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good novice
It would be better to create a new group to place the tiles
I still suggest that the unfreeze be spread all over the freeze.
pretty map
ddmax map
@ tsin
@ tsins
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- idea to make ht like this -
oldschool map
Why? Have you ever played oldschool?
delete
unfreeze
speedup delete
unfreeze
maybe cankick re right.
Some passageways are too crowded and need to be expanded.
Some 1tiles → 2tiles or 3tiles
And as a whole, it feels like Novice5.
The speedup is to help newer players that attempt the map.
There's a skip there.
come
moderate
no new player
dont make it speedup then, make it a higher wall or smth
also don't use speedups to fix cheats when it's really easy to fix with a few more freeze tiles
you could just make a hole for the tees or make the freeze taller
imo there are way too many "turn off entities" signs
I suggest grouping the layers (keeping everything in one group is messy and shows lazy mapping) also I would diverse more the connection of round and square edges of walls. Maybe something like here on screenshot (If I would have more time then I would try various ways of mixing them(square and round) and see how it would look best:
I also don't feel the colors of the map.. blue, "pink", purple kind of don't mix too well in that combination. Now i get back to being sick. Will get back in about 2-3 months ^^
@popcorn181please think about what I wrote here and keep up with the great work =]
- New colors
- New groups
- Added block zone
- Extra Unfreeze
- Removed speedups
block zone?
I wouldn't say it's Moderate, I'd call it Novice
Most parts require spec to complete, novice players might fail a part from not specing. Maybe not though, haven't played a novice map in a while.
feels like Sketch but with unfreezes
So its good
Honestly, some Novice 5 stars are even harder than this map
there are not many parts with a fail
- Missing corners
Sooo, tried playing it with a novice player, definitely not novice. XD
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ugly asf
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That map is neither moderate nor novice
The parts are quite simple but they require to do some small moves beginners can't do
It felt like playing the same part over and over again, dragging in tight places, with short hooks (which is slow and annoying)
The unfreeze tiles are rarely placed properly
Remove the envelopes
Why would there be a timecp right before the end ?
There are some nice parts but overall it's unbalanced
It's mostly early novice, then you get some unforgiving parts such as :
$decline
i enjoyed playing this map, maybe it's not perfect but over all i liked the map. would like to see what other testers would say.
why decline? I think this map is very nice
Mostly because it's too unbalanced
I wrote it right above
I don't think it's that unbalanced
the "unforgiving" parts are quite easy if you think a bit and do them correctly
You are talking about novice/early moderate players, you can't expect them to think about that
The parts are very repetitive, it felt like doing the same thing over and over
I mean from their perspective it takes a little bit of thinking
They are also very frustrating either with strong or weak hook as you only get small hooks to drag over hookthough
It's neither interesting for beginners nor experienced players
The lack of (good) unfreeze is also a huge problem
The parts are made in a way you can easily block (unintentionally)
how is it not interesting for beginners? it has some cool but simple parts
even I enjoyed playing it
Find 10 beginners and 10 pros willing to test it and to prove me wrong (unbiased of course)
I've done that part already, not everything relies on my perception of things
That map needs a great rework that's why I declined it not to clutter up the waiting mapper section
nah it just needs a couple fixes
new criteria leaked to accept maps?
xdddddd
i wonder how most abominations got released then
1 undercover player on fakenames
Not everyone is as finicky
i also enjoyed playing this map , the parts are simple , but good and even if i correctly remember have some creative parts and very good flow .
I can rework the map
same, here is like the only part i found annoying to drag out of also im pretty sure if someone fails in one of the gores sections then it will be very hard to save for moderate 1-2* aside from that i liked basically every part
and yes there are fails like if you jump into the part without looking, but punishing braindead play is fair in my books
feels pretty easy if you walk off from the right and hook+dj
and yeah I also think the bores parts are the main problem
ok i guess its simple enough for the player to figure out
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map honestly wasnt that bad, think it needs a little less 'tit for tat' parts and balancing on gores sections
$reset
$waiting
Let's give it a chance then
Most of the unfreeze was made for speedrunning, so I decided to put it in tricky spots
Changelog:
corners
personally, I would place the unfreeze tiles a bit more generously since the main target demographic of this map are novice players and it's kinda annoying to miss the unfreezes imo
forgot HD things
i think its a ok'ish map but its between novice and moderate
very novice parts without teleporter
maybe try to balance the faily gores parts and make it novice 5
Will try and release a new update soon 👍
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corners
skip
That skip is alright with me
Anyways, I'll fix up corners when I'm able to 👍 hopefully today
Fixed corners
Can you change the server to novice?
map is same thing done over and over
Map is too plain atm, all i can see is hookthrough parts which just repeat themselves all the time, imo novice maps should be more entertaining introduce to other techiques and include more variety
even novice player would found same techique boring if thats what the whole map is about
boring.
boring map, same parts over and over again
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uhhh how is it plain or boring? imo part are totally fine for this difficulty with enough variety, also i like how some parts teach the motion of moving the tee one way to then speed him up the other way
many parts also need analyzing first (where to jump first to progress) which is rare nowdays
btw i didnt see if you wanna get this map back to novice or keep it 1* moderate but this gores is still too hard for novice imo
like yeah noobs will be able to stay in this unfreeze but i doubt they will get out
Hookthrough parts are the concept of the map, each part requires brain, and spectating for players to pass them, so I don't really see how they are plain. I checked through the map and didn't see parts that were repeated.
This map is not that bad
When i started ddrace, i enjoyed every ddmax map with the same drag parts, and still do
$change server Novice
$reset
good luck
Here comes the feedback after playing the map with several beginners
Overall they believe the unused corridors are confusing and distracting
They complain there aren't enough "danger indicators" at dangerous falls
Having hookable everywhere is a problem for many
You should use unhookable at dangerous places, places where you could hook the hookable and die
also i feel like the freeze and hookthrough color could be swapped
probably would be better to look at
They don't seem to like too narrow parts like that one
It's missing unfreeze on the ground
It's too hard for them to go back up if they both fell, try removing the freeze (red circle) and add unfreeze
unnecesarry af there is already nice text
Some died here by both going down (at my crosshair)
An example of deadly use of hookable
Too deadly too
Why not make your map is a circle if it's named circular
Another deadly place
What's that blue grid everywhere ? It goes against the "circle" idea
They said it's awkward to have unfreeze as dots since dots are useless used for switches
That part in the middle is too tight for them, also remove the freeze on the ceiling as cyberFighter suggested
Could die there
Boti counted 184 circles, he suggested to remove 3 of them
Besides all those complains, they all say the map will be fun to play when the issues are fixed
Orbilo pitched in and even wrote a small but detailed feedback
Remove freeze on edges, we saw them die multiple times like that
Unused envelopes
Too many similar images
Most of the images have a poor quality
The colors you picked don't really work together as a whole
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i think u should make this hole wider or add a wall for an easy drop
i see everyone forgor but still, dont use 2 start and finish lines
this part is very blockable
same with this one
Removing 3 of them will definitely fix the fps issue
😄
They are in HD at least, but I'll see for the fps another time
He already has a lot to do
I'll upload the update tmrw
is like to play sketch by ravie, but with unfreeze and bad design
just put 7 spawn tiles not 5 millions
low the alpha on the unfreeze
you dont need to put warning sings every gore parts
why do you put this that big instead of putting them b4 the starts, would look 100% better
you have 2 different corners, i would recomend you to use the one on top for every corner, the soft ones looks way better
$waiting
World's slowest mapper
Only 1 tee crosses timecp2
Don't do weird shapes, only straight lines
The map is nice now
Well done
I'm not sure about the rating
3-4* ?
$waiting
i would say the same as sketch 5*
He predicted the mapper arc
Let's go with 5 then, it can be changed later if people find it not fitting
$ready 5
Congratulations
@popcorn181
Wow! finally it readies!
gg
214 days in testing
Bcs u sleeping
How many days it was in waiting?
Too many
Same with scarlet, mapper still sleeping
Finally woke up
Circular will release before Geometry Dash 2.2
what popcorn181 will choose ? make new map for teeworlds or play geometetry dash 2.3
can't wait to map Rectangular before 2.3