I've felt the same way for a while about not just SMBX but other games where you create stuff like mario maker, minecraft, or littlebigplanet (which is effectively dead, but it fits into the same category). Maybe it's just me getting older and having more important things to think about and/or my creative muscle isn't as strong as it used to be, but sometimes I sit down and try to create something in these games and end up coming up with nothing great or worth developing.
I have published one new SMBX level recently, which I was working on during class when I was bored lol. It's not very fresh or anything and it is completely vanilla SMBX 2.4, but I really enjoyed my time working on it and the final product is pretty fun (to me anyway). I've also started work on a few levels here at home on my pc with slightly more ambitious ideas, but they haven't been as fun to make not gonna lie. If I were to really try working on an ambitious world or innovative level, I think it might kill the fun I'm having with SMBX right now from just opening up the editor and playing around with vanilla mechanics.
I remember when I was younger, I'd often get so hung up on the little details of projects in these games that it would kill the creative drive that I had for that idea over time. In SMBX, it was usually about getting my custom graphics to look just right before I started work on the level. I had abandoned so many projects across all these games and I could say that I had wasted my time, but I'm sure that this is a sort of universal experience with creativing anything.
As for reigniting the spark, I do sort of feel that classic creative spark light up from toying with the many, many mechanics in SMBX 2.5 and building little levels around them. But if that doesn't align with what you want to pursue (larger, more innovative/ambitious projects) you could try looking for inspiration oustide of SMBX. Look through books, movies, art; literally anything to fire up an idea for you to develop.
At the same time, I think constantly looking for Mario level inspiration everywhere in your life could become unhealthy lol... Just an idea to consider I guess.
I have published one new SMBX level recently, which I was working on during class when I was bored lol. It's not very fresh or anything and it is completely vanilla SMBX 2.4, but I really enjoyed my time working on it and the final product is pretty fun (to me anyway). I've also started work on a few levels here at home on my pc with slightly more ambitious ideas, but they haven't been as fun to make not gonna lie. If I were to really try working on an ambitious world or innovative level, I think it might kill the fun I'm having with SMBX right now from just opening up the editor and playing around with vanilla mechanics.
I remember when I was younger, I'd often get so hung up on the little details of projects in these games that it would kill the creative drive that I had for that idea over time. In SMBX, it was usually about getting my custom graphics to look just right before I started work on the level. I had abandoned so many projects across all these games and I could say that I had wasted my time, but I'm sure that this is a sort of universal experience with creativing anything.
As for reigniting the spark, I do sort of feel that classic creative spark light up from toying with the many, many mechanics in SMBX 2.5 and building little levels around them. But if that doesn't align with what you want to pursue (larger, more innovative/ambitious projects) you could try looking for inspiration oustide of SMBX. Look through books, movies, art; literally anything to fire up an idea for you to develop.
At the same time, I think constantly looking for Mario level inspiration everywhere in your life could become unhealthy lol... Just an idea to consider I guess.
Statistics: Posted by Lemlime25 — Sat Jan 18, 2025 2:23 am