Thanks all for the replies and the kind words, i really appreciate it. I have been meaning to do some sort of update for months since i saw IchoTolot's solutions (and saw a couple of backroutes i wanted to get rid of), i just haven't gotten around to it yet. Part of me wants to ditch a couple of the levels i know are weaker ones and replace it with this idea i had inspired by Reverse Lemmings, i just haven't gotten the inspiration to create any replacement levels. I still need to come up with a better name for the pack too, hah.

It is interesting to see which levels people have found easy/difficult because as the creator i found that quite difficult to judge for myself, it was basically a guessing game. I know from my Doom mapping how important some playtesting is in the final quality of a release, so seeing videos and replays are invaluable   That one level probably was inspired by something in the Deceit pack, that is one of my favourites (alongside Mazulems, which i actually played back when it was quite new all those years ago!). The Acid Test was the first level i made for this, way back in like 2018 i think, so it is funny to see it be regarded as one of the most difficult.

Thanks again!

Watch this space for an update somewhere down the line...

Greetings, some years ago i made a bunch of levels, something i have wanted to do since i was a kid! I originally planned for more but they never materialised, and i have sat on these for too long now. The bulk of these were made in 2018-19. I don't know if i'll ever get around to making any more but am leaving the door open for now. I should also really come up with a better name for this project, heh.

This pack is my love letter to the original game and creating it was a way to embrace the massive amount of nostalgia i have for Lemmings. The pack intended to give the feeling of the original levels but in a 'dlc' of sorts.

There are 30 levels and while it is hard for me to judge the difficulty i would guess that they all fall somewhere in the Taxing and Mayhem bracket. While i used NeoLemmix due to liking the level editor, the levels are unapologetically old school and designed to be doable without the need for frame perfect inputs and such tools that NeoLemmix allows. I may port this pack to Lemmini one day as the levels should all translate to a more vanilla style game engine nicely.

I hope you enjoy solving these as much as i enjoyed making them. If anyone happens to record their gameplay of these please do share, i love to see people's processes in arriving at solutions.

Couple of level previews:

scolems.zip

Spot on - thanks!

Hey, i'm interested in having a go at a level for this but i have a problem, in that my level editor for old format NeoLemmix shows up like this:



I have no problems with the new format. I guess i am missing files or something? Excuse my lack of familiarity with the program.

Thanks for the welcomes

re. NeoLemmix, i *think* i currently have the latest "new format" version. I like that port as it is still supported and updated regularly with a good and accessible editor, and is indeed good for casual play, although i don't mind the classic execution mechanics personally, as long as things don't require insane pixel perfect tricks and so on!

re. multiplayer, aside from a couple of games many years ago on console i haven't really explored it. I'll have to check out Lix though.

re. IRC i think i saw a Discord mentioned in a thread somewhere, if that is active i'll check that out for sure

PS - Sonic is the other game i obsessed over when i was younger

Nice topic. I always wondered about running Lemmings, it's interesting to me given that you can theoretically be incredibly consistent in your runs as there is no RNG or general NPC kinda problems to worry about. Maybe i'll fire up WinUAE and do some Amiga "episode" (ie Fun/Tricky etc) episodical attempts.

I don't see why ESC level ending should be disallowed if it's an inbuilt vanilla port mechanic though. Classically all that kinda stuff is fair game and runners pick whatever port is fastest, at least from what i've seen, as long as it is an official release. A NeoLemmix run for example would basically be TAS considering that you can easily do frame specific manipulation

Introductory as in specifically tutorial style levels, or as in "20 of everything levels which you then replay later with intended resources"?

I'm only mildly familiar with community content at this point, but from what i've seen, these kinda levels fall into one of those categories.

I think it's safe to assume that by this point, people searching for new Lemmings content will have played the original game. So there's no real point having a level showing how original builders or miners work for example.

With repeating levels i personally find it more interesting where level is presented in one specific initial way, then the second encounter is modified with additional steel or one-way walls (or something in that vein) to provide a new challenge or force a new solution rather than one a player might have found in their first playthrough with less limited resources. For example, there is a level in MD/Genesis Lemmings that is modified second time around with steel blockades that force a completely new approach (Fun16/Taxing2).

Hello from the UK! I thought i'd just make a quick introductory post.

Like most (probably), my Lemmings interest stems back to the early 90's. My friend had an Acorn Archimedes and introduced me to Lemmings, as well as it being present on the school computers of the time, and from that i got the game for my Megadrive/Genesis. I was very obsessed with Lemmings as a child   The Archimedes port really does hit the nostalgia spot for me though, despite numerous flaws in how the gameplay worked, the music and general presentation is still incredible in my opinion. I have visited this site on and off over the years but never got around to being active until recently.

I am also a serial game modder and have been messing around with that kinda thing for years, with games such as C&C, various simracing games and Doom (i have a large and ever growing catalogue of Doom maps and am pretty active in that community), and of course Lemmings. I remember making some Lemmings levels many, many years ago, with a program called LemEdit (iirc), although they are long gone now. I also remember playing some classic addon level packs like MazuLems back then.

I recently discovered the NeoLemmix port and the impressive array of modding tools available for that and have been making a few levels. I'm impressed and relieved at how quick and easy it is to create things for Lemmings - this is coming from Doom mapping where it is easy to spend literally 100+ hours working on a sole map depending on how ambitious and large it is. It's great to see a port that is still actively supported by the community and has great editing and modding tools - i think these are such important assets to the longevity of any classic game.

IRL i'm an engineer and huge car nut, and have worked in motor racing on and off for a while now.

Anyway, seeya around!
Scotty