Vulcano

by DustCreep
created Aug 18, 2014
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Rating
/ 32 votes

Difficulty
/ 22 votes


map notes
Another remake, minor modifications on the route.
Flipped kilo plus clocktower.
edited Oct 1, 2014

34 comments

Shin Rekkoha
said Aug 18, 2014
Lava confirmed!  I will say that while I am biased and a fan of lava, your choice of darkness on layer 19 and spike and dust choices make it basically impossible to see.  The red virtual spikes and green slime dust would both show up better, even if they clash.  The dark purple cave spikes and grey mansion dust are just both too bad on the rocks, and I was basically playing blind.  I often prioritize art too, but I try not to do so at the cost of playability.  This map is going to be hell for people who haven't played these stock maps before and don't have dust/spikes memorized.  It's just so hard to read.

(It did not lag for me nor drop my inputs)

I can't play the level without fitting music:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkLHwDooikI
edited Aug 18, 2014
DustCreep
said Aug 18, 2014
I don't know why, but there seem to be players who "Can't see shit" on certain maps.
I had no problems with the visibility at all (except what karelian mentioned), we may have different screen settings ?
fireball
said Aug 18, 2014
This reminds me of the another problem, the first 2 specs of dust are easy to miss if you're using dustkid because you can easily go high enough that the camera never puts them into view.
VirgateSpy
said Aug 18, 2014
Yeah, the second patch of dust is particularly hard to see, but the map lacks some visibility overall as well, if I hadn't played these maps before I would have some trouble finding some of the dust and spikes, you should probably make the dust layer a little bit darker next time and try to not cover dust with too much gloom.
Riokaii
said Aug 18, 2014
YES KEEP DOING THESE

4/5 from me
DustCreep
said Aug 18, 2014
thanks a lot !
lightningy
said Aug 18, 2014
Kilo + clocktower? I dislike the combo in particular, but still recognize it as a good map.
voxanimus
said Aug 18, 2014
kilocktower
karelian
said Aug 18, 2014
Could be a very fun map. Unfortunately my ancient piece of junk computer can't handle it so it's unplayable for me :((

One slight criticism: the second piece of dust at the start is very hard to see. Wouldn't have notice it if I didn't know Kilo.
DustCreep
said Aug 18, 2014
I see, kind of agree with that
lightningy
said Aug 18, 2014
I missed it 2 times, despite grinding kilo for like half an hour 2 days ago.
Superkid
said Aug 18, 2014
I don't know if it's Kilo itself, or it is just you that can make every map great in a vulcano-look. Very well done!
DustCreep
said Aug 18, 2014
Danke :]
ABoss
said Aug 18, 2014
Beautiful, this should go to top 10 rated maps or something lovely!
DustCreep
said Aug 18, 2014
Such kind words ^^.
But I think 5/5 are a little too much, since it's not really my own map.
I'm absolutely fine with 4/5
Furkiepurkie
said Aug 18, 2014
Administrator
Very nice visuals, probably the best attempt at lava I've seen so far.

Using Kilo and Clocktower for the level design itself feels a bit cheap to be honest, but at least you didn't completely copy it (mirrored Kilo and slight changes overall). Still very fun map to play.
DustCreep
said Aug 18, 2014
Yeah, I'm also not 100% comfortable with the whole remake-thing.
fireball
said Aug 18, 2014
There is a piece of missing spikes midway through the level that isn't obvious above the line of 4 small prisms.  Also, the checkpoints are slightly in air, and the ones where you would head left are still facing right, making restarting from checkpoints a tad of a hassle.

Edit, also my nemesis, the kilo block, has returned.
edited Aug 18, 2014
DustCreep
said Aug 18, 2014
How do you control the direction of checkpoints ?
Furkiepurkie
said Aug 18, 2014
Mouse Button 4
fireball
said Aug 18, 2014
You flip entities with mouse button 4 while placing them.  Not a good button mapping at all, but it is what it is.
DustCreep
said Aug 18, 2014
Ah, I see.
Thanks fireball/Furkie.
SubparFiddle
said Aug 26, 2014
Oh my god, I didn't know that!
Antinumeric
said Aug 18, 2014
This map looks amazing! I love the lava effect.

Also at last a way to practise the clocktower climb.
TheBadger
said Aug 18, 2014
It was surprisingly easy to mirror my kilo strats... too bad I suck at clocktower.
VirgateSpy
said Aug 18, 2014
damn it badger!
Jvcpro
said Aug 18, 2014
Clocktower ruined it for me, two seperate maps woulda been awesome as it gets, but back to back i didn't like them that much, however thats a "me" problem so 4/5 anyways
Shin Rekkoha
said Aug 18, 2014
As an aside, maybe this map should have the tag "long".  That is used fairly often and it helps player search for maps like this one.
VirgateSpy
said Aug 18, 2014
PLEASE CUSTOM LAVA HUB!
glass
said Aug 19, 2014
nice remake/combination of maps. http://snag.gy/9u4Bz.jpg RAWR
DustCreep
said Aug 19, 2014
Nice, you found it !
Luke's Cat
said Aug 20, 2014
Must be because I'm bad, but that last drop... I had so much trouble getting around the spikes.
SubparFiddle
said Aug 26, 2014
Wow, I love this!  Kilo and clock tower are two of my favorites.  Nice work!
anonymous
said Jun 20, 2023
Thank you for the engaging puzzles in your levels.

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