C3 stuff part 2 + Pokey's Adventure Announcement

My third and last C3 project is now finished - it's something graphic-related again. Inspired by this SMW wallpaper, I combined a few SMW backgrounds with each other. The result can be seen here. Okay, it's just two backgrounds, but meh, it's better than nothing.
For those who are too lazy to click the link:


In other news, I have some updates on Pokey's Adventure again. Apart from showing screenshots of levels I finished months ago (._.'), I also posted this:

Since many people complained about the contradictory plot (and I wasn't too fond of it myself either), I thought I could let you decide the plot!
Well, not decide it, but I'd like you to suggest some storylines that make sense, and after some time, I'll choose the one I like best. Only conditon: It must have something to do with Pokey's brothers being kidnapped - I don't feel like redoing the story completely. ;)

I'm probably not that motivated to work on it if the story stuff isn't out of my mind, so I'm waiting for your suggestions. ;)

Feel free to post your suggestions as a comment here, or in the Pokey's Adventure thread on SMWC.


That's all for now... See you!

C3 stuff

Excuse the recent lack of updates... :/

Anyway, SMW C3 (SMW Central Creativity Convention) has started over at SMWC, and I've prepared a few things for it.
First, I've released "The Coin Hunt", which you blog readers have hopefully heard of. I'm too lazy/busy to show screenshots right now - instead, I'll link you to the hack's C3 thread.

LINK

The second project is some kind of Trailer for Not-So-Brutal Mario (which is now officially called A Strange Mission).



Be sure to coment on it in the C3 thread as well! Link.

That's all for now - I plan on making one more thing for C3, but I'm not finished with it yet. Expect it tomorrow or something.

Uh...

Yeah, that's all I've got to say. I had the feeling I should update this blog again, but since I have nothing worthy of showing, this is all you get. A completely uninteresting and pointless post.

Seriously, I haven't been working on my side hacks (or any hacks, for that matter) that much. I mainly focused on making a Yoshi's Island rankset for SMWC, and after that. I guess I can go on hacking again.
On the topic of side hacks: If you don't like the name of my ASM-filled hack, Not-So-Brutal Mario, feel free to vote for a new one!




Also, I actually do have something to show. Not that interesting, but meh:
The fourth level of NSBM, currently in its beta status. I plan on making this a puzzle-ish level, with a bunch of puzzles related to coins (hence the level name, "Coin Palace"). Also, I've got ideas for 3 more levels, whcih should be enough for a mini-hack like this. If you're lucky, I might release it at C3, which takes place on May 9 and 10.

Wow, that was a pretty long post, considering it was just some kind of filler. That's it though.

I'm not dead yet!

Quite the contrary - I've been working on my side projects a lot lately, and I haven't gotten around to posting something. Now that I'm at it, I might as well post some screenshots of what I've been doing:


These are from "SMB1" redrawn, my second side hack. I'm quite satisfied with it so far. :D When it's done, it will contain all of the original SMB1's levels (possibly a few custom ones too), and people can use it as a base for their own SMB-styled hacks. I'm quite confident it'll be ready for SMWCentral's "C3", which takes place in May.

This one's from "Not-So-Brutal Mario", my third side hack (my first one is "The Coin Hunt", which I already showed here). In this short hack, each level will have a different kind of ASM feature. In the first level, you're playing as Yoshi! Nice, huh? You might want to check this thread for more information.

That's it for now, time to get back to hacking...