An Actual Maze

[Yoshi987]

You know, I got to thinking, what if there was a level that was, like, an actual maze?
There are two ways I was thinking of doing this:
1) It could be an underground maze with so many invisible blocks,
2) or they could all be regular blocks in a forest level, with trees blocking your view.
I have a feeling #2 would be much harder. What do you think?
Here's a YouTube video showing the concept I'm trying to explain. It starts at 4:04.
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[mariowings77]

I'm not sure, Cause I tried doing something with invisible blocks but they kept dissapearing so It would be pretty risky to do if there's too many of them.

[Yoshi987]

Oh yeah, the sprite limit...
Well, with option 2, some blocks could be eliminated...

[mariowings77]

haha yeah>.>
But that would get hard with only 8 blocks per screen >.>

[bowser bones]

i would think something like in the museum level of wario master of diguise where theres a riddle and you have to solve it out of a bunch of answers you are aloud to observe that would be more of a puzzle than a maze but it's still a good idea.

[Yoshi987]

Well, a level that makes you think would work as well.

[cheat-master30]

I'm not sure, Cause I tried doing something with invisible blocks but they kept dissapearing so It would be pretty risky to do if there's too many of them.

I don't think that would be a problem if the right blocks were used, because blocks don't exactly have a limit to how many can be used per screen, it's sprites that do.

Well, a level that makes you think would work as well.

Yes it would. To be honest, either a forest or museum theme for this would be a good idea, because then it wouldn't get confused with parts of Neon City Circus and the Greatest Maze levels.

[Yoshi987]

So, yeah, there could be a lot of trees blocking the way...

[cheat-master30]

Yeah. Needs a general map design though, otherwise it's nearly impossible to make.

[Yoshi987]

All right. Do you think this should be a seperate level, or should I tie it into the level you were talking about here:
http://dsultimate.net/Board/upload/showthread.php?t=13883&page=5

[cheat-master30]

I think personally it should be a seperate level, because the whole theme of this maze doesn't tie in to the level I was designing. I'm not sure when in the game this maze level would be found, but my guess is either world 2 or world 6, where there are left vacancies for such levels (because world 1 is full, world 4 is too small, world 3 is likely underground or ice related and world 5 is already full thanks to wacky and over the top levels).