[NeoLemmix] Flopsy presents: Modular Lems (10 levels) [Difficulty: Easy - Hard]

[Flopsy]

4/4/23: it is now ok to video LP this pack again, the ban has been lifted.

Here I am with an unexpected release



v1.02

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v1.02 Fixed back routes on Let's Play 7 and 9 thanks to IchoTolot's replays
v1.01 Fixed back routes on Let's Play 7, 8 and 9 thanks to Gronkling's feedback

Modular Lems is a 10 level pack which is themed around Toys and LEGO, these levels kind of got made along the way of my ongoing development on Lemmings: Gotta Go Fast, I was originally going to include these levels in a bonus rank of GGF but I thought they were better off broken off into their own mini pack since they are about as far as you are going to get from being Sonic themed levels!

It is very unusual that I am releasing a level pack this small which is practically unheard of for me

One benefit of doing this I thought would be to get some early feedback on my newer style of making levels since I haven't really released any solo levels since SEB Lems in 2017 (outside of contest levels).

I also thought this pack is also nice to play around Christmas time, even though there isn't a Xmas theme to the pack at all, it's more about the Toy theme but Toys are part of Christmas right?

This pack varies from an Easy difficulty to start out with up to a Hard difficulty towards the tail end of the pack.
There are 10 levels in this pack in one single difficulty rank.


Modular Delight (Level 3)


The Birth of Creativity (Level 7)

Special thanks to Nessy for being the sole tester of this pack, he did a great job.
Also special thanks to Lucia, Nessy and Wafflem, without their help and support this pack would not have been possible!

The music pack can be downloaded here, each level has a unique track
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pecvjiur6ijh89i/modular%20lems%20music.zip?dl=1

All 10 of these levels have never been seen before publicly on the forums, none of them have been entered in contests

Please post your replays in this topic and share your feedback on these levels, I am very interested in hearing what you like or dislike about them. Catching things I am doing wrong now will only help other packs I release such as Lemmings: Gotta Go Fast be much better in the long run.

EDIT: flopsy_special needs updating in order to play Level 4 in this pack, I'm working on getting this added to the styles download. In the meantime, it can be downloaded below.
EDIT2: The styles download has been confirmed to contain the up-to-date version of flopsy_special, I'll still leave it here in the topic for now but you can also just get it in the styles download now

[IchoTolot]

So many things on my "to-play list" and this goes right on it.

I think I have a lot of lemmings to play after christmas.

[kaywhyn]

O.o another pack to play through, after I get my planned LPs done

[Armani]

Congrats for the pack release
I will take a loot at it maybe after the final exam...

[Gronkling]

Does flopsy_special need updating somehow? I can't get level 4 to load

[Flopsy]

I overlooked that somehow, I'll get the updated tileset added to the styles download.

In the meantime, it can be downloaded, in the first post
Sorry about that.

[Gronkling]

Here are my replays for the pack

[Flopsy]

Here are my replays for the pack

Nice quick turn around there, thanks for the quick feedback.

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Let's Play 3 (Modular Delight) - Nice to see this level allows for some variation in solutions, I can see there being more variation when other people start to play this pack.
Let's Play 4 (The Big Cheese) - Again, sorry this level couldn't load for you initially. When you sent to climber to the top of the level, I noticed you were making the Lemming jump over a locked exit, that was a little funny . Also congrats on your route, I haven't seen anyone go up the Red route before. Usually people opt for the blue or orange route. You got guts
Let's Play 5 (The Leg Up Programme) - Nice alternate solution here, you got lucky that the crowd didn't miss the exit at the end there!
Let's Play 6 (I am ATypical Part II) - I like the minimal builder/digger approach to this level, very pro bombing approach here
Let's Play 7 (The Birth of Creativity) - This is a small back route, the stacker and digger combo you did wasn't intended. Not to worry, I expected this level to be the weak spot in the pack.
Let's Play 8 (More Toys in the Attic) - Wow, what a back route there. Can't believe Nessy didn't spot this one, he did back route this one quite a bit himself during testing.
Let's Play 9 (The Jagged Staircase Part II) - Ok, first of all I cannot believe that climber is climbing out of that pit above the exit through 3 whole pixels of steel. That was jaw dropping . Second of all, you did solve the level intentionally route-wise but the idea with that pit above the exit is that no one can get out of it. So that part is unintended. Well done on solving this though
Let's Play 10 (Should I Stay or Should I Go) - Thanks for voting stay and also mega props for saving 37/40, that's a nice find

Overall, Level 8 was a major back route. Levels 7 and 9 are minor back routes. Not bad for first set of replays

How did you find the pack overall difficulty wise and did you enjoy it most importantly?

[Flopsy]

v1.01 is out.
Thanks to Gronkling for helping improve this pack

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Fixes back routes found by Gronkling on Let's Play 7, 8 and 9

[Gronkling]

Personally I'd say the difficulty is easy-medium, there's quite a lot of fairly open-ended feeling levels, and the last level's challenge being optional makes the pack a bit easier feeling too. Level 5 was probably the hardest. I in general enjoyed it though I tend not to be into "large open ended level with lots of skills" type of things that make up a few of the levels here, the theming was really cute.

[IchoTolot]

Here are my solutions to the pack.

I noticed that the starting screen on level 7 is not placed correctly on the hatch.

[Flopsy]

@IchoTolot

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Pretty good solutions overall, the only back routes in these replays are Level 7 and Level 9. Really nice solution to Level 8 though, I was impressed with that one.

[Flopsy]

v1.02 is out.
Fixed back routes on Let's Play 7 and 9 thanks to IchoTolot's replays

Download is updated in first post.

[IchoTolot]

I resolved the levels.

[Flopsy]

Well done, your replays to Level 7 and 9 are now acceptable

[Armani]

I solved the whole pack.
I love the theme of the pack. Nice and cute levels
First half has open-ended levels so I don't think there're some serious backroutes.
My favourite level is "The Birth of Creativity". I think the level has pretty clever puzzle. I have a blocker left though.
Also I have some leftover skills for 8 and 10, so my solution is not 100% intended I think.
The hardest level for me was "The Jagged Staircase"

Replay attached!

[kaywhyn]

Hi Flopsy,

Finally got the chance to play this small pack of yours, and I managed to solve all of them. Here are my replays. Yes, it's way past the holidays, but I decided to give this small pack of yours a try, figuring it might not take too long. Turns out it took a little longer than I thought it would, especially since I struggled with a few levels. Honestly, I think Medium-Hard is more appropriate for the difficulty, as even though the first several are open-ended, they're quite similar to probably mid-late Paradise rank. No LP here, as this IMO is too small of a pack to do one.

These levels were all wonderfully designed. I especially like what you did with Let's Play 2 - There must be more to life with 16 of the lemming skills in the sprites. Would had been even cooler to do all 19, but that's just me

Another level I like the design is Let's Play 3 - Modular delight. I like the structures, although this level is somewhat difficult, considering it isn't as open-ended as the levels around it.

Let's Play 4 - The Big Cheese I kind of predicted that it would play "Yeah." When it did indeed play, I wasn't surprised, as this reminded me of the houses on fire level from SEB Lems, particularly with how the buttons are in the buildings. It's especially cool how there's one in the bus as well. Is I Am Cheese the actual name of a bus where you are, or just something you decided to call it?

My favorites were Let's Play 7 - The Birth of Creativity and Let's Play 8 - More toys in the attic. These were really great puzzles. I like how in the former that with the pickups it's still a 1-of-everything level. Really nice no builders/platformers level, with the stacker as the only constructive skill. Somewhat easy to medium for the difficulty. For the latter, very nice solution. A little difficult, but not too much. I just love how the solution comes together. Nice job here

Sorry to say it, but I wasn't too much of a fan of Let's Play 6 - I am ATypical part 2. It's definitely a nice variation of the I Am AT style levels, but honestly there's too many of them around now, and this one took me the longest to solve. Two of the skills may be plentiful, but they run out really fast. It's quite difficult to figure out how to get to the top with the bottom entrances. Knowing myself, I likely overcomplicated the solution. Luckily, I did enjoy some of the levels beyond this one.

The only level I might had backrouted is Let's Play 5 - The Leg Up Programme, as I have a skill leftover.

Overall, I enjoyed this small pack, and nice job with it. I will give your collab pack a try sometime in the future, and I'm definitely more excited about GGF's release now