I loved it!
Great work!

I updated the map and it should be playable again.

stupid mod (not being mean sorry) this map is impossible

The entrance to the next area in the first area is gone.

The first area loads fine...except the entrance to the next area, which isn't there unlike the screenshot.

They might be a little wonky if you're running the game on a low framerate. If that's the case, try lowering your graphics settings to make the game run at 60fps

The clouds seem to decide, entirely at random, how high to bounce me & whether or not to bounce me at all. Had to use ghost throughout the last part because of it & had to use god mode at the dweller fruit part because that part didn't work the first 7 or so times I tried it. Also, some clouds drop me if I don't jump. Others only drop me if I do.

Something I think would've been cool is if one of the ghosts had a crown pon or storybook page in its mouth since they can't see you when you're in their mouths.

Yes, it can still be considered a purple time rift, as long as you specify so in the mod settings. All of this doesn’t really matter anyway since the winners have already been decided. isPurpleTimeRift doesn’t do anything aside from making the checkpoints temporary, As far as i know, you can technically add any files you want to an existing mod that’s already been submitted to the workshop and that would count as an update. You can join the discord for more questions if you want to get into modding

If you unchecked isPurpleTimeRift, then can this map still be considered for the mapping contest?

Another question, how does updating it via steam workshop work? Can you just submit another file and have it act like the update?

Good news! Now the level has actual checkpoints, so when you die you respawn at the part of the level in which you died. The only reason it didn't have one in the first place was because i wanted to make this level more similar to other Purple Time Rifts (in fact, i had to uncheck a variable named "isPurpleTimeRift" for this to work) as normally dying in a level like these would make you restart the whole level. But after replaying it i started to realize this might be too hard to do in just one sitting. With that said, i do appreciate the feedback y'all have been giving me.

Really tough; got to the point where I could see it'd be difficult to ever complete with my decaying old-man reflexes. Thumbs-up anyhow, cause I can definitely see it within the range of a more hardcore player, and it's a gorgeous map with some really unique elements! I especially like how the very first level kinda introduces the concept of the ghost eyes as being alert-triggering in a kinda safe, low-stakes way before the rift really starts in earnest.

A checkpoint system of literally anykind would've been nice. I guess some people love the feeling of getting to level 5 after 15 minutes then dying once and losing it.

Should add a scrub mode for us checkpoint reliant scrubs.

Freakin' Bomb Boos!

To be honest, I've played the mods maps just in order to get the achivement. I guess I wasn't the target audience to this kind of die-and-retry-or-just-try-if-you're-good map (even with the lives in the trees ^^). I preferred playing other purple rifts that were more about ambiance, exploration, and research of collectibles than pure platforming. And I never seen the maps you're talking about, so I can't compare your map to them. :-)

I appreciate your feedback and I'm sorry you didn't like the level. Restarting the level after a death is kind of a distinguishing feature of purple time rifts, and didn't want to further distance the level from the theme of the competition (especially after adding a boss fight at the end, which is already something you don't normally see in a purple rift level). Did you find the health pons inside of the purple trees? Do you find this level harder than most of the other purple rifts, like Rhythm Jump Studio or Lonely Crow?

Waaay too hard, and super punishing as you begin from the start of the level when you take a hit, and have to retry the platforming to get the life.
And if you die, you have to restart the whole world.
Tried 3 times, not worth the time, the difficulty always increase.

Glad you liked it!

Just ran through this fully yesterday, really liked it, the fact the Boos make "King Boo" noises when they start spotting you was a nice touch. And the ending sequence with Snatcher was a good test of platforming.

I’ve been having a hard time reproducing this, as for me they always work 100% of the time. How powerful is your pc? How smooth does the game run? Because as it turns out, i tested the game in 60fps and 45fps with no issues. It’s when it hits 30fps that clouds don’t push you upwards or sometimes don’t trigger at all.

P.S. Very cool level :)

The bouncy clouds are not always push you upwards. From time to time they work as before the update.
Green cloud in the second room sometimes not pushing at all.

Waaaaay better thank you !

Good news! The bouncy clouds are no more a hassle as they just push you upwards if you stand on them long enough, no more unfairly precise jumps. Might wanna give it another try ;)

Yes, the idea was to put progressively harder challenges as you continue through the level.

Clouds are a bit of a hassle as they seem to behave with a mind on their own. Thank you for making a Rift that's with a llttle challenge instead of the typical cakewalk. Galaxy influences are always welcome in a platform game

Thank you. The mechanic was actually inspired from one the the last chapters in Celeste, a 2d platformer. I was considering making the cloud to just push you up if standing on it long enough, as opposed to having to jump at the correct timing everytime. Definitely something i’ll release in an update soon. (Hopefully tomorrow)

I have to say, I really do like the use of custom assets in this mod, however the clouds, while creative, soured the gameplay for me. Finding the right timing every single time to get optimal jumps was quite tedious and really broke the flow of gameplay, especially considering this is a purple time rift.

I never understood why they stopped using Bomb Boos after Galaxy, I liked them.

BOMB BOOS ARE THE GHOSTS IN DIS

Update coming today to fix clouds and other minor things!

lalchimi, this made my day lmao

(also great level)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA !
I HATE CLOUDS NOW AND I'M CRAZY !
THANK YOU !

Lol, thanks for the feedback! You’re right, the clouds are pretty wonky at times, i’ll see what i can do about that. As for the snatcher race, if you only fell once it just restarts and there are plenty of hearts there, so that shouldn’t be too much of a problem. Also forgot to point out that if you jump on the clouds with the sprint hat it doesn’t give you any momentum, so that might also be why they’re so wonky.

I brought great shame to me and my family for not beating the snatcher race for the first time. the bouncy clouds are pretty wonky at times.