I've been out of the loop for a bit and was so excited when I found this. Awesome work, namida! I love the Redux idea, brilliant stuff. Just two questions if I may; what are the styles for and how to we use them? I've downloaded a few that sound interesting but can't find what they have done. Also, what does the small brown icon with a circle in the middle next to level names in the Level Select indicate?
Chers.
"Styles" are what many games would refer to as "tilesets". It's more or less just a Lemmings tradition - which if I'm not mistaken, began with Cheapo (prior to this they were "graphic sets") - to use this name, perhaps influenced by that they're not actually tile-based. A few of them come with NeoLemmix - those from original Lemmings, Oh No More Lemmings, Holiday Lemmings, and the Sega style from the Master System version of Lemmings. NeoLemmix will prompt you if you try to play a level that requires a style you don't have.
The icon you're referring to is actually two icons that are stacked on top of each other. The small circle marks a level as not yet completed, and changes to a green tick when you beat the level. The larger brown graphic is the talisman icon, which indicates that the level has one or more talismans that you have not yet unlocked. You can think of talismans as being NL's version of trophies / achievements, although there are fairly strict rules on what the criteria can be - they could either outright be just for completing a certain level; or else they could be obtained through any of the following (including in some cases, a combination of several of these):
- Saving a certain number of lemmings
- Completing the level in under a certain time
- Solving the level within a certain number of total skills
- Solving the level within a certain amount of any individual skill
Lemmings Redux is a great way to relive the classics (and maybe play some of the official levels you might have missed) and ease yourself into NeoLemmix, but the real fun starts when you get into fanmade level packs (or make your own) - that's what NeoLemmix is really about!