VLDC12 - Overworld Tour

This is the overworld I created for the VLDC12 compilation hack, hosted by SMWCentral in 2020. We started working on it at the end of February 2022, right after the VLDC11 compilation got finished. As you can see, there's lots of cool new asm shenanigans here. most of the asm and custom sprites were coded by me, but other people helped code more advanced stuff.
The best world museum, warp menu, and cluster sprite particles for example were coded by Kevin, and Ruberjig and me drew the portraits. Donut also coded the Namek ship, originally a regular rocket for his cancelled overworld contest entry. Additionally, there are a lot of new original songs composed for the maps. The meadow, island, snow, and dream themes were composed by me, and ported by Segment1Zone2.
You can read more about the hack in the release thread here:
www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthr...
And you can download the hack here:
www.smwcentral.net/?p=section...

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

My favorite VLDC overworld so far. The worlds all being connected really made it click for me and it makes the whole thing feel so much more polished and big. It also makes me more compelled to beat vldc12 than previous ones.

[@EngineerDJ_Julius]

I feel spoiled getting another VLDC so fast

[@tomnuke9122]

Professional overworld. Everything was nailed 😃.
The interactions and animations for the world transitions, the artwork for the tiles and level portraits. I hope more people play this.

[@AT-zr9tv]

This is beautiful work. Wow!

[@stormstrider]

looks great!

[@cyberia1998]

I like how the devs made an animation of Pekora popping up at 6:36

[@stivisromhacks]

Yeah i thought putting her in would be funny

[@saddemon3913]

UPD: Great world, there is alot talanted people around, why not collaborate and make a really great Mario adventure!? I mean outside of "contests", a story about another evil plan of Bowser, and another adventure of Mario and Luigi around this cool and same quality world... So this world just looks so potential!

[@Bladieblah]

Crazy beautiful, stuff like this is magical to anyone who grew up with this game. If this is playable and the levels are good as well this would make for one hell of an amazing fan game/ROM hack

[@secretjazz93]

wow looks amazing!!

[@InsaneKorean77]

ZMann is back and designing levels again? Yesssss!

[@BurningLoaf]

cool

[@MadScientist1988]

What is the music of the overworld on the grass/plains initial section??? Pls help me.

[@stivisromhacks]

all songs are original compositions made for the hack. i made the grass, island, snow, and dream songs

[@squid_cake]

Hey stivi, I was wondering what the name of the music for Slithering Capitalism was in your rom hack for the qldc contest like a year and a half ago? It's really catchy but I don't know what it's called. Thanks in advance

[@EngineerDJ_Julius]

no secret overworld ??

[@MadScientist1988]

Also Will you guys work on the VLDC 13?

[@stivisromhacks]

we won't

[@MadScientist1988]

@@stivisromhacks why wont? You could make an awesome worldmap like this 😭😢

[@powerONdelta]

TWELVE!?

[@DobygamesGC]

This looks like new super mario bros

[@Kaitri]

wait the describtion says YOU made this overworld? like on your own???
can you teach me? :D

[@MarioFan171]

I've played this hack and only been to 3 levels so far

[@zel_csx]

How to insert overworld custom sprites??? Can you make a tutorial teaching???

[@Ayahuasca98]

Did you use google+ by any chance?

[@stivisromhacks]

Google+ was shut down 4 years ago, you need to let go.

[@viniciusalexandre9310]

Make with super luigi world luigi quest

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

Definitely not vanilla