contest with 30E FEM prize: Lasts until end of April)

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Very nice idea and execution. Havent tried all yet, but found a few diamonds. Extremely good job to get 100 levs all ground/sky low detail to get such a unique feeling.
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Started playing yesterday, very fun pack so far! :)

I will stream my whole playthrough, with the attempt of getting at least top3 in each level before I move on.
So if you want to watch me nab and get stuck at ez levels, you can see here during evenings European times: https://www.twitch.tv/iggefisk
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This reminds my of my old Lumppa level pack, which I made in an hour back in 2005. This Anti-Idol pack is obviously much better design-wise. Lumppa was not tested at all. It was actually a miracle that all of the levels were finishable :) See https://elma.online/levels/packs/Lumppa
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Igge wrote: 4 Apr 2022, 08:38 Started playing yesterday, very fun pack so far! :)

I will stream my whole playthrough, with the attempt of getting at least top3 in each level before I move on.
So if you want to watch me nab and get stuck at ez levels, you can see here during evenings European times: https://www.twitch.tv/iggefisk
I'm watching the VOD from yesterday, nice stream :) will try to catch it the next time!
zebra wrote: 4 Apr 2022, 08:58 This reminds my of my old Lumppa level pack, which I made in an hour back in 2005. This Anti-Idol pack is obviously much better design-wise. Lumppa was not tested at all. It was actually a miracle that all of the levels were finishable :) See https://elma.online/levels/packs/Lumppa
looks like nice pack :D
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Part 2 is released.

https://elma.online/levels/packs/ANID2

Filenames: ANID0101 - ANID0150

Contest this time is until end of June.

Will be prizes for at least top 10 (Not money prizes - details to be announced)

It is a new pack on elmaonline as of now but it's part of the same pack. The new pack is only for keeping track of the contest. It will be merged with first part eventually.

Differences from first part:
- Levels are much longer (can pretty much guarantee >1min avg WR)
- 50 levels instead of 100 this time because of the length.
- Ground textures unlocked. (only in a few levels)
- Secret area sign unlocked.

I think the level design style follows the same basic concept of the first part. But there is a natural progression in the designing process too that I think is very noticable. It felt natural to allow for changing ground texture to have some progression in the level design. The level length is not part of this, it is just a limitation I set myself because I wanted to make more long levels. So next parts of pack (no promises) won't be like that. I know there aren't as many levs that feel totally raw as the first part but I think and hope the pack still keeps the same overall feeling.

Part 2 map: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... DMAP02.png

Part 1 and 2 map: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... P1and2.png
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Prizes for top10 are hereby revealed!

Will be a shirt with elma design for top 10. Possibly something extra for top3 but not sure yet.
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Here is shirt design. bikes will be numbered 1-10 based on kinglist position. winners will be able to select their own size (possibly color too, duno yet)

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