Megaman Maker X Level Pack - MMX Operation Plus Ultra - Topman Stage

We wrap up Top's stage with the final two remaining sections, Train Transport and Topman's planet. Train transport section took the longest out of the two since I had to account for which way the player would take to enter each car, so I had to tone down the enemies and figure out how long I wanted this section to be. The planet portion was the most fun to do since I did a little mini-hybrid of Wire Sponge's stage with Topman's MM3 stage. Then the eye candy gets better towards the last stretch of the planet portion of the stage. Topman's boss fight is probably the second best part of this whole level. On the fore-front Topman alone is a pretty boring boss in Megaman Maker, so to spice things up, I made it to where he engages with the environment, and you have to use the spacing around you to manuever his Tops. Now a speedrunner, might find a way to cheese this boss fight but I found it to be enjoyable to create and I don't want to increase the difficulty anymore than it has to (except for Extreme mode). Again, I tried to vary the enemy diversity, so it didn't feel like you were fighting the same enemy over and over again (I might apply that to varying the challenge that each enemy
presents, to lessen the need to add more-different enemies).
Looking back, if you guys find Top's fight to be too difficult, I'll make some adjustments. Then finally, I might copy and paste Top's planet portion over to a different section of the map to lengthen it up a bit, since I ran out of room, as you can see on the map (which resulted in a disjoint teleporter to the boss room).
Next, we hop off to our sixth maverick Cryptic Pumpkin, who is probably my second favorite of the 8. Both the stage, robot master, and boss music pays some homage to our fellow Psycho Man from MMN Remix. This stage focuses on a Ghost n Goblin x Castlevania. In the same vein as this stage and Bon Bon, Pumpkin's is another action focused stage, where you platform through a haunted forest/village - mansion, with the geography of the setting changing based on how far you are in the level. While his first half is designed near perfectly, I am leaning towards lengthening the first half a tad bit before putting out the preview video.
Given that I am in my final stretch of college, it may be a bit before you guys see a preview, but rest assured, Pumpkin's stage will be out before you know it ;).
Level ID: 502217
Download Link: oradwane73.wix...
Discord: / discord

[@emirarsyadtemenggung]

Hello, Firesawdust. How about your Mega Man X Operation Plus Ultra? And after upload this video, then could you upload Mega Man Next Remix January Demo Mega Man Story 4th Sissy Run using another route (Intro - Otaku - Stealth - Strider - Arsenal - Jet - Mirror - Warlock - Psycho - Pro - Nunchaku - Circuitry - Sandstorm - Celsius - Plasma - Balloon - Shark - Brick - Punch - Dramatic + all anti virus items collected + robot masters showcase) this week, but read this message first, please Firesawdust?

[@Firesawdust]

@@emirarsyadtemenggung I would but I want to wait till the next update comes out. The more I play the game, the more I get impatient lol. Can’t wait for Roll Next though. I’ll tell you what though, whenever I get time to stream, I’ll focus on the Next series :)

[@mopbrothers]

Very nice level! I like the first half with the buildings the most! Can’t wait to get my desktop fixed so I can stream levels.

[@Firesawdust]

@@mopbrothers I’m glad you like it so far! Yeah, I would say the train section is probably the weakest of the 3 sections mostly since it’s kinda just linear. Like there’s not much you can add unless you are coding, which I could add more environmental influences. I really love how this stage pushed my text-editing decorations. I had to use two - three tiles to compliment each other, otherwise you’ll form something that doesn’t make sense or looks bland, so I had to stretch my imagination a bit. I might go back to re-palette a few portions of this stage in the final build, but other than that, I can’t say that I didn’t have fun! XD I can’t wait either man, you made some pretty good quality stream and the way you set up the screen helps you stand out from most MMM streamers.

[@mopbrothers]

@@Firesawdust Thanks Fire, I'm glad to have a MMM friend like you :) There's so much that can be done with MMM and we haven't even gotten to 1.9. I plan to make a big junkyard themed level. I hope Junk Man (and maybe Dust Man) get added! The art is what drives me to make these levels and watch others play!

[@Firesawdust]

@@mopbrothers Same here! So far I got you, Jet, and Retro. Then if you go outside the MMM box, I got Wade and Emi lol. I can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with, they’ll be a review waiting for it ;). My advice is similar to this level, let your imagination spread. One thing that the X Mod taught me was to appreciate 1.7.5, because while it doesn’t have as many asserts of 1.8 nor 1.9, you can do so much with a limited number of them. Like with this stage, I was taught that you can still use a limited number of enemies as long as you strategically place them, allowing for each unique encounter with them. Even the best part, Topman boss fight. I had to be really creative, because normally I would do simple boss arena challenges or do a robot master duo, but since that wouldn’t really work with Topman, I had to think of how to make the boss fight a bit more engaging. With me consistently refining his boss arena with the Top platforms, spacing in the walls, and the rail platforms, I finally crafted a boss fight where it appears like Top Man can attack at different parts of the arena. I still feel a bit iffy on the boss fight, so if players think it is too difficult, I might make some adjustments to nerf the difficulty but save the original fight for Extreme mode or for a Hard Mode. That innoventive thinking is what makes working in this Mod so special.