A Helping Hand

Released: April 16, 2024

By: NewPointless Schema_tuna

Found on: smwc

Difficulty: 5

King Boo has returned to force Mario players to socialize. Players must work together through shadows, riddles, and schemes to thwart his evil plans.

This QLDC Hackjam entry is designed to be played with a partner. You’ll play together simultaneously, on different systems, with a way to communicate. The hack doesn’t connect to the Internet. No special emulator is required.

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Extra Files:

ChangeList-AHelpingHand.txt

v1.2:
 +Made a puzzle harder to accidentally solve
 +Minor aesthetic synchronization between versions

v1.1:
 +Change to fire Luigi's palette to make him look like a ghost
 +Decheese
 +Slight changes to credits

PatchList-AHelpingHand.txt

A list of global patches that affect gameplay mechanics:

 Accessibility:
  Disable Screen Shake

 Bugs:
  Berry Eat Crash Fix [p4plus2]
  Feather Autoscroll Freeze Fix [Romi]
  
 Decheese:
  256 Pipe Glitch Fix [Noobish Noobsicle]
  Rope Fix [Alcaro]
  Yoshi Springboard Fix [lolcats439]
  
 Dejank:
  P Balloon Cloud Fix [lolcats439]
  Slope Pass Glitch Fix [lolcats439]
  Yoshi Stomp Hitbox Fix
  
 Feature Changes:
  Bring Up Save Prompt by Pressing Select [Alcaro, Erik, Westslasher2]
  Disable 2-player mode (can't change characters during a save file)
  Disable bonus game
  Overworld Speed Change
  Retry [Kevin]
   Counter Break: Yes
   Lives: Infinite
   Midways: Save
 
 Frame Rules:
  Mario-Sprite Interaction
 
 Sprite Modifications:
  No Silent Bullet Bill [Ramp202]