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Chrisoft::Ballance

Landfill in the Clouds

云端掩埋场

中文版

Overview

The first level to my knowledge that forces you to take a different +path in each playthrough.

Calling this level trash would be a compliment instead of an insult, +thanks to how it’s named.

You would think I’m done with scripted levels after the release of my +previous work. But no, that’s not even close to the truth. I have a +small text file stashed away on my computer where I put down all my +ideas of making use of scripts in a level. Not any kind of script usage +– only those which can be somewhat seamlessly integrated with the +original gameplay. (Despite the fact that I said “you can literally +change the gameplay completely” when I first discovered the way to +inject scripts into custom levels, I decided against doing that in my +own levels. On a side note, other people have done that already.)

This level is the result when I felt the mysterious, irresistible +compulsion – the same kind of compulsion that made me work on a modern +OpenGL rasterizer for Ballance – of doing some level designing earlier +this month, plus the coincidence that urged me to test out an +implementation of one of the ideas listed in the aforementioned text +document.

Did I mention that this level is also modelled exclusively with +Blender?

I felt like this level, together with my previous level, has set the +tone of my own design style: bizarre and somewhat fantastical, with a +strange touch of minimalism. And of course custom scripting is something +that I won’t let go. My goal is that the players would still be able to +tell they’re playing the familiar Ballance in an instant, but realize +it’s Ballance with more and more twists as the level progresses. I have +no way to tell whether my own assessment is accurate though.

That’s about everything I want to say. Enjoy the level! Until next +time my compulsion comes back, later.

Important Notes

The vast majority of the level is randomly generated. The generation +will change each time you spawn in.
It is strongly recommended to play this level with an instant +respawn mod installed. BMLPlus has this feature built in. Thank me +later.
If you do not want to bother with installing mods, you may want to +enable the “lifeguard” feature of the level. Read the first message in +game for details.
Turn on your game sounds for the full experience! (There are no +jumpscares… in this regard.)
This level is tested and guaranteed to work with the following +setups: +
- Original CD installation, with the Level 13 DLC patch applied
- NewPlayer +0.3.2 + BMLPlus +0.3.3
Unlike my previous scripted level, the scripts in this level are +fully FPS-insensitive. It should work whether your game is running at 60 +FPS or 6000 FPS.
Due to the sheer amount of objects used in this level (over 3000 in +the final sector!), older computers may experience performance issues in +this level. For your reference, this level is developed on a laptop with +an Intel i7-1185G7 using its integrated GPU. Most parts of this level +will run at 300+ FPS on this computer.
If you are running a custom rasterizer, this level may cause the +game to crash. In any case, reverting to the default DirectX 8 +rasterizer should fix the issue. If you don’t know what a rasterizer is, +you may safely disregard this note.
The sector skipping feature found in BML/BMLPlus won’t work with +this level at the time of this release.

For additional hints, spoilers, technical notes and ramblings, click +here.

Level info

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+Number of sectors +	+6 +
+Expected play time for first playthrough +	+10~25 minutes +
+Time spent producing the level +	+Production lasted 18 days, ~48 hours of work spent +
+Number of extra points +	+2 +
+Number of extra life +	+6, one in each sector +
+Easter egg included +	+No +
+Software used +	+Blender 4.2, Virtools Dev 2.5 +
+Special thanks +	+yyc12345 (Blender plugin), ballancebug (consultation) +
+Playtesters (in no particular order) +	+小李子623, 有恒心得真知, 雪是不知遥, Gary Wang, doyaGu, ballancebug +
+Current revision +	+release1 (20240929) +
+License +	+Expat (The MIT +License) +

Additional credits

Dumpster model based on “1/18 scale Garbage Dumpster” obtained from +thingiverse, +used under the CC-BY 4.0 license.
Buzzer sound effect derived from “Wrong Answer by -Andreas” obtained +here, +used under the CC-0 license.
Explosion sound effect derived from the following sounds: +
- “Coachgun_Fire2.wav +by PhreaKsAccount”, used under the CC-BY 3.0 license.
- “cannon.round.wav +by alienbomb”, used under the CC-0 license.
- “paper_debris.wav +by themfish”, used under the CC-BY 4.0 license.

Download

Click here.

How +to install custom levels.

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