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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Nov 25, 2022 14:27:03 GMT -8
As with "Clubs..." my part in making this one playable exempts me from being a proper BETA tester.
So would someone please play it through so it may be distributed to the Gruntz Fanz? Listen, when I get back to Gruntz from my break, I will fix it. I'll start my break in December and will be back from it in March 2023. If that's too long of a wait I understand. But I got tired of the game that's why I'm taking a break.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Nov 21, 2022 16:43:52 GMT -8
I have to recuse myself, since I had a part in making the puzzle playable to a "PERFECT!" solution.
Is anybody willing to prove this one worthy of distribution via BETA testing? Swiet already tested it and said he didn't like it, and I don't think it's ready for that yet. I will gladly fix the problems, but not now I am gonna take a long break from Gruntz starting in December, and will be back in March.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Nov 6, 2022 16:13:35 GMT -8
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Nov 4, 2022 12:04:28 GMT -8
BTW, since YOU created the Announcement, you can do an "Edit" and add the date after what I had on the Date Created line.Yeah I'll do that.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Nov 4, 2022 10:22:42 GMT -8
Oh I think there should also be information about when this level was originally released. Otherwise people would confuse this with a new level which it's not.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Nov 3, 2022 17:41:35 GMT -8
Here is a quick sneak peak of the level. The actual level should be ready in a few days. Attachments:
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Nov 3, 2022 12:03:33 GMT -8
By GooRoo's request I made this thread.
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JUNGLE
Oct 28, 2022 15:22:30 GMT -8
Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Oct 28, 2022 15:22:30 GMT -8
I'm working on a let's play of this and wow, I have to say this right now. This level is a MASSIVE improvement over Gaspi's Golf level it actually tries something new.
I never thought of using raids on spy gears that's very interesting.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Oct 27, 2022 9:05:16 GMT -8
I completed one non-Gruntz project and decided to try again to finish this one from the Boxing Glovez CheckPoint Switch ... and suceeded! Perhaps I aided DgVoodoo by doing a re-boot via a Microsoft Windows update. (Three times I fumble-fingered with the SuperSpeed PowerUp ... missing the Blue Wormhole and was stabbed into Goo trying to get back to it.)
This little (in solving time) Quest has some interesting solutions in a few mini-puzzlez! The opening scene can take quite a bit of time ... or be solved with one shot, if you are lucky. And I had a very thin red line at the end ... one Spikez Tile would have done me in. I went back to this level to see how much it holds up too in a let's play, and yeah honestly I like it too. It's very simple, but it still has charm to it. My opinion on my old levels has changed I now like most of them.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Oct 22, 2022 17:32:34 GMT -8
Here is an update regarding this project.
I'll start working on it in November, I think that's the best course of action.
Since I want to get Halloween-themed projects ready before the end of October for once, it's best to focus mostly on them, and start working on the level when they're all finished. Hope you guys understand.
But yeah as soon as I start it won't be too long until it's finished, as like I said I want to keep this level simple to hold you guys over while I still think about things to do with the bigger level, Casino Madness.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Oct 19, 2022 12:12:21 GMT -8
I don't know when Casino Madness will be ready, this will be to hold you guys over until it is. This will be a simple level and straight forward, like my old levels were.
Original version of the level by Blaze The Movie Fan, overhauled and expanded by swietymiki.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Oct 18, 2022 10:46:55 GMT -8
Well, my problems with playing Gruntz on the Windoze 10 laptop continue. Gruntz locks up frequently, sometimes so thoroughly that not even Task Manager can take over to kick it out. And even at best, my screen reverts to 640X480 pixel display ... not just in Gruntz, but when Gruntz is not running the display is contracted. So my own play will have to wait until I can make space for the XP computer to be used again. I will now complete the move to Gruntz In Space and update the five indices and distribute i via email. Sorry to hear it. I hope Gruntz will work on that other PC you have.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Oct 12, 2022 12:01:02 GMT -8
Is the walkthrough still available for this? The link is broken. Nope ... several of his walk-throughs were lost due to the use of 'free' hosting ... and my failure to capture them and store them on the paid-for(!) web host. This is why I comment frequently about not wanting people to post links to their own (frequently 'free' ... and fleeting!) web hosts. I blame myself for not catching those things and copying them to my hard drive and uploading them to the web host ... and replacing the (soon to be broken) links with links that will endure. Oh about that, the thing is I shut down the website on my own, I remember that. The service host didn't expire or anything like that, the reason I shut it down is because I wanted to move on. Though looking back I probably should have saved some of the pages before I did. Sorry it took be 7 years to tell you this, I should have said this much sooner.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Sept 28, 2022 17:20:22 GMT -8
Honestly, I was a stupid kid back then that wanted everything easy. It really is embarrassing how I made stuff easy to the point it's insulting. It's bad enough I did it with my custom quest levels, but this proves I wasn't any better when it came to battle levels, I'm so ashamed.
Yeah, everything MMM said was accurate. But what makes it even worse is that the AI's are too dumb to realize they are supposed to ignore the slime, so you don't have to worry about enemy grunts from the other side taking over your castle.
Yeah, it's embarrassing how easy it is to get swords in this level, as well as how easy it is to get invincibility powerup. And they all also spawn far too quickly.
I am ashamed of this level I really am. It is one of the worst battle levels ever made.
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'eyyyy
Sept 16, 2022 14:04:01 GMT -8
Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Sept 16, 2022 14:04:01 GMT -8
Welcome I have been playing Gruntz since it started. I was one of the earliest level makers, I'm retired from that now. Nice to see you I am willing to answer any question you have.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Sept 16, 2022 8:40:14 GMT -8
I went back to the level tried finding positives about it, and I couldn't.
In fact it made me just more ashamed of it. The only positive thing I can say is that it's original, but that's not a major positive, it really is a terrible level sadly. Can anyone think of positives? Because I can't.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Sept 13, 2022 10:26:45 GMT -8
I know the The Miniature Masterz titleset is supposed to be based on golf, and most of the things in it are relevant to golf, except one thing. The bridges look like bandages. What do they have to do with golf? Can someone explain that to me?
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Sept 9, 2022 12:50:45 GMT -8
Hold on, this is also a name of an animated show on Cartoon Network, is it a coincidence? Yeah probably since this level predates that show by a couple of years, it's a funny one though.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Sept 8, 2022 9:38:11 GMT -8
I might as well explain what I think of this news. It's horrible this happened, but honestly it was bound to, I know Paul himself moved on from Gruntz a lot time ago, he never even posted here as far as I'm aware.
It was nice of him to post my levels on his site, although they were terrible, I do remember talking to him a bit before he left.
Of course it costs money to keep a site on the Internet, and since he doesn't care about Gruntz anymore, of course his website would be down eventually, I'm actually surprised it took this long.
May his website rest in peace, it was a great site.
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Post by Blaze The Movie Fan on Sept 7, 2022 10:21:12 GMT -8
Just so you guys know I plan on replaying this level later this month and try to be optimistic about it. (though GooRoo's post he made when he updated the level makes it a bit harder) I hope there are good aspects of the level to find. I know it's a mess.
If any of you can think of something positive about it, feel free to tell me, I am gonna look for something like that when Id o the let's play. I am ashamed of it. But I was a kid when I made it, so it's understandable why it's bad, but yeah I am gonna try being optimistic I will be as optimistic as possible when I replay the level soon.
I'll make another post after I'm done and tell you what I said in a nutshell in my let's play of it.
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