01-09-2008, 06:24 AM
This could make it to the mansion list, but it needs a lot of fixing to do. By the way, I beat it in 11:08 with 28,650 and all secrets.
The number one thing to do when building a serious mansion is: Making sure there are no Jake-stucks (aka JS) and no cheap-deaths. (Thats kinda hard on Jack!)
There where some Jack-stucks here and there, but mostly in that jagged place at the end. You should jump around in those rooms with Jack and see if you can find a place that you can never get out of, unless you restart.
Also, cheap-deaths could put down the enjoyment of the game, because if you loose a life, you have to make sure the player thinks that it is their fault. Meaning: Don't put a lever in a room, which kills Jack. (e.g. 100 snakes falls on his head) Levers are meant for pulling.
You should give the player 10 seconds on a easy mansion to see the bad guy and react, and on normal mansions, 5 seconds, and hard, 2-3 seconds, and, well, super hard like... 1 second.
Also, don't put ledges RIGHT in the next room, give at least a space of... like 5 tiles.
Now this is just some advice, Omega, and YOU'RE building the mansion, not me. So, you don't have to do what I suggest.
The number one thing to do when building a serious mansion is: Making sure there are no Jake-stucks (aka JS) and no cheap-deaths. (Thats kinda hard on Jack!)
There where some Jack-stucks here and there, but mostly in that jagged place at the end. You should jump around in those rooms with Jack and see if you can find a place that you can never get out of, unless you restart.
Also, cheap-deaths could put down the enjoyment of the game, because if you loose a life, you have to make sure the player thinks that it is their fault. Meaning: Don't put a lever in a room, which kills Jack. (e.g. 100 snakes falls on his head) Levers are meant for pulling.
You should give the player 10 seconds on a easy mansion to see the bad guy and react, and on normal mansions, 5 seconds, and hard, 2-3 seconds, and, well, super hard like... 1 second.
Also, don't put ledges RIGHT in the next room, give at least a space of... like 5 tiles.
Now this is just some advice, Omega, and YOU'RE building the mansion, not me. So, you don't have to do what I suggest.