So, I had started to pick up my old "Mario Kart Assault" series again, but the update changed my focus to another series I paused after just one level: "
Topsy-turvy Waluigi".
The concept of Topsy-turvy Waluigi is to pay homage to the openness, tone, platforming and exploration/light puzzle elements of Wario Land, but with a gimmick : when you go through a door, you actually go
behind the level. Areas in the open air are therefore symmetrical, but ground areas and areas with backdrops differ since you can see what's "on the other side". Here's an example in the first level,
Topsy-turvy Waluigi (Plains) (link gets you to the bookmark site):
I had started creating a ghost mansion sequel quite some time ago, but managing the openness with the Super Mario Maker options back then was a nightmare - but everything changed thanks to the pink coin update! So here is
Topsy-turvy Waluigi (Mansion) (53DE-0000-01F5-35F6):
This is probably the level I like the most out of all the ones I've done so far, I haven't worked so enthusiastically on a level since Metroid Resurgence. Waluigi ventures into a ghost mansion but gets trapped there, and he must explore it to retrieve eight pink coins to get the key and escape. The level has a main hall that more or less works as a hub, and you can go from there and get the coins in any order - of course, the series gimmick of "flipping" the level is used a lot here, example with the very first door you use:
The level isn't hard in the sense that each area is easy individually, but you have to be curious to find every coin, remember where stuff is, and not waste too much time. To relax and not be frustrated because of the time limit or having to redo stuff you've done already, I actually created a genuine
SAVE point (not just a checkpoint):
The way it works is actually very simple: you get to the checkpoint flag into the first picture, become big Mario, have to go through the pipe, then the second checkpoint is activated (second picture), and by the time you fall down to the second pipe, it generates the Waluigi costume. That way, every time you use this save point, the flags get activated one after the other and save your coin progression, and you get the Waluigi costume back - you can't lose your progress before you get the key. Only downside: the save point does NOT remember keys, so do NOT save once you got it (I warned about this through a Miiverse comment), or you'll get back to square one if you die after you "saved". The path from the save point to the exit isn't very hard, though, it's unlikely you die in this sequence, so hopefully it shouldn't be an issue.
I also updated the first series episode,
Topsy-turvy Waluigi (Plains):
I added a checkpoint (it didn't have any), I sped up/smoothed out some areas, made a sequence more intuitive, and the pink coins/locked door, while not changing at all the order in which you're supposed to do things, makes level progression a lot more fluid with less potential meandering/confusion.
