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It's done. Get it here. If you can mirror it, by all means, please do so!

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Hello! Remember Knytt Stories? Remember how fun and interesting it was to fiddle with the editor? Remember how so many of us were excited at the prospect of making levels, and then nobody really made much except for dessgeega?

We're going to make a story, exquisite corpse-style. I was lucky enough to participate when Zaratustra made the first Exquisite Knorpse experiment; it was a lot of fun, even though the rest of the authors were sadomasochists, so the resulting story is as annoying as it is amazing.

I'd like to see what happens when we try something similar here on Select Button. I want you to participate!

HERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS:
-To participate: announce your intention in this thread before September 21.
-I need about eight (more) participants. I don't mind going over, but in the unlikely event that there's a lot of interest in this, I'm limiting this first attempt to ten people total.
-We're using Knytt Stories version 1.1.0 r2.
-Each player in sequence will have exactly one week to work on the level. This means the experiment could take 9 to 10 weeks; considering that many of us have obligations like school and work, please indicate if you'd like to have a particular spot in the sequence, or if there are specific weeks that won't work for you. (It could easily go a lot quicker, though. Keep that in mind as well.)
-For simplicity, the player in this story will never pick up any abilities. When you announce your intention to participate, list which abilities you'd like us to include; the player of our game will start with every ability that's listed by five or more participants. (Remember: the abilities are Running, Climb Walls, Double Jump, High Jump, See Invisible, Radar, Umbrella, Hologram).
-When it's your turn, I'll send you the level and a color-coded map similar to this one:



The dark blue spaces are "empty"; you can fill as many as you'd like. Light blue rooms are "blocked off"; every room it's possible to access from them has already been filled in, so they will be filled with a placeholder configuration in the level you receive to work on. Rooms of other colors are visible; green ones have exits the player can reach in the game's current state, while yellow rooms have one-way exits. Red rooms have exits that it isn't currently possible for the player to reach, but you may be able to change that depending on what you build in the squares around them. The pink squares in that map were built as if they were light blue, but the containing wall is actually "hollow" on layer 3, so they're functionally red while aesthetically light blue. The white-outlined square is the screen the player starts on.
-When you're finished modifying the level, send me an email (jalove AT gmail DOT com) with the level attached. Only changes to dark-blue squares will be added to the final level. Modifications to green, red, yellow, pink, or (obviously) light blue squares won't be copied across. Be sure to leave some exits for the next player!
-Fancy scripting and custom assets are acceptable. If you're going to overwrite one of the tile-sets, try to make it one of the goofy ones other people aren't likely to miss. If you use flags, I'll make a note of what flags players before you used. If you don't know what flags are, don't worry about it.
-While the absence of in-game abilities implies a linear progression, you should probably allow as much back-tracking as possible, especially if players before you have left more than one valid exit.

Let's do this!

(Posting to King of Posters for maximum visibility; we can move this to the Development forum on Sunday.)
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[boojiboy7]

shit the TGQ one dead ended on me, didn't it? Fuck.
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[Intentionally Wrong]

Nah. I tried contacting most of the people who signed up for that, and everybody was unresponsive. We just needed better planning and concrete time limits. Hence the changes here.
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[Mr. Brooks]

Looking forward to playing the results. Best of fortune to all levelsmiths involved.

[boojiboy7]

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[Mr. Toups]

I realize this will be the kiss of death but I want to contribute to this.

For my own part, let's say I'll be most available from sept. 29 to oct. 7.
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[dessgeega]

committing to this.

run, climb, see invisible
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[SuperWes]

I'm uproven, but I'd like to get in on this.

Run, Climb

(And I may modify my selections as I experiment a bit)

-Weş
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[skelethulu]

Absolutely interested in this, but I won't have much computer time until November (just had a baby).

Umbrella is my weapon of choice.

[Intentionally Wrong]

We're half-full. Room for five more!
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[boojiboy7]

OK, I can do this, my brothers, but someone needs to bug me about finishing it this time.

Pick a weapon for me. Or alternatively I can try to tie areas together or something.
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[dessgeega]

well, i think the idea behind this one is that the player starts with all the abilities she's ever going to have, so we all design around the same abilities. this came out of a discussion about an earlier collaborative knytt, where no one really had a reasonable idea of what abilities to design around. so this is sort of a different experiment.
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[Zaratustra]

Sure, I'm in.

Run, Double Jump, High Jump.

[shnozlak]

I actually have a pretty huge knytt stories world built but still about 1/4th unfinished.

ver 1.0.2.0

Maybe Ill finish it now...
I could also donate some screens if youd like however the interesting parts of my game hinge are careful use of the umbrella.
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Shnozlak, returns.

[OGC]

I would like to participate! I've been attempting big Knytt Stories projects for a while, but they never go anywhere. I seem to have the most fun creating pockets of levels, so this is perfect.

Speaking of, will there be any indication of how large the final product SHOULD be, thus how large each designer's pocket of the level should be? Or is it a free-for-all?

Run/Climb/Double Jump please

[Zaratustra]

No love for high jump? Am I missing something?

[The New Ska]

i'll do this, i think. i look forward to finishing something!

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[BotageL]

I have never even glanced at the Knytt Stories level editor, so I think I'm perfect for this project.

I like running and using the umbrella.
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[Intentionally Wrong]

That's ten. I guess I'll put forth my preferences for Run, Climb, Double-Jump, and Umbrella.

Toups, Boojiboy, New Ska: need item preferences from you.

Running and Seeing Invisible are in; Climb needs one more vote, while Double Jump and Umbrella each need two.

If somebody else still wants in, we can probably make room.
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[boojiboy7]

Climbing, Double Jump, Umbrella are all good with me.
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[boojiboy7]

Also, could you post a link to the version of the software we will be using?
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[SuperWes]

[boojiboy7]

Thanks. Just figured it would be good for everyone if we had it in the thread somewhere.
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[The New Ska]

i'd like climb, high jump, and umbrella.

i guess either double jump or umbrella is fine with me, but maybe not both.

[SuperWes]

OK! Experimenting went well! I'm looking forward to putting together my part. I'd like to finalize the loadout ASAP so I can start some prototyping!

-Weş
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[dessgeega]

Weş, what the hell are you talking about
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[Harveyjames]

++MALFUNCTION IN HUMAN CONVERSATION SIMULATION UNIT "SUPERWES"++

++SUGGEST TERMINATION++
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[Intentionally Wrong]

Okay! If Toups wants Double-Jump included, it'll be in the game. Otherwise, you can count on running, climbing, seeing invisible objects, and the umbrella.

I rolled some dice to assign the general order of turns:

1 BotageL
2 OGC
3 boojiboy7
4 dessgeega
5 Zaratustra
6 SuperWes
7 The New Ska

Herr Toups: as close to Sep 29 as possible
Skelethulu: after Nov 1
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[Mr. Toups]

since I don't have much knytt level design experience, I could go either way on any of the power ups.
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[SuperWes]

[dessgeega]

enemies in knytt stories are lame.

i think having BOTH the double jump and the umbrella is too much.

and could i possibly be moved back in the turn order? i won't be available until the beginning of october.
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[SuperWes]

[OGC]

H...has this started yet?

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Thought I'd be done with it before work today. I was, but I didn't have enough time to hide the screens.

EDIT: It's in BotageL's hands now. If you can finish quick, great--otherwise, try and finish by the 28th.
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[Intentionally Wrong]

Toups has it.

1 Intentionally Wrong
2 BotageL
Herr Toups: as close to Sep 29 as possible
dessgeega: after Oct 1
4 OGC
5 boojiboy7
6 Zaratustra
7 SuperWes
8 The New Ska

Skelethulu: after Nov 1
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[Mr. Toups]

mwuahahahaha
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[Intentionally Wrong]

(getting pretty psyched for this, guys)
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