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Speed of Sound

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Author aerodynamic
Tags action author:aerodynamic crazyrace fast-paced fun playable rated
Created 2009-09-08
Last Modified 2009-09-08
Rating
4
by 16 people.
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Description 50th MAP!!!!! Crazyrace #4!!! [nmaps.net] Been working on this for ages, then I realized I had 49 maps so I thought I ought to finish it already. Check out my demo, if anything, it's really just as fun to watch as it is to play, perhaps more I dunno. Threw in a lot of "surprises" in this one, should provide some entertainment... The rockets do kinda lag sometimes, but it doesn't matter for the bottom one and the top one you can react to, so I kind of like how it keeps you on your toes... *COUGH*excuse*COUGH* Anyway, RCE!!! Check out my other one's!! Oh, and im_bad_at_N [nmaps.net] made a crazyrace [nmaps.net], too!

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Big Bang That Dead Floating Tree Speedrun! Let Them Think They're Winning Alone in the Wilderness Unusual

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this is indeed

CRAZY RACE
could look a little better xd

whoo

you have to be mad to complete this level!!!
I partly agree with blackson, because it was just too hard to be good so I couldn't really enjoy it.
however I don't think this map is bad, it definitely has something special and that's why I'd put it somewhere between 3 and 4, but rather 3 to be honest (3.4 if you like)

would you please say something more detailed here [nmaps.net]? you breathed in quite a lot of smoke, but you did it - I'm impressed.

;

Can't figure that part out.

Anyhow, farthest I got.
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um

I don't have NReality, but there are three legit demos at the bottom of the comments?

That was cool.

The ending was the best. Props to the guy who got a legit demo on NReality. That must have taken some time.

Alas...

I don't think you get it either... Not that you can't not like it, but I think you've misunderstood.
counter-intuitive, ugly, poor flow etc.

Uh yeah. Good try though..

done ;D

WOW

absolutely great race. amazing.
5!

wow.

just. wow.

load time > average length of life

This

makes me laugh. I'm like, 'Ohh yeah, almost done' and them BAM.
The other difference is that a Sendy map plays intuitively.
i appreciate that comment. Obviously all my maps aren't like that, but let's just agree to disagree, because I do haha.

I just

don't like a map where the pre-requisite to play it is watching a demo. It would take an extremly large ammount of deaths and replays to actually finish this map without watching a demo with all of the "fake outs", and at that point I'm pretty sure the player would be more than tired of the map. Now I'm not trying to tell you that you're a bad mapmaker, I'm just giving you reasons as to why I dislike this map.
This is not a race, it's a crazyrace, a slightly different yet slightly specific genre I made up and poorly explain here [nmaps.net]. The flow is not meant to be perfect, but rather the spontaneity you described is part of the entertainment, you'll notice I try and fake out the player with all the different exits and trap doors. As for spamming objects, those comments I DO almost always ignore, as I can't really see where I've spammed. The trap doors along the bottom are to make you think you're going to the finish, those mines are there for close calls/aesthetics and the thwumps all bunched together in the bottom-right is needed. It's not a race, it's also, like I said in my description, supposed to be fun to watch like a dda, so you could also just enjoy the demo, but I still like to play of course... And as for such a forced flow that you can't enjoy it... well, I enjoyed, a few other people did, too, so perhaps it's just not your thing, which is fine, but your comment seemed like you were blatantly calling me a bad mapmaker who really needs help so that kind of triggered this rant, which is now at a close. yyyeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh............

Dang

I would like to try this level out a lot, but unfortunately it takes a whole lot of time to load, and it gets annoying. I can't count that against you though, because all of the objects you used were necessary. NR
The path is extremely un-natural, it's so forced you can't really enjoy the map. The flow was unexpected and was very jerky and spontaneous. The enemies and objects were spammed throughout the map destroying the hopes for any aesthetic value left after the gameplay. You can ignore this comment if you want, but eventually you'll arrive at the conclusion that recieving constructive critisicm is an important step in getting better at making maps; hopefully that time is now.

@ Minion_of_Pi

Yea that happened to me a few times as well, but you can just jump over the thwumps entirely on the way up so it isn't actually a problem.

hmmm, that

usually does not happen at all, but you should be able to jump if you get stuck... otherwise, uh, sorry...

WTF?!?

the thwumps can kill you... just watch.
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dude

awesome

(^^,)

5aved

O_o

Yay i did it :)

This map is wonderful
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I never do well on speed races like these if someone else makes them, I can never quite figure out the jumps

Anyway, after watching your demos and trying to play this, I can see this a wonderfully crafted race. Like Jawbit said, it looks like a DDA when executed correctly.

5/5.
i originally had something else there, but it didn't work out so i resorted to the thwumps again...
in the bottom right corner from somewhere...
here's a better demo, and sure, i suppose i shall.
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very oldschool looking. i like the fakeouts in it.

Too hard for me,

I can't handle the speed. I'm trying, though.

I'll rate in a bit: see if I can finish.

Could you check out my recent map Scaffold? A bit mellower than yours, but fun.

holy mother

i watched your demo, that was cooler than a DDA!! awesome

ooohhhh

and 180100

demo

demo you watch, demo you'll like?
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