SMW Just Keef Opening Scene

[@bensalot3568]

For those still waiting to play this new version, it's still comin along. I'm having some trouble with coding a couple of things I am trying to implement so I hope you can all bare with me a while longer. Thanks for playing and I can assure you if you love this you'll love what's coming.

[@bensalot3568]

@UCZsb0bXgRW3snpcl1i4IiXg I did. It is very impressive but I'm probably going to stick with this intro. Thing I never liked about the GBA intro is all it says is that the mario bros clearly see a bunch of koopas and bullet bills and stuff and then wonder how peach could have possibly been captured. I will say after playing it a little im gonna pat myself on the back cause that hack makes use of the mario/luigi switching routine I made and posted to smwcentral. Not a HUGE accomplishment but I started this knowing nothing about coding so I was pretty happy when I pulled off writing that code. Currently im working on something that expands on that code actually. Not to give too much away but one of my favorite gaming concepts was finding unlockable characters ;-)

[@bensalot3568]

Update: Plumbers Log, Progress continues on the Update. Got some big ideas in store. I know this has taken a long time so I figured I would give ya little spoiler for your patience. One of the many changes being made is that I have been working on a system for Unlockable Characters! Almost got that working but I am by no means an expert on coding so there are a lot of details I have not figured out yet. I will say that I got the concept working about 90%. I have 2 characters that can be unlocked, all with custom gfx and even abilities. They show up on the world map correctly and can be swapped out at the push of a button. I still am having issues with displaying their names in the status bar and the "So and So Start!" parts. I also havent figured out how to give them their own moving physics yet but its coming along. This is only one of the many things I have added to the update so keep baring with me and I promise you won't be disappointed.

[@TalkingBen179]

Oh just what I needed

[@pacmanman1]

Take as much time as you need with this, looking forward to playing it again!

[@Rtks2024]

Hey Ben, make widescreen plz ❤

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

I love how the plot is the exact opposite of what happens in the Mario Advance 2 remake

[@bensalot3568]

This version aims to be more based on the original US instruction manual story.

[@AwesomeGamer-om4hm]

@@bensalot3568 Seeing this, imagine if the 2-player version uses the US plot while the switchable character version uses the SMA2 plot to mirror the plots each version got. If that doesn't work out, maybe have both plots combined via Peach taking a walk like the US version while the Bros. experiment with capes like the GBA version.

[@bensalot3568]

Plumbers Log I know that many of you have been waiting patiently for the 6.0 update and by now probably just given up due to lack of information from me for a long time now. Between this project and the merry Mountain Christmas Adventure project released a bit over a year ago, I had gotten myself pretty burned out. Rest assured I do intend on finishing the Just Keef edition update. There are many new features that have been implemented and I unfortunately bit off a bit more that I could handle. There are new Yoshi's in the game and a lot of work had to be put into implementing them so that they fit naturally, due to the color scheme of the game I had to add in New koopas and Goombas, among a few other enemies, that had to not only have unique mechanics but also had to make sure that they were compatible with all the Yoshi's and in the case of Koopas, had to make them compatible with the vanilla ones when they jump into other colored shells. I am also trying to integrate a character swapping mechanic and the ability to unlock new characters. A new level is being worked on and I've added a few new dinosaurs. I've added in cutscenes at the beginning and end among many other features and of course many fixes from the older version. I hope you all understand why this is taking so long. That being said if anybody would like to help with some things, I am having trouble with some of the ASM work I need done and I could use a level designer to help me make this new level shine and help improve the old ones that I made. I will say i do not need any sprite artists. No offense, its just that I constantly get offers for that and it just isn't what I need help with. If you have any interest in helping in this project with the things I do need, send me a PM on smwcentral.net especially if you are good at ASM. I truly want this hack to shine and I want players to feel as though this should have been how the game was supposed to be all along. Help would be appreciated but if not all I truly ask is for your patience and just know that the project is not dead.

[@Rtks2024]

But what about your ass???? When are you going to give us the hole?

[@nmcmann44]

Hey Bensalot - Just wanted to give a huge thank you for your hard work with the Rom Hack. You have taken a masterpiece and made it even better. This is now my definitive version!!

[@bensalot3568]

I appreciate that. Been workin hard to really make this hack shine. Still workin on the new update so keep checking back. Lots of new features in the works. New yoshis, unlockable characters, and countless glitch fixes.

[@theelectronicbunny3368]

Hey, when you continue this game, are there any plans to combine it with(or do something similar) to the SMW Widescreen hack? Already this is probably the best way to play the game, but that would probably take it to a whole new level.

[@bensalot3568]

Interesting. I wasn't aware of the widescreen version. No promises but I'll see what I can do. I have a surprise side project coming out pretty soon so make sure to keep checking back.

[@BlackTigerClaws]

I actually started doing speedruns of this game (haven't started streaming then yet because I don't have a working capture device yet). Currently, I'm doing 11-exit, and I love that the game is so similar to vanilla SMW, but just different enough to make you work in some new movement. I can't wait for the finished product!!

[@bensalot3568]

Plumbers Log, My work continues steadily on bringing this hack to it's full potential. I cannot believe how long it takes to add even the tiniest of details to this thing. Just keeping you posted and letting you know the project is far from abandoned. Currently I am working on making the ending of the game into more of a credits cutscene rather than having Mario walk for 6 minutes. I know that when it comes to hacking people tend to care more about the level design and whatnot but I have always felt small cutscenes and the like tend to bring the characters more to life and make things feel a bit more real in a way. Anyway, hope you all are enjoying spring and I'll let you know when this project is getting close.

[@riqopowpow]

Take your time bro, this hacks is amazing Btw, any chance you can add the mario advance 2 cutscenes for when you collect all yoshi coins or when you finish star road or those are impossible?

[@bensalot3568]

@@riqopowpow nothing is impossible. Improbable, unlikely, but never impossible lol. That being said, those are a bit tricky with my skill set. I plan on attempting something for them but can't guarantee what it is yet. Currently im working on making the ending credits more cinematic. Still got a new level in the works but am having a bit of creators block on it. I have a gimmick for it but the design just hasn't come to me yet. I already have some cool new features in terms of unlockables and general gameplay mechanics but one thing im really trying to get working is unlockable characters. Also want to get another boss thing to work but havent gotten there yet. I know its taking me a long time but I hope everyone will see and appreciate why its taking so long when I eventually do release it.

[@nmcmann44]

I am loving your creation. Take your time and be proud of all the amazing work you are giving to this game.

[@Rexred09]

Is it weird that I just can’t look at this scene without the JP theme playing in my head

[@bensalot3568]

Believe me if I could find a 16 bit version of that music that's what you would be hearin lol

[@emanueljolldashi9141]

This looks amazing a love it a can't wait for the upcoming new update of this game

[@bensalot3568]

It'll be worth the wait. Lots of new functions and things to discover while maintaining all the charm of the original game.

[@mundodiamantejm]

Wow

[@brunochavesanimais]

in next version, will have a purple yoshi too?

[@bensalot3568]

That along with many other surprises

[@brunochavesanimais]

@@bensalot3568 new stages in special world too? can i give you a suggestion? you can made a second special world? after the Funky, Star road to take a new special world instead the yoshi's house? Thanks.

[@MaxxDomination]

That’s really cool! How exactly is something like this done? Is it with asm?

[@bensalot3568]

Smwcentral has a patch for cutscene making. It basically freezes mario off screen and then you strategically place objects and sprites around and it goes for a set amount of time. But yes, asm is involved for trickier things. For example, there is an npc sprite you can download that I use for Toad in the hack. Peach's dimensions are bigger than the space the custom sprite gives you so I had to use asm to make the sprites dimensions bigger to fit all of peach's pixels. It takes a lot of time.... Soooo much time lol

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@bensalot3568 1:30 I don't think the "Welcome to Dinosuar Land" thing should be kept if we already saw, and was welcomed, to Dinosuar Land before already. It would've just said "In this strange place, we find that Princess Toadstool has gone missing! Looks like Bowser is at it again! Time to explore the New World!" Other than that, nice introduction.

[@hypercosmicthehedgehog1525]

Man i can't wait for this to come out it looks pretty good so far.

[@bensalot3568]

If you think thats cool, ive I'm on the verge of writing a code that will enable unlockable characters. Thanks for playin, its gonna be a while, but I'm tryin my best to make it worth the wait.

[@hypercosmicthehedgehog1525]

@@bensalot3568 that's absolutely fine dude take your time. the unlockable characters thing sounds pretty interesting although how would you be able to unlock them exactly?

[@bensalot3568]

@@hypercosmicthehedgehog1525 I have it so that you can swap mario and Luigi swap on the map like the GBA port. The idea is to hide blocks that once hit will add the character to the rotation on the map. Also got new yoshis to find

[@hypercosmicthehedgehog1525]

@@bensalot3568 that sounds very cool can't wait to find all unlockable characters. Good luck on finishing the update.

[@perlamartinez9844]

I have that game and I have played it and that scene does not appear

[@bensalot3568]

Because it's part of the update im working on

[@marcosalexandredejesusthom944]

Como baixo a última versão desse jogo

[@bensalot3568]

Esta versão do jogo ainda não foi lançada. Eu ainda estou trabalhando nisso. Está demorando muito, mas siga o meu canal e anunciarei quando terminar.

[@marcosalexandredejesusthom944]

@@bensalot3568 Como faço para baixar a ultima versão que está no super mario world Hack central, não consigo baixar por lá

[@bensalot3568]

www.romhacking.net/hacks/4643/

[@marcosalexandredejesusthom944]

@@bensalot3568 thanks

[@hypercosmicthehedgehog1525]

Hey Bensalot i wanted to report a few bugs i found in the latest revision. 1st Bug: Luigi appears as a green Mario in the Overworld HUD whenever you save the game and boot up again. 2nd Bug: Fossil Canyon Secret's secret exit is impossible to finish even with a Yoshi. 3rd Bug: Yoshi can eat Just Keef at the end of Funky which made me laugh so hard the first time i discovered this. (This 4th one is more of an issue than a bug) Dorrie Lagoon 2 is way too difficult especially with all the enemies that make it so fricking hard to get back onto Dorrie i would reccomend removing a few enemies to make it more fair.

[@bensalot3568]

Hi, thanks for the input. As far as the miscolored Mario Bros go, this was a bug present in the original code that users could download on the smwcentral hacking site. In the new update coming out, I actually managed to fix that so no more miscolored Mario's. As for the 2nd issue, my friend, nothings impossible. Improbable, unlikely, but never impossible. I purposely designed this to be difficult cause i feel players get more satisfaction once they finally figure out how to do things. If you get yoshi to do a small run start on that last ice block and then make good timing on the new double jump, you can make it. As for the Just Keef thing, not a glitch. I did that for fun lol. Thanks again for the input. If you find any more glitching let me know. As for level difficulty, I have taken a few things into consideration such as the boulders in the new Brachio Pete level (made them spawn a little less and made small rocks unable to hurt Mario) and have worked with the Nothorton boss a bit (his item spawning is on a random number generator but I gave the players more space so that its not as easy to die). I saw from some previous submissions of this post things about the porcupuffer fish, but I have given players multiple ways to kill those guys in the Dorrie Lagoon level and in the area with the double porcuffers, that was all Nintendo. The addition of Dorrie to that area was actually me makin that part a bit easier for players. Thanks again for playing. Like I said, if you find more glitches I want to fix as many as I can before this next update which I assure everyone is still coming along.

[@hypercosmicthehedgehog1525]

@@bensalot3568 No Problem Bensalot i will try to find as many bugs as i can. also nice Super Mario Bros Movie reference lol.

[@trolleyman126]

I don't want to sound impatient but I was kinda wondering how much progress you have made on the new update so far.

[@bensalot3568]

It's cool, I know I'm taking a really long time and am getting impatient with myself actually lok. Well just so you know, I work on this thing most days of the week. Thing is my coding knowledge does not match my creativity. Anytime I get an idea, it often takes me a long time to figure out how to do it. I will say that if you appreciate what this hack is trying to do in terms of adding content but keeping what made the original amazing in tact, you are going to love this update. Lots of unlockables and new ways to play. So try to bare with me lol. Also if anyone out there has any coding knowledge, help is always appreciated.

[@trolleyman126]

@@bensalot3568 Alright thanks man I hope to see this update finished soon.

[@DanielRosadoNascimentoAKAOlhos]

Oi Bensalot... ansioso pela próxima atualização, então, gostaria de ajudar de alguma forma, pretendo lhe enviar um link com um documento contendo todos os bugs que encontrei, junto com algumas sugestões minhas para tornar esse jogo mais perfeito do que já está, por favor, se tiver interesse, responda essa mensagem! Nota: já fui beta tester da Hack Xalabaias Adventure, meu nome está nos créditos, e quanto a sua versão Just Keef Edition... eu amei ❤

[@bensalot3568]

Claro, eu ficaria feliz em ver o que você encontrou e sempre aprecio idéias. estou com o projeto em espera no momento. Eu queria trabalhar em outro hack por um tempo. Estou bem perto de terminar este projeto paralelo e voltarei ao hack do Just Keef em breve.

[@DanielRosadoNascimentoAKAOlhos]

@@bensalot3568 eu mal sei inglês... será que você vai ser capaz de entender o que estou escrevendo nas prints que estou preparando para te enviar? Nota: tá tudo em BR mesmo

[@bensalot3568]

Bem, eu apenas uso o google tradutor, então acho que você pode enviar e então podemos ir de lá.@@DanielRosadoNascimentoAKAOlhos

[@DanielRosadoNascimentoAKAOlhos]

@@bensalot3568 já adianto que vai demorar um pouco, já apaguei tudo que tinha feito pois pretendo jogar o original primeiro e depois o "Remasterizado" ^^ para analisar melhor cada detalhe, se importa?

[@DanielRosadoNascimentoAKAOlhos]

@@bensalot3568 estou muito animado... consegui encontrar muita coisa já, muito em breve eu estarei te enviando tudo, muitas melhorias que eu gostaria de ver e também muitos bugs, em breve ^^

[@hoid2906]

Amazing, just keep it :O 1+ sub

[@mayagoldberg3421]

Was there any progress?

[@bensalot3568]

Lots actually. I got side tracked with a different hack. But in doing so ive learned a lot. No worries, I still plan to finish this. And the surprise I have coming will show you why it's taken a while.

[@mayagoldberg3421]

@@bensalot3568 do you have discord?

[@mayagoldberg3421]

Oh you do? Can you please send you discord id?

[@bensalot3568]

@@mayagoldberg3421 Bensalot1#0329

[@mayagoldberg3421]

@@bensalot3568 did you mute me on discord?

[@riqopowpow]

I played this hack and I really love it Just one question, I really cant find the blue yoshi, where is he? And also, does dorrie lagoon 2 have 5 coins or is it just only those 3?

[@bensalot3568]

Hey thanks for playing. Hope you stick around for the update cause I've added a lot of new content and fixes. It's still coming along day by day. As for blue yoshi, check areas with ice. And dorrie lagoon 2 does have 5 dragon coins. You just gotta keep your eyes peeled for anything suspicious. Take some chances and try everything. Youll find it

[@gcn3dsi636]

@Bensalot How can I reset the game in game to return to the title screen or map?

[@bensalot3568]

Thats just something you have to set up with the emulator. Back when this game came out there was no back option. We older gamers had to manually push a purple lever lol. But that's not a bad idea, I'll look into that.

[@gcn3dsi636]

Thanks, I couldn’t reset it myself because the emulator I’m using hasn’t implemented it yet

[@bensalot3568]

@@gcn3dsi636 best emulator I have found for this particular hack is Snes9X. Not saying its the best emulator, just sayin its the best I have found to run this hack.

[@gcn3dsi636]

See, the funny thing is, it IS Snes9x.

[@bensalot3568]

@@gcn3dsi636 oh. Well then there should be a "configure hotkey input" thing in the options tab (the wording may not be exact). You basically just find the slot where it says reset, click on the box and then just press the button that you want to make your reset button. It can be on your controller or a button on your keyboard depending on your preference. I use a controller that is modeled after a playstation controller and I just have the reset function set to my left shoulder button as an example.

[@luxlegend8729]

can you show us how to download and play?

[@carlotaa69]

Oi , eu queria saber como baixar sua rom hack ,no celular sem computador, você pode me ensinar por favor. 💘💘💘

[@bensalot3568]

smwc.world/patcher/ Get an unmodified super mario world rom, download the patch and then use this website to apply it.

[@bensalot3568]

But just so you know. This new version is not ready yet. I am adding a lot of new stuff including this new intro.

[@carlotaa69]

@@bensalot3568 thank you 💘💘💘💘

[@pacmanman1]

Do you know a way that this can be run on the SNES Classic's Retroarch?

[@bensalot3568]

I wish i could tell ya. I can barely get it to run smooth on my raspberry pi. All I can say is ive tested this on a lot of emulators. The one that it seems to like the best is SNES9X. Its the only one where I dont see a lot of random glitching. Im not an expert coder unfortunately. I've added a lot to this game and have pulled off some interesting tricks coding wise but unfortunately I cant guarantee this will ever be 100% glitch free. However, that being said this new update does fix a lot of problems

[@pacmanman1]

@@bensalot3568 I appreciate your answer, I can only get it to run in the retroarch on my computer and I tried to get this game to run on my SNES Classic but to no avail as the frame rate of its emulator keeps slowing down. Maybe the SNES Classic’s SNES9X emulator might get updated in the near future where hopefully the frame rate might remain at 60fps, who knows.

[@pacmanman1]

Do you think you know yet when you’ll have this update done?

[@bensalot3568]

@@pacmanman1 wish I could say I did. I hit some snags with some of the coding. My coding knowledge is self taught and very minimal so it takes me a long time to figure it out without help. But I can at least tell ya I work almost every day on it and some of the new things coming for this update are hopefully gonna be worth the wait. One thing ive already teased is a new yoshi color with unique abilities. Bare with me, I'm doin the best with what I got lol.

[@pacmanman1]

@@bensalot3568 thx