Quick important tip : when you place a semi-solid, always put it one block in the walls or floors!!!

They should add more semi-solids and ones with unique properties, like a waterfall.

With Doors, I always put a semisolid behind it. I just hate how the doors look without it (and unfortunately, in the 3D World theme, you can't put semisolids behind doors)

6:26 "Four iron blocks" Looks like *someone's* played too much Minecraft.

Odyssey Central: How to make your levels not look like a child made it. Level creators: That sign can't stop me because I can't read!

The ground decor that pops up inside the terrain in New Soup can look really bad if left untamed, especially in the Underground theme when the pebbles repeat. Make sure you pay close attention to your ground when making a big piece of it!!

6:32 and yet, this wrong design is exactly what Nintendo did in the latest Ninji Speedrun level

6:33 That would be a viable option... *IF THEY DID NOT REMOVE PIPE STACKING*

One thing you didn't mention is combining the aesthetic with the gameplay for example, designing a level based on objects of a certain color or using ice blocks as indicators for speed runs.

Another tip: When you activate P-Switch, frozen coins become frozen bricks, wich look cool

Nice, your “tips and tricks” videos are actually really good and I would like to see more of them

9:45 he tried so many times I’m suffering…

Another good tip, not mentioned in the video, is replacing a few ground blocks with others, like hard blocks or ice. It looks much more interesting than just a big, plain chunk of ground. Although it looks good only in smb1 and maybe 3, still worth keeping in mind.

7:24 I BELIEVE I CAN FLYYY!!

If it’s too over kill don’t do it, you don’t need to spend a lot of time doing detail for a transition, make sure to put lots of detail in places where detail is needed

I created the "Trust Coins and Ignore Arrows" speedrun level, and I am going into rank #1 maker weekly.

I just finished an extremely hard underground level where you jump across vines and dodge enemies. Since it is so hard I am having a lot of trouble uploading it. But I found out that if you use the gem semi solids in random holes on walls in the underground theme it looked like ores are in the cave or buried in stone.

Nice video! I think visuals play a huge part in the perception of your levels, thanks for putting this together!

One thing to keep in mind, from my experience playing, with the vines: I use a controller with a d-pad, and the vine decorations are a huge pain in speed running areas, because if I'm barely tilted upward while holding right, Mario stops to grab onto them.

Dry bones for smash!

Here’s another one. If you have a big area of ground, you can replace some of the ground blocks with iron or brick blocks. I sometimes use these in my levels and they make them look a lot better.

I have never met someone else who wants dry bones in smash desperately

Well, if you don't have a level with 100s of likes, if you really tried you can be happy that it's better than 90% of all levels. After all the popularity of levels when the level is better from the majority's perspective rises exponentially, not linearly.

Good idea: put ancient ice block with coin into the ground in the snow theme

I usually finish the level design before I add decorations, just so I don’t screw up the ELB limit

I love decorating my levels and I have some tips to add. When you said that in certain themes you can have decoration in the ground, you're wrong. Every theme has them but many VERY closely resemble the other blocks (only in New Soup). One thing to note is that the NSMBU ground tiles in the underground theme are pretty ugly so don't over use them. I like to use them in the underwater theme and use them to make stars and fish in the ground. My favorite theme is SMB1. This is because it's so easy to decorate in it. I was inspired by a MM1 maker. He created a series called Super Peachy World. Even though it's SMM1 I still highly recommend it. I don't have the course IDs but you can find videos on KZfaq.

By the way, here’s a tip that drastically helps for scroll stop: Instead of adding 1 layer of blocks, add 2 or 3. In styles where when blocks connect and their textures change then it doesn’t look very nice, for example nsmbu desert theme, you can actually see the other side of the scroll stop just slightly and it doesn’t look very good. Hope that helped someone lol

I like to erase bits of the ground and adding semisolids to give a small hole/cave design

4 years ago and he sounds so different

3:21 Ceave: laughs in surprisingly simple

Thanks a lot, Odyssey! I was waiting for this video for a long time!

Dude your levels look amazing!! Keep up the good work! Btw these ideas are amazing!!

6:05 subtitles say don’t cover pipes

WOW. this is so very useful. i had absolutely no idea how to use any ground decor or vines or semisolids or any other decorations. Time to go make some good-looking levels!

Mind if I share a tip? :) When using scroll stop, have the ground be at least 2 tiles thick (vertically and horizontally). Some themes, including almost every SMB1 theme, are exceptions. Also, nice profile pic change.

Congrats on getting past 11k subscribers! I remember watching your videos at 600, It’s amazing to see how far you’ve come!

I been subscribed to you since you had 800 subs you grew a lot good job

Thx for the vid odyssey, i really needed help on decoration

I used dotted-P-blocks for decoration in my levels, especially forest theme.

New tip:This only works in under ground and desert in certain styles but you can use a certain semi solid (the like wood one) instead of mushroom Platforms.

This advice will be useful for me in the future. Thanks for the good advice!

Please make a part two, It wil make the mario maker world some better

This was an awesome and extremely helpful video! Definitely make this a series bro

Too much people needed this video, thanks for making it!

I've alraedy watched a video on this before mm2 came out, and I think I'm already pretty good, but your videos are good quality so why not?

You're tips are great and I will be sure to use them 👍

this has been helpful, because i have been getting as much stuff in my head as i can about mm2 before christmas

You are helping me so much making my levels intresting.THANKS!

very, very helpful for a newbie at mm2 like me! i love your channel, just subscribed

Thank you! Your tips made my levels soooooo much better! I even went to my old level to make it better!

This video wil come in handy it’s too good you will deserve a like 😃

I made two levels with these tips: 1. The jungle adventure (3NV-D0X-DRG) 2.FIGHTNIGHT (JH2-MBQ-KYF) I hope you enjoy my levels :)

Loved the video thanks it really helped me!

The ground decorations look awesome!

This is a fantastic video. I do most of these things but I still learnt some new stuff. It really helps your level look real using your tips, and makes me want to go back and tweak mine! Something I think is worth noting is that it can be cool to use multiple semisolids on top of each other, either for further decoration or to make a new semisolid (e.g. in SMW castle I love combining the metallic diamond fence and black wall semisolids). I also think it’s worth noting symmetry is a useful thing to consider. It really makes levels look much nicer. And I love the aesthetic like your example at the end, but if you make the semisolid one block narrower on each side to create a ledge effect.

Please Make another one of these vids i love them They are fun to watch ;)

Your tips have inspired me. One day we can make a collaboration series when me and you make an entire level

Naked pipes are a surefire way to get the *Johnny Martinez Seal of Disapproval™.*

Nice video! I really didn’t know about most of these tricks. If I had Mario Maker 2, I would 100% use these. You get a like from me!

Please make a part two this was awesome!

Thanks for the tips! I will have to remember these when I do my Super World courses! ^_^

Your levels look fun and appealing. I'll have to try them out when I get MM2 soon.

Here is a small little tip in case you did not know: Semisolids can layer on each other, can you can make good bg design. What I mean is, if you put a small semi solid, say for example a 3x3 semisolid, onto a larger semi solid that outweighs it in height, then the smaller one will layer over the bigger one. What you can do with this is prettier backgrounds, for example you can have a scaffold holding up the tunnel walls in a small tunnel.

when i make houses in my levels, i use mario world because one of the overworld semisolids looks like a mushroom, i use mushroom platforms for the roof and add a pipe to look like a chimney, i add some flowers and bushes to make look nicer its very effective if youre trying to make a house

That was some perfect tips and tricks. Mr. Saga DX loves it.

At 3:29, I know you said "In some themes", but 1 block thick ground looks awesome in Mario World sky theme

Thanks this helped me decorate my new level alot

Yes! I need this so much!

What a great video! Thank you!

I needed this video, thank you!

Love your content

Thank you for this I'm still new to playing Mario Maker 2!

Thank you for the Inspiration and buildinghacks

Every time I see the old mario I can't help but think how far video games have come and just technology in general.

I just made a room based Level and I'm so happy I already knew all of These.

1:55 #drybonesforsmash

I am proud of the first level I used these tips for. It is called Old Wiggler Maze (V1M-TL7-6QF). It has a final boss, which you CAN make easier with the vines, but that is intentional. If you want to, go and play it! I would really appreciate it.

I played some of you levels odyssey I like them!

Something to note with vine cheese is that if it just lets you cheese one simple or easy jump where it would be easier just to do the level right, it can be ok since the player doesn't really gain any benefits for using the vines. You can also add a 10 coin or perhaps a secret to the vine if you notice vine cheese instead of just removing the vine to integrate it into the gameplay.

Love the new icon!

Thanks for the tips my levels looks way better now Also another tip if you used a pipe for a secret room, use the colours for the theme so if it was a frozen night snow level then blue would be good and if it was a castle level then you could use red

Honestly random ground decor can look nice. Like, in forests and grasslands, flowers don’t normally go together but they can appear here, there, and everywhere! As long as it’s not bunched up rapidly (like half the flat ground has a bunch of flowers and the other half has nothing), where it shows that the creator just placed blocks one by one. I just don’t like them too much when they’re all together in one place rather than spread a little here and there.

This helped a lot!

you don't need to use semi-solids as background semi-solids (some ends of which are visible) can be used in the ceiling of levels to make them feel somewhat older.

Also, don't forget about the Scroll Stop feature. As long as there's a solid line of Ground tiles and/or Iron Blocks perpendicular to the scroll direction, the camera will always stop at that line. The effect may be ruined, though, if you spawn too close to the wall/ceiling.

I really like putting a gentle slope on each end of a steep slope. It makes a nice hill shape

Well I'm glad I saw the tip with the pipes. Wasn't sure how to make 90 degree pipes look good

I love your videos and your tips have helped me in so many ways. Thank you for everything and keep up the good work! :) Here’s a level I made with tons of decorations and has some of the tips 22K-GMF-WKF Mario Goes to the Moon One small step for Mario, one giant leap for Nintendo Kind My 4 rules for my levels are this: 1: Treat the player fairly- No trolls unless it’s a troll level, if that’s the case the troll level should be about figuring out what to do, not where to go. 2: Add decoration- Every single level I’ve made I have decorations. In the super Mario world theme for the ground, there’s 2 different ground tiles. On that has flat grass and one that has pointy grass. Decoration is important 3: Use checkpoints if the level is long, especially before or after a hard part 4: Have a theme, idea, or a purpose for the level. I’m making a level called ThE NiGhTmArE, which is a horror level that preys on everyone’s most common fears. Thank you again! Your videos are always so helpful and I click on it right when I get He notification. Keep up the awesome work and have an awesome day! :)

DUDE this helped me alot

another nice looking way to get rid of naked pipes if you don't want a ceiling is placing a second pipe at the opposite side. this makes it look like a single pipe with two ends

I will soon get the Nintendo Switch with SMM2 and I´m sure this will help me A LOT. Thanks!

I’ve been making a remake of Champion’s Road. I watched this and thankfully it’s better now

I really thought (and hoped) you would talk about how amazing hard blocks look scattered through the ground in the Mario World underground theme. Might also be good in other themes such as NSMBU ghost house, but I'm not sure.

Tip for vines: You can use them to make little secrets. For example, in one of my levels, i give the player a powerup to make the level a lot easier if they just explore.

Here’s a tip for the semisolids I use in my levels! (this won’t work for ALL semisolids) if you combine semisolids, like in SMW,Underground’s bone and that one without holes, they will look VERY good! I also put skull platforms at the top, too. (I mostly use them for 4 unit semisolids)

Here's a GREAT tip not mentioned: if you're making a underground Themed level, erase parts of the wall and put a semi solid, kinda looks like ores then!

Very useful thanks!

This is actually a really good vid

I always color code my mushrooms in night forest levels. Green won't get the top covered in posion, yellow is close, and red is going to be overlaped.

A tip I have to say is, while it may just be my opinion, it always looks better if your roofs aren’t blocky unless it’s the castle or airship theme, maybe even ghost house as well. It does not look right to me when there is a ninety degree turn in a roof in an underground level. Basically try to make your roofs look natural unless it’s castle, airship, or ghost house, as in those styles it does look better if it’s not blocky but it makes more sense to have blocky roofs in those styles.