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Cool map, not a fan of the gores part at the start though

+don't like how the large hookthrough passes through the grass in design at some parts

hello

ive played your map

design is nice

noobfilter is entirely unnecessary maybe make it an unsolo or just remove it as its current version seems like a waste of space. You dont really need filters in novicemaps/

tp1: im assuming this is supposed to be a novice 1 star. i would change this as theres no gameplay here tp2:i like tp2 as a novice 1 star part seems fine the transition between tp2 and 3 is unnecessary and a waste maybe put someting here :D

maybe make this one part?

tp3: whats the point of the space on the left of tp 3 - not too sure how this part was supposed to be done it feels too open. fine part for 1 star just fill it up a bit more

part 4: the first half of the part has nothing to it but the second half is fine. i would make the first half a throw or something i guess.

in its current state the part is 1 hook

for the transition between tp 4 and 5 i think something like this would be better

part 5: is fine i wouldnt change it. maybe change the blocker designs.

just looks a bit weird to me personally though you can disagree

tp6: put something for the player to do above thats not just hook up i think it would make it more interesting - id recommend looking at maps like tsunami or other 1 stars for good ideas.

something here as you have so much space

tp7: i think you should entirely rework this - theres so much empty space that you could use here!

same here part currently is 1 hook

tp8 is fine <3

tp9: i think tp9 is fine - you could make the wallhamemr necessary to improve it i think

similar to this

tp10: is a worthless transition - you should change it

cp11-12: really weird part ive no idea whats inteneded- this is how i did it

idk if this was right if it is you should change that

if its not intended maybe the part needs a rework

structuring is cool tho

cp13-14: the idea of using the tele gun is good i think you could introduce it at tp 14 before instead of just adding a random part. As a novice map it would relly confuse new players do something like this maybe?

(Also tp 14 doesnt work because its not a cto so you always tp to 13.)

part 15 is nice keep it as is.

tp15: you can entirely skip the second half of this tp. Novice players probably wont do this though so you can probably leave it.

its just a simple catch

do something with the transition before the solo part plz :D

as of right now theres just alot of empty nothing similar to this^

it would be 100x better if all of these were unique little parts in between

solo part: i like the second half (2) but i think the first half (1) could use some work. Maybe do something withthe tele gun again.

deep part: turn off deep fly. part is fine i think cp19 is unneccesary though just make them both use 18 and move it.

also the undeep spam is ugly and unnecessary

platform is unnecessary

maybe make it necessary somehow

cp20: big difficulty spike for new players potentially you may want to consider that or leave it as is it works fine. - the cp doesnt work and i got sent back to 18.

delete the entire rocket part and remake it theres nothing here.

the drop to 22 doesnt need to be that long.

I think the cp is also way too faily for new players (1 star novice)

easy fix for that is just make it unsolo

verall map is ok but can be easily improved. I like the design! i think with fixes this can release !

good luck 😛

Thanks for all these tips, I'll fix it and send it soon

I think it's interesting to keep tp19 in case the player in tp18 makes a mistake at the bottom, so the tp19 player can go back to do it again

• fixed the problems
• added new parts

If that is your choice go for it!

ive played the new changes and i like them :D

only things i think should change are make it so the deep isnt skippable and

fix entity bugs

the wall is further away with entitis on here for example

just make sure that this is all fixed

after this i think a few tweaks and can rls :D

idk if its already mentioned but these time cp should get fixed and also more placed over the map in a higher rate( my opinion)

i think instead of adding a back here just make it so that you cannot reach it without rocket :D

time cp does not reach floor here

i think

I don't know if I understood what you meant, but I think the back here is in case the player ends up passing without picking up the rocket, so I think it's cool to have a back in case that happens

• I fixed the deep
• fixed the bugs
• I fixed the time cp

yes i undestand im saying i think you should make it so that players cant get to it without the rocket :D

corner

👍

• fixed corners

Man, I really think that this is fine as it is. I can't come up with a way to fix this, unless you have any ideas, but I believe this is just a minor detail.

It’s not a big issue just a little fix, it would be pretty easy to make it so that the wall is unhookale and a little higher and then players will realised they need the rocket. In its current state I think it’s fine it would just be a little addition <3

Yes, I even thought about that, but I didn't want to use the unhook block on the map. What I also thought is to use that block that prevents the hook, but I test it and then we'll see which one is better

you could also use a hook tp to make it impossible

I think it's ok now

unfreeze?

skip

For 5 * Novice?

skip

Seems like the skip doesn't help.

Very nice map, if these issues are fixed, I think there's a good chance it'll pass the test👍

I think the skips are not that much of a problem since the map's audience will be newbie players, but I can also fix them

sure This can be fixed or not, but I think it'll save us time.

yes, I understand, I fixed the first skip, the other one I couldn't find a nice way to fix it

the rest I believe everything is fine

I also didn't find an interesting way to fix it

The design of this map is very clever, some places that look like they can be skipped don't actually work, and I don't think it's that easy to spot the skips xD

You can try this.

hehe, really

maybe?

You can follow this and change it xD

hmm, interesting, I think it could be a good one, thanks 😄

Or this.

np

you can choice one

: D

Is there any solution without the block unhook, I didn't put it on the map To be differential and put it in just one part it's a little strange

I think I'll use this one

sure

I did similar to what you sent me

skip

unfreeze?

The tiles is the same for unhk and ht

skip

shoot

Stopper useless

cp

skip

You'd rather use this combination than unhk

So we hypothesize that

You've misplaced these two.

you can double-hammer fly

On this issue, shengyan will explain in more detail.

It's the last, and biggest skip. With other tees' help, you can bring telegun from cp14 back to the start. and even could get infinite jump on the road. Just one tee on the other side, and you shoot him.

at the solo part(16), one tee could get back with unsolo status. and you shoot him could skip that solo tile.

extremely grateful

and

Test it with me. If the map fixes these problems, I don't think there'll be any more. 😄 good luck

$waiting

You need to make a difference about the color of the telegun teleport and freeze

cp3 can skip by throwing up

cp9 can skip by swinging and hammer the player

this tiles are become unhook by telegun teleport

cp4 seems can skip by hammer here

this tile is not random

overlapped

corner

👍

I think@it will be around 2 star

oh crazy i'll fix it

the spawn shouldn’t be like this

do this instead

or similar

the infinity jump doesnt make sense, everything is hookable, just use the jumps but do it interesting

delete this cp

the marking on the shooting is not clear at all, usually is maked as a glowing thing, and use a sign like you did after

also, this part may be too crowded. Avoid the flying and put a hookable to the right to do it faster

1.- move the tele more to the right 2.-you should add unfreeze

use less arrows here, and the tile behind is barely visable

the stopper sign is to dark

use unhook instead

both can go up

you should check again on teles, i found some parts that cps arent needed

so you can use normal tele

here you can either shoot your partner or he can hook you

i dont see the point of the deep here

the long gore at the end is kinda meh

$waiting

I'll fix all this and send it soon

• fixed the parts that had problem and made some changes
• I couldn't fix cp2 skip, because I would have to change the whole phase, but I believe it doesn't have much problem since it's a little more complicated skip for newbies.

• add unfreeze in some parts

• made some tweaks to the final gores

I think everything is sorted out, just a few small skips that I couldn't find a good way to fix without changing the entire phase, but they don't significantly impact gameplay or add much time to the game

Hey, later, take a look at the new changes

Nice map, tbh.

yeah, imo this will be the first map released from yoda

: D

Good job

Heil to the novice map rls

Just for a question of quality of life I would remove the freeze on the side so you can't edge here

same here

This is a bit tight for novice, I'de make it 1 tile wider like the one on the left

The tele gun here is transparent (supposed to be red) + the design shows ht but it's unhookable in entities

You can fail too easily here, I suggest you make an easier set up for the part so the one who shoot cannot move or just do something else

Here you can cheat and keep one telegun by doing the solo part, going back then your mate shoots you, skipping the unsolo then the telegun It doesn't really matter cause you can't really cheat anything past this with the telegun so it's up to you if want to keep it or remove it

Time cp1 is missing

$waiting

I think I'll keep it that way, I believe there's not much need, and just doing that ends up losing a lot of time in the race

-fix the problems

• corners

• missing freeze tile design

• fix corners and missing freeze

pls dont put spawns below

you may able to cheat this part going both from below

i meant you should do something like this

and with a quad that says "Shoot the wall"

on this part i would still use normal tele

this part is a bit messy

if i wouldnt do spec i would go up, so warn on top, not bellow

much better

1.- move this so you can have enough space to do (2) 3.- make this a solo part

the end es a bit shitty, i would just end it before the teleport 22

$waiting

• fixed all the problems

$reset

wdym?

Huh?

what does this command mean?

Reverts every action, such as ready, waiting

But seems the channel is down

$reset

blue : add a cp or if they fall, they will go back to the part red : it's good that it's a solo but u forgot to delete the hook other (same in design, delete the sign for hookother)

$waiting

• i delete hookother
• add cp

the ht disappear in design

$waiting

ready, fixed

bro did waiting for that but i can't do waiting for corners

Do the map have corners to fix?

I'll check later

I took a look and didn't find any corners errors

If dimodmm said it it must be true

Did you just hesitate to believe dimodmm?

corners

maybe useless

Maybe it's better to lower the transparency to under 100, 75 up.

skip

Maybe it's not skip. It's too late today. I'll try tomorrow.

I think it's still skippable here tomorrow test

good map👍

• I fixed the problems they sent
• I made small design changes

I think it's hard to skip this part, even if you do, you'll probably waste more time than going the normal way

It’s possible to skip but will take much longer than normal 👍

Time to pass > usual route ≠ skip

huh

i still think that you should delete the tele and just put the finish line a few tiles away

mmm

i would put the spawn on the yellow rectangle instead

$waiting

watch for entities bugs

besides

the map weights too much and there is no reason for that

• I changed the ending
• I fixed the problems

how do you think I can decrease the weight of the map?

🤷🏻‍♂️ look at the mappres that you are working with

ok

for example you could use this, i deleted the grass

I don't know, there are few mapres that I can replace or remove without changing the map's design too much. Just changing a few things improved the weight a little

• fixed entities bugs

Don't even think it's faster in a 2p speedrun

just did it random

I don't know if it will disturb the gameplay a lot, but if you find it necessary, I can fix it

Tbh if you hit it then well done i dont see any reason for fixing that

I think he was just showing, not proposing to change it

omg, send tee skin

look in submit skins

ok, I'll leave it at that

the stoppers bg and the freeze looks too alike

also the stopper design doesnt fit nice maybe you should change it

🤷🏻‍♂️

every tele gun sign should be putted on a unhook so is more visible

bug

i dont like that this map needs to use cps, find another way

ez fix

try to use 2 to teles on the whole map

you have a duplicated mountain on every quad

also, is not important to have the mountain bellow is not even possible to look at xd

yy sun is better i guess?

there it is if u want to try

those 2 are free to use, and also that would help on the weight

$waiting

I'll fix everything and I'll send it soon

I just don't understand one thing, you want me to reduce the amount of to tele, I find it difficult, but I can reduce the amount of cps

The to teles are the yellow thing

To-teles are for normal teleports Cto-teles are for cps

This is a to-tele

yes, that I know, I changed the teleports into, if I'm not mistaken, 2 parts of cto-tele, the rest is to-tele

• I fixed everything that was asked for
• I didn't like the dark freeze, I don't think it suits the map, so I tried to darken the stoppers
• I distributed the parts in teleports to-tele, with the exception of two parts
• I made small changes in some parts

the map is much lighter too

• fixed bug

that is not the sign of infinity jump

suits more for like a jump refill or wall jump

i can clearly see the sign there

you forgot unfreeze on totele

freeze corners flying

i would delete cp here, also maybe you could remake this part

feels too linear

i would do smth like this

ofc i made it quick so needs improvement and bla bla

you could use a bit more of the hookable and delete the tele there

unnecessary tele here too

you could use freeze

do smth like this instead idk

$waiting

• I fixed everything I needed

this looks like design bugs

you can cheat by shooting left and teleporting to other tee left and down right

Stars aren't hd, I can't play map with design from lag

unmarked teleblocks

i think it's probably toooo faily for novice

kinda strange 1st part here you need to hammer edge , after 2nd part you need to edge hammer to , but at 3rd part you don't need to hammer . ( this two parts first parts i think hard for novice )

maybe there is other way making this lines better with more extra challange

this part probably hard for novice , faily ( i think )

You can swing too fast and miss the first unfreeze

maybe making extra DT 7 layer with darker color ?

extra unfreeze left ?

missing corner / corners left and right

Put toteles on the ground in solo parts

I like this part for novice - although faily -

I think if done successfully the players would feel a great sense of accomplishment

As it would feel cool to do so for them

I agree, I think it's a more challenging part of the map

• fixed everything, i changed two parts

suggestion

still not marked oh it's like hook , i think better will be with unhook

i like new parts ! a lot better then before ! ( for novice map )

Ok, i'll fix that

Sorry, but I didn't understand the suggestion

Make new layer with dark color , for seeing it better when you lose somethink .

• i made new layer color
• change some details

• I changed small details and changed some parts

Do you think the map will be released?

i am not tester , map is ok for me , this is only what i can say !

okk, thanks

skip

I can do that.

maybe a speed run idea

Be aware of this situation

i think all ok👍

I really like the way the whole map handles corners unhk hk, and it's worth it to me to learn how to handle it.

I really like your entity skin, can I have it?

Same! Would be nice if you could post it please :3

is not necessary to put the to tele that high up, just 1 tile up should be ok for everything

both can go this way and throw one of them up and skip the bottom part, but is just for decent players so whatever, but you can fix it by moving the ht on the left more to the right and should do it

those bugs i found by just playing, if you analyze the map by detail you may find some others

About the gameplay seems okay

maybe after this fixes is ready

$waiting

-fixed all bugs

$optimize

idk if someone else has something to add but in the mid time to me is ready

idk if 4 or 5 stars

$ready 5

Yippeeeee

Best novice rls

Thank you guys!!

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ggs

Congratulations !

This will be the best Novice in 2023

i hope so

Boa

your map has just been released, and you now have a 2-week grace period to identify and resolve any unnoticed bugs or skips. After these two weeks, only design and quality of life (QoL) fixes will be allowed, provided they don't impact the leaderboard rankings. Be aware that significant gameplay changes may impact and lead to the removal of ranks. Good luck with your map!

startline is bugged

really, how?

and how to fix it?

Just delete start line in blocks and post it here