Currently Needing Pixel Artists For October Ordeal

**The Dark Warrior** · (This post was last modified: 11-01-2019, 05:15 PM by The Dark Warrior.)

This is the thread where I log my fangame/ROM-Hack Projects I start.
In brief overview of below: Currently Working On are the projects I am actively developing at this time. Other Projects are the inactive projects that may or may not see progress resumed. Isolated One-Shots are the games I make that are part of either a Convention, Level Design Contest, or a Game Jam I participate in.

Currently Working On

October Ordeal
Started: Late September 2017
Projected Demo: October 30, 2018
Projected Finish: Halloween 2019

Description: 9 Level Challenge I made to see if I can make all 9 levels by Halloween...I failed. Still determined to finish this.
Download: http://nintendocfc.com/booth.html?id=5
Latest Screenshots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2D2ZPUrUOc - Intro Sequence

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December Darkness
Started: MFGG Secret Santa 2016
Projected Finish: Christmas 2018
Description: Started as a secret santa project to Jaharl that year but I decided to expand it to a full hack.
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Other Projects

Name: Generic Redrawn Hack
Started: Later 2016
Projected Finish: N/A
Description: Hack I was working on at 2016 but resumed Summer of 2017. Its meant to be an assortion of levels I have made.
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Name: Mario: The Dark World
Started: Late 2015
Projected Finish: N/A
Description: Currently on hiatus, meant to be a darker sequel to Mysterious Islandz.
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Name: The Redemption of the Mario Bros.
Started: Mid 2016
Projected Finish: N/A
Description: Currently on hiatus, meant to be a 4 World SMB1 hack. Demo is availible in YT Link.
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Name: Mysterious Islandz
Started: Mid 2012
Projected Finish: N/A
Description: Currently on hiatus. Will resume in future.
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Isolated One-Shots

Name: Aeolian Blood Moon
Finished: March 13th, 2016
Description: Collaborative entry with levelengine of Bits and Pieces renown for SMW Central's 9th Annual Vanilla Level Design Contest. Score was 31st.
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Download: https://dl.smwcentral.net/14812/VLDC9%20v1.11.zip (Note that this level was made as part of the larger VLDC9 compilation SMW Central showcased each entrants)

Name: Party Paradise
Finished: August 15th, 2016
Description: Solo entry for GeminiSunfall's unofficial Summer Level Contest on SMWC. Scored 2nd place.
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Download:http://smw.servegame.com:45726/db/5/5ac6.../patch.bps

Name: Frantic Forgeworks
Finished: October 1st, 2016
Description: Collaborative entry with Kixune for Talkhaus's Make a Good Level Contest 3. Scored 32nd place.
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Download: http://smw.servegame.com:45726/db/a/a891.../patch.bps

Name: Creepy Childhouse
Finished: December 2nd, 2016
Description: Solo entry for SMWCentral's 4th Chocolate Level Design Contest. DQ'ed for an oversight that shifts the screen at the start of the second half, making it impossible to finish. I was denied the ability to fix it. Taught me that you got to be through with your testing.
Media:

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Download: http://bin.smwcentral.net/u/5831/CreepyC...1.1fix.bps

Name: Santa's Sawshop
Finished: December 25th, 2016
Description: My MFGG 2016 Secret Santa entry. The larger hack this level is a part of will be an expansion on that idea.
Media:

Download: http://bin.smwcentral.net/u/5831/SFSecre...ghtfix.bps

Name: Reactive Factory
Finished: March 12, 2018
Description: My entry to SMW Central's Chocolate Level Design Contest. Scored 22nd Place (not the best, was dragged down due to the gimmick's functionality)
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Download: https://smwc.me/1465860

Games I Worked For

Disclaimer: (Only Showing Games that had a public record of level progress, there are more fangames I had a hand with that didn't went anywhere or were not notable enough for me to recall, or are private so I cant show the details)

Super Mario World - All-Star Edition & Attack: Level Designer, Tester
Super Mario Bros.: Odyssey - Chapter 1: Guest Level Designer
Super Mario Kingdom & Territory: Level Designer
Super Mario Fusion World: Guest Level Designer
Mario & Luigi's Coin Chaos: Level Designer, Tester
DragzeeY Engine 7: Example Level Designer, Tester
CatezeeY Engine 8: Example Level Designer, Tester
SMB2011 - Attack of the Bloopers: Level Designer
SMB2012 Doomsday: Guest Level Designer, Plot Writer
Super Mario Dimensions: GFX (did the pipes)

**Willsaber** · 11-28-2017, 01:05 PM

Lots of bullet bills! October Ordeal looks super cool imo.

Making terrible posts since 2014

**The Dark Warrior** · 11-28-2017, 02:04 PM

(11-28-2017, 01:05 PM)Willsaber Wrote: Lots of bullet bills! October Ordeal looks super cool imo.

Thanks for the compliment on October Ordeal though keep in mind that looking at it holistically there are going to be generalizations about the kind of levels I build, though there are like, several other kinds of levels made that do not heavily focus on Bullet Bill usage that I have made and shown off.

Anyways... post above is updated to show another hack in hiatus I was working on in the summer of 2017.

Screenshots of what was made already:

**The Dark Warrior** · (This post was last modified: 03-27-2018, 03:11 AM by The Dark Warrior.)

Should have posted in December but hey never late than ever. Ill update first post with this entry...it will be resumed later.

And yes Ill get rid of the copyright symbol below whoops.

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Almost forgot, this link: https://smwc.me/1459365

Has the most recent progress I documented out of October Ordeal not on Discord.

**OssieTheOstrich** · 03-27-2018, 04:45 AM

I like that you use Icegoom's Mario World Redrawn style!

List of projects I eventually plan to finish after the indefinite hiatus is over, assuming I don't abruptly cancel them:

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+ List of projects I'm helping out with in some small capacity during my hiatus:

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**VinnyVideo** · 03-27-2018, 08:52 AM

These backgrounds and tilesets are pretty cool. I like that you're putting a lot of care into the title screens; the October Ordeal title screen is especially nice.

Course clear! You got a card.

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**Evil Yoshi Toes** · (This post was last modified: 03-27-2018, 10:30 AM by Evil Yoshi Toes.)

I love the look of October Ordeal (though I love most things Halloween themed). The graphics in all of these look really great.

That December Darkness background with the pumpkins is amazing.

**The Dark Warrior** · (This post was last modified: 10-03-2018, 12:29 AM by The Dark Warrior.)

Interesting thing is, the best backgrounds used in my recent SMW hack works arent even being made by me (considering I feel my own takes are garbo and often times im demotivated to draw em myself). The Pumpkin BG in question as well as a few others were made by a friend I commissioned (who is unavailable atm). That said it is a style I actually want to move into p soon considering its a bit less overly textured (and mine usually is).

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Now then....something I did earlier this month

In spoilers because judging is not done yet.

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https://smwc.me/1465860 - DL if you want to try it yourself

**OssieTheOstrich** · 03-28-2018, 02:29 AM

Mario's standing animation looks a little awkward, you might want to fix it.

List of projects I eventually plan to finish after the indefinite hiatus is over, assuming I don't abruptly cancel them:

Spoiler

+ List of projects I'm helping out with in some small capacity during my hiatus:

Spoiler

**The Dark Warrior** · (This post was last modified: 03-28-2018, 04:09 PM by The Dark Warrior.)

(03-28-2018, 02:29 AM)Ostrich101 Wrote: Mario's standing animation looks a little awkward, you might want to fix it.

Most of the project screenshots that arent actively being worked on (such as when I post my contest entries they aren't there to be worked on), any errors in presentation aren't really going to be fixed. They are just there to log what I've done in the past, which is the purpose of this thread.

The ones I am currently working on though, are subject to change.

**The Dark Warrior** · (This post was last modified: 06-02-2018, 02:34 AM by The Dark Warrior.)

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This is progress on the game (October Ordeal) for the past several months. Ive been focusing on getting a certain variety level done as well as working on the intro sequence with a friend that will be done very soon. We are at the halfwaymark on that (so far, 3 scenes have been made).

A submap post will happen by around Sunday, and it is where my efforts will be concentrating on this month on making the necessary levels for it in time for C3, which will happen in July on SMW Central.

**Evil Yoshi Toes** · 06-02-2018, 09:05 AM

That's awesome. I love the cutscene images.

**Q-Nova** · 06-02-2018, 02:07 PM

That looks really cool! There isn't really much holiday-themed games on MFGG as far as I know, so it's nice to see one being made! Smile

The train level looks very interesting and the graphics look beautiful, I also love the cutscene images as well. It's so hard to believe that it's a SMW hack just going by the screenshots, which, to me, is a good thing. Thumbs Up

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**Yakibomb** · 06-02-2018, 03:39 PM

Don't the Toads know that by looking at the Boos, they stop moving? Because they're all running away in the images! Laughing

I don't intend to be taken seriously on that comment, haha.

The graphics are incredible! They really mesh well with Icegoom's graphics!

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**Q-Nova** · 06-02-2018, 03:54 PM

(06-02-2018, 03:39 PM)Yakibomb Wrote: Don't the Toads know that by looking at the Boos, they stop moving? Because they're all running away in the images!

Haha, yeah! Maybe the Boos are the ones from games like Mario Party and Paper Mario, where faces mean absolutely nothing to them. Thinking

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**The Dark Warrior** · (This post was last modified: 06-02-2018, 08:33 PM by The Dark Warrior.)

Yakibomb Wrote:Don't the Toads know that by looking at the Boos, they stop moving? Because they're all running away in the images! I don't intend to be taken seriously on that comment, haha.

There will be enemy Boos in the hack that move regardless of the player facing em. Also the Boos that invade the Town are not the scared ones.

**The Dark Warrior** · (This post was last modified: 06-09-2018, 04:16 AM by The Dark Warrior.)

Intro Submap. Submap was made by Kixune on request.

New scene as part of the intro sequence. Made by bigpotato, refined by me.

**The Dark Warrior** · (This post was last modified: 08-12-2018, 12:17 PM by The Dark Warrior.)

New Screenshots featuring Redrawn Mario in 3/4ths, also Luigi. Thank Chaoxys, rockythechao, EnteiTH, Neweegee, and Gaem for their contributions to the playable graphics.
They date from July.

Also I am in need of graphic designers/artists who can design backgrounds and tilesets in the style above. Currently needing someone willing to do a burning gothic village set.

EDIT 2 - Also looking for music people who can compose SNES music using the SMW (which on SMWC its called "unsampled") samples (helps that you have experience in using addmusicK).

**The Dark Warrior** · (This post was last modified: 10-02-2018, 09:31 PM by The Dark Warrior.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2D2ZPUrUOc

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In case nobody saw this earlier.

I am still looking primarily for pixel artists. Mainly for levels though also those who can sprite like the cutscenes in the video as the artist in question who did em is currently on hiatus. I currently have a few more sequences I want to make.

**VinnyVideo** · 10-06-2018, 09:15 PM

October Ordeal looks really cool. Do you plan to have a release ready by Halloween?

Course clear! You got a card.

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