Who's ready for some festive AYAMMM guidelines?!
Nobody? Well you're getting them anyway!
Option 1 GuidelinesIce. Ice never changes.
Except when it melts.
Or cracks.
Or gets churned around in one of those things that makes slush puppies...But as far as Mario is concerned it never changes! It's a slippery winter customer ready to take Mario's best laid platforming plans and leave him either sliding off a cliff or flat on his arse!
Your challenge for this set of guidelines is to create a
fast paced slippery slide style Mario course - think bobsleigh courses, think ski slopes and jumps, think about sledging down hills at Christmas time ... think about that bit from Mario 64 where I clearly got this idea from!
It should go without saying, but for the sake of clarity: for this round you must use the
Snow Theme!
It doesn't have to be a constant down hill race, there can be ups and downs, you can have traditional platforming and other elements like puzzles mixed in there too, but the overall feel we want is that of an an icy thrill ride!
Option 2 Guidelines[authentic Brooklyn accent]
"Hi, Bob Hoskin's here, now you boys has gots a helluva job on here. You gots ta bring the worlds of Mario and Christmas Movies together in a way that doesn't make my brain turn to cheese, capiche?
Now get on with it, lizard breath!
[/authentic Brooklyn accent]
That's right folks, it's time to do the unthinkable and combine everyone's favourite plumber with the silver screen, but this time there won't be any bona fide A list celebrities like John Leguizamo to save the day.
The concept is simple - use Mario Maker to in some way channel, recreate or pay homage to that most well loved of holiday traditions - the Christmas Movie! This could be building a level to make the player feel like they are visiting a location from a movie, perhaps attempting to recreate a famous scene or moment from it, or in some other way make the player feel like they have experienced something of that movie during their play time - the choice is yours!
Submission deadline is 8pm Sunday 5th of December - send your level names and codes to me via PM.
- Do not post the level in the thread or otherwise share it with anyone beforehand.So there we have it, two sets of guidelines to choose from. As discussed before you can attempt one or both of these guidelines, it's up to you. Ranking will be interesting depending on what the uptake is across the two sets but it's all just for fun so we'll work it out either way!
Overall just remember to build something fun and festive - I want to step into these levels and feel no less joy and excitement than Nintendo 64 kid on Christmas morning:
No pressure