Quote from: Guigui on November 07, 2025, 01:25:40 AMOuch, now comes the time when kaywhyn will LP my pack, such a good time  . Many thanks to you, and this whole forum, for making the Lemmings game alive.

Our pleasure! We're very happy to have you!

QuoteI'm also very glad that IchoTolot playtested the pack, he helped a lot. Because of the whole "you can only Save One lemming" thing, levels tend to be very prone to backroutes. A single mistake and all Lemmings can go in, not good.
At first I was working alone : make a Save One level --> playtest --> find it's nice --> go to sleep --> launch the level again the morning after --> find 3 backroutes that save more than one --> 

Yup, happens even to the best of us. I've been making custom Lemmings levels for 4 years now and I still haven't gotten a lot better at backroute fixing myself Similarly, just ask others who have been in the level making scene far longer than me, and they will tell you that their levels have still been known to get backrouted. Doesn't matter how long one has been making levels. A person could possibly have been making levels for twice as long, or maybe three times as long, as me (just look at how many patches Lemmings United received after Icho released it!), but still backroutes can result. With experience, over time the amount of backroutes can be drastically reduced, though on occasion one or two can still slip by unnoticed That's pretty much why people have testers for their levels/packs!

QuoteSo I quickly understood that my solving skills were not good enough to ensure the pack to be solid and asked IchoTolot for help.

Nah, your solving skills are far better than you give yourself credit for. For example, you were able to complete DoveLems, Lemmings Plus 1, nearly all of Weirdyland, and I believe all of Quest for Kieran? This is quite an accomplishment, I must say, so congrats! Even if there are a few levels of a pack you couldn't solve, it is also, in my opinion, a great achievement to come very close to solving all of a level pack, especially one that is really hard

I recently explained to another member in this community that it is a misconception that everyone here is an expert Lemmings level solver. What is true is that nearly every member here has completed at least one of the official Lemmings games and hence possess adequate knowledge of the game. However, few have been able to solve completely many custom Lemmings level packs. This is in large part due to how custom packs tend to be far harder than the official games themselves. The hardest custom packs make ONML look like a pushover, even though a lot of us, myself included, really struggled with that game back in the days.

QuoteThe only reason why I asked Icho instead of you kaywhyn is because he is moderator on this subforum and he seemed to be more active than you on the forum at this time, I did not want to bother you.

No worries at all. It's simply letting you know that you can also ask me to playtest your levels for future reference You're right that for the last few months I kind of gave the appearance that I wasn't around. In truth, I was, where I checked in a few times whenever I could each day, and simply didn't have anything to post on the site

Quote from: kaywhyn on November 07, 2025, 12:17:52 AMHi JawaJuice, welcome to the Forums! Nice username. Is it a reference to Jamba Juice by any chance? It reminds me of that because of how your username is similar sounding to it when said out loud

Very nice to meet you, kaywhyn! You're something of a legend around these parts  I've read your detailed feedback on many a pack after solving them myself. The handle is, more mundanely, a reference to Star Wars; specifically Attack of the Clones. The drink is offered to Obi-Wan in Dex's Diner on Coruscant. I know it's got nothing to do with Lemmings, but it's a name I use elsewhere so just thought I'd stick with it here 

QuoteCorrect, you'll have to click on "notify" found at either the top or bottom of the board or topic you're viewing in order to get notifications of posts/replies to topics you wish to watch. At the same time, I think you might have to go to your profile settings => Notifications and check at least one box for the two settings "When a topic I follow receives a reply, I normally want to know via..." and "When a new topic is created in a board I follow, I normally want to know via..." That should allow you to get notifications once you click on "notify" and one of alerts or email or both are checked in your notifications settings in your profile

Thanks for the tips - I had already adjusted my profile notification settings correctly I think, just needed that extra step of subscribing to the actual thread. I seem to be getting notifications now

QuoteI'm the same way with wanting to either save all, or if that's not possible, then save as much as possible. Thus, this often gets me into trouble with levels where you're allowed (or even required) to lose one or more Lemmings. Has happened to me quite often!

For sure. Not paying attention to the save requirement has caused me to struggle with levels in the past though - thinking I have to save every one when in fact, that redundancy is what enables one to complete it.

QuoteIt's perfectly normal to struggle with the Very Hard or higher difficulty levels. Everyone at some point will struggle with these levels, some more than others. For example, it took me an entire year to solve all of Lemmings United. Similarly, believe it or not it took me almost 3 years to solve all of NepsterLems, all courtesy of Black Hole 1 which I was really stuck on but finally managed to figure it out after quite some time.

Yeah, I'd say I've probably completed about 80% of all Neolemmix packs, but NepsterLems and Lemmings United are two where I gave up. Hopefully I'll return to them at some point if my solving skills are ever good enough! I did complete Lemmings Reunion, which is certainly easier than United but still quite challenging - a great pack actually; I really like IchoTolot's approach to level design. It can be hard to see the solution, but they're normally very logical, and fair, when you do. That's clever design. The kind of difficulty I don't care for is where a level is overly fiddly and relies on pixel perfect execution / timing or knowing some arcane trick to finish it.

QuoteAlong with the above, you're in for one heck of a ride when and if I ever get around to finishing my level pack Lemmings Memories and releasing it. I haven't made that many levels for it yet, but from all the feedback I've received so far, it's shaping up to be a really difficult pack, even if I don't expect it to be the next Lemmings Reunion or NepsterLems in terms of difficulty

Anyway, enjoy your stay and the many level packs that are currently available to download and play. We're glad to have you with us!        

I'm looking forward to giving it a shot although it sounds like it might be too difficult for me I did complete your AWESOMRE Fire Level from the random levels thread, but it wasn't easy and I'm sure your new pack will be more challenging than that. Anyway, thanks for the warm welcome - happy to be a part of this great community!

There's been a bit of game clearing and testing between and after the new pc.

I've been busy with Legends ZA and Star Crossed World

I can finally play games like Lethal Company, Peak, The Karters 2 and possibly others

Platinum'd Sonic Racing Cross Worlds, Once Upon a Katamari, and got all trophies for the PS4 version of Sonic Mania and have been working my way through Sonic Forces

And I've resumed editing for Ratchet & Clank

Quote from: kaywhyn on November 07, 2025, 12:17:52 AMThose are portals on Sweet 6. They work the exact same way as teleporters except they aren't RR sensitive and are bi-directional, meaning Lemmings can go in and come back out the same way they came from.

Yep, that's what I thought and there's definitely an issue on my side as these objects don't seem to work properly. I will figure it out!

Hello WillLem,

Thank you a lot for the write up and the kind words ! I'm glad you had a good time with the EON rank. Things may get a bit tougher after, but all remain accessible I hope.

Indeed the pack is small, mainly because I do not have that much time to create many levels and I cannot think about something else when I have a level creation in mind. So I had to get those levels out to be able to move onto something else. I guess this is less intimidating than 100+ levels packs.

Also about the decoration in the levels, thank you again for noticing and appreciating them. Those took way longer than expected to create ; each time I decided to add decoration, they created unwanted backroutes. Countless times during playtests, IchoTolot used what was supposed to be decorations to destroy the levels, evil him !


As for your replays they are perfectly fine and almost intended, congratulations !

I say "almost" intended because of EON 2 : Trust Your Lucky Star ? (the one with big vertical structure at the end). Details under spoilers :

Spoiler

The clever solution you give makes very little use of the crowd : just need a bomber apart from pionneer. Intended uses the crowd a bit more.
I always think interaction with the crowd is better ; if the pionneer can go in by himself, then the whole "Save One" theme falls apart.
I'll certainly work a bit more on the vertical structure to enforce things. I have to find a way to ensure that if one lemming bashes through the structure, then he cannot stop without using a skill.

Solved the Eon levels, these were great fun! Some feedback:

Build Quality: Very good. The levels are carefully crafted and tastefully decorated with attention to detail throughout. The OG style sets are used with originality and flair, giving the levels their own unique flavour.

Difficulty: So far, definitely a challenge but very accessible. The levels can be solved with minimum use of CPM and other player assists, and the level layouts hint at the solutions enough to give the player a starting point whilst not giving too much away. If it gets more difficult from here I'll probably start to struggle, but due to the overall quality of these levels I'll definitely attempt to finish this pack at some point.

Enjoyability: Excellent! I had fun solving these. It's been a while since I've sat down and just played the game, so it was a joy to be presented with levels that were challenging without being too complex. The concept is interesting and the size of the pack is inviting; I was able to get this first group of levels solved in under an hour.

Enjoy the replays!

My YouTube playlist of video solutions:

Kaywhyn's Lemmings Reunion V 3.3 Video Solutions (Old Formats NL)

As the link says, these are for Old Formats NL, i.e the v10 NL players. As such, since Icho is no longer maintaining that version, some backroutes that are fixed in the New Formats version might still remain in the Old Formats version.

Finally, even though they likely aren't really of interest, my complete replay collection for Old Formats NL is attached for archival purposes

Quote from: whoever on September 28, 2025, 06:35:36 PMI wanted to follow kaywhyns Video tutorial on Lemmings Reunion. But apparently he uses an older version of the levels -- e. g. Level 1.30 was substantially changed and seems now much harder to solve (if it is at all solvable). Has someone still the older version of the Levels available (for NeoLemmix)?

My commentary video series on Lemmings Reunion was recorded at a time when I got intended/acceptable solutions for all the levels with V 4.9 The most recent version of the pack, V 5.2, is from Icho fixing the backroutes Swerdis found. That's why some of the solutions you see in my video probably wouldn't work anymore with V 5.2

Thanks for the interest in my videos, though! Also, you're not alone with 1 30 stumping you, as this is pretty much a roadblock for everyone. This level also took me a bit back in the days, especially when I first played it on Lemmini.

Ouch, now comes the time when kaywhyn will LP my pack, such a good time  . Many thanks to you, and this whole forum, for making the Lemmings game alive.

I'm also very glad that IchoTolot playtested the pack, he helped a lot. Because of the whole "you can only Save One lemming" thing, levels tend to be very prone to backroutes. A single mistake and all Lemmings can go in, not good.
At first I was working alone : make a Save One level --> playtest --> find it's nice --> go to sleep --> launch the level again the morning after --> find 3 backroutes that save more than one --> 

So I quickly understood that my solving skills were not good enough to ensure the pack to be solid and asked IchoTolot for help. The only reason why I asked Icho instead of you kaywhyn is because he is moderator on this subforum and he seemed to be more active than you on the forum at this time, I did not want to bother you. Needless to say he found looots of backroutes faster than me, and gave many good advices to make the whole thing better. I'm pretty satisfied of the pack as it is now and hope you have fun with it.

My YouTube playlist of video solutions:

Kaywhyn's PimoLems V 2.3 Video Solutions (Old Formats NL)

As the link says, these are for Old Formats NL, i.e the v10 NL players. As such, since Icho is no longer maintaining that version, some backroutes that are fixed in the New Formats version might still remain in the Old Formats version.

Finally, even though they likely aren't really of interest, my complete replay collection for Old Formats NL is attached for archival purposes

My YouTube playlist of video solutions:

Kaywhyn's DoveLems V 1.4 Video Solutions (Old Formats NL)

As the link says, these are for Old Formats NL, i.e the v10 NL players. As such, since Icho is no longer maintaining that version, some backroutes that are fixed in the New Formats version might still remain in the Old Formats version.

Finally, even though they likely aren't really of interest, my complete replay collection for Old Formats NL is attached for archival purposes