Yeah... looks like we're really going for 40 levels per rank now. I like my ranks to be even in level numbers whenever possible... Encore was bound to have 40 levels due to the sheer number of "song levels" I had already done in preceding packs; "Groupie" has 40 levels because there are a lot more different level creators out there than I thought; and the others are going to have 40 now as well, because there's still a lot more places to visit - and this type of level doesn't fit into any of the concepts for other packs I have in mind, so it's now or never!
At least I should have every major US city in here by now... well, every major city about which someone has made a song, that is
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Out of L.A.Sadly, the skyline of L.A. is surprisingly repetitive - lots of blue, red-brown, or white-blue skyscrapers. They of course differ in detail, but that's a level of detail I can hardly replicate in Lemmings.
The solution is kinda cool, though; it is a builder fest, of course, as you can probably tell from the looks of it, but a builder fest where you have to think quite a bit, because timing is critical here.
Vegas LightsSince Vegas copied the Eiffel tower from Paris, I did the same
- i.e. copied it from the "Diggas in Paris" level. Plus, there's the big wheel and the fountain.
Shipping up to BostonNow, as many of you have probably guessed by now, I'm mainly working with photos of the skyline to create these levels. In Boston's case, I've been there myself, and I recognised many of the buildings, but sadly, in low-detail Lemmings terrain, this city suffers from a similarly "repetitive" skyline as L.A. - just with a different flair, more brown and red tones instead of white and blue.
Streets of PhiladelphiaC'mon, I can't do a rock music themed pack without a song by "The Boss" in here, can I?
And if it's a song about a place on top of that, and a place I hadn't already covered with another level before, then this is really a no-brainer. At least these two towers on the left look a little more unique.
Btw, I finally did figure out a way to create a somewhat acceptable Union Jack in Lemmings!
So here's an updated version (including the Highland exit) of
Streets of LondonAlso, there aren't many Asian countries in this pack yet... South Korea and Japan are still coming (one with quite an obvious candidate of a song
).
But then I also did a... thing:
Something in the waterIf you don't get what this level is about...
1) Look up the flag, of course
2) Count the number of swimmer pickup skills
With regard to the Groupie levels, I mainly struggle with the levels in style of GigaLem and Wafflem
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In Wafflem's case, it's pretty much obvious what has to go into his level, but that doesn't mean I can come up with a cool solution involving lots of buttons and pickup skills yet.
In GigaLem's case, I have one level using a Freedom Planet tileset, and another one more in the spirit of the "GigaLems" pack.
Alberto Fernandes's level building style was pretty straightforward to figure out, but at the same time, such a level must be extremely annoying to build.
So that's a little road block in the Groupie rank at the moment. Perhaps I'll "re-finish" the main ranks first, rounding out the remaining locations to visit, before doing the final bits of the Groupie rank.
All the music edits are finished by now!