A 4D Level Editor - 4D Golf Devlog #5

This Devlog talks about the design decisions I ended up making for the level editor of 4D Golf, which will be included with the release of the game, and how that process currently works.

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[xcr]

When this gets released I am going to spend DAYS designing most cruel levels possible, as well as breaking my own head from thinking in 4 dimensions.

[matthewparker]

A level editor was not one of my expectations for a 4d game, but now I can't wait to build my own course.

[carykh]

Oh wow, I've always LOVED rollercoaster Tycoon's track editor! I think it's always satisfying when a level can be exported as a simple text file, it makes it so easy to share between friends

[eliewilhelm]

this is actually a gaming revolution.
Remember this when we're gonna all be playing trackmania 4D.

[DevDunkStudio]

You're insane.
I thought making a proper 4D game is close to impossible and here you are making a level editor for it :o

[m_affiliates]

I can't wait for near-impossible kaizo levels in 4D golf

[zzztopspin]

4D level editor? So amazing!! I'm excited for the future of movement based 4D platformers, like a cozy mario oddysey or pseudoregalia but with more dimensions

[ArmanVesona]

What? 4D level editor? 😂 I was suprised, what a cool project

[Cxntrxl]

hitting a 0d point (sorta) into 1d walls (also a strech) on a 2d surface in a 3d slice of a 4d golf course has got to be one of the greatest dimensional crossovers of all time

[TheParagade]

Imagine if releasing this to the public leads to an Arrival style ability to learn to perceive a fourth dimension :P

[hoveringgoat]

Dude its looking amazing. Take your time and polish it up. This game is definitely going to get a cult following

[vaakdemandante]

Many of the great games have level editors included so that the players themselves can add to the game and create a community. Awesome decision to do it for 4D golf as well and fingers crossed for the game to succeed.

[markmarketing]

Cool! Can the singing paths also reconverge? Having multiple routes but in 4D sounds crazy!

[OddlingCore]

The very nature of the choice of mini golf where the greens are basically two dimensional planes allows for even better comprehension of the “slices” of the higher dimension, it logically succeeds the whole flatlands concept.

Additionally I just watched a video essay on Rollercoaster Tycoon and how the physics are hardcoded into the game so it makes total sense that it’s what you were drawn to and explains a lot about your own endeavors of maths explorations turned into game creation!!!!

[WackoMcGoose]

As someone whose only functional understanding of traversing 4D space is of the "layers" variety (where the W-axis can only be walked in discreet increments, and each increment fully changes the 3D-slice environment... think LittleBigPlanet, but one dimension higher), this video really freaked my bean. Looking forward to having the full game completely brain-break me!

[sgthometar]

This is amazing. Like, I think you should win an award for this.

[EDoyl]

Plenty of people play Rollercoaster Tycoon JUST for the track builder. A similar tool that builds intuition for 4D as well is interesting even by itself! Sharable custom levels are a big deal for golf games and the fact that this one can use ordinary text files could make sharing extremely easy. Might be tough to include decorations but if you've got some nice level themes there's no need for decorations (plus, 4D decorations might be too unintuitive for an in-game editor anyway).

[TheFoxfiend]

You mentioned Hyperbolica and I was like "wait, I know that game, is this really the same guy?" and double checked, and yeah. I recall I left a "not recommended" review on it, not because I felt it was bad, but because I felt I couldn't recommend it to people trying out VR because it is nauseating. Really cool and novel concept, and I think you did an amazing job executing it.

[veggiet]

As a fan of 4D, level editors, and RCT, you have no idea how much this makes me happy!

[cheeseburgermonkey]

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