Post by swietymiki on Sept 19, 2019 10:34:51 GMT -8
This guide was compiled from several previously separate threads of this board. Hopefully you'll find all needed information to release your own level to the public here.
If you've never designed a level previously, it's recommended to start with this tutorial: gooroosgruntz.proboards.com/thread/1852/design-new-custom-level
When you already have something that you want to share, be it the finished level or just some development progress, you should create a new thread for it.
Copy one of the template codes (in spoilers below), change the relevant details and post it in this board. Alternatively, you can message an active staff member to do it for you.
Find out what each table element means in the template descriptions section. Open the template examples to see how your thread will look like after posting.
As dumb as it sounds, please avoid using the forum's preview mode while editing your thread. It messes up with table code formatting, making it difficult to perform maintenance on.
Template descriptions:
| Designer: |  | DESIGNER (Who created this level) |
| Level Set: |  8GS/GS | Area 8 "Gruntz In Space" ... The level's graphics set Level 29 ... Depends on the graphics set and warpstone piece number (#1 - #4 for Rocky Roadz, #5 - #8 for Gruntziclez, etc.) Keep only the appropriate code line from the template and delete the others |
| Est. Completion: |  | ??:?? How long it takes (game timer time) to complete |
| Est. Solve: |  | ??:?? How long it takes the solver (approximately) with going back to saves and such |
| Date Released: |  | Month Day, 2023 ... When it finishes Beta-testing and is released |
| Status: |  Designing | Where it is on the level designing. Possibilities include: "Designing", "Designed" (pre beta-test), "Beta-testing" and "Released". |
| Notes: |  | Difficulty=Medium ... How hard to solve Size=? (? X ?) Density=? ... See below the table for more precise information |
 |  | (Not) Available for download |
 | | (Not) Available for download |
| Statz Page image | | (Not) Available to see |
Statz info. |  | |
| Survivorz: |  | Must have this guy ... may have otherz  |
| Deathz: |  | ? |
| Toolz: |  | Images you can use in this category (put in order of acquisition):
|
| Toyz: |  | Images you can use in this category (put in order of acquisition):
|
| Powerupz: |  | Images you can use in this category (put in order of acquisition):
|
| Coinz: |  | ? |
| Secretz: |  | Question Mark Switch ... or  Red Warp |
| View The Map | | (Not) Available to see |
Bomb
Boomerang
Bricklayer
Club
Boxing Glovez
GooberStraw
Gravity Bootz
Gun Hat
SpongeGun
Rockz
Shield
Shovel
Springz
Spy Gear
Sword
TimeBomb
Toob
(Magic) Wand
Freeze
Resurrection
Health
Random Toyz
Random Teleporter
Rolling Ballz
Welder's Kit
Wingz
Baby Walker
Monster Wheel
Go-Kart
Jack-in-the-box
Jump Rope
Pogo Stick
Scroll (default)
Freeze
Resurrection
Random Toyz
Random Teleporter
Rolling Ballz
Squeak toy
Yo-yo
Invisibility (Ghost)
Invulnerability
Conversion
Death Touch
Roidz
Reactive ArmorDifficulty
| Very Easy | A tryout is a good example of this. Just click around and you are done. |
| Easy | These levels usually require some thought to do them, but no actual parts you couldn't figure out. They tend to be small in size. |
| Medium | These levels are somewhat difficult, some questions may come up about this, or there may be harder parts mixed in with easier ones. |
| Hard | These levels have many hard parts to them and often require extensive knowledge of game mechanics. Questions come up about many parts. |
| Very Hard | These are generally large levels with exceptionally difficult puzzles, which thoroughly test your thinking ability and knowledge of game mechanics. It's easy to get completely stumped by those. |
| Frustrating | Distinctive components of these levels are extremely tight timing puzzles, frequently one after the other, with little time to "catch a breather" and/or parts only solvable by a random action with the odds not being in the solver's favor (like controversial use of wings', mobile toys' or magic spells' randomness). |
Relative Size
| Very Small | e.g. Short And Simple | (20X15) Anything less than 32 Tilez wide or 24 Tilez high (1024 x 768), resets Gruntz to the default screen resolution (640 x 480) and requires the resolution patch be re-applied. |
| Small | e.g. Wrong Landing | (32X24) 768 Tilez to 1,600 Tilez (but more than 32 Tilez wide and 24 Tilez high) |
| Medium | e.g. Xaroncharoo | (50X50) 1,601 Tilez to 3,600 Tilez |
| Big | e.g. Switch Out | (60X70) 3,601 Tilez to 6,400 Tilez |
| Very Big | e.g. 8-Layer Frosted Cake | (111X77) 6,401 Tilez to 10,000 Tilez |
| Huge | e.g. Casino Road | (120X120) 10,001 Tilez or larger (anything over 121 in width or height breaks the game's minimap) |
Density
| Loose | Frequent empty spaces; tryouts are good examples of this. |
| Normal | The density of the Standard Levels and majority of Custom Levels (e.g. GooRoo's). |
| Dense | Most of Gamer's, Powerfulmind's, Swietymiki's and Tomalla's levels are here. |
Density counts for level size due to how spread out things are; a level can become smaller by packing more things in.
Quest template code:
[table]
[tr]
[td]Designer:[/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/Bricklayer.gif"][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/DESIGNERsCLz.html"][font color=00FFFF]DESIGNER[/font][/a][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Level Set:[/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/editor/Tilez/8GS/GS001.jpg"]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/8GSTilez.html"][font color=Red]8[/font]GS/GS[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/1RRTilez.html"][font color=Red]1[/font]RR/RR[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/2GrTilez.html"][font color=Red]2[/font]Gr/Gr[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/3TTTilez.html"][font color=Red]3[/font]TT/TT[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/4HSTilez.html"][font color=Red]4[/font]HS/HS[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/5HRTilez.html"][font color=Red]5[/font]HR/HR[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/6HoTilez.html"][font color=Red]6[/font]Ho/Ho[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/7MMTilez.html"][font color=Red]7[/font]MM/MM[/a]
[/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/.html"]Area [font color=Red]1[/font] "[font color=Orange]Rocky Roadz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]1[/font][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/2-Gruntziclez.html"]Area [font color=Red]2[/font] "[font color=Orange]Gruntziclez[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]5[/font][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/3-TroubleInTheTropicz.html"]Area [font color=Red]3[/font] "[font color=Orange]Trouble In The Tropicz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]9[/font][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/4-HighOnSweetz.html"]Area [font color=Red]4[/font] "[font color=Orange]High On Sweetz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]13[/font][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/5-HighRollerz.html"]Area [font color=Red]5[/font] "[font color=Orange]High Rollerz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]17[/font][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/6-Honey,IShrunkTheGruntz.html"]Area [font color=Red]6[/font] "[font color=Orange]Honey, I Shrunk The Gruntz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]21[/font][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/7-TheMiniatureMasterz.html"]Area [font color=Red]7[/font] "[font color=Orange]The Miniature Masterz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]25[/font][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/8-GruntzInSpace.html"]Area [font color=Red]8[/font] "[font color=Orange]Gruntz In Space[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]29[/font][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Est. Completion:[/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/StopWatch.gif"][/td]
[td]??:??[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Est. Solve:[/td]
[td][img width=32 height=32 src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/ClockAEK.gif"][/td]
[td]??:??[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Date Released:[/td]
[td][img width=32 height=32 src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/Calendar.gif"][/td]
[td]Month Day, [a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/2023CLz.html"]2023[/a][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Status:[/td]
[td][img width=32 height=32 src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/avatars/On-line.gif"][/td]
[td]Designing[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Notes:[/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/Note.gif"][/td]
[td]Difficulty=[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/Medium.html"]Medium[/a]
Size=? ([font color=Red]?[/font]X[font color=Red]?[/font])
Density=?[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/custom/QUESTZ.wwd"][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/editor/Imagez/Download.gif"][/a][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/ThumbsDown.gif"][/td]
[td]Not available for download[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/QUESTZ/Index.html"][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/editor/Imagez/Walkthrough.gif"][/a][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/ThumbsDown.gif"][/td]
[td]Not yet[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/QUESTZ/Statz.jpg"]Statz Page[/a] image[/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/QUESTZ/StatzThumb.jpg"][/td]
[td]Not yet[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][center]Statz info.[/center][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/TransparentTile.gif"][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/TransparentTile.gif"][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][font color=Yellow]Survivorz:[/font][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/Warpstone.gif"][/td]
[td]?[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][font color=Yellow]Deathz:[/font][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/OrangeGooPuddle.gif"][/td]
[td]?[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][font color=Yellow]Toolz:[/font][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/ToolzGauntletz.gif"][/td]
[td]?[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][font color=Yellow]Toyz:[/font][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/ToyBeachBall.gif"][/td]
[td]?[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][font color=Yellow]Powerupz:[/font][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/SuperSpeed.gif"][/td]
[td]?[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][font color=Yellow]Coinz:[/font][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/Coin.gif"][/td]
[td]?[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][font color=Yellow]Secretz:[/font][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/SecretSwitch.gif"][/td]
[td]?[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/QUESTZ/QUESTZ.jpg"][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/QUESTZ/ThumbNail.jpg"] View the map![/a][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/ThumbsDown.gif"][/td]
[td]Not yet[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
Inside links, replace "DESIGNER" with your nickname (aka 'handle') and "QUESTZ" with your level's name.
Quest template example:
| Designer: | | GooRoo |
| Level Set: |  7MM/MM | Area 7 "The Miniature Masterz" Level 25 |
| Est. Completion: | | ??:?? |
| Est. Solve: |  | ??:?? |
| Date Released: | | Month Day, 2019 |
| Status: | | Designing |
| Notes: | | Difficulty=Medium Size=? (?X?) Density=? |
| | Not yet |
|  | Not yet |
| Statz Page image |  | Not yet |
Statz info. | | |
| Survivorz: | | ? |
| Deathz: | | ? |
| Toolz: | | ? |
| Toyz: | | ? |
| Powerupz: | | ? |
| Coinz: | | ? |
| Secretz: | | ? |
 View the map! | | Not yet |
Battle template code:
[table]
[tr]
[td]Designer:[/td][td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/Bricklayer.gif"][/td]
[td][a href=https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/DESIGNERsCLz.html][color=00FFFF]DESIGNER[/color][/a][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Level Set:[/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/editor/Tilez/8GS/GS001.jpg"]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/8GSTilez.html"][font color=Red]8[/font]GS/GS[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/1RRTilez.html"][font color=Red]1[/font]RR/RR[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/2GrTilez.html"][font color=Red]2[/font]Gr/Gr[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/3TTTilez.html"][font color=Red]3[/font]TT/TT[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/4HSTilez.html"][font color=Red]4[/font]HS/HS[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/5HRTilez.html"][font color=Red]5[/font]HR/HR[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/6HoTilez.html"][font color=Red]6[/font]Ho/Ho[/a]
[a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/SkeletonDesigner/SkeletonLevel/7MMTilez.html"][font color=Red]7[/font]MM/MM[/a]
[/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/.html"]Area [font color=Red]1[/font] "[font color=Orange]Rocky Roadz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]1[/font] [a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/Battlez.html"](Battle)[/a][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/2-Gruntziclez.html"]Area [font color=Red]2[/font] "[font color=Orange]Gruntziclez[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]5[/font] [a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/Battlez.html"](Battle)[/a][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/3-TroubleInTheTropicz.html"]Area [font color=Red]3[/font] "[font color=Orange]Trouble In The Tropicz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]9[/font] [a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/Battlez.html"](Battle)[/a][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/4-HighOnSweetz.html"]Area [font color=Red]4[/font] "[font color=Orange]High On Sweetz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]13[/font] [a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/Battlez.html"](Battle)[/a][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/5-HighRollerz.html"]Area [font color=Red]5[/font] "[font color=Orange]High Rollerz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]17[/font] [a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/Battlez.html"](Battle)[/a][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/6-Honey,IShrunkTheGruntz.html"]Area [font color=Red]6[/font] "[font color=Orange]Honey, I Shrunk The Gruntz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]21[/font] [a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/Battlez.html"](Battle)[/a][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/7-TheMiniatureMasterz.html"]Area [font color=Red]7[/font] "[font color=Orange]The Miniature Masterz[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]25[/font] [a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/Battlez.html"](Battle)[/a][/td]
[td][a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/8-GruntzInSpace.html"]Area [font color=Red]8[/font] "[font color=Orange]Gruntz In Space[/font]"[/a]
Level [font color=Red]29[/font] [a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/Battlez.html"](Battle)[/a][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Date Released:[/td]
[td][img width=32 height=32 src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/Calendar.gif"][/td]
[td]Month Day, [a href="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/2023CLz.html"]2023[/a][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Status:[/td]
[td][img width=32 height=32 src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/avatars/On-line.gif"][/td]
[td]Designing[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Notes:[/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/Note.gif"][/td]
[td]Size=? ([color=Red]?[/color]X[color=Red]?[/color])
Density=?[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][a href=https://gooroosgruntz.info/custom/BATTLEZ.wwd][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/editor/Imagez/Download.gif"][/a][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/ThumbsDown.gif"][/td]
[td]Not available for download[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][a href=https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/BATTLEZ/Statz.jpg][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/BATTLEZ/StatzThumb.jpg"] Statz Page[/a] image[/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/ThumbsDown.gif"][/td]
[td]Not yet[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][a href=https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/BATTLEZ/BATTLEZ.jpg][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/hintz/Custom/DESIGNER/BATTLEZ/ThumbNail.jpg"] View the map![/a][/td]
[td][img src="https://gooroosgruntz.info/images/ThumbsDown.gif"][/td]
[td]Not yet[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
Inside links, replace "DESIGNER" with your nickname (aka 'handle') and "BATTLEZ" with your level's name.
Battle template example:
| Designer: | | Zu |
| Level Set: |  4HS/HS | Area 4 "High On Sweetz" Level 13 (Battle) |
| Date Released: | | Month Day, 2019 |
| Status: | | Designing |
| Notes: | | Size=? (?X?) Density=? |
| | Not yet |
 Statz Page image | | Not yet |
 View the map! | | Not yet |
You can place any more notes about your level after the template part, like the ideas behind it or other background information, or any tile attributes that you changed or extra features you would like to talk about.
Before your Custom Level is released to the public however, it has to be verified (Beta-tested) by another forum member. The goal is to find issues overlooked by the designer and ensure that the level is fully playable before release. In case of a Quest - a statz page with a "Perfect" score must be provided. For a Battle - any statz page proving that other forts may be conquered will be sufficient. Post a message under your thread asking for testers or contact an active member of the forum and they'll definitely help you out!
Writing a walkthrough can significantly speed up the verification process if your Quest is somewhat difficult. Text documents, YouTube videos and the like are all acceptable. You may also consider making an extensive GooRoo style walkthrough:
HTML Walkthrough Instructions:
Organize folderz on your hard drive, in order to be able to display the entire walkthrough by selecting "Index.html". Some componentz are re-usable by an author, and some by everyone, so there are three tierz:
Everyone: (These even may be used for the Standard Levelz!)
- C:\Games\Gruntz\Walkthroughz\ (I use 'hintz' instead of 'Walkthroughz', so anything goes)
Where Games is the path to your Gruntz folder ... it may be several folderz deep.
(But I feel that simply "C:\Games\" is sufficient for our purposez.
)
My hard drive path is: ..Gruntz\hintz\Custom\GooRoo\Olio\Index.html (for example).
Author: (Your Gruntz 'handle') - C:\Games\Gruntz\hintz\Custom\DESIGNER\
- Author.html
- Acknowledgementz.html (optional)
Custom Level: ("Olio", for example)
C:\..\DESIGNER\QUESTZ\- About.html (Sometimes the title of the Custom Level suggests what play may be like.)
- Coinz.html (Ideal: an ordered (numbered? ... Great!) list of Coinz to be acquired)
- Gruntz.html (A list of all of the Gruntz and the Toolz/Toyz they start out with; newly baked Gruntz as well.)
- Index.html (the controlling part of the document)
- Secretz.html (Red Warp and Secret Switch (?) locationz)
- Toolz.html (optional ... if Gruntz start with Toolz and acquire no new onez)
- Toyz.html (optional ... if Gruntz start with Toyz and acquire no new onez)
- PowerUpz.html (optional ... none may be required in the CL)
- Walkthrough.html(where you write the 'How to', perhapz in story form )
- WarpLetterz.html(where you find any
, 
, 
, and/or 
goodiez) - Statz.jpg (screenshot of a "PERFECT!" result)
- IMAGE1.jpg supporting screenshotz for your walkthrough.
- Perfectly acceptable image namez are "Picture1", "Figure1", "CrumbleBridge", etc.
)After your level's testing is finished and a statz page is provided (preferably in .jpg format), it may be officially published on the forum. Send your files to an active administrator (such as GooRoo) and they'll be added to the forum's web host. If you set up your template correctly, your files should be available from template links immediately after upload. Note that all file names will have their spaces and apostrophes removed, and plurals end with a 'z' instead of 's'.
One more thing left to do at this point is the creation of a "View the map!" image, which acts as a preview of your level to any forum visitors. It's normally made of screenshots of the entire map in-game, merged together into one graphic file. If you make one yourself, you'll save the staff members some time and effort.
Is something not explained clearly enough? Have any additional questions or suggestions? Share them here!