It's ask Chipwoodstock for his useless opinions time!
Just ask stuff down below and I might answer them. Must be about me or my opinions though. Don't ask me to find X on a 50:50 ratio of it being a picture of a pancake with it not being a full 360 angle circle.
Regardless of the contents of the levels, there are some great level titles out there! Some of these already seem legendary... There are quite a few that I'd like to see in an official set, though I haven't played or even opened them all so I can't tell if they're appropriate content-wise...
Here are some of my favourites from the voting (haven't looked at all available sets yet):
Thief, you've taken all that was me
Fwackoom [not sure what this means though, if it's supposed to be a swearword i retract]
Chip Suey
Circle gets the square
Automatic (caution) doors
Chip be steady
Golden frog, cursed rainbow
Promise to water the flowers
Reverberation (doubt)
Maelstrom [from the Swedish word Mälström]
Two mazes for the price of one
Out of the frying pan
Kohoutek, run!
I meant to list my favourites from CC1, CCLP2 and CCLP3 also, but there are so many titels that I love and/or bring back memories... Here are some from CCLP2 anyway.
A Fleeting Memory
Naomi's Bug Collection
Bea's Den
Fixing the Toggle Switch
Use the Fish
Maze of One Way
Who Needs a Flipper?
A Sample of Things to Come
Ranger Denmark
Ladder Needs a Wash [this is my absolute favourite title from this set I think]
This is my 4th levelset in the JoshL series. Holding 80 very puzzling levels, 24 of which were seen in JCCLP! Highly recommended for veteran players, as most levels are 5 star difficulty. There are some breather levels so don't feel overwhelmed.
Compatible with Lynx and somewhat assorted by difficulty.
I would suggest some spacing on the voting threads. It currently looks like
o 1 o 2 o 3 o 4 o 5
Perhaps something like this might be easier to read
o1 o2 o3 o4 o5
The current format probably doesn't confuse many people, but it sometimes gives me pause and it keeps bringing to mind the infamous Florida butterfly ballots of the 2000 election.
[img]<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2017_10/blog-0553348001372539959.jpg.f3f28ebf1552870d62870987dc126b82.jpg[/img]After yesterday's stream of Giraffe set, discussing with other players and reading your thoughts on what I've already played, I feel that I have to write this. I've pointed out issues in the stream itself, but with 3 watchers, I was not expecting a miracle, also given the fact that they're in the CCLP1 staff so they probably already have some form of consciousness about the whole thing as well.
First point and most important point to make, if you had to read and remember only one thing about that whole charade, that would be it. We're making a community pack, so everything should be in there. Someone's favourite level isn't necessarily a best fit for CCLP1, and so far that's what I've noticed with you guys. I feel too many levels are currently victim of their "hit or miss" factor, making them absurdly low in the rankings just because they don't happen to be of the right type...
So, liking a level doesn't mean it fits in the mould, and disliking it doesn't mean it doesn't. Before going ape about a level (because you don't like the type or you haven't gotten the gimmick), you might want to stop and understand its purpose, and analyse what it could bring to CCLP1. I've seen way too much negative things about pearls, just because it doesn't suit one's particular taste. Also, dying in a level shouldn't make the rating go down. Dying has to be expected, and who wouldn't die while playing the original 149? I dare say no one. So we could probably do with a little more thinking and a little less selfishness, perhaps, maybe, question mark?
As part of the staff, I'm going to tell you right now that our first priority in building this set will always be variety. Again, we're making a community pack. As veterans, we probably all hate playing a long and basic maze. But truth is, we still need some of those. Why? Try playing 100 itemswappers in a row, and as you blaze through, just realize how your mood would wear off. Yeah, exactly, the magic slowly dies and the whole thing gets heavier and heavier. This is why we certainly don't want to go "this-level-is-the-best-let's-have-149-copies-of-it-into-the-product". But wait, more than that : we have some of those mazes in the voting, and they're pretty darn gosh good! So why voting them down just because we don't like playing them?! That feels so selfish to me... What I like to do when playing a level is comparing it to the best levels I know of this particular type. If it's a dodging level (and you know I love them dodging levels), I'll ask myself if it's the best we could do for CCLP1 in terms of dodging. Same goes with every other type.
How about I give you some personal favourites now? These are some levels that in my opinion are worthy of CCLP1, from what I've played so far (which is not a lot). They're not all there, some I've loved a lot as well, but here's at least some thoughts about some particular levels I've enjoyed a lot :
-- From Giraffe
Sleeping Dragon : Amazing concept, I haven't seen enough levels where you have to drain the exit path. The only thing I had against that one is the partial post trick involving the blocks, which makes me place that in late game situation.
Cross Over : A very creative maze, not much else to say. Very well crafted.
A (Mostly) Simple Maze : When I finished this, I stopped and thought "what did I just play?!" We need something like that in the early game, and I love the fact that you can solve it 358 different ways.
Finding : It felt like one of those Hidden Danger ones, where you just keep on rambling everywhere not exactly understanding what's going on and eventually find yourself collecting everything. Pretty great.
-- From Cardboard
Blobs on a Plane : Was it to be expected from rockdet or anything?! Despite dying quite a lot when I played it (which isn't a bad thing), it was exciting and deserves a spot in the major league for me.
Courtyard : I never praised this level enough, everything about it screams win.
-- From Flouncy
Balls. : This level reminded me of Four Square, it really made me smile a lot.
Secret Passages : An amazing level, a maze without feeling like a maze. I'd be clearer with the chip hint thing, but nonetheless a fantastic composition.
This is rockdet signing out, keep up the good voting job folks!
