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[Agent Unknown]

Here are all of my stages so far, feedback and constructive criticism welcome:

A Safe Landing for Yoshi -My favorite stage that I've made so far. Tougher stage requiring skilled use of both Yoshi and spin jumping:

87E5-0000-001A-3DFD

Hit the Sky or Pound the Ground? SMW stage with ground and sky routes. Can be beaten with cape or skillful enemy jumps:

ECBD-0000-0018-62EE

Spiny's Highs and Lows -SMB 1 stage with ground and sky routes

58A8-0000-0017-0C16

Launch Day Relaxation -Chill SMB 1 stage, my first level:

F61C-0000-0016-C3F5

 

[Crisium]

Made my second level. My first was considered very hard, so this one is my take at easy-moderate. It is somewhat open to different ways to approach.

53CB-0000-0025-C7B8

I appreciate any feedback.

 

[Shoyz]

I tried my hand at making a difficult cheetah speed level. I didn't think it was /too/ hard but it's sitting at a 1.75% clear rate. Try it maybe, its very short.

835C, 0000 0023-E927

 

[MrGame&Watch]

I spent a few hours making my first level. I tried to make it in the spirit of the Japanese narrative structure known as Kishōtenketsu, which Miyamoto describes as the way he designs levels. It goes as follows:

Introduction: Introduce the core concept.

Development: Develop the core concept to improve player skill.

Twist: Put a twist on the core concept to challenge and delight.

Conclusion: Assuming mastery of the core concept, create a conclusion that takes everything the player learned and put it to a final test.


For an average Gaffer it's probably not too difficult, but I still think it's harder than it looks at first glance. Anyway let me know what you think.

Course Name: Stumbling Blocks
Code: F6F8-0000-0024-EDAF

 

[imae]

thanks! did you get any of the invisible blocks? I had coins hinting at where they were but I'm not sure how obvious it was

I got the one after the first set of elevator platforms (above 3 '?' blocks). I found it accidentally, can't remember why I chose to jump in that spot .

 

[jamesmccloud]

Fuckin' aye, lot of these levels rock. But should there be a separate topic for levels, with maybe screenshots and codes collected in the OT?

 

[Tathanen]

Just in case people don't realize: the screenshot they take of your level when you save it is wherever you have the camera at that moment. So you can move it around, save, tweak, save, etc until you're happy with the image.

 

[phanphare]

I got the one after the first set of elevator platforms (above 3 '?' blocks). I found it accidentally, can't remember why I chose to jump in that spot .

nice, yeah I put a coin above each of those blocks and a second coin above the middle one to indicate there was a hidden block there

 

[Outtrigger888]

Fuckin' aye, lot of these levels rock. But should there be a separate topic for levels, with maybe screenshots and codes collected in the OT?

The thread got locked that was made so no.

 

[Chezzymann]

Fuckin' aye, lot of these levels rock. But should there be a separate topic for levels, with maybe screenshots and codes collected in the OT?

Modbot said since the whole point of the game is making levels it should stay in the OT.

I disagree with whatever mod said that though, its hard to have discussion when 90% of the posts are people sharing levels. I'd rather have the OT be dedicated about level design ideas, impressions/questions about the game, and maybe some cool videos. Stuff like that. Oh well.

 

[MrPanic]

If you delete a course that has gotten stars, will you lose your stars gotten progress? I finally got some stars on my level but someone actually found a spot where you can get yourself stuck. I kinda wanna upload a fixed version and delete the old one, but I don't wanna lose the star progress in the play info.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Made a level

Airshipped

 

[Shin_Okita]

Try mine. Feedback and criticism is always welcome on my levels. One of them is in the community showcase in the OP and my other two are in my post history.

Kinsey quite enjoyable water level! Just completed! just one thing in the last part if you swin lower on the screen you almost get no enemies! Making the last bit quite easy before the boss!

The boss was really clever!! Thoug it would be nice to have a mechanism to kill ourselves without restarting, maybe sone piranhas on the higher walls! because if you kill the boss i had to use the system reset!

Will play your others levels later!

 

[The Technomancer]

Oh come on, apparently no randos have cleared Ghosts in the Machine. Its not that hard, I'm sure some people in here can get it

Ghosts in the Machine
(7C5A-0000-0024-6BC2)

 

[cloudyy]

A real ghost house
1484-0000-0026-2F7C
A small haunted house where you go on a quest to get the P-Switch.

 

[cyba89]

Made a new level. Feedback is appreciated, as always.

Sawblade Panic
B7B7-0000-0026-2DFB

A challenging level. But this one is without any enemies. "Just" obstacles to overcome.
Style: SMB3
Difficulty: Hard

 

[7threst]

you definitely nailed some of that smw feeling but some coherence wouldn't have hurt, i think. it felt like i was going from one element to the next element and i didn't really get the sense of a level. more interconnectedness could really go a long way, i think. the little scenarios themselves were solid, so if you focus on level layout next time, i think you could make something really cool! one more remark: the platform and saw blade at the start could also be timed a little better, you have to wait quite a bit for those elements to enter the playing area.

Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I think that's the hardest part of designing a level actually, to make it coherent and have a layout which makes sense for the player. As a creator, you have something in your head or on paper which makes sense to you, but that doesn't mean everybody follows your line of thought haha

About timing: I actually made the saw go up first so it would line up better, so the player would actually be able to avoid the saw by jumping. Maybe it's better to adjust the rail in such a way the saw and platform intersect at an exact point on the rail.

Thanks for your feedback, really appreciate it!

 

[Kiro]

I spent a few hours making my first level. I tried to make it in the spirit of the Japanese narrative structure known as Kishōtenketsu, which Miyamoto describes as the way he designs levels. It goes as follows:

Introduction: Introduce the core concept.

Development: Develop the core concept to improve player skill.

Twist: Put a twist on the core concept to challenge and delight.

Conclusion: Assuming mastery of the core concept, create a conclusion that takes everything the player learned and put it to a final test.


For an average Gaffer it's probably not too difficult, but I still think it's harder than it looks at first glance. Anyway let me know what you think.

Course Name: Stumbling Blocks
Code: F6F8-0000-0024-EDAF

Played it. I enjoyed the simpleness of the design and it played well. The low jumps can make it tough but it is pretty easy (which isn't a bad thing) nice.

Try mine. It has yet to been beaten and I really hope someone can. The ending is great I think.

Title: Ghosts and Blades
Difficulty: Hard (9/10 but not cheap)
Tileset: Mansion / Super Mario World
Level Code: 4678-0000-0023-7B41

 

[Laurentius]

I made a level in homage to the Dark Tower series. I'd be curious which of the (admittedly somewhat obtuse) references those that are familiar with the books might catch:

4524-0000-0025-E13E

 

[Chubzdoomer]

I'm really disappointed that you can't:

• Categorize your level
• Search by name
• Browse user-made levels in any effective way (theme, background, size, etc.)
• Link more than one level together

The tools we have are awesome, but it feels like the game could've been so much better had they fleshed it out more. I'm still blown away that the online features are so bare bones in terms of searching for/browsing through levels, especially since the entire game more or less revolves around making, sharing, and playing levels.

 

[Belgian Dude]

The easier version of my level has a smaller completion rate than the previous one. Shows what I know lmao.

Gonna play some levels before finishing my second one.

 

[Shin_Okita]

Oh come on, apparently no randos have cleared Ghosts in the Machine. Its not that hard, I'm sure some people in here can get it

Just tried and complete it!! good level ! Almost died for a little dude on the bridge at the end!! Felt there were a lot of shrooms to assist! Awesome level funny ending!

 

[Agent Unknown]

This time with screenshots
You Take the High Road
2C4F-0000-0017-0A3A

Fun underground stage. I like the upper route and surprise appearance of creepy Mario. (Or does he just appear automatically on most stages the third time you die?)

My first level:

UFO: STAGE 01
Course ID: 554B-0000-0017-0150

There's some room for fun improvisation, shell tricks and technical runs if you enjoy exploring the mechanics through alternative paths and combos. Tried to incorporate a smooth speed run as well, 20 sec or under qualifies.

Wow, nice work, that was tough! Seriously brilliant enemy placement. I got 21 seconds, I'm good with that. Haha

 

[VeryGooster]

Amuse at how a couple of people, just browsing Twitter and Miiverse, thought to recreate that terrible underwater level from the NES Ninja Turtles game.

 

[Lynd7]

Here's my third level, I am aiming for Nintendo like quality. I still don't have all the tools either.

Platfall Koopa Castle: 47E3-0000-0025-A552

 

[Kinsei]

Here are all of my stages so far, feedback and constructive criticism welcome:

A Safe Landing for Yoshi -My favorite stage that I've made so far. Tougher stage requiring skilled use of both Yoshi and spin jumping:

87E5-0000-001A-3DFD

Hit the Sky or Pound the Ground? SMW stage with ground and sky routes. Can be beaten with cape or skillful enemy jumps:

ECBD-0000-0018-62EE

Spiny's Highs and Lows -SMB 1 stage with ground and sky routes

58A8-0000-0017-0C16

Launch Day Relaxation -Chill SMB 1 stage, my first level:

F61C-0000-0016-C3F5

A Safe Landing for Yoshi- I really enjoyed this one. Kind of wish it was a bit longer though.

Hit the Sky or Pound the Ground?- Far too short IMO, and I feel the route to get through the stage without the cape could be a bit harder.

Spiny's High and Low- Interesting, but the fire flower at the beginning takes all of the challenge out of the level. What is the point of the enclosed area by the flag? I went through the level as small Mario to get in there, but the brick block was a normal brick block.

Kinsey quite enjoyable water level! Just completed! just one thing in the last part if you swin lower on the screen you almost get no enemies! Making the last bit quite easy before the boss!

The boss was really clever!! Thoug it would be nice to have a mechanism to kill ourselves without restarting, maybe sone piranhas on the higher walls! because if you kill the boss i had to use the system reset!

Will play your others levels later!

Glad you enjoyed it!

For sure. I don't plan on making anymore inescapable rooms.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

I've had 22 people play the stage I uploaded yesterday and 5 people star it. This seems like a seriously low number of plays. Disappointing.

 

[RedToad64]

Here are some of my best levels. If you enjoy 'em, give me a follow! I'll be checking out some other levels in the thread.

A simplistic level featuring everyone's favorite Swapnote mascot!

Can you get through this entire level with the Goomba Shoe? Bonus areas are also ready to be found in this exciting course!

I think the name is enough of a descriptor.

 

[Kiro]

Oh come on, apparently no randos have cleared Ghosts in the Machine. Its not that hard, I'm sure some people in here can get it

Ghosts in the Machine
(7C5A-0000-0024-6BC2)

Beat it. Good level man. Really enjoyed the difficulty.

 

[Incitemaybe]

I need Koopaling DLC

 

[rje]

Just finished up my first castle level and I'm really pleased with it turned out - it's challenging but I don't think overly so, and I tried to pack in a good number of secrets to find with the tools I have available. If you play it I'd love to know what you think about the difficulty level!

Secret Castle - 4DB8-0000-0026-4BAE

 

[Deleted member 125677]

I've had 22 people play the stage I uploaded yesterday and 5 people star it. This seems like a seriously low number of plays. Disappointing.

Don't be sad, I'll get to it eventually, but there's soooo much content out there. Only in this thread, new levels are being posted rampantly

 

[Kouriozan]

a neat level to look at (ashley <3) but yeah, it is a bit short. i guess you kept it like that to see how it would fair, star-wise. i think you could totally re-use what's there and make a longer 'underground + ghost enemies' level, it's a neat combination

Thanks and yeah, wanted a quick level, will definitely think about that.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Just got the game, the hype got me.

 

[Platy]

For people uploading their first try at the level editor, the manual says that Nintendo will from time to time delete old courses that have lower ratings

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

For people uploading their first try at the level editor, the manual says that Nintendo will from time to time delete old courses that have lower ratings

Define lower ratings.

 

[cloudyy]

Made a new level. Feedback is appreciated, as always.

Sawblade Panic
B7B7-0000-0026-2DFB

A challenging level. But this one is without any enemies. "Just" obstacles to overcome.
Style: SMB3
Difficulty: Hard

I liked this one. Lightly hard but fair.

 

[Lady Siara]

If you delete a course that has gotten stars, will you lose your stars gotten progress? I finally got some stars on my level but someone actually found a spot where you can get yourself stuck. I kinda wanna upload a fixed version and delete the old one, but I don't wanna lose the star progress in the play info.

Nope, you keep the stars you earned thankfully.

 

[Kiro]

Made a new level. Feedback is appreciated, as always.

Sawblade Panic
B7B7-0000-0026-2DFB

A challenging level. But this one is without any enemies. "Just" obstacles to overcome.
Style: SMB3
Difficulty: Hard

Good level. Beat it and enjoyed every second of it. I carried the p block to the end and I didn't really see the difficult final puzzle.

Any challenging levels out there? I haven't had one stump me yet. And no one has beaten mine lol. Bring it on!!!

 

[Eblo]

Now that I have access to sub-areas, I've made a Version 2 of my 999 themed level.

Heh, this was a pretty cool level. I can't say I remember what each numbered door's room was, but the last two were cleverly done.

 

[Agent Unknown]

A Safe Landing for Yoshi- I really enjoyed this one. Kind of wish it was a bit longer though.

I tried to make it longer and maybe this is a false memory but IIRC by the time I finished the subworld and returned to the upper level I didn't have much space left to work with. Am I crazy or does the subworld share part of the allotted space you get? Anyways, I'm very happy you enjoyed that level, everyone at my party for the game last night seemed to like it the most too.

Hit the Sky or Pound the Ground?- Far too short IMO, and I feel the route to get through the stage without the cape could be a bit harder.

Thanks, I agree, I'm going to see if I can tweak this one. Does editing and re-uploading an existing stage like this count against your upload limit?

Spiny's High and Low- Interesting, but the fire flower at the beginning takes all of the challenge out of the level. What is the point of the enclosed area by the flag? I went through the level as small Mario to get in there, but the brick block was a normal brick block.

I hear ya but the fire flower was there on purpose as I meant this one to be more of a stage for lower skill players. There's no point to the enclosed area by the flag other than just being a chill, alternate room I thought people might like to try should they so wish, kind of line alternate coin areas in the old games. But this stage was made before I had sub worlds unlocked which kind of dinged my options on this one. Thanks for all the feedback. Do you have an easy link where I can check out your stages?

 

[MrGame&Watch]

Played it. I enjoyed the simpleness of the design and it played well. The low jumps can make it tough but it is pretty easy (which isn't a bad thing) nice.

Try mine. It has yet to been beaten and I really hope someone can. The ending is great I think.

Title: Ghosts and Blades
Difficulty: Hard (9/10 but not cheap)
Tileset: Mansion / Super Mario World
Level Code: 4678-0000-0023-7B41

Thanks for feedback! Your words warm my designer heart .

As for your level, if I'm going to be honest, I have no idea what to do after the saws in the beginning. haha

 

[maxcriden]

One more level. I now have sets three and four so things have opened up quite a bit! I don't think this level is terrific, and it has some serious design flaws, but I think it has a charm to it. Hope y'all dig it. Get all 3 1-ups --> mad respect, brah.

Title: help me thru this hopeless haze
Difficulty: Medium (6.5/10)
Tileset: Underwater / NSMBU
Level Code: 9E8E-0000-0026-788D

Thanks for your time!

 

[Haines]

Please give my new level a try. Yet another attempt at a classic smb, so if thats up your ally you should enjoy it!

Old school times 2
6076-0000-0026-604E

 

[qko]

For people uploading their first try at the level editor, the manual says that Nintendo will from time to time delete old courses that have lower ratings

If you really love that first level I'm sure you can just reupload it.

 

[Jucksalbe]

Is playing the 100 Mario challenge on easy the fastest way to unlock new amiibo costumes? I need a special costume for my new course, but this could take a while if I'm unlucky.

 

[Belgian Dude]

My second level, using the same formula - introduce a concept at its basic form, then another concept at its basic form, join them together and up the difficulty as you go.

I think it's a bit easier than the other one. 3 hidden 1-ups as well.
Feedback would be much appreciated.

Donut Mines
4282-0000-0026-45AC

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As for a few other levels I played...

Oh come on, apparently no randos have cleared Ghosts in the Machine. Its not that hard, I'm sure some people in here can get it

Ghosts in the Machine
(7C5A-0000-0024-6BC2)

First try! It's tricky though, lots and lots of close calls. Got hit in the first jump of the second area but I got cautious after that. Super fun but I think a more adequate end would be before Bowser Jr. - Jr. is a really sudden drop in the difficulty (those blocks even destroy his shells sometimes) and it makes the end a bit anticlimatic.

Made a new level. Feedback is appreciated, as always.

Sawblade Panic
B7B7-0000-0026-2DFB

A challenging level. But this one is without any enemies. "Just" obstacles to overcome.
Style: SMB3
Difficulty: Hard

Really entertaining, enjoyed it all the way through! I'd just do away with the springs when you leave the underwater area because it seems more cheap than anything. I'm also not a fan of underwater areas in general but that was a pretty good one, nice job.

Course Name: Stumbling Blocks
Code: F6F8-0000-0024-EDAF

Interesting concept. Not a fan of the goomba rain in the end - but otherwise it's pretty good. Love how as you go you add Goombas in block and giant ones, and it's so satisfying getting the mushroom and breaking those blocks. Good job.

Good level. Beat it and enjoyed every second of it. I carried the p block to the end and I didn't really see the difficult final puzzle.

Any challenging levels out there? I haven't had one stump me yet. And no one has beaten mine lol. Bring it on!!!

I'm sure you'd enjoy the Kaizo ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w89eXPisDZ8

 

[cloudyy]

Any challenging levels out there? I haven't had one stump me yet. And no one has beaten mine lol. Bring it on!!!

You could try mine, my brother had a really hard time beating it. What's yours?

gggg6 (My levels have the shittiest names haha)
4939-0000-001F-1C47

 

[cyba89]

Just finished up my first castle level and I'm really pleased with it turned out - it's challenging but I don't think overly so, and I tried to pack in a good number of secrets to find with the tools I have available. If you play it I'd love to know what you think about the difficulty level!

I did not find it too difficult. Actually beat it on my first try. Still I really enjoyed it. It has a nice flow and there are multiple paths and secret areas.

 

[B_Bech]

Okay I want to run through a ton of GAF levels. I can't be bothered to read through all the pages, so PM me all your stages and I will beat and star every one of them. I'll even give feedback if need be!


Also, new stage:

Bowser's Heavy Metal Battalion

(721B-0000-0025-1463)


Play it! And star it if you enjoyed it. I love this one.


Also, updated this:

Big Trouble in Retro Reef

(42A1-0000-0023-7736)


And I made this before... an extremely convoluted puzzle level no one can beat... It's a bad level, but I wonder if anybody on GAF can best it?

Noisemaker Manor

(E7DD-0000-001D-2797)


Oh, and my favorite level with a pretty tough boss fight...

Assault on Goomba Factory

(CF0E-0000-0022-6B6D)




PM me those levels!

Quoting for a new page! I wanna play all of your levels. And star them.