Quote from: WillLem on June 18, 2026, 11:00:59 PMDarkened the green to 004400 as suggested.
The lems are also lighter (77-77-FF)
Better?

Yes, looks good! Happy to playtest it. Thanks!

Light lemmings make more sense to me than dark lemmings. But I haven't tried to guess Proxima's reasons for dark lemmings. I'll let you know if I find counterarguments to light lemmings in the future.

Dark-green gadgets against the black air are still easily visible to me at your (0, 0x44, 0). I have no answer for buried gadgets.

-- Simon

The following Clear Physics Mode shades can now be user-specified:

$LEMMINGS
  NORMAL $FF7777FF
  ATHLETE $FF00FFFF
  NEUTRAL $FFAA00FF
  ZOMBIE $FF777744
  SELECTED $FFFFFF77
$END

$GADGETS
  SHAPE $FF004400
  TRIGGER $FFFF00FF
$END

Note that "SHAPE" in the GADGETS section will only be applied when Color Cycle is off. TRIGGER is automatically darkened when overlapping, and to match the usual checkerboard pattern.

There is no need to specify shades for Zombie-Athletes, Selected-Neutrals, etc. Let's keep it clean and simple.

Here are 3 solutions for your level. One is most likely close to what's intended, one doesn't use Ballooners at all, and another only uses 6 Spearers.

For a level such as this, my advice would be to keep the open skillset, allow multiple possible solutions, and make use of the talisman system to enforce certain solutions (for example, 'No Ballooners' or '6 Spearers Max' talismans!)

The level doesn't really lend itself well to 'intended skillset only' mainly because the Spearer is a very versatile skill, and the Ballooner a relatively unpredictable one. Let the player find their own way to solve it, then.

It's a very good SuperLemmix level! I look forward to your others.

Some other general comments that you may find helpful:

Please name the .sxlv with the title of the level and the position of the level in the pack. Example: 001_BALLOONERS_VS_SPEARERS.sxlv. This isn't necessary, of course, but it's a very useful habit to get into.

Don't worry too much about difficulty at tihs stage. Just make the levels that you want to make, and you can gauge the difficulty later when your pack has been playtested by someone who doesn't know the solutions!

All the best with your pack!

Quote from: Proxima on June 18, 2026, 11:21:37 PMit means you have to mouse over it to tell what type of object it is, and you don't get to have an overview of the level where you can see everything at once.

I see. OK, I'll take a look at what's possible.

Quote from: Proxima on June 18, 2026, 11:21:37 PMEven if you don't want to do that, I stand by my preference for light hatches (and objects generally) and dark lemmings.

It would probably be fairly easy at this point to abstract the values for {fixed gadget colour} and {all lemming colours} to a text file which can then be user-edited.

That might be the best solution here.

Quote from: WillLem on June 18, 2026, 11:00:59 PMThis wouldn't be trivial to implement tbh. What would be the benefit of being able to see the outline in the case of hatches (which have a 1px trigger point)?

Currently, when an object is buried in terrain, then in clear physics mode you can only see the trigger area -- vastly better than nothing, of course, but it means you have to mouse over it to tell what type of object it is, and you don't get to have an overview of the level where you can see everything at once. Wouldn't it be nice to still be able to see object outlines?

Even if you don't want to do that, I stand by my preference for light hatches (and objects generally) and dark lemmings.

Quote from: heart66 on June 17, 2026, 12:40:43 PMWe were both correct, the new skills will show but not the edited title.

Good catch! The Author field also needs to be updated.

Fixed in NLCEPlayer commit 59e2ff8 and SLXPlayer commit fda6bae.

Quote from: Simon on June 17, 2026, 05:31:58 AMYou chose (0x44, 0x44, 0xFF) for the nonpermanent blue.

Now the medium green from the hatch will clash with your nonpermanent blue. Lemmings overlapping gadgets will be hard on the eyes.

An immediate fix is to darken the gadget green from (0, 0x80, 0) to (0, 0x40, 0).

Darkened the green to 004400 as suggested.

The lems are also lighter (77-77-FF), with selected lems moved to (OR FF-FF-00) which is almost white. I've also included zombies in this screenshot (on the lower path):



Better?

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Quote from: Proxima on June 17, 2026, 02:53:53 PMWater trigger areas are bright magenta, with a darker shade used when they overlap terrain. I feel we should do a similar thing with hatches: bright normally (and maybe a bit more yellow to make them more distinct from lemmings), and darker when they overlap terrain.

This wouldn't be trivial to implement tbh. What would be the benefit of being able to see the outline in the case of hatches (which have a 1px trigger point)?

I am currently developing an SLX pack. Actually, I almost finished
My problem is not creating the levels but two (2) points:
1- rating the levels (easy - medium - Hard)
2- Skills assigned (should I give the skills in which I solved the level with or more)
Attached is an example.
For me, it is an easy level
The normal way of solving it is by 20 balloons and 20 speary and a stacker of course.
My solution Was different and I used less skills
I really need help in this. Your feed back is mostly appreciated.

Water trigger areas are bright magenta, with a darker shade used when they overlap terrain. I feel we should do a similar thing with hatches: bright normally (and maybe a bit more yellow to make them more distinct from lemmings), and darker when they overlap terrain.

Quickly guessing and trying some round numbers, (0x80, 0xC0, 0) and (0x48, 0x6C, 0) might be about right?