06-Feb-2012, 11:34 PM
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I had a similar problem at the end of Mistakes. Because I didn't feel like going through that all again just to get killed, I semi-cheated: I copied the level into a new set, placed Chip near the end, and played that small section until I'd perfected it. Then I went back and played the full level for real.
Is this a popular technique in the Chips community? How severe is it on the "cheating" scale? For the record, I also did this for Freezer (the fireball room) and a few other levels in CCLP3 (specific titles elude me at present)...
Unless I'm wrong, I believe that is called ghosting and it is pretty popular. I did that before I knew what it was when I was playtesting my own levels and get frustrated over one part.
Also, as a side note, Mistakes was impossible in Lynx for my version of Chip's Workshop that I was using at the time. It was that final ball part. I wonder what version of C.W. Dave was using when he posted that picture...?
~Bowman