In terms of interest, this level was pretty lacking. I didn’t redesign the level, I’m keeping it in because at that point, I was mostly practicing. I did make it a whole lot more aesthetically pleasing, as you can see in the screenshots. This level has come a long way, and was one of the most edited from version to version, I believe. Anyway, I’ll show you the main points of the aesthetics. What do you think?
I added rocks on the grass.
I added chains and grass to the blocks.
It’s done for the most part, there’s a bit of graphical stuff I need to do, but this version is just about finished. I have yet to make the levels more interesting, but I’ll do that in the next version. Anyway, here’s a download link, tell me what you think!
Changes in this version include:
-Removed the Bubbler, Machine Gun and the Super Missile Launcher from the Pooh Black path.
-Renamed all the stages to be episodes instead of just numbers.
-New extended section in Episode 8. (Formerly known as 2-2)
-Added some new dialogue and changed some to be a little more consistent.
-Finished most of the graphics.
-Took out a secret in Episode 13 (Formerly 3-3), as it broke the game.
-Changed the design of a character.
I think that’s pretty much it. What’s to come next, is..
-Add some nice aesthetics to the stages.
-Finish all the graphics once and for all.
-Just overall fine tune it and clean up any glitches I can find.
It’s a hub world, essentially. The Ice Fortress, which you travel to, is a whole big structure, and in it are these three six doors. They take you to different parts of the fortress, which are levels, but they aren’t necessarily ice-based. In fact I don’t think a single one of them is ice-based.. But that’s beside the point. They’re based on elements, like fire and air. Each door also contains a key corresponding to that element. It’s your primary objective to get the key, find a way out of the level, and take on the next. Depending on which order you choose, you may be rewarded. Getting all the keys results in the way ahead being opened, and you can progress to the last level of this path. 
The tileset’s finished, and while it isn’t the greatest thing I’ve ever done, I think it looks good. I do realize I use bricks a lot, but that’s just because they’re kind of necessary. The level’s also coming off as pretty challenging, but not unfairly. You’ve got to be good at Cave Story to beat this level, but I guess that goes for the rest of this mod too, mainly. Anyway, this level also has a boss fight, and one I’ve never used before, which is also finished, except for a few sprites. You’ll find out what boss this is when you play it yourself. Also, there’s another thing I’m going to show, but I’ll leave that to another post.
I finished it, tell me what you think!
I’ve got an idea. Instead of a water-based level, I’ll create a wind/air/whatever you want to call it level! Those are definitely more fun, and it may even be fast-paced, but we’ll see about that. I’ve never really utilized this element to it’s best extent, so I might as well here. I haven’t done the tileset for it, I only have the concept for it, I think I’ll have to make music too..
Also, not really related to The Show, but I don’t really have anywhere else to put this. First of all, to HyMyNameIsMatt, that org for the Skyview Temple is not going well and I’m not inspired to work on it due to how bad it sounds. Anyway, I am, however, working on a song from A Link to the Past in org format. It’s a more obscure one, I’d say, but it’s incredibly underrated, and it’s one of my favorite Zelda songs. Dark Mountain Forest. I don’t have a ton of progress on it, but it’s going well so far.
So, the next level I planned on making was going to be based on the magical element of water. I even got a little start on the level, had the tileset made, and I even made a background. Hell, I even made music for it. I rarely do that to be honest. But nevertheless, I’m not going to be making this level because of the way water levels are, at least in Cave Story. They are slow, boring, and just stupid and annoying to create. I’ve learned my lesson for sure, no more water levels for me! Which means I either have to come up with another element, or just take away a level from the complete game. What I’ll do about this, I don’t know yet, but I’ll update about this when it’s due.
Also, I’m going to start working on an org of the Skyview Temple theme from Zelda: Skyward Sword. Let’s see how that works out.
Yes, I realize my posts have been about tilesets lately, but I made a new one, it’s inspired by A Link to the Past, because I love Zelda that much and I wanted a reason to use my Dark World song.
I finished two tilesets, probably because they’re entirely similar, but just look at them! They took quit a long time, and look pretty good if I do say so myself. Anyway, tell me what you think!
Note: These tilesets are finished, so the tiles that are still 1x res aren’t used in the mod
Also, Noxid, the creator of King Story and a bunch of other things like the 2x res hack, commented on one of my posts a while ago about it being seasons rather than episodes. Whether it was a joke or not, it’s a good idea, and I just might switch to that, as it gives me even more possibilities as to what I can do, and also gives a chance of more character and humor to The Show, so I’ll definitely look into it.
One more thing, the level 2-2 is getting an added extension to it!
I made an updated version of The Show Episode 1 that fixes a few glitches, updates some graphics and also changes the levels very slightly. Play it if you’d like, but I just wanted to put this out there! Anyway, the download link is here:
The Show Development 