!! There is a level inspired by the rotating room from Riven!? 
I gotta go check that out. I actually had that idea a long time ago but never got around to making it.
When I play a level like Flareon I almost immediately think ‘could this be a picture/map, clue anything out of the ordinary?’ since it looks strange compared to other levels. Same happened when I played mirror and thief. Maybe I’m just use to doing visual puzzles… I’d recommend making Flareon harder, actually. More maze like or anything, to make it take a little longer maybe. It felt a little too easy imo.
Another example is; Oracle 1 and 2 from CCLP2 were actually taken from the game Jewels of the Oracle and if player never heard of that game the title to the level would've went over their head. But it didn't effect gameplay at all. [since I did play that game, I beat those two difficult levels pretty quickly ]
I've dealt with this before about "references". Yes, I agree it stinks for a person who completely doesn't get the reference and that person just ends up confused. But I think it's worth it for the people who do get the reference, as imo references are an awesome thing, to highlight something else really awesome in your culture and relate two things together (two perhaps totally otherwise unrelated things). And perhaps it urges the uninformed player to look it up and then he learns something. A counter argument to that "I don't want to look anything up" or 'I'm playing a game not learning. But I like learning. well it's just my opinion.
Perhaps now I should mention that I have been voting pretty much as JB describes "how well does this level do for CCLP1" specifically. However, not to sound arrogant or imply that I am any better at making levels myself; I'm kind of surprised at some of the levels in the packs and wonder why they were nominated. Of course I don't seem to have similar taste to all the other chipsters, but some of these levels took way too long or had good themes but were totally monotonous. I've taken lesson from them myself, and am trying to design better levels myself based on all this.
I gotta go check that out. I actually had that idea a long time ago but never got around to making it.When I play a level like Flareon I almost immediately think ‘could this be a picture/map, clue anything out of the ordinary?’ since it looks strange compared to other levels. Same happened when I played mirror and thief. Maybe I’m just use to doing visual puzzles… I’d recommend making Flareon harder, actually. More maze like or anything, to make it take a little longer maybe. It felt a little too easy imo.
Another example is; Oracle 1 and 2 from CCLP2 were actually taken from the game Jewels of the Oracle and if player never heard of that game the title to the level would've went over their head. But it didn't effect gameplay at all. [since I did play that game, I beat those two difficult levels pretty quickly
]I've dealt with this before about "references". Yes, I agree it stinks for a person who completely doesn't get the reference and that person just ends up confused. But I think it's worth it for the people who do get the reference, as imo references are an awesome thing, to highlight something else really awesome in your culture and relate two things together (two perhaps totally otherwise unrelated things). And perhaps it urges the uninformed player to look it up and then he learns something. A counter argument to that "I don't want to look anything up" or 'I'm playing a game not learning. But I like learning. well it's just my opinion.
Perhaps now I should mention that I have been voting pretty much as JB describes "how well does this level do for CCLP1" specifically. However, not to sound arrogant or imply that I am any better at making levels myself; I'm kind of surprised at some of the levels in the packs and wonder why they were nominated. Of course I don't seem to have similar taste to all the other chipsters, but some of these levels took way too long or had good themes but were totally monotonous. I've taken lesson from them myself, and am trying to design better levels myself based on all this.
my CC2 sets: Mobi's Challenge (166 levels)
Walls of CCLP2 (V2) presently: ~50 levels
"Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away."
-Hakwin Rinzai
"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man"
-'The Dude' Lebowski
Walls of CCLP2 (V2) presently: ~50 levels
"Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away."
-Hakwin Rinzai
"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man"
-'The Dude' Lebowski