[NeoLemmix] Flopsy presents: Modular Lems (10 levels) [Difficulty: Easy - Hard]

[Flopsy]

4/4/23: it is now ok to video LP this pack again, the ban has been lifted.

Here I am with an unexpected release



v1.02

Spoiler

v1.02 Fixed back routes on Let's Play 7 and 9 thanks to IchoTolot's replays
v1.01 Fixed back routes on Let's Play 7, 8 and 9 thanks to Gronkling's feedback

Modular Lems is a 10 level pack which is themed around Toys and LEGO, these levels kind of got made along the way of my ongoing development on Lemmings: Gotta Go Fast, I was originally going to include these levels in a bonus rank of GGF but I thought they were better off broken off into their own mini pack since they are about as far as you are going to get from being Sonic themed levels!

It is very unusual that I am releasing a level pack this small which is practically unheard of for me

One benefit of doing this I thought would be to get some early feedback on my newer style of making levels since I haven't really released any solo levels since SEB Lems in 2017 (outside of contest levels).

I also thought this pack is also nice to play around Christmas time, even though there isn't a Xmas theme to the pack at all, it's more about the Toy theme but Toys are part of Christmas right?

This pack varies from an Easy difficulty to start out with up to a Hard difficulty towards the tail end of the pack.
There are 10 levels in this pack in one single difficulty rank.


Modular Delight (Level 3)


The Birth of Creativity (Level 7)

Special thanks to Nessy for being the sole tester of this pack, he did a great job.
Also special thanks to Lucia, Nessy and Wafflem, without their help and support this pack would not have been possible!

The music pack can be downloaded here, each level has a unique track
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pecvjiur6ijh89i/modular%20lems%20music.zip?dl=1

All 10 of these levels have never been seen before publicly on the forums, none of them have been entered in contests

Please post your replays in this topic and share your feedback on these levels, I am very interested in hearing what you like or dislike about them. Catching things I am doing wrong now will only help other packs I release such as Lemmings: Gotta Go Fast be much better in the long run.

EDIT: flopsy_special needs updating in order to play Level 4 in this pack, I'm working on getting this added to the styles download. In the meantime, it can be downloaded below.
EDIT2: The styles download has been confirmed to contain the up-to-date version of flopsy_special, I'll still leave it here in the topic for now but you can also just get it in the styles download now

[IchoTolot]

So many things on my "to-play list" and this goes right on it.

I think I have a lot of lemmings to play after christmas.

[kaywhyn]

O.o another pack to play through, after I get my planned LPs done

[Armani]

Congrats for the pack release
I will take a loot at it maybe after the final exam...

[Gronkling]

Does flopsy_special need updating somehow? I can't get level 4 to load

[Flopsy]

I overlooked that somehow, I'll get the updated tileset added to the styles download.

In the meantime, it can be downloaded, in the first post
Sorry about that.

[Gronkling]

Here are my replays for the pack

[Flopsy]

Here are my replays for the pack

Nice quick turn around there, thanks for the quick feedback.

Spoiler

Let's Play 3 (Modular Delight) - Nice to see this level allows for some variation in solutions, I can see there being more variation when other people start to play this pack.
Let's Play 4 (The Big Cheese) - Again, sorry this level couldn't load for you initially. When you sent to climber to the top of the level, I noticed you were making the Lemming jump over a locked exit, that was a little funny . Also congrats on your route, I haven't seen anyone go up the Red route before. Usually people opt for the blue or orange route. You got guts
Let's Play 5 (The Leg Up Programme) - Nice alternate solution here, you got lucky that the crowd didn't miss the exit at the end there!
Let's Play 6 (I am ATypical Part II) - I like the minimal builder/digger approach to this level, very pro bombing approach here
Let's Play 7 (The Birth of Creativity) - This is a small back route, the stacker and digger combo you did wasn't intended. Not to worry, I expected this level to be the weak spot in the pack.
Let's Play 8 (More Toys in the Attic) - Wow, what a back route there. Can't believe Nessy didn't spot this one, he did back route this one quite a bit himself during testing.
Let's Play 9 (The Jagged Staircase Part II) - Ok, first of all I cannot believe that climber is climbing out of that pit above the exit through 3 whole pixels of steel. That was jaw dropping . Second of all, you did solve the level intentionally route-wise but the idea with that pit above the exit is that no one can get out of it. So that part is unintended. Well done on solving this though
Let's Play 10 (Should I Stay or Should I Go) - Thanks for voting stay and also mega props for saving 37/40, that's a nice find

Overall, Level 8 was a major back route. Levels 7 and 9 are minor back routes. Not bad for first set of replays

How did you find the pack overall difficulty wise and did you enjoy it most importantly?

[Flopsy]

v1.01 is out.
Thanks to Gronkling for helping improve this pack

Spoiler

Fixes back routes found by Gronkling on Let's Play 7, 8 and 9

[Gronkling]

Personally I'd say the difficulty is easy-medium, there's quite a lot of fairly open-ended feeling levels, and the last level's challenge being optional makes the pack a bit easier feeling too. Level 5 was probably the hardest. I in general enjoyed it though I tend not to be into "large open ended level with lots of skills" type of things that make up a few of the levels here, the theming was really cute.

[IchoTolot]

Here are my solutions to the pack.

I noticed that the starting screen on level 7 is not placed correctly on the hatch.

[Flopsy]

@IchoTolot

Spoiler

Pretty good solutions overall, the only back routes in these replays are Level 7 and Level 9. Really nice solution to Level 8 though, I was impressed with that one.

[Flopsy]

v1.02 is out.
Fixed back routes on Let's Play 7 and 9 thanks to IchoTolot's replays

Download is updated in first post.

[IchoTolot]

I resolved the levels.

[Flopsy]

Well done, your replays to Level 7 and 9 are now acceptable