BlastedMarble's Level Building Topic

Some constructive criticism for you because no one else will:

Complex Speedrun works as long as there are 3 or less players, otherwise it's way too messy. It also needs at least two super jumps on the sides of those structures for easy access for all players otherwise that level is completely not fitting MP. You also need to take in mind that usage of all powerups means 7 seconds until the next round of powerups happen, and you could get the top gems respawning at least twice in a row, thus having a lot of downtime (very bad).

Omega Territory fits more for a SP mission than being MP. There is a big lack of way to get around the level,and powerups as well. The reason is that if only one person gets the powerup to the other side, everyone else is screwed. There is no real connectivity here. Make it all together rather than so spread-out.

Meridian seems okay but at the centre/high of the screen where you have those two rug bits (one is a slope, the other is a wall) is where you should have stopped. At this point there is again not enough room for enough people (2 at best, and you should make room for 4 at the same point), and it just continues its own way as a SP mission than MP. You need to drop those are down and move towards the rest of the level and connected as well, otherwise it all goes to waste.

Maze of Misery would have been the best level of the four but your paths are so small that it becomes a SP mission and not MP. Again you fall to the trap of not enough movement space on the actual floor. You need to have at least two if not three units per path in order for it to become good. THAT SAID some parts (not a lot!) can have a single unit width, and that's presuming that a floor big enough is below it (3 units width) so that players can fall safely. Likewise you need a way to get back up (a SJ can work, as well as a blast). Slopes can have 1 unit width assuming that the top/bottom then carve out to become three units.


Meridian and MoM both have good MP value and can be good MP levels, but you need to work on your pathfinding sense and ability to make levels both wider in path and more accessible between the different sections, no matter how close or far they are. Inability to do so means that you'll get 1v1 games only and that's it; and that means not many people will play the levels.

You also probably want to start with smaller levels and work your way up. Larger levels require big paths, lots of ways to get from A to B to C to D to E to F to G to H to I to J, and from every single one of those letters to the other letters, lots of gems, lots of thought. See Spires, Zenith, Promontory.
With smaller levels, you need to get from A to B to C to D and that is much more simpler to work with, and paths themselves can be limited to 5 units wide at best with a few spots being bigger. Less powerups as well. See Blast Club, Battlecube, King of the Marble.

Looking forwards to newer revisions of the levels.