@Zbyte: Interesting, but I have to agree with Dahrk: perhaps you should make those platforms a bit wider since the level is icy, has auto-scrolling, and contains a Lakitu.

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Oh gee thanks, DahrkDaiz. That'd only have made all the graphics hacking I was doing a couple of weeks earlier about a thousand times easier.

I guess I'll have to stay vindicated in that I did all mine the hard way!

(translation: that honestly looks awesome and it'll make graphics editing for SMB3 much easier than using non-specific CHR editors for sure!)

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Well, I'm not, really. I'm going to complete my current hack the "old-fashioned" way, then if I ever make another SMB3 hack and your editor happens to deliver the sheer amount of awesome that I am predicting it will, then I will definitely pick it up and give it a whirl. :3

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Well, I could be persuaded to switch mid-project, myself, but I'd have to be looking at one or more of the following features:

- the ability to have more than one pointer per level (I can't really put this into words; basically, if you have a screen exit, then all other screen exits for the level in question will have to go to the same area pointed at in the header. Being able to have even one more possibility would be a huge boon)

- the ability to increase or decrease the allotted pointers per world on the world maps

- increasing/decreasing the size of world maps (a long shot, but probably not unheard of) and/or modifying the way in which they scroll

- increased number of bytes available in each level data bank (not really a foreseeable problem for me currently, but being able to make more would be nice. It's too bad SMB3 doesn't have midway checkpoints for its stages...)

That's all I can really think of that'd make me switch.

Oh, and so I'm not completely off-topic: new screenies of my hack coming soon!

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@MathOnNapkins: That looks AND sounds sweet. I'm going to have to check it out later. I'm no musician, but I'd love to learn how to insert the stuff into ROMs, and a program like that would probably help me get closer to a comfort zone in music hacking.

@RetroRain: Yup, that definitely looks better. I suggest making the water blue, though, unless it's supposed to be acidic. :o

@SePH: Looking snazzy, though I think the life bar should keep the shades of red from the original (or at least another warm color), as at least I myself associate red with life...teal not so much. Is your hack completely futuristic or will it involve any sort of time travel?

Anyways~

This is what I've been up to for the last few days:



Map screen graphics are like...85% done, and as far as my demo release will be concerned, they're more like 98% complete.

Oh, and I know you can't see it here, but the bushes are animated differently than their original counterparts.

This is the last screenie I'm posting before demo release day, which'll be sometime within the next month (I hope!).

Now...I really need some sleep. z_z;

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Thanks guys. I probably spent way more time on it than I should have, but I'm pretty meticulous as well as a perfectionist, so... Altogether, I'm just glad I'm pleased with the end result.

@never-obsolete: Oooh, a hack of the original Zelda, huh? I'd like to hear some details. :3

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