Hi everyone!

Presenting the now-complete King Of The Jungle, my first attempt at a World Of Goo level:



VERSION 1.1 CHANGELOG:
Gap in top-left bushes fixed
Scenery tweaked on right platform
OCD increased to 25 balls
Signpost tweaked
Stopsigns added (won't stop fast rolling balls!)
All balls now start on structure to prevent falloff
Left platform now sticky to prevent initial structure sliding off and wrapping around terrain if level left unattended

VERSION 1.2 CHANGELOG:
French translations now available (thanks go to Altom!)

You will need GooTool installed to run this mod.

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/3m2w0jydjtz/KingOfTheJunglev1.2.goomod

Very nice level :D Swinging Goos are very happy ;)

Test:

Good first level.
disgner good first impression.
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WoG Style well taken.
Level to Hard (my opinion)
{2-3 free ivy at start could prevent the rope when you solve Goos loses}.
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Camera ride on the precipice too quickly.
OCD shows 20 Goos (20 will also be written into the game) but the Level only wants 10.
beautiful color mods
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Conclusion:
A good World of Goo level expansion, which I think is a better fit in the atmosphere as Jingle Bells.
For experienced players suited

yep, absolutely delicious but very diffi-goo-lt.
when i finally got it, 19 goos made it through,
and i was like: "i guess OCD is 20...", restarted the level,
and the game was like: "OCD? 20 goo balls! harr harr!"
OMGoo! :o ;)

(...and i totally would've got(ten?) 20 if there were "stopsigns" on the edges...  ;D )

Haha! "Stopsigns" destined for version 1.1 methinks! Thanks for the review, GooGooAction said it was too hard, but what do you think?

i think it has a chapter 5 vibe to it, difficulty-wise... but that's not a bad thing, is it?  8)

A nice, tough level. Here are my results!

26 goos in 31 moves and 3:40

You might want to up the OCD, I was able to get 31 goo balls.

I love your level. It really follows the theme for the original world of goo levels.

I got 19 first on my first try.

[quote author=PaultheDork link=topic=1203.msg8262#msg8262 date=1230966310]
I was able to get 31 goo balls.

how?  ???

UPDATE! Version 1.1 released, see first post for details!

Great level! That swing is a real nice idea; it works so well, I'm surprised it hasn't been used in the official levels.

Only thing that bugs me, is that when I try to solve the level te proper way (by burning through the matchstick attached to the vine) the vine often doesn't swing far enough to the right to wake up the sleeping vine there, and then solving the level suddenly becomes very hard. Is that by design?

Other than that, I enjoyed this level a lot, and it's a lot of fun to try and get the most balls out of it!

edit:
I'm at 31 balls too! That's probably the maximum though.

[quote author=Soultaker link=topic=1203.msg8288#msg8288 date=1231021970]
Only thing that bugs me, is that when I try to solve the level te proper way (by burning through the matchstick attached to the vine) the vine often doesn't swing far enough to the right to wake up the sleeping vine there, and then solving the level suddenly becomes very hard. Is that by design?


Yup, that's by design. The basic, non-OCD way of solving it would be to add more weight to the swinging vine to get it further across, and the OCD method...well, I made the level and I haven't got 31 yet so you must have figured it out!  :)

[quote author=XDboy link=topic=1203.msg8280#msg8280 date=1231006108]
[quote author=PaultheDork link=topic=1203.msg8262#msg8262 date=1230966310]
I was able to get 31 goo balls.

how?  ???


Not sure if i should explain here. Send me a message if you want the walkthrough.

yeah, you could send me a pm, or you could give us all a little hint here, like this Spoiler! highlight to read: here lives a hint. <br />or <br />here lives a hint. <br />if you're posting on the light greyish background.

ya know what i'm sayin'?! :D

SPOILER on HOW TO GET  31 GOO BALLS
(Thanks to XDboy)


First and foremost, watch out for suicidal loose goo balls, they just want to jump off that ledge, i swear.

secondly. cheater cheater cheater... okay i cheated on other levels by visiting a walkthrough, but still!

take the leftmost green goo, to make a short vine and a long vine (now VINE 1 and VINE 2, VINE 3 is the asleep vine next to the exit pipe). attach the green ball from VINE 1 to the box (main reason for doing this is to keep the box from falling off the edge). next, extend the vine by at least one goo ball preferably two (like in the exploding shaft level). now take a red goo and throw it lightly at VINE 2, repeat until the VINE 2 has a good amount of swing to it. now do the same for VINE 3 (even though it is asleep, it can still be moved).

do not worry if the timing seems off. if the two vines are different lengths, they should eventually swing near enough to each other to awaken VINE 3.

the rest should be easy from here. if not, let me know and i will post walkthrough part 2.

enjoy this really fun level

[quote author=DarkZonork link=topic=1203.msg8325#msg8325 date=1231089788]
Tair you want to give your permission for the translation of your level in French?


Absolutely, be my guest! Let me know how you get on.

Hmm, I used a different approach for the maximum score. I'll try to make a video of it...
edit:
Urgh, too much work. Maybe later.

Very good level. ;)

I got 31 the first time I completed the level. Didn't see how to do by the normal method. ;D

Paul(thedork), I'm immensely impressed by your strategy! Didn't see that one at all when I was designing it.

The nice thing is that you still have to swing from one side to another even in the 31 ball strategy!

Ok, this was my approach. Still swinging, but I start by waking up the sleeping vine on the right so I can use its Goo-balls:
[*] YouTube video (unfortunately the sound is a bit off)

[quote author=Soultaker link=topic=1203.msg8390#msg8390 date=1231175815]
Ok, this was my approach. Still swinging, but I start by waking up the sleeping vine on the right so I can use its Goo-balls:
[*] YouTube video (unfortunately the sound is a bit off)



That was pure BRILLIANCE! Wow! Makes my way look like a retarded snail.

...WOW!

Now THAT was impressive! Absolutely expert flinging of ivy goos across the landscape!

Have a go at my other level, Waterlogged, and see what tricks you can come up with...I'm sure there's a few!

New version, v1.2, now available. See top post for download link and changelog.

V1.2 isn't importing correctly.