Crossfire

Extra Files:

Readme.txt

Thank you for choosing to play Crossfire! I am the author, NeptuneNeon.

This hack has been in the making since August 2019 and it was an incredible experience. I had a lot of fun making this hack, I hope you have fun playing it. 

Crossfire consists of 22 exits and 4 switch palaces that do not count towards the exit count. It is a mix of old-school vanilla kaizo with new school chocolate. Everything I find fun in kaizo mario hacks are put into Crossfire. There are no water, cape specific levels. However, you will find motor skills and other various chocolate features.

There is some lore I put in the hack, a lot of James Bond references, especially the movie Skyfall. I am a huge 007 fan, and the lore is set up to be a "Redemption/Comeback story". 
 
I was heavily inspired by the level designs of Invictus and Grand Poo World 2. I chose to primarily focus on tight platforming, and tried new and creative ways to link them. I don't think I'm an accurate judge of my own difficulty, but I would not suggest this hack for beginners. 

I want to thank everyone in the Kaizo Mario community for helping me put this all together and making it work, seriously you all are the most generous people I've known. 

Special Thanks goes out to VLSkoot and Westslasher2, you took all my questions and did help for me out of your own will, and that I am deeply appreciative of, and I'm sure most of you will be too, as this hack would not be like it is without them.

Please take the time to read all the credits at the end of the game to see all the wonderful people who help make this game and this community one of the best. I'm sorry if I forgot anyone! 


Good Luck and Have Fun! If you enjoy the game, come stop by my twitch channel at twitch.tv/neptuneneon for more Kaizo playthroughs and some Lunar Magic streams!. Thank you again for choosing to play this!



SOME THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE PLAYING:

- Start+Select is enabled in all levels.

- the PlayerXSpeedFix patch is applied to the entire game, meaning your cannon/slope speed will not be slowed down    or altered if holding the right or left d-pad buttons. This is for certain parts in the game where you are moving   faster than p-speed and have to make a jump, this patch makes jumping more consistent.

- Everytime you enter the Overworld, or make a move on the OW will automatically save the game. Midway checkpoints    are also saved, just remember to Start+Select out to go to the OW where it will auto save.

- Pausing the game mid-level will still keep the music on but volume is lowered and the screen is dimmed.

- I tried to make every setup to be first-cycled, if you are confused at any point, try just going with no       hesitation.