Pizza Tower CYOP: Black Mesa P-rank

Level by wael10004
Play it here: gamebanana.com/mods/493868
It requires this version of CYOP: gamebanana.com/mods/466970
Level Review:
While this level is quite cool in its art direction and clever use of reskinning enemies I have a few problems with it level design wise
1. It drags on a bit too long, I feel like some of the rooms could have been removed, IMO a good pizza tower level is at least 6 - 10 minutes long counting lap 2
2. It introduces too many things at once and doesnt do anything with them! while the rocket and portals are shown off fine at the start and the shotgun makes sense, you just get hit out of nowhere with rails, conveyor belts, a ramp, the ball transformation, a random cannon goblin, and a xen bounce pad which shows up once
3. The level design can be confusing at times, you dont quite know where to go on the first few attempts, I kept going the wrong way and had to trial and error the rocket segments because I didnt know when I should turn or go up, the level would benefit significantly if there were arrows to guide you in most areas
4. this might just be a me thing but the xen tile set kind of blends into the background a bit, the original xen design with its reddish greyish floor and blue background would of worked a bit better instead of the black mesa design
I give this level a B rank out of a P rank (6/10)

[@FaitalRyuu]

Peppino Spaghetti, in the flesh. Or should I say the chef's hat? I've taken the liberty of relieving you of your Toppins. Most of them were government property. As for the P Ranks, I think you've earned them. The Pizza Tower is in our control for the time being, thanks to you. Quite a nasty piece of work you managed over there. I am impressed. That’s why I’m here, Mr. Spaghetti. I have recommended your services to my employers, and they have authorized me to offer you a job. They agree with me that you have limitless potential. You’ve proved yourself a decisive man, so I don’t expect you’ll have any trouble deciding what to do. If you’re interested, just step into the pizza and I will take that as a yes. Otherwise, well...I can offer you a battle you have no chance of winning. Rather an anticlimax, after what you’ve just survived. Time to choose...

[@maxdeqtyarev8044]

Underrated comment

[@mr.shplorb662]

Rated comment

[@spinebreaker5167]

God, you made it work so well. This is legit one of the funniest shit ever read.

[@susangoaway]

Why are you locked in the oven?

[@Markm8]

super taunt goes "HONK"

[@liiuu7y]

"peppino doesn't need to hear all this he's a highly trained professional!" - Dr Coomer

[@awkward_eagle123]

A pizza professional

[@jeffd.683]

Look, Peppino, ropes! We can use them to - HELP ME, PEPPINO! ... *LOOK, PEPPINO! WE'VE MADE IT TO THE SURFACE!*

[@awkward_eagle123]

@@jeffd.683 HELLO PEPPINO

[@elalejoz677]

Pick up that toppin...

[@joweechao]

i love how they had a big rail segment as a way to represent On a Rail

[@Ribbons0121R121]

especially considering how non linear on a rail is

[@peety0792]

Now imagine a sugary spire level that takes place in aperture labs from portal

[@leodmans]

Both games are in same universe so it can be both

[@promaster424]

If I knew how to make a good level design I would've done that

[@Dyedraina]

Oooh and portals being one of the gimmicks would actually make sense unlike most cyop levels

[@JHWaWa]

There is a sugary spire cyop mod im working on

[@Scottc82]

@@JHWaWa what's the name of it

[@WhyDidIJustEatThat]

THE CHEEKY TAUNT AT 11:19 I CANT

[@GlowDarkBat]

Ready to get funky!" *does the rose taunt*

[@arriasinsanite4886]

"look gordon ! the pizza delivery is here !"

[@gladoseon4117]

Should’ve been called “Black Masa”, with Masa being the Spanish word for dough

[@MarcoAntonioColioGallardo]

Heh, good one

[@roman71oficial]

Mesa already means something in Spanish, it means table

[@bluejewel8598]

​@@roman71oficial But now it's a pizza reference

[@EmirGarcia-ui2gb]

​@@roman71oficial Here is a spanish, that also how we call biome were the Black Mesa faciltity is, "Meseta" or just "mesa"

[@Levyafan]

Mesotto Nero. Nero being Italian for 'black' and the whole thing being a pun for risotto nero, a squid ink colored rice dish.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

the secret treasure should have been the microwave casserole

[@CrusaderTheFirst]

I was kind of hoping for a "headcrab zombie" transformation when a headcrab latches on to peppino, having similar function to zombie wario from wario land 4.

[@dald22]

that seems a little advance for CYOP, that would require making custom code which even modded versions of CYOP cant even do

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

it could just be a retextured Mort, since headcrabs have an impressive jump anyways

[@thebiolibrary5572]

I feel like, if a headcrab jumped on Peppino's head, he'd wrest to get it off, running around uncontrollably until he can successfully rip it off his head.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

@@thebiolibrary5572 ...why didn't he do that with Mort, then?

[@spongebobmusicuhg3420]

That's basically just how the Sticky Cheese transformation works.

[@-F3n]

no wonder why it introduces too many things, peppino spawned right before the end of residue processing and into surface tension

[@lilwyvern4]

"Why do we all have to wear these _ridiculous_ chef's hats?" "Do you know who ate all the pizzas?"

[@lofiduringmidnight7258]

wouldn't you like to have one of THESE pizza samples

[@unimportantcommenter4356]

I wouldn't have thought that Vandoorea's Diabolical Adrelanin Guitar remix would be so fitting for a Pizza Tower level.

[@majro7298]

Mr. Spaghetti, in the flesh. Or, rather, in the chef's hat...

[@joshadventure8253]

The small details, the valve intro for the opening theme to the level, I’ve only just started watching and it’s perfect

[@SrElite077]

NO WAY, PIZZA TOWER HALF LIFE LEVEL? I F*CKING LOVE THIS

[@user-puthison]

How Otis escaped the Black Mesa

[@docktor.-den6134]

I like this level. Cool. Whoever wrote it did a great job. The only thing that upsets me is that there are no HECU soldiers at the level, but only military equipment. It wouldn’t be so noticeable if they weren’t shown in a whole crowd on the screensaver.

[@captaincrafter8936]

I absolutely love the banger song of this level

[@garsonofficial_]

We need it to be published somewhere

[@stubeet39]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5OZoqZ5m75gars

[@111gamerpro]

gordon freeman:i will kill everthing he moves and am pretty good in parkour and movements peppino:velocity

[@tylerandari12]

This level looks really cool. Only real complaints are the background of the science team things (havent played Half like, i just know its the room Peppino spawns in) are a bit busy and makes it hard to tell whats ground and whats not, and certain things like doors also dont stand out enough to know thay theyre not background deco, other than that this looks sick.

[@minibotas9496]

Yeah, the doors and gates should be open with a black void behind them to indicate they’re not part of the background

[@hyperon_ion9423]

They also need to make the color palette different for the background. Having the foreground and background be different overall shades goes a _loooong way_ in helping players identify the layout of the map on the fly.

[@willhart9699]

So this is Half Life 3

[@Amero2005]

As a Half-Life fan I love this.

[@jasoncampbell3558]

Yo, this is sick! A fully custom level, with unique art, enemy sprites and stuff? Awesome! This kinda stuff takes time, especially if it's trying to match Pizza Towers style, but when we get them they can be some real bangers man! Awesome!

[@Tomahawks360]

I love how Adrenaline Diabolic Guitar got fully remade in Pizza Tower style, but You're not supposed to be here just has minor changes. It's just that good.

[@sanskieth]

"Ah! hello peppino! another day another dollar!"

[@danboyle5278]

“Are you seriously making pizza by yourself?” “No! I’m with the science team!”

[@tehFozzeY]

1:52 I can see your M.I.T. education really pays for itself.

[@user-vv7wu8rc8w]

9:20 Finally we know who ate all the doughnuts P.s. 11:18 that was smooth, my dude

[@Ninjay_2009]

This level looks amazing even just looking at the first minute It's got goddamn animated headcrab enemies! I haven't played halflife so I may not get all the references but it looks sick nontheless

[@64_three]

SQUAD GET SPAGHETTI

[@thatguyfromshcool]

"Do you know who ate all the pizza?"

[@pizzatowerlapguy]

missed opportunity to make gerome a scientist

[@TheBlu04]

As a Source and GldSrc player since 2013, I approve of this Edit: Hey, catch me later I'll buy you a beer!

[@kirklinguinihoodinithecubo8525]

To keep it in the cooking/pizza theme, the level should of been named like Charred Black Mesa

[@onionero]

Area 30 (Minutes or less)

[@thestallion8413]

Peppino got an order for Gordon Freeman just before the resonance cascade, and he takes the "30 minutes or it's free" line very seriously.

[@FreakZillA88]

This is a really well done level!

[@edd_end]

Why didn't Gordon do lap 2 in the og?

[@kroww5h848]

Gman put him in stasis before he could reach the lap 2 portal.

[@alack3879]

"Im just sayin the resonance cascade'd v gone alot different if i was there" Gerodino Francesco

[@diamondhero3804]

This is one of the most amazing mods I have seen in a game, I even recognized a few areas like the shipping container one!

[@jacplac97]

Not gonna lie, that remix of Diabolical Adrenaline Guitar slaps hard.

[@quint3ssent1a]

Very fast italian running at incredibly high speed

[@DinkyKnag]

I wasnt expecting an engire recreation of Half Life 1 as a Pizza Tower leve, but man is it beautiful

[@AbsoluteDark]

THIS IS AWSOME.

[@ReticularTunic7]

Wow, this guy actually made sprites of the Half-Life enemies.

[@HandmadeGoose97]

Half-Slice 3 confirmed?!

[@whitegorilla1368]

ahh, fastman. its good to see you

[@PeterSpaghetti69]

WHEN THE FUNNY HITS!!!! GORDON FREEMAN AND PEPPINO SPAGHETTI IN THE SAME GAME HUZZAH

[@oldmonitor2748]

this cyop level is so cool

[@stopasking968]

They're waiting for you Peppino... In the Test Chamberrrr...

[@ShelldonJPlankton]

Those custom enemies are cool

[@TheCrystalMage]

Tbh i kinda whished the bg would change when pizza time activated or at least a reference to the resonance cascade

[@RauPa-kx1uq]

I like the background music

[@ZaKaRuM76]

HL2 could have been completely different if we got something like this escape sequence instead of G-Man and his portal

[@Ribbons0121R121]

the music perfectly timing on the run out tho

[@stubeet39]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5OZoqZ5m75gars

[@Quickdrawingartist]

Seeing the enemies fly in those poses is giving me "big ouchies". And actually like how there's no side tune for the secret areas.

[@MaxdoomWatcher]

I like how the title card music is Valve's intro music

[@bread64]

Look Gordon we made it black to Black Mesa

[@DianaTheVixen]

The taunt right before the drop during the escape was amazing

[@BottleWaterson]

Another Day Another Pizza

[@spv4711]

The head crabs should have been bread crabs

[@xj58]

yeah that was recorded in cheesed up the pattern and palette + smooth slope angle

[@donaldsedig7045]

" Time Again, for,pizza." - Gman.

[@objectoons6370]

finaly we can make the fanmade titlecards reality

[@ButtonMasherReal]

This would be the Black Mesa Incident if Black Mesa contracted Peppino instead of Big Tony

[@SAXYGIBUSMAN]

Damn, this level looks amazing! Now it's time to wait for a port of Pizza Tower to Half-Life B)

[@User-hg4xn]

"Don't pizza, I'm with the tower team!"

[@TheManForU]

Vinny watched this on stream 💀

[@Compwnter]

fire

[@user-jp1us8ew4d]

типичный спидран по халф Лайф

[@foxywild1780]

The only one person I know to oneshot tanks and even the freaking Nihilanth is Pepino Spaghetti

[@jackgrove4621]

scientist: do you know who ate all the pizza?

[@RealProtonPrompt]

Didn't know you can make custom sprited enemies in CYOP!

[@lewatoaofair2522]

“Do you know who ate all the toppings?”

[@KingPBJames]

I don't know if I'm getting old or if I need a CRT monitor to play this. Someday I'm going to get an old monitor or TV again and see if I can still keep up with these games like I used to.

[@DrrZed]

Great. Now I want someone to make a Half-Life mod where Freeman first has to get to Nihilant and then rush back to the dormitories.

[@benblack5126]

Peppino doesnt need to P this hes a highly trained professional

[@SuperPerry1000]

Wait we making custom levels now? Damn that's cool.

[@ethanwilde4716]

And now we need Peppino bolting around the old empty Apature Laboratories.

[@ron_the_coolguy7897]

sick

[@thatdumbguy4131]

Imagine if the guy who made this level dose a tf2 level where peppino have to get into the enemy base and steal their intel

[@Garnox_]

this level looks awesome. I find the music weird (only for the part before xen) but also 14 minutes for a single level??? I play pizza tower very casually not trying that much to combo so I feel like it'd take me like 20 minutes to beat. it also seems the creator tried to add as many mechanics as he could without much care but it's still a nice level. you have a lot of skill to P rank such a level!

[@xj58]

by looking at palettes i think ot was recorded in cheesed up

[@botbuster8841]

the right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world, so wake up mr. spaghetti, wake up and smell the ashes

[@AtomicToucan]

Has a better return to Xen then Prospekt

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

Not even the resonance cascade will stop Peppino delivering your pizza.

[@MissUmbra]

Rise and Shine, Mr. Spaghetti…

[@C0ZMIK5K1TTL35]

"Hello Pepino!"

[@graczpl2tozajebistykanalkjest]

I wouldn't be surprised if that collab would happen Valve loves to collabs with other developers

[@BoyKisser_6969]

Pizza mesa

[@Kesvalk]

damn, Half Life 3 gameplay looking fire!

[@joshuawiener5003]

The Nihilinth didn't stand a chance

[@deathplayz7616]

Tower Mesa

[@RealProtonPrompt]

Pretty solid level. I like the custom enemies and John, the G-Man blocks, and all the other stuff, but I still got some complaints. The first BG is super confusing because it has the same palette as the tileset, the level drags on for too long, the Xen tileset looks really weird because Peppino kinda clips through it, the doors are hard to see because as a previous commenter mentioned, there's no black void behind them, and the level kinda just throws a few too many mechanics in your face. Also the perfectly straight ladders and doors rub off on me the wrong way, because that does just _not_ fit Pizza Tower's artstyle. Still a pretty nice level.

[@glagglegreeny]

10:24 love the ping 😂

[@sleepy-fc6rf]

Cool concept but I feel like it's too long and the outdoor sections look extremely samey. Also, the platforms in Xen could look at least slightly less identical to fhe background. Cool level though. I liked Nihilanth being the pillar.

[@primarchvulkan4013]

So this is how speedrunning Half Life looks like

[@flamingnote]

the nihilanth pillar lmfaoo

[@HaydenMine-sv2fv]

this is what every enemy of half life 1 sees when gordon starts b-hopping

[@Jekt_ProducktionReal]

Waiting for half life 2 level

[@screane5739]

pizza tower if mcpig knew what he was fucking doing