New Level - Scream

LinkyNStoof · Post by **LinkyNStoof** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 11:39 pm

Eh, one of my less inspired levels.

I was originally planning this to be just part of a larger level that has more variety, but still with ghost theme.

Playtesting immediately showed I underestimated how annoying the ghosts can be, so I decided to leave this as a standalone level. If I'm going to incorporate this into some other level, I'm probably going to cut down on the number of ghosts...

Anyway, hope this isn't too repetitive and boring. Good luck.

Bearsland · Post by **Bearsland** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:13 am

What an annoying level.

Consider it played, completed and filed under 'I won't be playing that one again'.

The ghosts are horrid; you just don't know which way they will turn. There is a method for this level, but you need some luck too.

~Bear

Dianna · Post by **Dianna** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 1:34 am

What an appropriate name for this level. I am SCREAMING! I tried several times with very little success. I just can't get away from that many ghosts in that amount of space.

LinkyNStoof · Post by **LinkyNStoof** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 3:01 am

heh...if it really gets on your nerves, go ahead and cut down a few ghosts in the level editor.

Just so you don't make it more annoying for yourself than it already is, here are some tips:

1) only release one batch of ghost at a time (duh!

), and try to kill at least 4 of them before releasing the next batch. It's always preferable to get all 5 killed even if it takes some patience and dodging.

2) avoid touching the star button as much as possible (unless you have nowhere good to move to), so you don't miss opportunities to kill ghosts.

3) once you're done with a batch, get rid of the associated ice block. Having more than one ice block around tends to get in your way rather than being helpful.

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How to kill ghosts:

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 X*O

The dashes is the island and the * are the conveyor belts. Get your ice box into either the X or the O, and wait for a ghost to come out. As soon as the ghost has stepped onto the first tile of conveyor belt it can reach (here it would be the top *), push your box up into the conveyor belts (not left or right!).

If you do this right, you should have no more than 1 to 2 ghosts out in the central island. Of course, once in a while you'd have bad luck and too many ghosts escape. Either be prepare to play dodge or just start over and hope for better luck.

LinkyNStoof · Post by **LinkyNStoof** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 3:04 am

Just so you know how optimistic I was, originally I started off having 8 ghosts per island......

Dianna · Post by **Dianna** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 3:48 am

And were you able to complete this level with 8 ghosts per island?

LinkyNStoof · Post by **LinkyNStoof** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:01 am

No, I kept cutting down the number of ghosts until I succeed, which finally happened at 5.

I then posted it to get it out of my mind so I can move on to thinking about other ideas.

I still kinda like it though but if I'm gonna use it elsewhere it'll have more space and less ghost, that's for sure.

Salin · Post by **Salin** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:21 pm

I really hate this dreadful ghosts

majic1 · Post by **majic1** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:36 pm

Bearsland wrote:What an annoying level.

This comment says it all!!!!

First "Same Game" and NOW "SCREAM" - What's SNL trying to do to us??????? I've already lost all my hair on Same Game - nothing left to pull out!