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The demo's the same level as before, but it's been updated. Main differences:
- Selectable difficulty level. Talk to the shopkeeper to change it.
- The game over screen is disabled. Press Ex1 to bring up the save menu.
- New item: the magic mirror. It will warp you back to the dungeon entrance, but it only works when no enemies are present.
There hasn't been a lot of forward progress on the quest, but there's been a lot of improvement to what's been done so far. Aside from adding difficulty levels, there's been a lot of work on screen design and palettes and a number of changes to the enemies and puzzles. Almost none of that is evident in the demo, though. I've been pretty happy with that level all along.
Aside from just sticking with it, the main thing I've had trouble with is music. I've been trying to avoid just grabbing MIDIs from VGMusic, but I can't find much else that works and doesn't have copyright issues. I'll probably end up going to VGMusic after all, but I'll at least avoid using anything too well known.
Anyway, might as well show off a couple of other things while I'm here.
In level 4, the most common enemies are balls of light.
In some rooms, they're the only source of light, so the screen goes dark when they die.
And in some rooms, when the lights go out...
... so does the floor.
Level 6 is the Spring Flower Temple.
There are swarms of bees. Most weapons won't hit them. Fire, bombs... that's about it. Fortunately, they're not aggressive. They just float around randomly, completely ignoring Link.
However, there are also flowers that spit globs of nectar.
Nectar attracts bees. On top of that, it stains your tunic green, and you know what that means...
