Sod, Haven Style

The SHS is a Sod Map-set, all 21 levels. All levels are made by me, other than level 21, which Ack did. All levels are now DONE, so get beta testing, Jpb, or someone
Yes, I'll stuff your name into the credits list.
While beta testing tell me which level you hated the most and which level you like the most.
I think the link is:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ilrmze6whl48mhm
If it isn't, I need to wake up.

Here is the picture of the newest level (90% done)

Updated thread. Now it's a Haven effort.

I wonder, looking at the picture, what exactly the point is of posting a pic of the map? Wouldn't a screenshot ingame be much better?

Well screenies take much longer to take, I'd have to upload multiple pictures, plus it doesn't show the whole level.

Well, to me it just shows a map but nothing more. Besides, why do you want to show the whole level? Personally, I would find it more interesting to see some screenshots, which may just make me want to play the map.

ronwolf1705 wrote:Well, to me it just shows a map but nothing more. Besides, why do you want to show the whole level? Personally, I would find it more interesting to see some screenshots, which may just make me want to play the map.

I agree. Think about it-when developers release screenshots of upcoming games, they never show what the map/level looks like, it's always shots of the environment/characters.

But, really this shouldn't be that big of a deal...

I completely agree with Ron, and by looking at how many Blue $ you had
added it's putting me off wanting to play it as it probably means and
incredibly excessive number of either Bosses, Ghosts or Hitler Ghosts.

Besides, how many 'standard' levels use 38 secrets! Looks to me like you
are just trying to jam in as much as you can, along with the 8
different wall types you've used, rather than trying to construct a well
thought out, developed level.

But hey, that's just how I see it, it's not like I've made hundreds of
levels or anything...

Dean wrote:I completely agree with Ron, and by looking at how many Blue $ you had
added it's putting me off wanting to play it as it probably means and
incredibly excessive number of either Bosses, Ghosts or Hitler Ghosts.

Besides, how many 'standard' levels use 38 secrets! Looks to me like you
are just trying to jam in as much as you can, along with the 8
different wall types you've used, rather than trying to construct a well
thought out, developed level.

But hey, that's just how I see it, it's not like I've made hundreds of
levels or anything...

Hmm. I guess I didn't look at the level that in depth. Now that I look at it, wow, there are a lot of $. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$=TROUBLE.

Meh, I am not done editing the level, since I haven't played through the whole level.

I have edited the level so that therre are now less ghosts, and removed 1 boss. The first screenshot's secrets have already been edited before I sent it to Brian. So I guess what I can say is I have "fixed" the problem.
Below are screenshots of the level taken by me.

I did the 5th and 10th level of the game. They are named "Zealot Temple" and "The Tunnels", respectivly. And I have changed the first level to your comments... less ghosts, more of the same walls.
The two levels took me 7 hours each to make, so I hope you find it ok. I forgot to bring the USB cord to transfer my files, so I cannot release them today.
EDIT:
Ok, I've got the levels.
http://www.2shared.com/file/12143576/864fb850/SHS.html3

Screenshots:


Note that the whole mapset includes the maps.
http://img693.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=wshot001x.png - Screenies for Zealot Temple - Note that while it says level 2, it is actually level 5.
http://img130.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=wshot005.png - Again, this is actaully level 10.

I have done level 13 and 18. Level 17 is almost done.

Level 16 and 19 done. Beware, level 19 is an extremely crazy level.

Let me guess, 479 ghosts?

No...jeeze, don't be so mean. Brian said the level was amazing (level 10)
Anyways, the level is crazy not because of ghosts.

Don't take everything so seriously... Someone tries to make a joke with you and you call them mean?

Dean wrote:Don't take everything so seriously... Someone tries to make a joke with you and you call them mean?

oh. Sorry. Here. Have a candy bar. We are now even.

The American national dish!

Dean wrote:Don't take everything so seriously... Someone tries to make a joke with you and you call them mean?

Dean. You are SO mean.

Hey, that rhymes!

Thomas wrote:Hey, that rhymes!

Haha, nice find.

I've never even seen most of those chocolate bars before! We don't have Hershey's in Australia, or Baby Ruth (whatever the hell that is - Sounds like a chocolate bar for an Elephant...) or York??

Jayngo - Thanks, and you are pure evil!

Dark_wizzie wrote:

Dean wrote:Don't take everything so seriously... Someone tries to make a joke with you and you call them mean?

oh. Sorry. Here. Have a candy bar. We are now even.

Sheesh. Ok. For Dean's benefit. In clockwise order:

1.York Pepperment Patty. (Very old.)
2.Juicy Fruit Gum. (It's gonna move ya')
3.Kit Kat (Give me a break)
4.Hersheys Chocolate Bar. (Very old.)
5.Almond Joy (have nuts, Mounds don't)
6.Snickers (Uber popular)
7.M&M's (not the rapper)
8.M&M Peanut (not the rapper w/peanuts)
9.Baby Ruth (very old. named after the "Babe", Babe Ruth)
10.Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (very scrumptious!)

Whew!

Thanks. We have Snickers, M&M's and Kit Kat's here, although they look like this here;

Nice!

Awesome how this thread just got destroyed/taken waaaay off track...

Dean, that Kit Kat looks old.
Kit Kats and Reeses are the best stuff ever.
Although I'd run to get any candy shown in the picture

This relates to my mapset since I like to eat chocolate while making Sod levels.

I have to say, I only know KitKat, M&M's and Snickers from the above pic. "Hershey" to me is just chocolate from a random TV-show and all the others, I've just never heard of them. Is it right that they have something called a "Chunky" in the US? Sounds like it's either gross or delicious.

Thomas wrote:I have to say, I only know KitKat, M&M's and Snickers from the above pic. "Hershey" to me is just chocolate from a random TV-show and all the others, I've just never heard of them. Is it right that they have something called a "Chunky" in the US? Sounds like it's either gross or delicious.

Wow. I guess you can take things for granted living here in the US. Yes, there is a candy bar called Chunky. Though it's not as popular as the rest. I personally like Chunky (they look like a square which can be broken down to four separate chocolate squares to eat and one version has raisins in it).

Now, tell me you guys have heard of Twix and Whatchamacallit. Both very good candy bars. Oh, and 3 Musketeers is great as well!

I have never seen that Kitkat dark variant before. Looks pretty nice.

jayngo26 wrote:

Thomas wrote:I have to say, I only know KitKat, M&M's and Snickers from the above pic. "Hershey" to me is just chocolate from a random TV-show and all the others, I've just never heard of them. Is it right that they have something called a "Chunky" in the US? Sounds like it's either gross or delicious.

Wow. I guess you can take things for granted living here in the US. Yes, there is a candy bar called Chunky. Though it's not as popular as the rest. I personally like Chunky (they look like a square which can be broken down to four separate chocolate squares to eat and one version has raisins in it).

Now, tell me you guys have heard of Twix and Whatchamacallit. Both very good candy bars. Oh, and 3 Musketeers is great as well!

We do have Twix, but in the beginning it was called "Rider". I have no idea about "3 Musketeers" other than the French novel.

Always has been Twix here, not Rider.

Ahem...I have a new idea for the Dark Wizzie SOD Haven Mapset thingy....You should now change all health items (chicken plate, first aid kit) to candy bars!!!! Then, this thread would really make sense!

We have twix here as well, we also have a white chocolate and dark chocolate versions also. In Australia we have Dark chocolate version of nearly all chocolate bars, everyone seems to crazy for dark chocolate here for some reason. A lot of our Ice creams have dark chocolate versions of late also. The best dark chocolate bar they make here is a chocolate bar called Bounty, which is a coconut based chocolate bar covered in dark chocolate.

I've never heard of a chunky, watchamacallit or a 3 muskateers chocolate bar. I've tried Hershey's but it's not very nice chocolate. I've read that the chocolate they use is a very strong cocoa based version which gives it a more bitter taste. Most our chocolate here is based on the Belgian version of chocolate which is much sweeter and creamier.

I've heard of a lot of other American bars but mainly from movies or TV. Butter Fingers sound nice

Mmm. How could we forget about Butterfinger! Good stuff. You should at least ebay one or something Dean. And your Bounty bar sounds a lot like our Mounds bar, which is a distant cousin of Almond Joy...

It seems as though no 2 Earthling substances go together in better harmony than chocolate and peanut butter.

You'd think that the Baby Ruth bar was named after baseball player Babe Ruth. I've heard that one of the American Presidents had a baby daughter named Ruth and it was named after her.

Brussel sprouts some from Brussels in Belgium, but Hershey bars come from Hershey, Pennsylvania. I met an international student in The U.S. from Hong Kong. He spoke almost perfect English but he had never heard of Hershey bars.

I met an international student here in The U.S. from India. He was telling me about how they don't have trick-or-treating in India and it's kind of sad.

I think that The 3 Musketeers bars have peanuts and cream if I remember right.

The Aztec Red Indians of Mexico had a lot of chocolate and a lot of gods. I wonder if they had a chocolate diety.

I've seen t-shirts for sale with a cartoon character on it saying, "Save the Earth. It's the only planet with chocolate."

All this talk about chocolate is making me hungry.

Dark_wizzie wrote:Here is the picture of the newest level (90% done)

That's Runescape in the background? I don't know a lot about that game. A comedian on the radio said that his son plays Runescape. He said his son fought a giant death chicken and won the Pollo-itzer prize. Pollo is Spanish for chicken.

Yes, I've spent quite a while on that game. Too pro to quit.
And no, I don't know of a chicken trophy.

Dean wrote:The best dark chocolate bar they make here is a chocolate bar called Bounty, which is a coconut based chocolate bar covered in dark chocolate.

We have Bounty over here too, one of my favourite chocolate bars. Another one I really like is Lion, familiar for any of you?

ronwolf1705 wrote:

Dean wrote:The best dark chocolate bar they make here is a chocolate bar called Bounty, which is a coconut based chocolate bar covered in dark chocolate.

We have Bounty over here too, one of my favourite chocolate bars. Another one I really like is Lion, familiar for any of you?

Bounty and Lion don't sound familiar to me. What country did you say you live in?

I don't know if Bounty and Lion are different names for something else in The US. I think that some marketing names and figures of speech are cultural. I've heard that Diet Coke is Coke Lite in Australia. Also in Australia, people say stellar instead of awesome.

Bounty ... maybe.
Lion... no clue.
There is definitely 3 musketeers where I live.

I think "Lion" is a Nestle product, and I don't know if they have a branch "over there"... Amazing you never heard of bounty. It's a coconut bar with a blue and white wrapper. They even have "Lion" as a cereal here. Now tell me that's the most American thing ever.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Bar

According to this, it can only be found on import in the US. Well, go figure. A lot of teens here are practically brainwashed by MTV and all of that jizz, so they're spending tons of money buying imported Ben & Jerry ice cream and something called "Skittles" whatever the hell that is... Don't ask! Personally I can go without corporate candy. Home-made cookies are just ten thousand times better.
You know Ritter Sport? All over the place here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritter_sport They have tons of flavours, some with cornflakes, others with yougurt, as funky as it sounds they are all great.

Bounty and Lion are here too.

I have finished level 4.

Thomas wrote:...According to this, it can only be found on import in the US. Well, go figure. A lot of teens here are practically brainwashed by MTV and all of that jizz, so they're spending tons of money buying imported Ben & Jerry ice cream and something called "Skittles" whatever the hell that is... ...

I don't really like MTV. Skittles are sized and shaped a little bit larger than M&Ms. They are more chewy and have fruit flavors.

That sounds pretty delicious. We don't have an equivalent for those ones, sadly. Of course, once we had those magic beans from Harry Potter but it's out of fashion now I guess. Personally, I just love MTV. So many beautiful and bright people there. That's the kind of person I want to be when I grow down.

Thomas wrote:That sounds pretty delicious. We don't have an equivalent for those ones, sadly. Of course, once we had those magic beans from Harry Potter but it's out of fashion now I guess. Personally, I just love MTV. So many beautiful and bright people there. That's the kind of person I want to be when I grow down.

Err...Don't you mean grow "up"

jayngo26 wrote:

Thomas wrote:That sounds pretty delicious. We don't have an equivalent for those ones, sadly. Of course, once we had those magic beans from Harry Potter but it's out of fashion now I guess. Personally, I just love MTV. So many beautiful and bright people there. That's the kind of person I want to be when I grow down.

Err...Don't you mean grow "up"

When referring to MTV nowadays, I think growing down is the right term.

Skittles: Yes (And about 5 different variants), although I can't stand them!
Lion Bar: Never heard of it, not in Australia.
Ben & Jerry's: We just had the first store in Australia open a month ago. It's in Queensland though, which is a long way away from where I live.
Wendys: We have but not like America, they only sell Ice cream here (not Hamburgers) and we don't have that ugly girl on the signs either!
Diet Coke: is called DIET COKE in Australia! Although it isn't very popular. We also have Coke Zero, Vanilla Coke and Caffeine free Coke.
Mountain Dew: Only the original version but the Australian version has no caffeine in it unlike the American version (which actually has more caffeine than Coke!)
Trick and treating: Don't you realise Halloween is pretty much an American made up tradition? We've all heard of it through movies and TV shows but the majority of the World doesn't celebrate it in any way.

I remember meeting an American Student once who was here on exchange who was shocked that we didin't celebrate 4th July. I tried to explain to him that American's have this false ideal that 'things that happen in American hapen everywhere', even though though really don't. Maybe he needed a bit of a History lesson about 4th Jul;y and why AMERICANS celebrate it. Australian's do find it hilariously funny how dillusional American's are about the rest of the World and how you all think you are the greatest nation on Earth when a massive majority of you never leave your own country. How can you compare with what you don't know's out there? Stupid, stupid.

As for missing Halloween? How can you miss something you never had and never cared about it? Like Christmas and Easter it's been commercialised and is nothing like what the whole thing is actually about. Ask 1,000 American 9 year olds what Halloween is about and why it's celebrated and I guarantee you you get 1,000 answers exactly the same : Candy!!

stathmk wrote:Pollo is Spanish for chicken.

Yes it is, and that's why I find it so funny when restaurants advertise the dish as Chicken Polo! (Well some do in Australia anyway)
Just like the ATM Machine and your PIN number...