Thanks for your comments, you guys. I really do appreciate it. It really helps me stay motivated to continue on with this hack. It also helps you guys too, since I'm using a beta version of Reuben to make this. That means lots of the potential bugs that would otherwise have slipped by will have been caught through means of developing a full hack with the beta!

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There are "styles" of dithering?

I dunno, maybe I will keep them, then. I can have multiple tilesets for the same level type (i.e. three tilesets for hilly levels, four for plains, two for fortresses, etc..) so maybe I can keep these and cater to tastes of all kinds. Cool?

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Posted by blackhole89

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Posted by KP9000

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There are "styles" of dithering?

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Why yes, there are.

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Well, I jujst go with whatever looks good.

Update! I have added an ASM hack that is going to be the basis of the gameplay originality for this hack. Here's the video!



Let me explain what is going on in this video. First, this level is just a sort of "training ground" for Mario, to show off the ASM hack and to complete certain obstacles normally impossible to overcome. This particular area combines flight and star power. When you get a "coin" (which will actually be called Power Chips) you get a little tiny bit of power. An accumulation of coins makes this effect last longer!

World 1 will be a normal world, with normal coins. As you progress, you will find that coins, "Power Chips", will begin to have strange effects in Mario and will need to take advantage of it in some places to continue on in any given level.

Levels will stay fresh and beautiful throughout. Each level will be new and strange, but fun and mysterious at the same time. I will not abuse this and make it so gimmicky that you just cannot complete levels and ragequit.

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A little somethin' I've been working on lately. This is the start of a new hilly graphics tileset. I need to add decorational elements still, and possibly some accents for the ground here and there.

Hopefully SMB3 hacking will begin to flourish again... I'm really missin' the love, you guys. What say ye?

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Posted by Anglefage

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They all diminished mainly because d.d. threw them off with the progress of ruben

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Why so pessimistic, bro? I've spoken with him and he's got things to take care of in real life that means more than Reuben. (read: marriage) so stop being such a blowhard and please post something worth reading.

He's also said to me that Reuben will be resuming progression sometime in June. That may or may not change.

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Actually, for new tilesets, I find it's much easier to use TLP just because it has a tile arranger. Making tilesets with a tile arranger lets you see how the tiles line up in any given arrangement so you can see what's going on, so when you finally build all your TSA you don't have any problems with things looking like crap due to misalignment.

But yes, Reuben *does* have a graphics editor. It's in its infant stages but I think it will become more robust later down the road. DD's working on getting basic functionality for all aspects of the game supported before further development is carried out. I only use the Reuben editor for small edits; I use YY-CHR and TLP for most of my graphics hacking.

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Here's another screenshot showing progress on my hilly tileset. This tileset will be the basis of more hilly tilesets to come.



Thoughts?

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Here's another snapshot:

and a shoop

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It's a limitation of palettes, but I think it turned out for the better. Makes the ground seem "soaked" and "saturated".

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Well, that area of the graphics page is pretty full, but it is possible to use the graphics page for the level (as opposed to the global graphics page) to have multiple pipe graphics, provided there's enough space. Unfortunately, I don't have enough space in *all* graphics pages for these new pipes, and I want to keep things consistent.

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So how could I let this shit get 3 pages buried?

Anywho, I'm kinda itchin' to do some hacking again, but I'm lacking some ideas to get the ball rolling again. Any particular requests or ideas any of you guys have? I'm kinda relying on you guys for an idea or two for motivation... So, anything?

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