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The 2018 contest officially began on September 22, with November 25 being the submission deadline. Participants are encouraged to join the [https://discordapp.com/invite/SEHjShy official ''MaGMML3'' Discord] for discussions and updates. The public beta for the [[Megamix Engine]], which serves as the basis for ''MaGMML3''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engine, was released on July 11th, while its official full release was on September 15th, a week before the submission period. The full game was finally released on June 9th, 2024. | The 2018 contest officially began on September 22, with November 25 being the submission deadline. Participants are encouraged to join the [https://discordapp.com/invite/SEHjShy official ''MaGMML3'' Discord] for discussions and updates. The public beta for the [[Megamix Engine]], which serves as the basis for ''MaGMML3''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engine, was released on July 11th, while its official full release was on September 15th, a week before the submission period. The full game was finally released on June 9th, 2024. | ||
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| + | At home, Mega Man and family are flipping through TV channels until they stop at one with "Ernest Will" announcing the "6th Worldwide Sponsored Robot Tournament". Across 15 tiers, robots of all kind can compete for a chance to enter "Ernest Stadium" and win insane cash prize. Realizing its Dr. Wily in an oblivious disguise, Mega Man is forced to enter to find out what the doctor is planning. | ||
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| + | Arriving at Victor Heights, Mega Man meets one of his competitors: "Hunt Woman". | ||
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| + | After clearing 1 Tier, Wily drops the Ernest disguise to Light and Mega Man to reveal that the events of the last game were perpetuated by someone else who stole his Reality Core. He formed the current tournament to lure out the culprit, and asks for a truce with Mega Man to catch them. | ||
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| + | Clearing more Tiers has the culprit reveal himself: Reginald Regal, a madman whose obsessions with the simulations had himself kicked out of the committee. Regal reveals he made the Wily decoy to keep everyone's eyes off him. When he tries to use the Reality Core to erase Mega Man, it turns into confetti and quickly flees. Each substitute cutscene reveals himself to be rather incompetent and unoriginal without anything to hid behind, his attempts to hijack the contest being foiled by his own poor design and his last ditch attempt, a "hostage" situation involving Beat, a disqualified competitor named Princess, and a cardboard cutout of Eddie, and converting them all to evil. Wily and Mega Man then team up to tear down Regal's fortress and defeat him with little effort, allowing them to go to the finals of the contest. | ||
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| + | During the final ceremonies, Bass, Wily's right hand and another finalist, claims Mega Man cheated because some of the Tier Ranks he obtained were illegitimate (Regular Joe finding the Rank in the trash, Dr. Vicious and Hyena acting as a substitute due to Ignorance being frozen, the Tier 7 Boss not even being there.) "Ernest" checks Mega Man's ranks, but states they're legitimate before disqualifying Bass. When the other finalist complain about the thing being rigged, Wily drops the disguise and states the prize is real and waiting for them at "Wily Stadium". As Mega Man travels through the gauntlet, he runs into Bass again, who while fighting him reveals that Mega Man was supposed to be disqualified and humiliated because of the way he obtained the Ranks, but Wily back out at the last moment. | ||
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| + | Reaching Wily at the end, Wily reveals that while he did plan to humiliate Mega Man, Wily decided it was to cheap and wanted to challenge him fairly. Operating his most powerful machine yet, Mega Man and Wily do battle, with the Blue Bomber coming out on top. However, the crowd cheers for both, with Light explaining Wily always was a good showman and admits defeat in that regards. Realizing people actually love him because of this, he vows to keep the world entertained by doing something similar, with Mega Man agreeing to that to uphold everlasting peace. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 01:08, 16 June 2024
Make a Good Mega Man Level 3 (or MaGMML3 for short) is the third installment in the Make a Good Mega Man Level series, co-hosted by Mick Galbani and ACESpark. Like its predecessors, the game features community-created levels submitted as part of a level design contest. The contest is judged by Mick Galbani, ACESpark, Flashman85, Pachy, and Shinryu. Several elements from MaGMML2, including costumes and the Pit of Pits, have returned in MaGMML3.
The 2018 contest officially began on September 22, with November 25 being the submission deadline. Participants are encouraged to join the official MaGMML3 Discord for discussions and updates. The public beta for the Megamix Engine, which serves as the basis for MaGMML3's engine, was released on July 11th, while its official full release was on September 15th, a week before the submission period. The full game was finally released on June 9th, 2024.
Contents
Story
At home, Mega Man and family are flipping through TV channels until they stop at one with "Ernest Will" announcing the "6th Worldwide Sponsored Robot Tournament". Across 15 tiers, robots of all kind can compete for a chance to enter "Ernest Stadium" and win insane cash prize. Realizing its Dr. Wily in an oblivious disguise, Mega Man is forced to enter to find out what the doctor is planning.
Arriving at Victor Heights, Mega Man meets one of his competitors: "Hunt Woman".
After clearing 1 Tier, Wily drops the Ernest disguise to Light and Mega Man to reveal that the events of the last game were perpetuated by someone else who stole his Reality Core. He formed the current tournament to lure out the culprit, and asks for a truce with Mega Man to catch them.
Clearing more Tiers has the culprit reveal himself: Reginald Regal, a madman whose obsessions with the simulations had himself kicked out of the committee. Regal reveals he made the Wily decoy to keep everyone's eyes off him. When he tries to use the Reality Core to erase Mega Man, it turns into confetti and quickly flees. Each substitute cutscene reveals himself to be rather incompetent and unoriginal without anything to hid behind, his attempts to hijack the contest being foiled by his own poor design and his last ditch attempt, a "hostage" situation involving Beat, a disqualified competitor named Princess, and a cardboard cutout of Eddie, and converting them all to evil. Wily and Mega Man then team up to tear down Regal's fortress and defeat him with little effort, allowing them to go to the finals of the contest.
During the final ceremonies, Bass, Wily's right hand and another finalist, claims Mega Man cheated because some of the Tier Ranks he obtained were illegitimate (Regular Joe finding the Rank in the trash, Dr. Vicious and Hyena acting as a substitute due to Ignorance being frozen, the Tier 7 Boss not even being there.) "Ernest" checks Mega Man's ranks, but states they're legitimate before disqualifying Bass. When the other finalist complain about the thing being rigged, Wily drops the disguise and states the prize is real and waiting for them at "Wily Stadium". As Mega Man travels through the gauntlet, he runs into Bass again, who while fighting him reveals that Mega Man was supposed to be disqualified and humiliated because of the way he obtained the Ranks, but Wily back out at the last moment.
Reaching Wily at the end, Wily reveals that while he did plan to humiliate Mega Man, Wily decided it was to cheap and wanted to challenge him fairly. Operating his most powerful machine yet, Mega Man and Wily do battle, with the Blue Bomber coming out on top. However, the crowd cheers for both, with Light explaining Wily always was a good showman and admits defeat in that regards. Realizing people actually love him because of this, he vows to keep the world entertained by doing something similar, with Mega Man agreeing to that to uphold everlasting peace.
History
During the development of MaGMML2, host snoruntpyro made the decision that she would not host the next contest, citing the stresses of hosting and a desire to participate in the next contest as reasons for stepping down. Mick Galbani, a community favorite for the position, stepped up to host MaGMML3. Planning for the third game began even before the second game was released, and a community feedback poll following the release of MaGMML2 was used to inform some of the planning for MaGMML3.
On October 29, 2017, ACESpark was invited to co-host and judge MaGMML3, based on the overwhelmingly positive response to his contributions to the second game. Applications for the remaining three judge slots were announced on November 6, 2017.[1] In Stage 1 of the application process, applicants were given three weeks to judge the seven MaGMML3 Judge Application Levels, providing written comments and rating the levels based on a rubric. Of the 19 applicants, 11 moved on to Stage 2, where they submitted a sample of their Mega Man level design ability—either a level designed specifically for the application, or one they had already created. The submission deadline for Stage 2 was December 23, 2017; within 24 hours, Stage 2 applicants received a notification of the results, accompanied by brief comments on why they were or were not selected. At the same time, it was announced to the public that Flashman85, Pachy, and Shinryu would be judging MaGMML3 alongside Mick Galbani and ACESpark.
On August 24, 2018, the contest rules were announced, along with every previous and current main series judge offering recommendations for the upcoming submissions. Notable rule changes include:
- The submission period has been extended by an undetermined amount. (announced on Discord only)
- The late submission period has been drastically reduced to 7 days.
- Minor edits of devkit levels, such as Ancient Tomb, are no longer permitted.
- Noble Nickels have been replaced with Trickster Tokens, for which the per-level limit is still 5.
- Scoring is once again out of 100, with Creativity losing half of its original weight. Its 15 points were distributed evenly between Design, Fun, and Aesthetics.
On September 15, 2018, the devkit was released and the contest dates were announced.
On September 22, 2018, the submission form opened to the public, officially marking the opening of the contest.
On November 26, 2018, the deadline for submissions passed, though this was followed by a grace period where late submissions/resubmissions were accepted at the cost of a score penalty, the percentage of which increased with each day. This grace period ended at 11:59 EST on December 2, 2018.
On May 23, 2024, Shinryu uploaded the game's release date trailer on his YouTube channel, confirming its release date to be on June 9th of the same year.
Entries
A total of 176 valid entries were submitted, with an additional 14 being excluded or pulled for various reasons. This makes Make a Good Mega Man Level 3 the largest MaGMML contest to date.
Disqualified Entries
- Worthless Man was not ranked in the contest, as the level contained flashing lights that triggered migraines in both one of the judges, ACESpark, and his proxy player, Loyana, preventing the former from giving the level a score.
Excluded Entries
- "QuintsMoonBase", "Black Terminus" and "Chase Sequence" were all pulled by their creators and replaced with new levels.
- "4'33"" was also pulled by its creator, though they did not submit a new level in its place.
- "Thrilling", "*NEW* EPIC BATTLE ROYALE MODE IN MEGA MAN!", "A Mess of a Stage", "USM", and "Cardinal Man III" were excluded for being troll levels. In addition, "USM" contained written NSFW content, "*NEW* EPIC BATTLE ROYALE MODE IN MEGA MAN!" contained a threatening message aimed at the judges, and "Cardinal Man III" contained areas prone to significant performance issues (e.g. slowdown).
- The creator of "USM" has released a download of this entry for the devkit, along with a video thorough detailing the entry and its easter eggs.
- "Curse of the Statuettes" was excluded for containing horribly broken screen transitions that were impossible to fix.
- "Boundless Network" and "Warehouse of Breakthroughs" were both excluded for containing custom or modified weapons (Boundless Network replaced the weapons system with a Battle Network chip weapon system, and Warehouse of Breakthroughs limited the player to a modified Break Dash).
- "22 Short Screens Without Sniper Joes" was excluded for containing an explicit drug reference (an image of Kermit the Frog snorting rows of cocaine).
- "Turbo Trickery Tower" was excluded for a high level of difficulty deemed malicious, with fundamental alterations necessary for the level to be accessible for the game's target audience.
Special Weapons
On November 23, 2017, the poll for the game's weapon set was opened, lasting for 2 weeks until it was closed on December 7, 2017.
| Weapon | Original Robot Master | Original Game | |
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Spark Chaser | Terra | Mega Man V |
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Laser Trident | Splash Woman | Mega Man 9 |
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Water Shield | Pump Man | Mega Man 10 |
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Tornado Blow | Tornado Man | Mega Man 9 |
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Thunder Beam | Elec Man | Mega Man 1 |
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Magnetic Shockwave | Onslaught | Marvel vs. Capcom |
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Ice Wall | Cold Man | Mega Man & Bass |
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Break Dash | Pluto | Mega Man V |
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Rush Coil | N/A | Mega Man 3 |
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Rush Jet | N/A | Mega Man 4 (Variant) |
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Rush Bike | N/A | Mega Man 8 |
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Magnet Beam | N/A | Mega Man 1 |
Hub
The hub of the third game is even larger than the second. Rather than a festival hosted outside Dr. Light's Lab, it takes place within a large sprawling area, with the "Hub" itself being "Victor Heights", an inn where most of the story happens. Tiers can only be accessed by usage of the Brochure to travel to each Tier's Bus Stop. This game's equivalent to "Chateau Chevaleresque" is the Magic Card Casino run by Magic Man, which not only hosts various NPCs to talk to, but offers a variety minigames for Bolts.
Areas
- Victor Heights
- Magic Card Casino
- Limestone Pagoda
- Tier 1 - Old Wily Fortress
- Tier 2 - The Scrapyard
- Tier 3 - The Sewers
- Tier 4 - Sheriff's Jailhouse
- Tier 5 - Gravity Gift Shop
- Tier 6 - Cryo Laboratory
- Tier 7 - Pine Forest
- Tier 8 - Costume Party
- Tier 9 - The Taste Collective
- Tier 10 - The Rave
- Tier 11 - Grand Library
- Tier 12 - Power Factory
- Tier 13 - Movie Theater
- Tier 14 - World-Class Gym
- Tier 15 - Festival Grounds
- Regal Fortress
- Tier W - Ernest Stadium
Enemies
Devkit Enemies
New
Returning
Minibosses
Devkit Minibosses
New
Returning
- Big Snakey
- Escaroo
- Gamarn and Gamadayu
- Giant Metall
- Gorilla Tank
- Hot Dog
- Kabatoncue
- Lantern Fish
- Metall Potton
- Moby
- Octoboss
- Octoper OA
- Penpen Maker
- Squidon
- Tama
- Whopper
Gimmicks
Devkit Gimmicks
Every single devkit gimmmick from Make a Good Mega Man Level and Make a Good Mega Man Level 2 returns.
Bosses
Devkit Bosses
Every single devkit boss from Make a Good Mega Man Level 2 returns, as well as Quick Man from Make a Good 24 Hour Mega Man Level.
Other Bosses
| Name | Location | Weakness | |
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Break Man | The Minor Boss Arena | TBA |
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Terra | The Robot Master Arena | TBA |
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Yellow Devil | The Fortress Guardian Arena | TBA |
See Also
References
