Post Your Level!

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What is this sudden revival of a 2017 thread from 2 years ago? lmao
Oh well, might as well advertise something while I still can.
...While also giving some useful tips for those in need.

Phantom Mirror by vasalemma



I wanted to make a level where there are two sides that mirror each other. You only inhabit one side of the mirror.
But your side is completely "blind". All blocks are hidden behind paint that's the same color as the background.
This way you need to use the "mirror side" to figure out where to go and what to do on your side.


Procedure and tips:

- I wanted to make 3 sections:
1) Single mirror section that has a rotation in the middle
2) Double mirror section, a mirror on both left and right side
3) An octuple mirror section, the culmination of the level

- On some screens, if the browser is zoomed wrong (or even at default), the blocks in the game can look misaligned, shifted by 1px in some direction. So if I was to paint every block on the "blind" side pixel-perfectly, you would see random lines pop up when playing. To avoid that, I painted every block with 1px extra on each side to keep the illusion hidden.

- Instead of keeping a 1 block thick gap between each side of the mirror, I wanted to make the mirror flush, like an actual mirror. That means I had to work around the blocks and the art to make sure that everything on the "mirror" side stays visible but all the "supporting blocks" for the "blind" side stay hidden, while also making sure the level actually works as intended.

- Also to keep along with the illusion, I placed every block on the mirror side using the "block-to-art-layer" trick to create fake blocks, and then manually flipping every single block according to the orientation, and making sure every block is perfectly sized and perfectly aligned with the level itself. This took a while.

- The BG is black because black is the only color that doesn't fade the other layer colors slightly. If I was to use white on white, the two whites would be same, but other colors would appear lighter, as if mixed with water. Also black is easier on the eyes, which is why we all like "dark mode" on websites.

- I tried to use as large of a variety of blocks as possible. I couldn't use push or move blocks, of course, since those can move or be moved, defeating the mirror aspect of the level. I also wanted to include some items, but only ones that are useful to the level to make it more simple and convenient, so sword and jet pack it was.

- Also, hat remover with 100% cowboy chance to create the most equal experience for everyone. Pretty self explanatory.


Here's a video showing the level design:
https://youtu.be/KmCxKm5q_0Y

So yeah. Quite a bit of effort went into this.
It's not a new/old or very unknown level, but I thought it'd make a good entry here ^^

just seeing this now but was so satisfying playing this level with you & seeing the vid of how it's made. Insane concept