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So like I said in the first level, there's no enemies and all the blocks are hit. The yellow block switch has already bet flipped and all the mushrooms have been taken out of the blocks. The moving platforms no longer move at a constant speed, the water in the water level has stopped flowing and become stagnant, and the lava in the first castle has cooled down and solidified.

The end of the castle is when you realize that this isn't just a glitched ROM. When you get to where Iggy Koopa is supposed to be, the princess is dead and nailed to the wall. It is made clear that she blames Mario. The only way to exit this level is to jump into a pit, and over the course of the game you go through a nightmare version of Dinosaur Land, and it is revealed over time that Mario died in the fall, all of his friends are dead, Bowser is dead, and it's all his fault.

>>4146362
Neat.If someone can do it,I will shit bri/x/ playing it non-stop

At ramdom points in the game it should flash to Mario lying in the bottom of the pit mangled and paralyzed and then later dead and decaying but the nightmare won't stop.

bumping for epic awesomess

As shitty as they might behave, it could be worthwhile bringing /v/ in on this

THIS THREAD AND CONCEPT MUST NO DIE

>>4146806
At least /v/ might keep the thread bumped.

As for ideas, since Toad is like a helper in the real games, he should show up every once in a while to make things more difficult for Mario, but like he's sewn together from goomba parts and basically looks like an abused rag doll. He could like randomly appear and move the exit of the warp pipe you just entered into lava or something.

At the end level screen random words should stream. as the game progresses the text should get more structured revealing a lovecraft-esque rant about the hollowness of existence... also really freak them out by putting human faces contorted in agony on all the shy ghosts...

>>4146899

Guess again faggot

Levels should mostly have no music except maybe ambient noise like wind howling or echoes in a cave

>>4146362
All the bosses should be like this. The final boss should be Luigi. during his level you go through Mario and Luigi's childhood, Luigi is scared all the time, but he always tags along with his big bro because he knows Mario will protect him.

Cut to Luigi being brutally tortured and screaming for help on a high platform, but every time you jump to get to him the platform moves higher. All you can do is wait out the clock, but when it reaches zero, it keeps going on into negatives, and then into weird numbers like the minus world in the original game. It does this until you turn the game off. This is the end of the game and Mario can never leave.

>>4146997
Maybe some light static or white noise, along with those things?

>>4146979
forgot your sage

>>4146899
/v/'s already here.

This sounds like a fantastic idea, and it's definitely something that I'd truly enjoy helping out with.

Why dead?

Couldn't he have just hit his head or something, waking up later to a ruined world he didn't prevent from coming to be?

The spirits that blame him still haunt the kingdom and punish him for not saving them.

I'm just kinda tired of the " it was all a hallucination in the moment of death" thing.

Just a suggestion.

>>4146261
So how should this "story" play out to the reader? Would it be a fake news article, a journal entry, an anecdote from an acquaintance of this guy who plays the game, or what?

I think fake forum posts would be good, kind of like that "Candle Cove" thing.

A good example of creepy things that could happen is in a flash game called "You Only Live Once". This game takes it in a lighthearted fashion but it could EASILY be made amazingly creepy.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/raitendo/you-only-live-once

Play through it a few times. You'll see what I mean.

>>4147003

How about the entire last level is just Luigi following Mario though a slowly decaying landscape?

>>4147064
Forum posts on an emulator website would be amazing.

>>4147064

OP here. I was thinking it would look like a forum post and we'd copy/paste it into different forums. It would end with something like "I know now that the only way i can rest is by posting this ROM and taking my own life before it gets any worse. !!NOBODY SHOULD OPEN THIS LINK!! May God forgive me.

http://filederp.com/sdfljderpeedoo324

But doing it like Candle Cove could be cool too.

Great idea. I'd like to help develop this as well. What if, for the first boss, instead of fighting something, the magma had hardened over the turtle thing. Part of him could be sticking out, and the wall could be crumbled? Then you could walk through the wall to the next section?

>>4147173
Any help would be awesome, but like I said I don't even know where to start. Guess I'll start reading about ROM hacking.

I like the idea of not fighting anything for the bosses. Mario should be completely helpless against them.

Random images of burning skies and dead bodies should replace the background along with blaring white noise.

lives should start at 99 and count downward randomly.

i figure most nes and snes roms can only do midi music (i dunno though cause i'm not a codefag) but maybe kids singing the alphabet with clicking noises could be inserted? o.0

Look up Eversion... get ideas from that.

Maybe the bosses should be the bodies of his dead friends? Not sure if there's enough to cover all the castles though.

>>4147204
Mario meets Eversion. Fuck year.

>>4147204
Creepiness would be abound from remembering levels fondly but there being something WRONG with them. Like was said earlier- No music/drastically slowed down music. Wrong instruments in the music. Blocks already having been hit. No powerups at all, no coins.

http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=faq&s=gettingstarted

make this hapen

To expand... i think having no enemies makes it creepy too. Like. no opposition whatsoever, except maybe a spiny turtle with blood on its back or something easy to avoid.

Making the game get creepier as it goes along would be good too.

This is the best idea I have heard in a long time

I'm messing around with Lunar Magic. It actually seems pretty doable, as long as I can figure out how to just create one block at a time instead of four.

If anyone's interested, maybe we should make a steam group or something?

Congrats, OP. Are you gonna put your name on this or just enjoy knowing it was your brainchild?

>>4147544
Messing a litlle with Lunar Magic too,I'll post anything that I can come up tih

I dont liek the ideas that make it seem like its a new game or something. Like the luigi at the end and other stuff is kinda ehh

make it so that its ambiguous as to whether its a glitch or intentional or at least make it subtly creepy not like luigi and marios child sucked like someone mentioned before

I would play a game like this.

Especially if you could make a successful mindfuck.

You know what would be cool, is if you could somehow put in an intentional glitch that freezes the game

Im busy ATM coding a game like this. i claim it to be a very early computer/arcade game which i am emulating for the worlds enjoyment.

the game is called ENTITY and starts off as a very regular pixelated shoot em up where you can move up and down and shoot at red zombies which come at you.

however the further you get into the game, i have coded a timer for things to happen. for example play for ten minutes and the trees have, bit by bit, grown longer and obscure the environment. play for longer still and the gore slowly increases, as does the detail of the player and the zombies.

the enemy types become freaking insane and disturbing (fetuses and stuff) and a screaming emerges from the background static.

so if you are fucking insane and play to the end random faces flash in the corner of the screen and a voice speaks to you underneath the screaming until you reach a gray page with black writing in cyrillic or something and the game will automatically close.

>>4147645
That would be a cool way to end the game, actually. Make it end on a glitch so that people never figure out what the "big reveal" is at the end or whatever.

Great ideas. I think it should be more like candle cove, to whoever mentioned that earlier. Spreading it around is just going to create flame wars and only interest newfags. Making it like it was already a pasta is the best way to go about this, imo.

Sorry, tag left over from another thread
>>4147674

>>4147680
Yeah, this. Like, we didn't make it we just passed it on.

>>4147691
Exactly. Also allows everyone to toss in their own opinions without it being much of an issue. You'll have the half who spread the suicide news and stuff, the side who calls bullshit on it, and the people who can make their own call, making it creepier. But one suggestion: with suicideouse.avi and such, I never found it believable (besides the obvious) because who would upload it right before they die? can we have another way for it getting online?

So for the worlds we can stick with the OP's suggestion of having the first level be like someone's already been there and killed all the bad guys and hit all the ? blocks...

The second world should have a glitched Luigi show up several times, saying things like "Haven't we already been here?" then "You really don't want to continue." to "I'm warning you!" and finally "Now you've done it!"

The Vanilla Dome, world 3, can look like hell or something.

>>4147708

Maybe it's like a virus? It automatically duplicates itself before you have a chance to stop it?

>>4147720
I really don't think the hack should go on long enough to get to world 3. Maybe halfway through world 2. Enough to expand upon the creepiness but it DEFINITELY doesn't need to be the whole game

>>4147725
I like that.

>>4147725
I'd like it if, for example, it were posted to an emulator's forum, like he played the first level and thought it'd be a good idea to dump it, then he started playing it and were urging the forum to STOP PLAYING IT DON'T GO ANY FURTHER

So...

Would you mind if I tried to do the story?

Or is someone else working on it?

>>4147744
Gah that would freak me out if didn't know what was going on lol

>>4147708
My original idea was that the game "wants" to be played and it coerces the player into posting the ROM on the internet so other people will play it, but I'm open to other suggestions.

/x/ Drawfag here. If you need any extra art or something for this, I'll see what I can do? I can't animate for my life, so I don't think it'd help at all, but just putting that out there

>>4146509
also this, maybe once or twice

Using Lunar Magic now. Opened a random level and erased all enemies,proceeding to coins now.

OP,What do you think about pipes? Shall they stay there or be removed?

Guy finds a copy of the game with red marker scribbled all over the game, no label, case is beaten up. Clerk at the store doesn't know anything about it, had never seen it before, and goes to throw it away, when the guy says he'll give him 5 bucks for it and the clerk agrees.

Goes home to play it, finds out it's SMW, but different, then uploads it to the net and starts playing from the beginning. The first level isn't all that much different except all the blocks are hit and the music is a little off, so he didn't think THAT much was wrong with it.

>>4147735
Then it can stop after Luigi comes along and says, "This is for your own good" and then the freeze glitch happens.

There should be a horrible midi noise that plays at this time too, that sounds like a glitch.

I hate tripcodes.

>>4146261
There should be something going on with Bowser, too. Maybe he taunts Mario throughout the game, telling him how he failed and the collapse of dinosaur land is all his fault. Mario should constantly be assailed by mental images of his fallen comrades, with contorted faces, being tortured by bowser and the koopas.

>>4147754
>>4147754

Oh, that's sick. Do it OP. DO. IT.

>>4147782
That's been done before. It should be something different.

Maybe it's his own copy from a long time ago, and when he plays it again he finds that it's been corrupted somehow.

>>4147754
Like, "I understand now that it was waiting for me. It chose me so that I would help it germinate. I know I shouldn't do it, but I'm afraid. It has shown me what would happen to me if I died before I helped it and I can't stop thinking about it. I can't go outside, I can't sleep. I know it's wrong but I have to post it."

He might beg people not to click it or title his post MODS PLEASE DELETE IMMEDIATELY.

idk lol

>>4147781
Not OP, but I suggest making the pipes leading somewhere they shouldn't go. You could even go a step further and have a cutscene where Mario remembers the place the pipe goes to, but when he gets there, nothing is right.

>>4147807
Bowser should be different somehow, too. Like he's a rotting koopa corpse or something.

>>4147820
Yeah, but put it on a place where the mods aren't necessarily gonna delete it immediately. ;D

>>4147826
Yeah. Like, instead of being a sort of lovable bad guy, he's all messed up, both physically and mentally. He tortures his own minions for fun. Maybe he could be a total sadomasochist.

>>4147826
Or maybe have everything he says be nothing but glitched letters or something.

Maybe he lent it to a friend years ago who he lost touch with. friend commits suicide. Friend's mom gives guy his stuff back. guy finds the game and decides to play it, sees the distorted version?

The thing is, a lot of the things you guys have suggested are out of the bounds of a simple romhack.

Cutscenes and all that are pretty difficult to convey in Mario World, as the only cutscenes are the one at the very beginning of the game and the scene with the princess at the end of the game.

>>4147856
It would be creepy, but not a complete mindfuck. Good idea though.

P.S.- this would also work with a LOZ game.

>>4147822
Maybe the pipes can lead to various death scenes?

>>4147775
You could look into making level backgrounds or changing the world map or sprites?

>>4147781
Maybe what's in the pipes is even worse than what's above the ground? Or maybe the only living creatures left are in the pipes?

>>4147850
I think some rape should be thrown in for good measure and extra creepiness. Doesn't really matter who and it shouldn't be excessive; just enough to add a new shade of horror to the childhood memories of the game.

>>4147867
True, so maybe no cutscenes. But I do remember there being info boxes that would tell Mario stuff when you hit them.

>>4147869

I'd love to see a bunch of classic NES/SNES games turned into mindfucks like this

This is easily the most interesting idea I've seen on /x/ for a while, hopefully this follows through.

>>4147885
Seconded.

We'll call it the "Nintendo Curse" or something.

The music would be MUCH creepier if it were to be altered very slightly, just enough to make you think "Hmm?", and know that something is a little off.

>>4147879
This is true. You could edit the sprite and function of the audiobox you have to hit to get game tips, and turn it into a sprite identical to one on the ground and have it activate when mario steps on it

guys, don't make a story for it.....make it ambiguous (spelling sucks donkey dicks)......completely glitched, with screams in the background music....the idea of luigi apearing randomely is good though...but don't make the characthers tell eachother anything, it's more creeppy if no one know what the fuck is happening

>>4147892
this.

great idea, OP.

and yeah. There should be a fucked up Kirby too. And Zelda

>>4147879
That may work... a darker, much creepier story would be there, with commentary from the other characters. Kind of like older final fantasy games.

April 24th, 2010

Today, I got really bored.

Not just bored, REALLY bored.

Like, I was so bored that I couldn't even entertain myself with my normal games. Left 4 Dead fell short, since all my partners were always retards, COD got real dull, real fast, with all the damn hackers...

So, I decided to go retro. I looked around my room and finally found my old Nintendo. I was pretty sure it still worked. I opened the lid, took a can of spray air, and blew the thing out. Tons of dust. I nearly choked to death on all the dust.

I hooked it up to my TV, a real pain considering all the adapters I needed, but I had them. But still, all the games I had were boring.

So I went to a used game store. I think the name of the place was Brandon's, or something like that. It was the only one in town that still sold retro games, though it was starting to phase them out like all the others.

I looked around for a bit, but nothing really caught my eye. Then, I noticed it.

Normal enough looking case. Except, the cover, where it would normally show the games name and all that, was completely torn off, except a tiny sliver. It looked like the first Mario game, but I wasn't sure.

Out of curiosity, I bought it. If it wasn't worth it, I'm only out ten cents, no big deal.

By the time I got home, though, it was too late to bother with the game. I live out in BFE, so travel times to town are pretty long.

I'll play it tomorrow.

((What do you think so far? I'm going with the journal approach. Yes? No? Anything need changed?))

>>4147900
Maybe the pitch can be changed. That would be simple enough. Change it to be lower, for example.

>>4147909
That's good. I'd still like to see a candlecove type thing. It'd be harder to write, but more original. Good though

>>4147867
Another idea I was thinking of:

You know those speaker blocks? Someone has been using those to leave messages to Mario. They can provide some of the back story instead of cutscenes.

Some of them could be like YOU KILLED THEM ALL AND NOW THERE'S NO WAY OUT and some could be like "I'm so lonely Mario please don't forget me again"

Maybe at the end it's revealed that Mario has been doing this over and over for a long time and has been leaving messages to his past self.

Just putting stuff out there.

>>4147867
That's true, this is starting to get a little too complicated. Here's what I think it should be limited to, and it seems like something that anyone with basic ROM hacking skills could do:

- Music distorted in some way
- All boxes are gotten, coins collected, no enemies, water doesn't move, lava solidified, pipes leading to nowhere (or to some horrific scene)
- An intentional freeze-up at the "end," possibly initiated by Luigi.

Also, what if there was writing on the background walls and stuff (possibly in blood) as if Bowser or someone had gone through the level before and written it? Things like "it's all your fault" and "they waited for you" and "you failed them." Just something unsettling.

>>4147876
hum...Maybe the pipes can lead to a copy of what the pipe would take you to on the original game,but empty,with only a pipe and an info box,saying something like "NO GO BACK YOU WON'T MAKE IT" or some random numbers and letters, and another pipe,leading to another level,underground themed,with the music set in faster(as if your time is running low) and enemies(only here shall have enemies),all distorted and bleeding,some crying.

Then,on the end of the stage,another pipe,leading to the exit,with an info box saying something like "Nothing is quite as you remember",but creepier

>>4147909
Sounds good. Even if we don't use it it might provide inspiration for something else.

for fucks sake, don't add a story to the game, jut make it glitched and creepy. Make the "leyend" candle cove like, and work on the story of the guy who uploads it, but leave the game without a "dark silent-hill" like story. Make it as if the game was corrupted by something i dunno

>>4147951
If you have enemies, they should thank you for killing them. And plead for it before hand. I dunno how you can do this, though.

>>4147940
"YOU LET THEM DIE"
"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT"
"WHY DID YOU LEAVE"
"WE WAITED FOR YOU"
"NOTHING IS ALRIGHT"
"OUR PAIN IS YOUR DOING"
"YOU STOOD THERE AND WATCHED THEM DIE"

Those last two I'm a little iffy about, but maybe you could put those phrases in the background, written in blood. Or, in the comment boxes.

>>4147969
Maybe they look like they're suffering before they die?

I dunno about thanking you, though. Maybe just a horrified scream instead?

>>4147965
Yeah, I'm not liking the idea of the thing having a story either, just creepy shit going on

>>4147969
It would take someone with some damn good animation skills...

Perhaps part of the normal animation cycle of the enemies could include a speech bubble popping up that says "release me from this torture" or something. I haven't played this game in forever so I'm not sure, but when you stomp on enemies, does the little "100" thing come up, like the points you're gaining? You could replace the "100" with "thank you"

>>4147965
>>4147965

This

>>4147983
"ITS BEEN SO LONG"
"WE HATE YOU"
"YOU SUCK"
"I'M TALKING TO YOU"
"KILL YOURSELF"

Just yesterday I read a good creepypasta about Supermario 64. I wish I saved it now, I can't find it again.

>>4147998
I honestly thought we'd agreed it'd be creepier without enemies altogether.

>>4148016
It would be. The enemies would break it up too much.

>>4148015
want

Maybe reversed music? The trees and hills are barren?

>>4148015
And thinking about it, this creepypasta was almost exactly what this thread is planning. Anyone have it?

>>4147998
>>4147998
>>4147998

>>4147984
>>4147969
I think there are ways to do it.
They're distorted/clearly in pain/crying until you jump on them. When you do, the enemy dissappear and yout hear a low "finally" or "thank you" in the background.Every kind of enemy should have different sayings,like: a goomba says "thank you" in a deep and sad voice,while those old men that throw hammers will only make a deep sigh in relief

Or,what about this: the music get some screams mixed with it,and everytime you kill something,one scream stop,meaning that the "enemy" found peace at last

>>4148016

A single lingering koopa shell slowly spinning and moving.

Not so fast moving that it takes from the game, but slow enough to get a feeling of a gloomy atmosphere.

Just a thought in my head, no biggie.

>>4147931

Well, Candle Cove seems a little... Off, for something like this.

"Hey, remember that game?"

I just... I can't see how it would work...

I'll think on it, but in the mean time, I'll keep going the way I have been.

If anyone else wants to cut in, and can do a better job, I can stop.

>>4148016
Yes, no enemies.....make it simple, glitched and creepy....someone said somehting about a final freeze glitch initiated by luigi....that's a good idea....make mario run by i dunno....the 3 world and just suddenly luigi pops out of nowhere....or replace mario with luigi randomely during a fe second, and then freeze the game....oh man, that would be fucking awesome

>>4148032
What if the trees were dead? The whole landscape could just be dead: brown grass, trees with no leaves, grey skies, maybe a low howling wind noise just to give the place a feeling of something absolutely terrible happening there.

and remember, if you do fuck with the storyline, keep it simple. this was the SNES, not great graphics to work with

We should decide if there will be enemies or not. And are we going for an actual story line, or just creepy shit in the game?

I mod Mario games. I could possibly do what everyone is discussing, but it would be a huge project. Anyone else here do romhacks?

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/wellmeaningfellows

So people who are interested can get together after the thread 404s.

>>4146261
They already have one with Super Mario 64 OP.

I saw it posted on /v/. It's pretty old bro.

>>4148056
>>4148056

"Guys today I found this game, and all the enemies are already dead, take a look" etc.

'You fucking with me? This is supposed to be SMB?'

'Wow man, that's weird'

'it must be fake'

"god, I think theres something wrong with this game. You should stop playing it, it's getting weird"

'its just a game, faggot'

etc.

plase no enemies...maybe just one goomba ...take as a reference for the mood and weirdness suicidemouse.avi

>>4148043
If you're going for a creepy atmosphere, having any enemies at all will be just irritating and won't add anything to the atmosphere. Especially the "thank you" sound. That'd just be irritating.

>>4148130
yeah. I don't like the idea of messages. The creepypasta can have whatever you wants, but having that in the actual game would be stupid. imho

i always wanted to play as bowser, maybe at some point mario turns into bowser? maybe, at the start, for a split second every two-three minutes, marios sprite is replaced by bowser, and every level you pass, it takes 5-10 seconds off the time between you change, untill like the last levels you are bowser?

I think there should generally be no enemies to make the world seem more barren, but on the other hand enemies like the flying evil mask thing from Mario 2 tend to scare the hell out of people.

If there are enemies, I think they should be frightening and unkillable like the mask, but few and far between so that the player is anxious that they might show up but they're so rare that it doesn't take away from the feeling that Mario is in a dead world.

Brainstorming is good.

>>4148146
sorry, not play as bowser, but see his version of everything

>>4148130
Yes,but connect the idea to my prevous "Pipes/underground" post.
Maybe enemies should be a bonus only to secret levels,but if it's to be done,let it be done right. Only in absurdly hard secret levels with seriously fucked music and characters appearing on the background,shouting at you,cursing you for letting them die,maybe bowser laughing at you.
then,when you get to the end of the level,you see a message on the background: "You let us here again Mario...Let us here to die,or bodies to rot." and something about everyone trusting mario and he failing them.
And about the sounds,now that I thing about it,it would get repetitive if there were too many enemies

>>4148161
maybe a few, but no messages :/ not as creepy, unless you can do it really, really good. Maybe just a few now and then like this for a suspense/jump scream scene

>>4147965
This.

the whole thing started out cool, but turned pretty gay really fast. I haven't played supermario world in a long time, but these ideas sound way to complex for hack on a snes rom.

>>4148015

Also looking for Mario 64 creepypasta. Was really good, would like to read it again.

I honestly think it would be creepier if bowser wasnt even like...evil.
he was just dead, and it seemed like something else was behind whatever was going on in the game.
and you never figured it out.
i really like the whole game glitching out thing, so you dont really get an end, i think thatd be cool.

but like i said, for bowser not being there really, itd be more creepy, because it would seem like something worse was in the game waiting.
just waiting for you to get through the next level.
just waiting.

ok, let's get this shit together.....no enemies, creepy as fuck, the original music distorted with some screams very low on the background, full of weird glictches (negative time, Mario walking backwards sometimes, colors changing) and completely frozed at world 2 or 3 with some weird stuff going on with luigi and stuff.....no story, no "you kill them all" texts, maybe some giberish or nonsensical mumbling from the text boxes, no coins and all the boxes allready hit....stuff like that.....stop the silent-hill like thingys, we are not making this game with a story, just the background leyend of the guy who uploads it.....anyone agrees?

BOWSER'S NOT THE MONSTER HERE

>>4148180

Aye.

>>4148168
OUR bodies*
damn typos

I always liked Super Mario 64 when I was a kid. I remember playing it at my aunt's house all the time. Well, one day a pop-up appeared out of nowhere as I was watching gameplay footage on Youtube. I was a little startled, and was about to close the window, until I realized that it was a website showing of a mint condition copy of Super Mario 64 for sale. There was a picture and everything. I usually don't trust these things, but the feeling of nostalgia overpowered me, and I wanted to buy it.

The whole business was peculiar, seeing as how the owner of the game wanted the buyer to send an envelope containing $10 to and address on the site, instead of using something like PayPal. What made things even more strange was that when I tried to gain access to the website (I wrote down the URL) after encountering...problems with the game, the page was nowhere to be found.

A few days after the $10 was mailed, I got a package containing the new copy of the game. The first thing I noticed when I opened the small box was that the "official sticker" with Mario flying in the air was apparently peeled off or something. In it's place was a piece of duct tape with "Mario" crudely written on it in permanent marker. I felt a little ripped-off, but as long as the game worked, I didn't care.

>>4148180
perfect

>>4148194
I got out my Nintendo 64 and put the cartridge in. The screen turned on with the familiar Mario face that you could stretch and twist aimlessly. I remembered laughing all the time at the results as a kid and decided to mess around for old times sake. I moved the cursor over to Mario's ear and pulled it to elven proportions. I was going to do the same to the other ear, when the TV suddenly produced loud static. Mario's whole head started deforming and twisting in ways that I didn't even know were possible for the model. Random sound effects from the game started playing along with the static. As all this was occurring, I could hear a faint voice whispering in Japanese. The voice was stammering and whimpering.

I immediately shut off the game and tried again. I didn't bother with the Mario head this time. Just selected a new file and started playing.

When I selected the file, the game skipped the opening monologue by Peach and the courtyard outside. Mario was just placed right inside the castle. Creepier still, Bowser didn't say anything either. I tried to ignore it and played anyway. However I also noticed that their was no music. Just dead silence. Their weren't even any Toads around to talk to. The only door I could enter was the Bob-omb Battlefield. The other doors wouldn't even respond to my button commands.

The portrait to Bob-omb Battlefield wasn't the usual picture. It was just a stark white canvas. I was still trying to convince myself that these were just minor glitches, and that they wouldn't effect the gameplay at all. Once I entered the portrait, the image suddenly went from a blank canvas to the Lethal Lava Land painting. You know, that slightly unsettling image of the flame with the evil smile? Yeah, that's when I started getting really suspicious.

My final thought on enemies:
If they're there at all, they should be dead. Just props. Maybe a random goomba or turtle lying there dead once or twice per level.

>>4148200
The mission select menu came up, and yet another weird detail was present. Instead of "Big Bob-omb on the Summit", the mission was called "TURN BACK". I have no idea what drove me to press A, but I did.

The level seemed normal. Everything was how I remembered it. I thought I could finally enjoy my favorite childhood game. But then I saw him. Luigi. I was absolutely shocked. He was never in this game. His model wasn't even a Mario palette swap. He looked like a completely original model. Luigi just stood there until I tried to approach him. He started running at unexpected speeds. I followed suite and went through the level. Strange things happened as I pursued him. each time I picked up a coin, the enemies and music would get slower, and the scenery would look darker in color and more morbid. It kept gradually getting worse until I collected a 5th coin. Then, the music just stopped. The enemies laid down on the ground like they were dead. I was seriously freaked out, but I kept chasing Luigi.

I went up the hill. No cannon balls rolled down trying to knock me over. I really wasn't surprised at this point. Luigi was always just out of my sight as I ran. Once I reached the summit, I saw yet another object out of place. A small cottage was all that was seen on the top of the hill. Luigi was nowhere to be found. The cottage was certainly od looking for a Mario game. It was old, plain, and broken down. Regardless of my fears at that moment, I had Mario enter the cottage.

As soon as the door closed. A disturbing picture of a hanged Luigi immediately popped up along with a very frightening scare chord. It sounded like a violin screech accompanied by loud piano banging. Mario fell to his knees and sobbed for roughly 5 minutes, then the screen irised-out.

I returned to the castle. Mario just slumped out of the painting. The image switched from the Lethal Lava Land portrait to the image of Luigi hanging himself. The room was different this time. It was now a small hallway. Toads with blank expressions and white robes lined the sides of the hallway. Their was another painting at the opposite end that just completely and utterly scared me. It was a picture of my family It wasn't even a photo from the time Super Mario 64 was released. It was a very, very recent photo. I remembered posing for it last weekend.

I reached for the on/off switch on the N64. There was no way I was going to play this anymore. However, when I flipped the switch, the game was still on. I flipped it back and forth, but to no avail. I tried unplugging the whole system, but it never left the screen. I was even still able to control Mario. I couldn't just leave it on forever...so I kept playing. I went to the photo of my family, and jumped in. Only one mission was available, of course. This one was called "Run, Don't Walk". I selected the mission. 'Let's-a-go'...

The level started in a flooded hallway with platforms floating on the water. Mario landed on one of these, and the camera turned to show what was behind. A silent black void was slowly approaching Mario. It didn't look like anything. It didn't even look like finished graphics. Just a giant, blocky, black blob. I started jumping from platform to platform. With no goal in sight, I kept running, the darkness slowly but surely gaining speed. This kept going on for what felt like hours. I was really doubting there would ever be an end. Mario was just going in circles. Finally, the black blob/void/thing caught up with Mario, and enveloped him in darkness. He didn't scream or resist at all. It just consumed him.

Mario fell out of the painting and back into the castle. I lost one of my 3 lives. The room was different now. Some of the Toads were gone, and the painting looked different. My family and I were in the same positions, but our bodies were partially decomposed. It looked too real to be photoshopped. It looked more like someone just took our dead bodies and posed them.

Regardless, I jumped into the painting again. Mario was in an small room. There was still only one mission available. It was called "I'm right here." spelled just like that. I selected the mission and prepared for the worst. Mario landed in a small, dark room. There no visible way out. The room was empty except for a piano in the corner. I knew what that meant. i was stuck in there with the Mad Piano. I approached it and it started chasing me as always. There was no way to damage it, so I had no choice but to let Mario take damage.

When he lot all his health, the usual death animation didn't happen. Mario just got mauled by the piano. He fell as his blood and guts spilled on the floor, and the camera panned to a top down view of his corpse. A distorted version of the merry-go-round music from Big Boo's Haunt played as the screen slowly transitioned from the in-game shot to a photo-realistic sketch of Mario's dead body in the same view as the shot. It was very unsettling. I was crying softly as I gazed upon the image. I lost another life.

The photo of my family was shown again. We were even more rotten then before. The view zoomed into the painting, like I was warping again. I was greeted with a shot of Peach's castle from the outside. The castle was crumbling in ruin. The fields were on fire. The sky was pitch black. Bowser's laugh played on a loop in the background as children mockingly chanted "You couldn't save her!". This went on for a long time, until, a close-up of of Peach's face accompanied by an extremely loud screech interrupted the loop without notice. Peach's mouth was wide open as if she was screaming, and her eyes were empty, black holes.

if you think about it, what would be creepier, a game that you remember, but just slightly off, or a game that was obviously re done to be "creepy"? the glitch thing sounds cool, the Halloween remake ideas sound cheesy.

Suddenly, I was back in the hallway as Mario was once again ejected out of the painting. Now all of the Toads were gone, and me and my family looked positively repulsive. Maggots were wriggling around in holes in our flesh. Guts were spilling out of our bodies. My dad's eyeball was hanging loose from its socket. It was too much to bear, but something still urged me to trudge on. I jumped into the painting, with only one life remaining.

This time, there was no name for the mission. Just a blank space where the title would be. I selected the mission, and Mario landed on a very small island in the middle of the ocean. There was a solitary sign. It only read "DIVE". I did just as it said and entered the water.

The ocean was dark and empty. There were no fish. I wasn't even able to see anything in the water besides Mario. I swam downwards. I kept going for quite some time, yet Mario never ran out of breath. I counted roughly 10 minutes of swimming until I decided to go back up. Just as I turned Mario around, it came. A huge, and I mean huge Unagi the Eel came out of nowhere and swallowed Mario whole. I was dumbfounded. It went by so fast I wasn't even sure what I saw. The Game Over screen didn't show up. All that happened was a fade-out.

The photo of my family and I was shown again. We were plain skeletons now. Once again, it looked very real. I couldn't move the camera at all. It just stayed focused on the picture. I shut off the game and turned it on again. I chose my file, but it just went to the skeleton photo of my family. I tried this about 3 more times before giving up. I desperately wanted to stop, but some force kept me from walking away. I decided to select the only other saved file. The camera once again focused on the skeleton picture, but this time they were in a different position. As if they were a different family.

Johnny Truant plays SMW, eh? I like it.

But yeah, story is a pretty bad idea. As are all the "you failed us" things. Just make it unsettling. I also like the idea of pipes leading to horrifying scenes, though. They could be the same caves as usual, but filled with the aftermaths of terrible occurrences. Not specific things like people who have killed themselves, but just blood, fire, weird stuff like that. Probably not in all of the pipes, though, that'd be too predictable.

>>4148180
Fine with me. In any case I think the best thing to do would be to take the ROM and remove all the enemies and change the backgrounds and music and then decide what should be added. I'm messing around with the first level now. I should be able to upload the ROM with level 1 changed soon.

>>4148239

Proceed!

In lunar magic you can have several different backgrounds in one rom. With each level make the background darker and gloomier, like level 1s graphics are unchanged but 2-1 is getting darker, with it very grim at the end. I'm thinking brown cruddy, but the last levels black on white grim. Also, maybe force the player through Donut Secret to Bowser? Anyways, we better get contacts and stuff down for this. I can do some light editing, sound fucking-with, and some hacking. Email in email field, if we're gonna be serious we need to work together.

>>4148239
f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5 f5

>>4148277
>>4148279
Sadly...

That was the ending.

>>4148264
Great....the pipes idea is great, let them lead to some small room, with pixelated blood, and maybe a image uploaded in the background.....and make the music go fucking nuts, i mean, really fucking fast from one second to another.....

Archive this and I'll put it up on Super Mario World Central. One of the bros there is sure to help our plan.

>>4148284

There was more yesterday. Something about him not being able to pull it out of the N64 or something. Not your fault though, thanks Anon.

>>4148284
>>4148284
baww. well, I just converted that into image form if anyone wants it.

>>4148106

Hmm...

Here goes nothing.

I'm just gonna do their posts, since I can't do names and times and all that. I'm not very good at that... T_T

_______________
Poster 1
"Hey, guys, I just found this REALLY freaky ass ROM. I downloaded it earlier tonight 'cause I wanted to play the original SMB. But, something's SERIOUSLY wrong with this thing.

Here's the link, tell me if you're getting it glitched too...

www.someromsite.come/NESroms/SupMarBro"

Poster 2
"Just downloaded it...

I don't know what glitches you're getting, but dude, I'm getting some F*CKED UP stuff in this...

There's no enemies. I've run the first level six times now, and there's NOTHING attacking me.

Not to mention, all the boxes are already hit, so I'm stuck as mini-mario with no coins...

I'm deleting this thing. It's not worth my HD space."

P1
"YEAH! That's exactly what I'm getting. Did you notice that the BMG is always the 'running out of time' music too? And that the clock goes into negatives if you take to long?"

P3
"I just DL'd it. How far have you player already, P1?"

P4
"OMG, WTF is up with this sh*t? Deleting."

P1
"@P3
Not far. I just go through the first level, hoping the glitch will fix itself. I'm tempted to delete it myself, honestly."

P3
"Do. Delete the HELL out of that thing. I gets worse after the first level."

P5
"Just DL'd it myself. Played the first level. P3, what do you mean by 'gets worse?' How can it get any worse?"

P1
"Deleted it. Not coming back for it."

P3
"@P5
I'm not sure if I should tell you. Just delete it, now, or you'll regret it... I sure as hell do..."

((How's that? Any better? Worse? Which should I go with?))

>>4148300
>>4148300
I like that a lot. last sentence is a tad cheesy, but overall very good

>>4148300
Less "everybody deletes it". There has to be -someone- that continues playing it.

>>4148324
oh, and theres always a non believer. a 'dude you totally just did this to troll us, fail.' type jackass.

>>4148324
It should be like one of those "OP dies at the end" threads where one player goes on to play after "getting past the freeze glitch" and never posts again.

ARCHIVE THIS SHIT.

ITT: People who never played Eversion

I don't think that there should be many enemies. Some, but they can't actually hurt you. Depending on the level of gore present, they should either splat when you jump on them or just disappear, and Mario falls through them. Near the end of the game, they should start glitching with parts of them shifting away or changing shape as the timer ticks down. Also, I think the idea of a single shell slowly spinning near the end up the second or third level would be good.

As for music, I think the first few levels should be normal with a slight difference in pitch or speed. After that, have the music stop playing around the halfway point of the level. Maybe near the end of the game, the normal stage music plays, and eventually a new warped track starts playing over the normal one.

For graphics, I really think a slow start would be good. Slight color changes or a flickering effect to certain sprites occasionally. Also, I think that most of the pipes should be broken near the end and look like glitches have corrupted the sprite in the beginning. There shouldn't be more than two or three working pipes, one of which takes you into a toad house with a dessicated-looking toad corpse while another dumps you into a room with only the pipe you came in through in it. After going back through the pipe, it should dump you out into a pit, restarting the level with a damaged looking Mario. From that point on, Mario should slowly look less healthy in the following stages, eventually losing an arm near the end.

Also, there should be no story. Glitched out cutscenes in the beginning and end, but just let the unpleasant nature of the game carry the mood.

Ahem...

okay so far i like the glitched music turning into white noise as the game progresses, the pipes should go to the room that was in the original game but empty of coins and such. instead leave messages on the back wall that pertain to the cursed nature of the game (stop playing, death at 6-1, can't you see whats going to happen, etc. etc.) no enemies, possibly corpses of enemies throught the game. it should be tweaked so mario can't die (the game wants you to play to the end). backgrounds go creepy for short intervals, and the freeze glitch...

as for backstory, trust me, keep it light. i'd even just post it up with no info on what it is, and leave it for a time to be downloaded and slight word of moouth, THEN introduce the suicide story. maybe someone found a way past the glitch and the result was so soul crushing he had to off himself. keep it short and simple and let the user do the work for you...

just suggestions from a horror author!

>>4148331
This. Because there's always one. I think it's an international jackass conspiracy.

Then again we ARE doing this to troll, so maybe he's not a jackass in this case?

guys, i have to go to fight crime dressed as a wimen, so please archive this.....good night bye

>>4148404
Mighty fuck, seriously.
I posted the link in the thread about it a few hours ago, did you miss it or what?

An idea for what could happen at the 'end' of the game is that Luigi appears at the end of the map. He's not doing anything, just standing there. When you get closer to him, his sprite starts to distort, the music turns weird and the game glitches out. No storyline, just pure glitchy creepiness.

>>4148408
>just suggestions from a horror author!

Wowww, pretentious

newfag here. this should be archived, but I don't know how.

Boltazo: what if
Boltazo: whenever you kill a boss
Boltazo: it flashes to his family
Boltazo: and you see someone give them the note of his death
Boltazo: and you see a whole death scene
Boltazo: the funeral
Boltazo: everything
Boltazo: every
Boltazo: single
Boltazo: time
Boltazo: a boss dies


Just an idea my friend had.

>>4148300

((Continuing where I left off, and taking some suggestions. This is actually my first creepypasta, so I'm practicing as well.))
___________

P6
"@P3
Dude, you're full of sh*t. I downloaded it. It works just fine for me.

You're all a bunch of trolls."

P5
"@P6
I don't know what you're smoking, dude, but you're the troll here.

@P3
Played past the first level... You're right. But, for some reason, I can't stop playing. It's disturbing, yet... I wanna keep going, see how it ends.

Even through all the damn glitches. It's frozen on me twice now, making me go through it all again... Every time, it seem to get worse, though."

P3
"@P6
Go back to /b/, troll.

@P5
I know what you mean... Last time I player, there was NO BGM. It was silence, except Mario's jumping noise... It finally ended up turning on my own music to cover it up.

I know what you mean about wanting to keep playing, though..."

P7
"Well, dammit, now you've all got ME curious. DL'ing as I type."

P#
"@P7
You're gonna regret it...

BTW, I made it to the end of the first main castle... Toad, man... Toad... Why?

I don't think it's a glitch, anymore..."

P8
"Yeah, I'm with P6 here, you guys are a bunch of trolls... I'm playing it fine right now. Aside from the old glitches in the original game, nothing's wrong.

Yall's postin' in a troll thread."

((Opinions?))

Play Eversion, you dumbfucks.

It's really similar to what you're talking about, and it already exists.

Seriously.

/thread

How are you doing progress wise, OP?

I want to play this rom.

>>4148463
Eversion has nothing to do with what we're talking about except that it's a creepy platformer.

>>4148453
So far so good IMO.
A few mixed comments never hurt anyone.
Proceed.

>>4148463
Hurp a durp. 'Cause only one vision of any type of creepypasta can exist. Maybe something with a bit more recognition would get a wider audience and a stronger reaction, bro?

>>4148473
It's really similar to Mario. Similar set-up and everything, and then it turns bizarre and creepy bit by bit.

Basically, everything you guys are talking about.

>>4148495
I'm talking about an actual game, not a creepypasta. And it's pretty damn well-known, actually.

Perhaps it should even be suggested that it was concocted by /x/, only to be followed by the suicide thing. That might actually make people LESS suspicious.

I like the concept, would play it for sure

http://rapidshare.com/files/379858159/Super_Mario_World.smc.html

K if I did this right there should be no background music or enemies in the title screen or first level.

>>4148509
Yes, I think most people know that. It doesn't help it's been posted about since the thread started. Maybe creepypasta was the wrong word, but that's effectively what this thread is envisioning. Simply creepypasta in game format.

>>4148496
You are talking about a full game with a full story that someone made for a contest.

This is a partial game with no story that is a romhack of a real game with a real story that is basically made just for fun.

There are similarities, but you're saying "Well you can't make Sonic because someone else already did Mario."

Just stop, troll. We'll do what we like.

My two cents:
NO story. ('sides the creepypasta, of course.)
VERY sparingly used invincible enemies.
Slightly altered music---familiar, yet "off"
Any more?

>>4148553
Ah, all right, sorry.
Misunderstood because I didn't take the time to read most of the thread.

>>4148577
I dunno. I thought writing on the walls (Used sparingly, of course) would've been a great idea, but I guess I was wrong :D

Playing eversion now. Kinda creepy so far.

As for the mario rom, I'll need a nes emulator to play this?

>>4148587
Maybe for a different game.

In the end I'd say it was up to those who do the real work to come up with something they'd want to do. Has anyone played the linked ROM yet?

One level simply contains a Speaker Box that says:
If you value your sanity you will sto-- KEEP PLAYING

>>4148587
I don't want it to appear as if it were trying too hard.

Writing on walls makes it seem too much like it's "on purpose."

>>4148584
That was easy. Forgiven

>>4148602
Link to the post which links to the ROM? I can't find it :P And will I need an emulator?

>>4148550

Seems like a decent start. I'd recommend getting rid of the noises that play when you jump. And of course, the music at the end of the levels.

I played the linked rom. All I've noticed so far is that the title music is missing, a few blocks are gone, and the level completion music seems a bit delayed.

In other words, a good start. Though I'm afraid a face is going to pop up and start screaming or something if I keep playing.

>>4148677

And what was was up with the message in the blocks telling me to choke myself?

>>4148550
Just tried it, and it seems good. However, the music is still there when you finish the level.

This did remind me of some things, though. When underground, we need to remove all the shining stone in the background. Also, it would probably be better if Mario only gave the end-of-level salute for the first level or two, and just keep walking from then on. All the graphical tweaks will likely be done rather late, right?

Dammit, I had a TON typed, then got "Field too long..."

Fuck, gotta try again...

I'm gonna write it in notepad from here on out, so we should all agree on a place to go after this thread 404's... Someone posted something about that a while ago, where was it...?

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/wellmeaningfellows

>>4148697
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/wellmeaningfellows

>>4148667

Keep the jumping noise.

It adds to the effect of it being TOTALLY silent at all other times.

>>4148677

Just wanted to point out that putting in screamers is a terrible idea. We want the game to disturb people, not make them startled.

>>4148709

Thanks.

>>4148710
It would be good if the sound could be made a bit flatter, though.

>>4148712
Screamers are the Uwe Boll of horror media

sage

>>4148550
Alright, played through the first level, and saw the error speaker box. I went to the yellow switch palace and also the second level and realized you haven't done them yet.

I'd say it's a start. It should definently keep up the empty atmosphere for at least the first 4 levels or so. Enough for it to drag on a bit, like it wasn't intentional.

>>4148728

Go back to /b/.

Still think levels should have the sound of wind, caves echoing, etc.

rstrfsde

great idea

Should the game keep Yoshi in, or should the egg appear but Yoshi never hatches?

cool concept

Should we get /b/ involved?
/b/ has some pretty cool guys eh, they do facebook raids and doesnt afraid of anything.

>>4148756

Dead yoshi fetus? Or the eggs just break and slime pours out?

nice job guys

Something weird should be done to those tree trunk things in the first castle. Not too ridiculous though.

A+

Well, OP, you got a good premise and with the ideas people have been giving you great ones. Just make it seem like it's okay and dandy at first, make it seem as normal as possible before the deep mindfuck begins, like...have at least one or two goombas to give a whole "Oh, everything's okay that guy was just a faggot" and then have it start with the music starting to get all fucked up, and then they notice that all the blocks are all...used, and the enemies are gone...everything just started to change. The beginning gives them a false sense of hope, only to be dashed by what is to come.

>>4148756

Was Yoshi in the original SMB?

I can't remember, I haven't played in FOREVER.

If so, Then the egg should still be there.

BUT, it should already be broken open. And Yoshi should never be found.

MOAR

>>4148761
no u

bump

bump for great justice

>>4148764
Nah, I think just having the egg do the cracking motion without opening would be good enough. For the beginning, at least.

nice

thanks

>>4148776
This is SMW, not SMB. Yoshi is here.

I think since Yoshi is in a block, and all the blocks should be hit already, then so should his, and nothing should come out if you try to hit it.

Or maybe one Yoshi actually hatches near the beginning, but you can't mount it and it just starts running and falls into a pit. Creepy, but could still be attributed to a glitch.

>>>/v/

cool

I reckon what would be goddamn creepy, is as an ambient noise you just a cough every now and then.

Not a wheeze, not a hack, just a normal cough followed by silence.

great work op

awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_h1dY66Rm4

Trying to figure out how to stop the music from playing when you finish a level, then I'll remove the enemies and blocks from the first two or three worlds and upload what I've done to the steam group so people with more skill can see if they can add anything.

One quick little message:
If you do put something about a virus, say that the harddrive started to spin out of control, whirring uncontrollably, and cause multiple things to break down.

There is another copypasta out there that had to do with a virus, and it COMPLETELY ruined the story when it said that the virus damaged every single computer that person had. ( Mac/Linux would have prevented this - so make it into some kind of hardware problem. )

/v/

I know I'm late on this, but in addition to the game telling the player to upload it, it should try to connect to the internet and perhaps a specific web page. The page could count the number of times somebody has installed the game while connected to the internet. Only after a certain number of people played it, could the player continue on to certain parts of the game.

This way, people would have to spread it so everyone could play the rest of the game.

Aww, fuck...

I've officially hit writer's block...

Why does it have to delete EVERYTHING if you type too much?

And, seriously, if there's a character limit, why isn't there anything to show you where you're at?

ARRRRGGGGHHHH... 4chan pisses me off sometimes...

>>4148550

Could you put the ROM on MediaFire or MegaUpload? The limit for Rapidshit's already been reached.

>>4148848

THE GAME DEMANDS TO BE PLAYED.

Guys, I have an idea for an ending...

You're in the middle of a level when suddenly you see Luigi. He's just standing there, facing away from Mario. He suddenly leaps (using the standard jump sound for the first time in the game), and turns (the way Mario does when he gets hit by lava when he's little and it kills him) to face the camera, but rather than falling off the bottom, he just stops. The screen fades to black and all that's left is Mario facing right, and Luigi staring accusatively at the player. A few seconds pass, and Mario turns to stare at you, too. The game just stays like this, with them staring at you, frozen, until you turn it off.

>>4148847

I feel your pain, man. That's why you write it out in a text document before doing it here. Also, I dunno if it's true for every OS/browser, but if something happens and I press the "back" button, my text will still be there.

>>4148847
Press back on your browser instead of clicking return.

>>4148875

Well, fuck, I wish I'd known this at the time...

>>4148841
Wait, this is actually an interesting idea.

>>4148896

I'm stumped...

I'll hand this project over to someone else...

Continue where I left off, or start all over again, I don't care...

I just can't do it anymore...

DAMN YOU CHARACTER LIMIT! I can't get my motivation back now...

Just a suggestion, guys. If you try to do too much, it's never gonna get done. Keep it simple, yet effective.

>>4148913

You'd best not be op.

bumpan

>>4148848

Would any of the ten people who downloaded the first level be willing to upload it? I'm really anxious to see it now.

>>4148926

No, OP's tripfagging. That was just the dude doing the pasta.

>>4148913
When this project will be completed, you will think back and say with a great sense of accomplishment, "Wow....I fucking did that. I made this dream into a reality."

Got Eversion, can't walk on clouds. Supposed to happen?

>>4148796
Well, what if the very first level, the first few blocks aren't hit? Including the Yoshi block. However, hitting the blocks doesn't produce a coin, and Yoshi's egg pops out and then sits there, never cracking, never hatching. However, Yoshi's text bubble should still pop up as if he was released, just a bit glitched up.

In later levels where all the blocks are broken, (preferably a water level) a Yoshi kid should appear right at the edge of the screen and then drop off into a bottomless pit.

>>4147142
he should give the link first, then regret it. like, "why did i expose this?" and take his life due to that, instead of derping it onto the web.

>>4148951
Yes,only when you change your world to a specific level of "good" not bad,they will be walkable

>>4148951
You have to look around for a way to shift through worlds. Then you have to find a world that allows you to walk on clouds.

Look for a spot where the background changes color, then press the space bar on that spot.

>>4148848
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NLQUDXYB

Levels 1-3 of world 1 should be changed

>>4148909
this

>>4148841
You guys, we should do this.

>>4148972
What do you use to play this?

>>4148909
I don't think it's a good idea. What if the goal is not reached? all the effort put into the game for nothing.
Also,it would be a little too hard to implement a system like this in a game made with an EDITOR,not a whole new game

>>4148995
The number would obviously have to be small, plus if the game encouraged people to spread the word...

>>4149006

Wouldn't that ruin the element of creepypasta and all that?

>>4148968

Ah I got it. Groovy.

>>4149008
It would improve it, if anything.

It makes the game seem sentient, like it wants people to play it.

>>4148991
>>4148980
>>4148841
I don't think that an SNES rom can open a browser window. As this is supposed to be a glitched rom, having it be a .exe would be a bad idea. So it seems this is a bad idea.

Not to mention it'd be hella annoying.

>>4149030
It wouldn't have to open a browser to connect to the internet.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/wellmeaningfellows
In case anybody missed it before.

>>4148952
Any opinions on my Yoshi idea?...

>>4149043
How would the rom connect to the page, then? The only way I've seen an SNES emulator connect to the internet is through multiplayer. So, as that's part of the emulation rather than the rom code, it'd be a bit difficult to mod it in.

Wow level 1-3 is pretty hard without the moving platforms. Adding more cement blocks.

>>4149043
And ZSNES DOES have a Netplay feature...

>>4148952
This idea and the other one are a little premature at this point. Once more of the game is done, these ideas could work, though.

bumpan for the good of mankind.

people should be linking this on at least /v/.

I can't comment in the Steam group because I have nogaems in my account... help?

404

>>4149088
It was, in the Mario 64 creepypasta thread.

It died a while ago though, I think.

Altering the sound of the jump, or leaving it out altogether, that'd be subtle, yet creepy.

>>4149107
I think it's been decided that the jump noise stay, as it would make silent levels even creepier, the only noise being "boing". from time to time.

sage

Hey, just got in here, but what if you make all the music play backwards?

nice

>>4149114
You are the cancer that is killing the universe.

It makes me sad that this thread has only been archived twice...

:(

I have to leave...and hope other people archive it... because I know it won't be here in a few hours

>>4149117
In later levels that could be completely possible. I think the plan is just to start slow and subtle before laying on the mindfuck.

sweet

>>4149117
The silent idea, or maybe subtly erroneous music is better.

>>4149107
I really think it should be altered. Having the entire game be silent would be too unpleasant. However, having a slightly duller or shorter jump noise would be enough dissonance from the original to affect people without being obvious.

>>4146261


gay idea op

>>4149133
Yes. Yes. Yes.

cool

>>4149124
If you archive, people will be able to trace the shit.

Go here, people
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/wellmeaningfellows

what manner of faggotry is this?

Don't you get it, guys? OP already had the ROM when he started the thread.

He wanted to spread it. For people to tamper with it.

Now it knows you.

saged

>>4149071
Yeah it is pretty hard. Also, wasn't one of the ideas mentioned that the player shouldn't die? Maybe filling in the gaps would be a good idea. Also, the first speaker box in world 1-3 hasn't been changed.

thanks

Maybe only have the jump sound be altered sometimes, i.e., it sounds normal, then (shortened? different pitch?)

good job

I'm proud of you /x/.
I've been asking for more OC and this is perfect.
But Steamgroups? No. We need a different way of keeping in contact. I despise Steam, but I wish to help.

i like it

>>4149163
I believe the player SHOULD die, but should have as many lives as they need, eventually going into the negatives and possibly having it glitch a few times, showing a Koopa or something instead of a number.

Should have just made it a copy pasta OP

word

>>4149173
Having a lower-pitched noise would be great.

hey cool

agreed

MOAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bump

>>4149185
Having the noise change from level to level would be better.

whoa

>>4149195
I dunno how easy that would be to do.

>>4149173
First levels should probably have mostly normal jumps. Is there a way to tie the sounds to the timer? Maybe every 10th second makes a dull jump and every 15th causes a short one. As the game goes on, the intervals get shorter until it shifts up to a different sound, maybe the koopa bounce sound or a single note from the music. Something glitchy, eventually. Also, just having all sounds stop after the timer reaches 0 would be good.

Actually, it'd be pretty good to have some levels loop around on themselves and such, since the timer wouldn't cause death.

/v/bro here, if you want it to be just some creepypasta, yeah, go ahead with all the stuff like luigi being tortured and changing the game and having cutscenes etc
but if you REALLY, REALLY want to post it on an emulator forum, and have people think it's real, you can't deviate at all from the actual game.
You can have shit like dialog being tons of messed up text, fucked over animations, stuff like that, but you can never add or remove anything.
Weird music, glitched graphics, like, really glitched and all over the place, no coins, enemies, or mushrooms, etc, if that was all you did, and you didn't add anything like new cutscenes or luigi talking, then I think an emulator forum would buy it.
As soon as it seemed like the game was edited even in the slightest and it wasn't as if the rom was taken off of a normal cart they'd be all over that shit revealing it as a romhack.
I mean personally if it just seemed like the entire thing was glitched as shit but working and creepy as hell that would really make it seem a lot more real to me.
and I'd also ditch anything like the post saying "I have to share this and kill myself", that would pretty much just totally reveal it as a fake off the bat.
Plus, it would make the entire ordeal a whole lot easier than adding more cutscenes and whatever else.

i agree

I like the idea of where as the player is going and nothing is happening he will see a little koopa troopa but, as he gets closer it always stays just a little ahead,and make it so as he is going random deaths will occur to him.

i would also like to try and help but i despise steam too.
will there be another way to communicate or will it only be via steamgroups?

bumping

Does anyone have any ideas on a way to keep in contact?

steam

i hate steam

I just want it to be subtly creepy, not "omg gore luigi torture"

There's nothing wrong with Steam.

bumpage

I like the idea of how it ends is getting closer to luigi and never reaching him.

But do you want to make a really creepy hack, or try to get people to believe it's real?

>>4149250
I like the "subtly creepy, slightly deviated" idea.

>>4149239
This ^^^^

And there has to be a different way.
I've written somewhere near 20 pastas.
I think I could do the Pasta for this if you need it.

>>4149244
>>4149203
Everything has to feel like a glitch.
Maybe the whole "no enemies" thing should be ditched, but most of the enemies should have stuff like broken sprites, completely wrong sprites, maybe a few should be normal.
it should DEFINITELY display a lot of consistency, all the koopas on a specific level should have a specific replacement fuckup sprite, and all the ones on another should be broken differently.
Glitches are usually veeerrrry consistent.

creepy

>>4149267
Well, actually, a better idea would be to always have only one type of enemy in a given level, always with a certain sprite that's consistent over all the levels, some levels shouldn't have enemies at all, maybe some levels have more than one enemy
it needs to ALWAYS seem like it's a glitch.

someone needs to get to work lol. I need progress updates.

I've only done pokemon hacks ;_;

The first three levels are pretty good, but I suggest changing the jump sound(s) and maybe including a messed up enemy or two.

coolness

wow

i agree with sauber, maybe not everything should be changed, have some things how they were in the original game. it would make it that much more believable as a glitched version

maybe you should do the slightly modified one first, then try to do a more direct one.

first one would be the creepy glitches/music,
and the second would be the OH GOD LUIGI TORTURE AHHHH

...maybe the whole game is slightly glitched till a massive fuck near the end?

love it

>>4149267
Yea, you speak the truth. Glitches usually aren't very random. Or at least they aren't in my experience. There is a pattern that eventually emerges.

How about fuck with the background/foreground a bit. You know, change the terrain type or make the background a solid color, like the background sprite is missing.

no 404!

neat

GLORIOUS THREAD

do it faggots.

The rapidshare link on steam doesn't work

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

What format exactly should the Pasta take?
I know people want a Candle Cove feel right?
So message board-ish?

>>4149316
>>4149267
Make it start out with the three levels pretty much just like you did so far.

Then gradually move to the more mindfuck shit over the entire hack. Like every now and then at first have something happen that doesn't seem quite possible for a game like this. Then when the player is accustomed to this, start putting in more mindfuck a la suicidemouse.

is the only way to talk about this after this thread going to be via Steam? there has to be another way

>>4149325

"Hi there!

You seem to have made a bit of a mistake in your post. Luckily, the users of 4chan are always willing to help you clear this problem right up! You appear to have used a tripcode when posting, but your identity has nothing at all to do with the conversation! Whoops! You should always remember to stop using your tripcode when the thread it was used for is gone, unless another one is started! Posting with a tripcode when it isn't necessary is poor form. You should always try to post anonymously, unless your identity is absolutely vital to the post that you're making!

Now, there's no need to thank me - I'm just doing my bit to help you get used to the anonymous image-board culture!"

I'll try to have world one up to the boss fight posted soon.

gone

>>4149350
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NLQUDXYB

Perhaps you should wait for the rom to come out and base it off there, so that it'll be accurate.

aww man

doesnt work

i like this idea

>>4149369
There is nothing wrong with Tripcodes.
Also, My identity IS vital to this thread. I plan to write some OC Creepypasta and I use a trip for the parts to be easily identified as one story. I do usually post as an anon when I'm not writing something, or I don't want recognition.

It should be impossible to die (no bottomless pits) except in boss fights, where you HAVE TO die, because your ability to defeat the boss is gone. Once you die, it counts it as winning the level.

What do you think?

How do I archive?

We could start a Blog with a not too obvious name.

>>4149418
and on that note. You can find people you recognize. Hello again

>>4149369
>tripfag discussing
>anon saying loltripfag goway without adding

>>4149437
If we archive the thread, then people will be able to trace the ROM back to us. DONT DO IT FAGGOT

Having an identity all his own allows the tripfag live out his dream of becoming an internet celebrity. While this may be good for his fragile ego, it is generally considered a faux pas on traditionally anonymous image boards such as those found on 4chan.

>>4149369
Oh look it's this asshole again.

Your copypasta is about as bad as a tripcode, you know. Since you're the only one who thinks that it's funny.

so is it going to be an actual game you can play, or just a Candle Cove knockoff?

>>4149437
Google
"4ChanArchive"
No Quotes.

archive it dood

On second thought, they're right. Let's not archive it. The steam group is good enough.

>>4149455
Intended to be a real game. The first few levels have already been stripped of music and enemies, so it's actually progressing. May actually happen, amazingly.

>>4149455
Actual game.

>>4147212
Weren't there some weird fucked up backgrounds and sprites in the code already? For use after the player cleared Special World?

>>4149458
dont archive, there is a steam group.

archiving can lead the rom to us.

http://tceoaty.blogspot.com/
Here's a blog, too.

>>4149439
i would prefer that to Steam

>>4149500
Thanks, much better. Now onto the form the pasta should take.

Message Board format was the final decision?

whats wrong with leading the rom back to you?

>>4149549
The general idea is to try and make it seem real.
Leading it back to a group on 4chan is proof of it being fake.

>>4149549
many reasons.

Archive = giving a baby aids.

bump for great obscurity

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FLO0SBSK

Should have all of world 1 except switch palace and boss fight.

I'll be posting on the steam group in a minute.

>>4149549

It breaks the illusion of it being this twisted thing.

Not as freaky when you learn a regular dude made it.

>>4149524
I now have a permanent email for that blog. I'm not OP or anything, but I set the thing up, so sent join requests to PiratePercy@hotmail.com so you can join the blog.
Technical skill greatly desired.

>>4149524

what the shits going on?
>people are using a blog
>OP is using steam

we are already seperated.

Everything'll work out. Having 2 sites will help keep more people informed. The Blog can get all its info from steam.

bamping, this needs to be settled.

http://tceoaty.blogspot.com/
blogspot.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/wellmeaningfellows
steamgroup.

its only been a few hours and were separated?

>>4149640
I just posted a link on the blog to the steam group. I'll make a more permanent link. Hold on.

>>4149629
sounds like it'll work

>>4149659
>>4149668
>>4149640
>>4149601
>>4149629

Done. I just put a link to the steam group on the blog.
If the steamgroup gets a link, then it'll all be good.

Muted Music
No enemies
Good Start

Make the backgrounds darker if possible.
Happy healthy backgrounds could ruin the scare factor.

Play the Super Smash Bros "Game Clear" music. That shit is creepy yet rewarding.

>>4149707
It has to run on a SNES emulator, though.

Okay... hows aboot we stop making groups and blogs? srsly? if you want this to pull off you gotta keep it as quiet as possible. the steam group has it. thanks for your want to halp.

bump or gtfo

Make it a midi

>>4149707
Aren't we trying to make it seem like a actual and possible glitch?

So music that wasn't in the original game in anyway couldn't work.

But if the idea simply becomes to freak out then I suppose anything goes.

Also, would N64 music even be possible in SNES games?

bumpan an awesome thread

Hey, so, once those moving platforms are gone, that level becomes REALLY hard. Maybe those platforms need to be put back.

>>4149729
2 Groups aren't going to hurt. And no one will find the blog under that name. And the blog doesn't have a description of the project, so no one will know if they do find it.

Also, that brings me a good idea. Post as little info as possible on the 2 sites.

>>4149764
That, or add more platforms.

"Goodbye shallow water" is now a meme.

>>4149771
All I've posted is my contact info and the link to the steam group. Maybe the steam group can take care of the technical side while the blog discusses ideas?
Just a thought.

>>4149782
Something like this. The moving platforms should be changed to non-moving platforms or something. As it is it's very hard.

>>4149488
>>4149743
Again, take a look at the weird sprites already in the code, try taking advantage of those first, before you make your own.

K I updated the steam group and put a link to the blogspot. I hope we can work together.

Try out the ROM and post any suggestions, especially regarding the points listed in the announcement.

>>4149593
Nice nod to Candle Cove in that email adress, eh? Random pic attached to keep everyone entertained.

>>4149801
ROM was cash.

Few suggestions:
- Fix the first box and the lack of platforms in 3
- Maybe subtly rearrange some scenery (this would really mindfuck with people, recognizing a slight change, but not being able to put their finger on it.
- Having some enemies couldn't hurt, but like the above posts say, they should keep consistent.

My opinion:
For the first few levels, everything seems completely normal unless you enter the pipes. The pipes would lead to specific portions of a level later in the game (it seems normal), then soon you would be forced to enter another pipe (like with an unpassable wall) that leads right back to the level you were originally on. Then later in the game when you actually reach the later level, everything you did to whatever portion is still there, but now all fucked up (enemies are corpses/glitched sprites).

Maybe we should put this on Rapidshare and let others "discover" it.

?

Actually, level 1-3 is fine if you use savestates.

Maybe it's better to leave it hard, to make it seem more "glitchy"?

I think it might be nice to make it so most pipes don't work. Adding to the "No Escape" idea.

>>4149771
good idea. also don't name it. and delete what you can after completion. lets not pull another little otik/grifter...

and everyone else keep fracking bumping!

>>4149890
Speaking of which, there's one pipe that leads you to a lava pit with no way out.

>>4149874
>>4149852
It's not finished yet. Patience, for when it is done, it will be used for epic feats of deception.

>>4149898
I love that pipe.

>>4149903
Me too. It's so great. It fits so well with what we're doing too.

>>4149907
I posted in the Steam group, that there needs to be some way to make the "mario dies" noise fuck up somehow. I suggested making it the noise the Blarg (red dragon) makes when he jumps out of the lava.

*gets more coffee*

>>4149934
Bring me some. I've been addicted to coffee lately.

>>4149922
Huh...Not a bad idea.
But maybe not a straight rip of the sound.
A glitchy version.
And will someone please confirm for me what you'd like the Creepypasta in?

kingkoopalaughing.jpg

And I thought I was going to sleep tonight.
Now I've got a blog going, a steam account, and a referral thread in /v/.

I sure hope this is worth it.

>>4149946
IIRC, Super Nintendo games have all the sound compressed at the same speed and the sound cues make the noise a certain length. If there's a way to edit the length and make it as long as the death jingle. It'd be really stretched out and low-pitched.

>>4149934
Just about to do that.
And about to play some good old Gears of War.
Nothing like a chainsaw ripping through you all of a sudden to wake you up.

>>4149958
Referral thread?

>>4149965
Yes. A thread that refers to this one?

>>4149987
I wouldn't have done that tbh. The less that's known about it the better.

>>4149993
/x/ and /v/ are working together on this one. Plus, I didn't make the thread, I was just elaborating on it.

>>4150008
Yeah. Nobody posted but me, and obvious /v/irgins started coming in immediately afterward, so I guess it worked.

>>4150017
/v/'s technically my home board, as little as I like it. They spread stuff faster than /b/ if it has something to do with video games.

bampity

Bumping for Great Justice.

bump

I really want something to come of this.
I can't wait.

i'd like to help, i haven't got much experience with the technical aspect of this, but i would like to learn. im sure i could help with ideas though

crackaz

Any creepypasta /v/x/ related to share to keep this bumped?

>>4150070
See the steam page. There's a good place to go to learn to do this stuff.

I still can't post in the Steam group.

>>4150087
I wrote some low quality pasta the other night about the Gameboy. If you'd like I can re-post.

>>4150096
will check it out thanks

bumping because i can

>>4150116
Yes please!

God, can't believe how epic this has gotten.

inb4 toasting in epic bread/coasting in epic sled etc.
maybe I've been on /b/ too much.

I'm off to be guys, keep this going, you've got a damn good thing here. Goodnight my /x/philes, you've made me proud

bumpan an epic thread

don't let it 404~!

C'MON C'MON C'MON

No 404. I'll start it again with the same image if it does.

Where can I find good vidya creepypasta?

POKEY OUT OF THE SKY
This is really getting good.

>>4150296
Is there a new update?

>>4150303
Check the steam page for the most recent version.
Make sure to go through the pipes.

So... let this thread die and go to a new one? Or rather, it's late, I might go to bed soon... nah, I won't.

>>4150321
or stick with the steam page/blog

Any way, a great idea was born here today and I really hope it gets done.

I had a nice nap. I'm going to do some work on World 2.

BUMP

Yes its still alive!
Bumping for the anti404.
I'll post the previously mentioned pasta soon.

BUMPING
for great justice.

Clifford happily walked down the street one sunny day, playing his favorite game on his Gameboy. He did this quite frequently, and enjoyed combining the peaceful walk with the childish game.

Clifford was a boy of 13 years, and was about 5 feet tall. He was what you'd call an average teen, except much more innocent. He had been given a strong Christian upbringing, and knew little subjects like violence and sex. All and all, he was ignorant of the worlds true natures. He knew in his mind two things for certain though.

1. God is real and you must follow his will.
2. Demons are real and very evil.

The two facts had been burned into his mind by his God-Fearing parents, who hoped to make a God fearing child.

And now this God fearing child was walking down a suddenly empty street. No one around. Not a peep from anything but his Gameboy speakers.

And had this child not been so innocent, he may of thought this odd, but he didn't see why he should find a problem with the sudden emptiness of a usually crowded neighborhood. He just continued to walk as he did on any given day. One eye on the game, another on the sidewalk. Clifford was now very adept at multitasking.

>>4151571
In his innocence, Clifford did not think that the game cart he soon spied in the middle of his path to be someone elses. He didn't think much of picking up the suspicious little object. The cart itself had it's label ripped off, and looked to be beaten and old.

Still, Clifford thought little of it. A new game? One of those video carts he had seen once at the store? Only a quick try would tell him the truth of it. So he popped out his game, and carefully slid it into his left pocket. Then slowly and gently, as if too much pressure would damage the system and game to the point of destruction, he pressed in the mysterious cartridge until he heard a gentle click.

The game now in, the neighborhood still quiet, Clifford flipped the power switch up.

He saw the normal logo from the console loading up flash by on the screen, and then nothing showed up. Just a black screen. He thought of resetting it, but suddenly, the screen started to slowly change colors and play some slow, quiet music. Clifford began to walk again, slowly trying every button, trying to find anything that would produce a response from the new found game.

This now consumed all his attention, and he didn't see the rock in front of his left foot.

SMACK

He stumbled on the rock, feeling lucky after avoiding a fall. But what did fall made him just as upset.

His Gameboy was on the concrete, screen smashed, music blaring. Except it didn't sound the same. It sounded different. As if it was playing backwards. Soon the sound filled Clifford's ears, and he felt dizzier and dizzier as the seconds passed. Finally, without an ounce of resistance left in his mind, he fell to the ground. Confused and scared, Clifford passed out on the sidewalk. With no one to see, no one to care. And no one to help.

"?won doG ruoy si erehW" croaked out a voice from some place deep in Clifford's newly forming dreams. Clifford, now in his own dream, woke up in the same place he had fallen, music still forced into his mind, like an intruder. He prayed for it to go away, but nothing helped.

>>4151581
He stood up, more as rose up, backwards. His steps were going backwards, his movements backwards. His whole walk. All in reverse. All to the beat of the demonic song that blared in his ears.

Except something was different. The street was now bleak, not sunny, and no longer empty. Far from empty. There were creatures walking backwards in the opposite direction. Hellish looking creatures, resembling the demons he was so frequently told to avoid. They were all walking backwards, all speaking odd phrases backwards, and all smiling. Big toothy Cheshire-Cat-Like grins.

Clifford looked down and saw blood flowing from the ground into his stomach, as if he had been cut open and was regenerating. Finally the cut sealed as one last creature walked by. Everything stopped, and for a moment, Clifford couldn't move.

>>4151583
The music had stopped with the movement, and suddenly is started again, but in the style it had first began. It played forward, and Clifford moved forward, but still against his own will. And too bad for him, the creature whom had passed was still ahead, toothy grin and all, now walking straight for him. As it passed by Clifford felt a sharp stab, and looked down. He saw a cut leaking blood.

Clifford's entire walk relived itself in a worst-nightmare-style mirror image. He was loosing more and more blood, and eventually collapsed, dead, where he had first passed out.

The police found the dead body of Clifford in the middle of the sidewalk, with a Gameboy sitting in front of him. They heard a loud, almost painful to hear, music come from the Gameboy. But there was no game inside, and the batteries died before further investigations could take place.

Cliffords official cause of death was blood loss, but they did not find a spec of his blood on anyone within miles of the place he was found, or at the scene.

Almost as if someone...something had taken his blood...

As the officer walked back to his cruiser that day, the corpse in the hands of the paramedics, he heard a peculiar sound in the wind. It was some rather odd, very faint music. And he could hear someone say

"Where is your God now?"

--------------------------------------------

Thats the end of it, and as I said, it isn't all that great. But its related to the topic...kind of. lol

I don't know my plans for today, as I have not made many. But I think I can stay here and bump for a bit.

I think I'll work on the music part of it. Does anyone have the sound files in MP3 format?

World 2 is almost done.

2-3 is when things start getting really strange.