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YES

more starkilla

oh shell nah

Starkiller mapdump in 2025

release it please

nice edge i love this

holy starkiller

take speed with 2-3 gun shots and laser up

starkiller

starkiller

you have a lot of invisible gears hidden in the background. Don't forget to remove them after the gameplay is cleared

• checked design didn't find any issues ✅
• low details is present ✅ , maybe you could also remove the one or other background layer but whatever
• gameplay: idk, am to skillchecked 🟡
• don't forget to remove unused tilesets ❌

Freeze blends in with the background too much. The gears could rotate at different speeds – it would create a more interesting effect 🙂

No god please no

hell yeah

switch layer is unused

starkiller

no sv_solo_server? xd

iirc the solo server is solo anyway

as long as he doesn't use switch tiles in the game layer 🥲

no switch tiles on this map

will be next time

real gameplay by starkiller /s https://youtu.be/svKadHp5DPI

it's not a good run just a playthrough

it does skip some stuff

not a good moment for tas run imo

kills a feeling of new map

kills gameplay

If the map is not human viable, then don't release it until it is, shrimple

mapper should make playthrough himself if he wants to

This map, compared to other solo 5 maps, this one needs some sort of human clarification that it IS possible to do each part with human inputs, even if segmented.

it's possible anyway, we just don't have ability to rate it harder than 5*

rate issue will never be solved

I wanna see it with my eyes, that a pro player, with proper inputs, can do at least half of this map

lets wait for release

Cuz this is a TAS run, and this run uses such perfect inputs, that I assume that this is exactly how you meant to do them

Unless these inputs are actually possible with some sort of setup or knowledge, it shouldn't be released until then

it would be more fun and interesting if there will not be finish in few months after release

added sv_solo_server 1 for testing.

i can imagine testing it with solo server 0 was interesting

from my first impression:

• way to hard, even if we'd rate this 5* - most setups are so tight it's not even skill but luck to hit most of them.
• the first part could be narrowed down a LOT. its way to repetitive this way
• a killtile deep edge at 30% on such a difficult map that there seems to be no setup for.
• the general flow of the map isnt my cup of tea personally

i'll attach some parts that i would take a look at in terms of general flow and playability.

i would've considered it to hard even without having to go back the entire map with Jetpack to be honest, this map is pretty much just a huge feast for Tassers.

some parts are fun and have good flow, i'll attach some screenshots of those as well, but the map itself needs a touch up in terms of flow and difficulty

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NOOOOOO

sorry my goat :/

map is not hard

😡

starkiller 😭

also some design things

Well, Stepfunn summarized it at best while overviewing (playtesting) the map: There are so much tight parts where specific setups need to be done, all in first try, is where not skill but presicion and luck (as mentioned by melon) needs to be done to even complete them under like 1000 tries.

In my belief, if you rework some of the parts to have more breathing room, it could be viable, but... eh. Depends on what we call fun in a 5* solo map.

dont decline my warm up map like that

sure

it was so strict

map is not for skill level that 99.99 ddnet players have

exactly what we need

Also you seem to have mistyped the map name it should‘ve been “Ephemeral 2“ fr fr

ackthually - will go through it one more time, dont want it to get archived just yet.

damn you bot

bad bot

Sowwy :c

Stop spamming buttons!!

wowow

Bruh the map is not that hard

undeclined

gg

Maybe we should start requiring a verification of maps way above the average 5* difficulty xD

Because now if the map is made by a taser and is near impossible then it gets declined instantly, but if its made by starkiller and is near impossible then it gets tested extensively before getting declined

starkiller have experience making 5* solo maps

Doesnt really change my point that the map should be confirmed to be beatable even before testing

ask starkiller for playthrough

i guess he will be happy

i see

Playthrough and beating a map are not the same thing

you think tentrom was beaten before released? weird statement imo.

obviously it wasnt, thats why im suggesting it

but there will not be challenge if someone finish it before release

how will it not be a challenge if its harder than most 5 stars

is time to split solo map into easy medium hard and insane?

I thought the same ;D

Wasn't it? xd Those maps also need verification of beating each part, even if segmented

a challenge to be first

you can challenge yourself to be the first victor on ddnet servers, +i dont think ppl care that much anyway - simply beating a map like that is already rewarding enough

ok ok

I've seen that there is jetpack

$ready

oh no nehr your command didn't worked

hella tight jumps and self sg etc., isn't it getting boring? why not create a new 5* that actually has some aura instead of the same formula as the last ones

talked with mapper and gave feedback, waiting on new version

easier version?

why this map still didn't decline xD? i just watched first part and its already bad mapped. u cant force players do the same things 9 TIMES a ROW its boring and no fun at all. The maximum number of times you can do it is two in a row. and then you need to modify it each time if u wanna keep it. for me its decline.

"u cant force players do the same things 9 TIMES a ROW" the hour long hammerhit map:

that's why u dont see hh maps in latest releases. hh like filler is ok.

please read my messages before asking "still didn't decline?" - that's just lazy negativity i provided a test and talked with Starkiller in private, it's in waiting because most of those things are easy fixes.

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that's just lazy negativity i did full feedback why its decline, what u mean by lazy?

ye i see now, my mistake - i was lazy to read full history chat channel but there's a lot of things here that aren't related to testing.

my comment on lazy negativity came from the fact that you said the map should be declined because of the first part of the map.

but its enough for decline, no?

??? xD declining because of a part that is easily fixable that makes up 3% of the map is crazy

if u see its on every part, just look at second part)

fixed it, took me 1minute 47 seconds. lets just wait for Starkillers update, shall we?

let starkiller cook guys

map is the art

author should create it yourself

my comment still applies btw

u should experiment with different mapping styles and entity styles, historically your maps have similar styles and structure so i think it would be cool to see smth a bit different

esp since most of the solo 5*s recently have been from u, possibly the ppl who play them would also appreciate a bit of variety

start is not that repetiitve u have to change rhythm when u enter the 2tilers

its more like doing same move 4 times, then 5 times

p fun so dk wwhat the issue is there

whats that unfreeze

this has to be the new hardest solo 5* no

?

if it ever gets released

i'll decline this for now - if no update appears before the channel gets archived, just resubmit it please

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