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Super Mario Maker 2 announced! Can’t wait.

I like how up to this date no body has followed your rules.

Wow, thank you all so much for 100,000 views! Go make some amazing Mario Maker levels out there! For those curious, I made a follow up video on Mario Maker, showing off 10 well-designed levels! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ppyZa9ufxJfFqI0.html

More people needs to see this! I'm just SO tired of seeing levels that are just enemies stacked on eachother.

I know this was a long time ago but I still feel inclined to share my level. This one’s on Mario Maker 2 and is the first level in my super world. I honestly hope to become an official video game designer some day but I tried to make this first level accessible to new players. In the beginning of the level, there are two ways to go, a dry bones indicates where the hard route is (and you can clearly see which route is harder) or you can take the other route which also has an arrow. It takes you up in the clouds where you can dash above the ground with the Paratroopas. After the cloud section there is a big arrow made out of coins showing where you need to land. The name of this level is “Goomba Town” which takes ides of the usual idea of Mario having goombas as the first enemies and making a sort of legitimate town out of them. After a while you meet the king of the goombas standing on top of a tall tower (Semisolid) with a spiny on his head (indicating a crown, making him king), an arrow shows that you need to use a thwomp to release the muncher which will land on the king and assassinate him (yeah I know pretty dark for a Mario level). I focused on trying to give the player choices here, do you want to learn what to do, or are you up for a challenge? I hope this idea sounds interesting, thanks for helping me out with game design philosophies, snoman!

2:20 "Black pirhanas"

Now go make something unique. *places bowsers everywhere*

I find auto levels to be interesting if they involve many different creative aspects and near misses.

1% good help. 99999% about super mario maker 2.

who's watching after mm2 announced

Watching After The Checkpoints Update

I am not having much luck getting people to play my levels, but for some reason I can't stop making them. Never thought I'd had so much fun creating! Updated list of my current levels: 0341-0000-0165-CAB9 (May be hard) E1E7-0000-0172-8FD9 (Hopefully not too long) 3A7B-0000-0179-3A18 (Challenging) DE36-0000-019B-2A53 (New, may be a troll level based on player decisions) C3F9-0000-01A8-E25F (New)

Introducing the mechanic or gimmick of the level at the beginning with little risk of failure is a good way to get players ready for what's coming

If I made a level, it wouldn't be trolly.

I really like this video and think it sums up the elements of a good level better than perhaps any other such video I've seen. Rather than an issue with your video, I wanted to point out a problem I had with the design of your level. Personally, I believe that coins are, as you said, a much more important factor in level design than most players think. However, If you notice in the main series Mario games, they rarely ever use strict coin paths such as in the end of your level. These tend to make things overly obvious to the player and limit player control. Rather than this, I like to place small batches of coins out in the air for the players to aim for - they don't necessarily have to follow the path exactly, but they will instinctually try to reach these coins. It means that the players have to figure out how to reach these areas, rather than simply follow an obvious formula of jumps.

I dare someone to email this video to Ross from Game Grumps.

I wish there was mario maker switch.

I Cant wait for SMM2 Good Level Design

I've seen so many things wrong with levels, and I've only just gotten Mario Maker a few days ago. I'm vowing to never play Expert mode. People just make the DUMBEST levels. It frustrates me because of people's mindsets anymore. It's always stupid IWBTG mentality and it's all about trolling people anymore. It's so stupid. Yes I want jumps or enemy placement and level flow that takes skill to navigate. Not SHIT EVERYWHERE and punishing the player for not knowing where to go. Or going through a door into a mindless trap/pit with NO WAY out. I feel like people make levels just to force people to lose at least half their lives when they're going through 100 Lives Challenge.

This was uploaded on my birthday!!

Wow, this video offers great and easy to understand advice on how to not only make good MM levels, but how to make good levels period. This is a must watch for up and coming game designers. Great job!

A good Mario level has something you never seen before, a new michanic that the player has to learn

*Pention to change lakitus name to horehey*

8:13 When the Cavi cove started playing I immediately was attacked with nostalgia from Mario and Luigi Bowser Inside Story

Can you make how to make a good level Mario maker 2 when it comes out?

8:11 gonna go to sleep here to remind me to continue it.

And for God's sake, don't do cheap deaths. I hold the minus button at the start of every level in case a thwomp is right on top of me.

This video is an amazing tool for players to utilize. It covers many simple-but-essential pieces of game play, and also showcases some exploration, which I would love to experience more in the Challenge stages. I will happily post some of my stages here - of varying difficulty - in the near future. I would love to have the feedback of more players. Thank you +snomaN Gaming for this!

>No checkpoints this aged horribly

I remember watching this a long time ago. It has aged well. I still use these tips today, unless I want to make a troll level as a joke once every few months, in which I make a marathon of random trolls and garbage in a typical Super Expert level.

Another thing that needs to be considered is the idea of negative possibility space, an idea that if not accounted for, can make for the player doing an incredibly difficult task, for not only no reason, but will almost certainly leave a bad taste in their mouth. The idea is that you might have a place in your level that is possible to get to, that you might not have even realized, and so, there's nothing up there. This is a problem that I actually had in my level, storm wiggler fortress. Where, at the entrance to the aforementioned fortress you could lure a winged wiggler to the entrance bounce on his head and you could get on top of the fortress, but would just find a wall due to how I had designed it. Also floating pipes bother me to no end, just spend like 2 seconds to put some ground there or something. Either way if you want, you can play that level I've been talking about, eventually I'm going to release a second version of it, with several improvements and check points, but for now the level ID is 1782-0000-009F-DAB5

Wow, this video is super helpful! I don't have Mario Maker, but I'm trying to make my own game, so I'm implementing a lot of these to have good level design. I plan on hopefully getting Mario Maker for Christmas, but that will be if I sm a perfect snowflake, key word LITERALLY being perfect. I use graph paper to lay out levels with a nice cartoonish feel that rewards you for being good, but still helps you up when you aren't doing as good. It won't be a standard platformer like Mario, but there will be a lot of features to be exploited one way or another, intentional or not. I hope people will enjoy it as a game to test you and something to sit back and just have fun. Now all I need to do is just find a good engine to run it on, and I might be considering using Unity, but I plan on it just being 2.D, so I could try and find anouther one that will be more useful to it's style. I already have a solid story and good characters, all I need are people to help me put it all to code, makr yhe soundtrack and the voice acting snd it should (hopefully) be out by 2018 or even sooner if thr people are really, and I mean REALLY good at programing. I plan on it being playable on an assortment of platforms, from the 3DS to Xbox 360 to the soon to be Nintendo Switch. It will mainly though be on pc, but I plan on it working with a lot of different controllers. If you want to learn more you can message me on Twitter, but I will only explain 30% of the content, as the rest would be spoilers. Thank you for your time, and a final note, I rarely call Fall Autumn. I will try to now for correct naming.

*says make something creative at the end* Me:oooh okay I will do that... Me:Wait I don’t have Mario maker

This is also a nice guide on what not to do when making a troll level.

I still only like troll levels to play with friends. Otherwise, Good game design just flies right over my head! (Which is ironic seeing how I rag on bad game design constantly...)

4:51 this part just made me laugh xD

Man, 2015, and you know what, still a good video. Just recommended it to someone actually, it's really helpful to anyone who's looking for some advice on making a level in Mario Maker, whether that's the original, or the sequel. Great work to both you, and CJ, you did great, with both the comedy and the advice. Really, just nice work... wait... I just said that... Whatever you get the point, it's really good, thanks for making it.

I like how the joke manages to continue after saying "Let's call him Jorge." And then ever since called him Jorge. I love it.

How to create a good Super Mario Maker level: Step one: Just follow the traditional level style Step two: ???

+snowmaN Gaming I just got this game and when I uploaded levels a lot of people would play them and not star them. This video helped me learn how to make a good level. Thanks! xD

"Today were talking about Mario Maker, so lets stick a tune that will trigger nostalgic feelings to all those Gameboy players" I fucking love you, sub

LOVE THIS! Really helpful. Thanks guys!

Super mario maker 2 is coming soon now !!!!!

Actually make power ups a convenience and not just a requirement for invincibility frames

My idea of a good level: 1: *Make good decorations* Ever played one of the levels from a popular user or something like that? You might have noticed that there were a few decorative vines, semi-solid platforms, and even underground piranha plants or power-ups. This gives your level a little more reality. 2: *Give your level a story (optional)* If you ever played a level with a story ( like a monster attacks or Yoshi gets kidnapped ) you might get inspired to do something like it. It may seem hard at first, but don't give up, it'll work eventually. 3: *Make unique​ mechanics* You might've seen a few cool mechanics here and there, like something happening off-screen making a bunch of coins turn into a bridge ( maybe a sideways spring pushing a muncher onto a p-switch ). It may be basic or advanced but it's still cool 4: *Make secrets* If you make something a secret, ( from invisible blocks to a whole other area, ) then players get rewarded whatever you give. The award depends on how hidden the secret is. If the secret is not well hidden or obvious, the award would be 10/15 coins but if it is very hidden and not so obvious, then maybe a helmet, or a power. Make sure it's not too well hidden thought. Hope this helped :)

About the horhay problem, you can just add obstacles and enemies in the sky to keep the upper section an equal challenge to the lower... or just make the level 1 screen tall.

It's probably already been done, but when I get super mario maker I wanna make a level filled with that disco effect and hammer bros and call it "Hammer Time".

Hey I don't know if you know, but there's an update so you can use checkpoints. To use checkpoints just shake the arrow.

Snowman Gaming: always direct with coins and never misguide the player! Troll levels: two letters "F U"

Snowman: Hey, isn't that YOUR level? CJ: Uh, yeah,scratch that. CJ: *scribbles out name*

I've been so disappointed with Mario Maker levels at large I've started starring everything that's not a music box, an auto-level or just giant pixel art. Forget the gimmicks, I'd like some REAL LEVELS, please! D:

Fairwell mario maker we will miss you I'll still play it Except I'm ready for smm2

I just wanted to say thank you for helping my younger self with level design

This is a really good video. Something leading off of 2 points: Lets say you are making a stage for beginners. In SMB(1) there is an invisible block containing a 1-up to keep you from falling. You could do something like that in your stage.

Just found this channel, and it might already be one of my favorites! You're so insightful and thoughtful, I loved this video! And I hope there's more to come! =D -Your new Subscriber, Pika

I wish everyone could see this video. Super Mario Maker is practically becoming Happy Wheels, meaning there's a lot of generic concepts being used all the time with only a few unique ones. Instant sub for you. Also, I hate having to deal with 100 Mario Challenge Expert difficulty. Most of them are just plain dickheads that think its funny to spam enemies or place deathly hidden blocks. It makes me want to go punch their face and hope that their levels get deleted for not being popular.

I made a series called Prison Escape, and after watching this video, I've realised that I need to lower the difficulty a little bit- thanks!

Definitely thought about lunar magic the whole way through this video. Pretty cool to see you were also into rom hacks!

*WHO'S HERE WHEN SUPER MARIO MAKER 2 IS OUT!?!???*

I wanted t hear your thoughts E05D-0000-0095-66F6 Goomba's Cave

I usually likes levels where you battle bowser and some other enemies at the same time by throwing fireballs, but there aren’t a lot of them.

This video was really interesting and I feel like another thing that makes levels interesting is when they use the level to tell a story.

7:19 Munchers*

"No One Is You"

2:01 thank you for saying this. I use to not know how to make good levels when building levels on Mario maker. But when I started designing them on paper I suddenly could make really nice levels. Thanks for this.

I made a level that revolved around invincibility stars. With the exception of a few pipes, the very beginning of the level and the very end, which have saws that will kill you if you stay there, EVERY SINGLE PART of the stage is composed of spike blocks. This forces the player to race for the next star or die.

yeah there are checkpoints NOW... you are cool man, even updated your video with a comment.. ahhh these damn haters xD people expect waaaay to much sometimes, but thanks for keeping it updated!

I will make a maze with clear pipes. Get rekt

"Now go make something unique." Ok, I'll make a meteor shower plus coin heaven in the space theme in Mario Maker 2.

I watched this when it first released and its probably one of your best videos, with smm2 you could do a sequel, also the player at 3:31 sucked badly (the smb3 one)

All of my levels are at most CAPCOM fair difficult if I have to make it so. Otherwise, I make stages that would fit best in the actual Mario games like Nintendo made them. Nintendo ID: DarkLuigiX91 All of the levels I uploaded, I put the codes on my Twitter, so you can see for yourself!

It's not amazing design, but I was able to make a really difficult level, the only part I'd say is "bad design" is one part where I wanted to make it puzzle-like, but realized the player could jump over the obstacle after uploading it. 9BFD -0000-00A6-C128

Love to see the Muda Kingdom theme getting some love at the start!

"An unfathomable amount of Jorge's" That's the best sentence I've ever heard

+SnowmaN Gaming EEEYYY I draw out my levels to. But I don't have the game yet

This is a surprisingly good video and, although I thought it wouldn't help me (I have quite a bit of experience with level editors - from Super Mario Flash and Megaman: Powered Up! to Doom Builder and more), I learned a lot from it and my levels did seem to go somewhere. Thanks!

8:44 that levels Super Meat Bros! Me and my friend played that in a Mario Maker Challenge when we picked the first hard stage we cake across. Damn it felt SO GOOD when I beat that level!!

I made a series of levels called “spring to the finish” when Mario makes first cake out you start with a bullet blaster and it shoot out a spring with wings you have to keep with with you the whole time to avoid obstacles

How about a video on *designing good Mega Man levels* using the Mega Maker?

I remember that I once made an impossible level on Mario Maker lol

May I see a play through of this Bullet Bill level? It looks epic ...

I just went from listening to the Muda Kingdom theme from Mario Land directly to this and thought I was going crazy when I heard the theme in the background. I need to sit down for a moment.

I made some levels using your tips! Ship Luxary- 1C94-0000-0157-073A Exploration Pipeline- 2B5C-0000-0157-5ACA

Using these tips I made this! B7D5-0000-0297-CECF

this is very important especially because of SSM2's announcement and release this year

Bullet Chasers... Coming This Fall.. I'm Joking! This level looks very fun and creative!

what is the mario world rom hack called?

Ok, I cannot remember what song is played at 8:14 and it's driving me insane.

CJ: Super Mario maker doesn’t allow you to make checkpoints. Me: Yes it does, just shake the arrow to get a checkpoint

4 years later and this vid is still pretty useful!

When i get a wii u and buy super mario maker, i will make a level called "think outside the box" its about doing what the title says! XD

I just got a Wii U for Christmas

you know what? this actually helped me a lot! i'll be sure to use all your tips for super mario maker 2, Thanks!

Now Mario maker has checkpoints but you can only place 1 in the main world and 1 in the sub world

I don't think it's hard to make a good level. I think people are lazy and don't want to put in the time.

WHO is here on 2019??? Super Mario Maker 2 coming in june!!!

7:18 Those aren't Piranha Plants. They're Munchers!

The best levels stick to a theme and use up to a few mechanics in a variety of unique ways. Like putting on your clothes, you don’t put on all of your favorite colors. Usually you’ll put on about three complimentary colors to make a great style. A good level rises in difficulty gradually as you play, with one big challenge, or climax. Think of a good level like a good song, it builds up until a climax. A good level has some form of exploration, potentially alternate paths, or by putting in secrets that aren’t impossible to find, but not out in the open. Reward players with something for finding the secret or exploring. A good level never feels unfair. The player should feel that every death was their fault. Blind jumps, doors that lead to instant death, and situations that are impossible to avoid without prior knowledge are not fun. It’s artificial difficulty. Find inspiration by playing levels in old Mario games.They are fun to play, but think about WHAT makes them fun. Usually there’s a theme with a few mechanics, and as you progress, they use those same mechanics, but in slightly different and more challenging ways. Most levels have a part of the level towards the end that is the climax, that builds on every idea introduced in the level. I’m making this long ass post because so many levels online are garbage 🗑