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I would like to ask you to excuse me for any inconvenience, that is caused by my english skills, which are not perfect yet.
I am not an english native speaker, which is the reason for possible spelling mistakes.
"Flip the world": An interesting name with an interesting concept behind it,
which has several smaller mistakes though.
Originality (18/20)
The idea of gravity changing in Minecraft exists for a while now, but it was never seriously used in a map.
This has finally changed and ''Flip the World'' pretty much uses an entirely unused concept.
It is one of those maps you just don't see coming, however the map can't get a full score in ''Originality'', because gravity flipping is not a an entirely new idea though.
Atmosphere (13/20)
The map get's a nice puzzeling atmosphere, cause of the clean and colorful design of the map and it's levels.
In order to give the gravity change a nice effect, the map is using a row of command blocks, that change your camera angle.
That gives you a cool rotation effect, which would be much better, if the map wouldn't totally change your camera angle at the end again though.
Unwanted Minecart sounds and spelling mistakes at the beginning of the map annoy you and destroy the atmosphere aswell, even though all of those problems are just smaller and rather unimportant issues.
Presentation (13/20)
The page of the project contains special features like several YouTube videos, a detailed and good looking Update log and
a description of the project and it's rules.
The page has a lot of content, but the structure is really messy and no colors were used.
Sadly the project has only an ingame logo and no renders, which looks really bad in the end.
There is only one screenshot, which shows the logo of the project, so you don't know what to expect.
At least one more screenshot would be helpful.
Ease of Use (4/10)
The download sends you to a mediafire download link.
You can download a zip file, which contains versions for MAC and PC, including ds_store files, readmes and more.
It takes a moment before you find the right file, then you can start the map in singleplayer.
The spawnpoint is not set correctly, you will have to search for the spawn room, which takes a while.
A "Flip the World" logo helps you to find the spawn, but the search is still a pain in the ****.
Even though it would be senceful to introduce that feature, replaying the map is not possible.
However, the map is entirely cheat and bug safe and uses simple corridors and buttons, so you don't get lost.
Parkour and Puzzles (7/10)
The map uses the gravity flipping to create very interesting puzzles, which take a while before you can figure out what to do.
Level design, the concept of the map and the simple control of the map all work together at this point and the puzzles give you an amazing feeling, that you might know from games like ''Portal''.
Most of the puzzles can be solved by simply trying every button out, so the difficulty is still relative low.
System (8/10)
The game system is very easy to understand:
You press a button in order to flip the world, then you can access new areas or see things from a new pespective.
The command block systems work very well, but may cause smaller lags. (-10 FPS)
Special effects on the map, such as the view rotation are very smooth, but use and ugly blindness effect and are cancelled by a teleport, which is ruining the illusion of rotation by changing your camera angle again.
Level Design (10/10)
The map contains about 15-20 minutes of playtime, which is really much considering the amount of work, that has to be done to create one of the 10 currently availabe puzzles.
You always have a good overview, even though the maps are relative compact and small.
The floor and the surface have different colors, which makes the illusion of the "map flipping" nearly perfect, however the colors are never distracting you while you are playing.
The level design is mostly linear and doesn't give you many possibilites of doing something "wrong", cause of it's small size.
I am not an english native speaker, which is the reason for possible spelling mistakes.
"Flip the world": An interesting name with an interesting concept behind it,
which has several smaller mistakes though.
| Map name: | "Flip the World" |
| Map reviewed by: | Headaxe |
| Map uploaded by: | [ronniejanuszki] |
Originality (18/20)
The idea of gravity changing in Minecraft exists for a while now, but it was never seriously used in a map.
This has finally changed and ''Flip the World'' pretty much uses an entirely unused concept.
It is one of those maps you just don't see coming, however the map can't get a full score in ''Originality'', because gravity flipping is not a an entirely new idea though.
Atmosphere (13/20)
The map get's a nice puzzeling atmosphere, cause of the clean and colorful design of the map and it's levels.
In order to give the gravity change a nice effect, the map is using a row of command blocks, that change your camera angle.
That gives you a cool rotation effect, which would be much better, if the map wouldn't totally change your camera angle at the end again though.
Unwanted Minecart sounds and spelling mistakes at the beginning of the map annoy you and destroy the atmosphere aswell, even though all of those problems are just smaller and rather unimportant issues.
Presentation (13/20)
The page of the project contains special features like several YouTube videos, a detailed and good looking Update log and
a description of the project and it's rules.
The page has a lot of content, but the structure is really messy and no colors were used.
Sadly the project has only an ingame logo and no renders, which looks really bad in the end.
There is only one screenshot, which shows the logo of the project, so you don't know what to expect.
At least one more screenshot would be helpful.
Ease of Use (4/10)
The download sends you to a mediafire download link.
You can download a zip file, which contains versions for MAC and PC, including ds_store files, readmes and more.
It takes a moment before you find the right file, then you can start the map in singleplayer.
The spawnpoint is not set correctly, you will have to search for the spawn room, which takes a while.
A "Flip the World" logo helps you to find the spawn, but the search is still a pain in the ****.
Even though it would be senceful to introduce that feature, replaying the map is not possible.
However, the map is entirely cheat and bug safe and uses simple corridors and buttons, so you don't get lost.
Parkour and Puzzles (7/10)
The map uses the gravity flipping to create very interesting puzzles, which take a while before you can figure out what to do.
Level design, the concept of the map and the simple control of the map all work together at this point and the puzzles give you an amazing feeling, that you might know from games like ''Portal''.
Most of the puzzles can be solved by simply trying every button out, so the difficulty is still relative low.
System (8/10)
The game system is very easy to understand:
You press a button in order to flip the world, then you can access new areas or see things from a new pespective.
The command block systems work very well, but may cause smaller lags. (-10 FPS)
Special effects on the map, such as the view rotation are very smooth, but use and ugly blindness effect and are cancelled by a teleport, which is ruining the illusion of rotation by changing your camera angle again.
Level Design (10/10)
The map contains about 15-20 minutes of playtime, which is really much considering the amount of work, that has to be done to create one of the 10 currently availabe puzzles.
You always have a good overview, even though the maps are relative compact and small.
The floor and the surface have different colors, which makes the illusion of the "map flipping" nearly perfect, however the colors are never distracting you while you are playing.
The level design is mostly linear and doesn't give you many possibilites of doing something "wrong", cause of it's small size.
How Headaxe rates:
Points and criteria:
-The maximum amount of points you can get for a map is 100/100.
-The green areas are criteria that exist for every project
-The yellow areas are special criteria that depend on the type of the project
-The red area gives you information about the total amount of points and a short opinion
Awards and marks:
-You can get special Awards in different categories such as: astonishing originality/atmosphere/presentation/content amount/cheat and bug safety
-You get a reward autmatically for having a particular amount of points:
-The amount of points also defines the "mark" next to the total amount of points:
Conclusion:
Everything in my rating system has a point.
Achieving the goal of 100 points is nearly impossible, because the map you created would have to be absolutely perfect.
Even Hypixel or _disco maps have one or two weaknesses, that cause a loss of at least 5 points.
Maps, that have a score of at least 50 points are still worth playing, even though they have some major weaknesses, but when they are considered as ''bad'' (0-49 points) you should really don't bover to touch them.
This is a very strict and unforgiving system, which makes it possible for you to understand why the map is good or bad very fast and which sets the bar very high.
The system is not only there to give map creators a detailed opinion, it is thought to open eyes and to warn, when an overhyped, but very bad map is released.
-The maximum amount of points you can get for a map is 100/100.
-The green areas are criteria that exist for every project
-The yellow areas are special criteria that depend on the type of the project
-The red area gives you information about the total amount of points and a short opinion
Awards and marks:
-You can get special Awards in different categories such as: astonishing originality/atmosphere/presentation/content amount/cheat and bug safety
-You get a reward autmatically for having a particular amount of points:
| 70 or more | Bronze Award |
| 80 or more | Silver Award |
| 90 or more | Gold Award |
| 100 (nearly impossible) | Platinum Award |
| 0-24 | Very bad |
| 25-49 | Bad |
| 50-74 | Good |
| 75-100 | Very good |
Conclusion:
Everything in my rating system has a point.
Achieving the goal of 100 points is nearly impossible, because the map you created would have to be absolutely perfect.
Even Hypixel or _disco maps have one or two weaknesses, that cause a loss of at least 5 points.
Maps, that have a score of at least 50 points are still worth playing, even though they have some major weaknesses, but when they are considered as ''bad'' (0-49 points) you should really don't bover to touch them.
This is a very strict and unforgiving system, which makes it possible for you to understand why the map is good or bad very fast and which sets the bar very high.
The system is not only there to give map creators a detailed opinion, it is thought to open eyes and to warn, when an overhyped, but very bad map is released.
| Credit | Headaxe,[ronniejanuszki] |
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