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[RockLeeSmile]

Welcome to my new (mini) chapter thread: Fractal Worlds

Available for play as a chapter on Super Meat World!
Here's the link to the full playthrough video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX0siclOGfc

• 1- Displace
• 2- Equal
• 3- Horizon
• 4- Sine
• 5- Point
• 6- Parallel
• 7- Zero Return
• 8- Flash
• 9- Specular
• 10- Augment

Story: Ever wonder where all those new Meat Boys come from each time one dies? Ever wonder what happens to the dead ones? Well, the answer lies in the Fractal Worlds.

The ghost of each dead Meat Boy enters a sort of limbo in which it must pass called the Fractal Worlds. It is a mysterious, ethereal dimension where the usual Earthly laws of gravity and friction do not apply. As each ghost navigates the Fractal Worlds, enigmatically, an infinite number of duplicate meat boy ghosts are following the same path in duplicate worlds both above and below. Each time a ghost slips from it's progression, it is hurdled a level deeper in the fractal worlds and the hierarchically higher meat ghost takes the previous ones place. Your viewpoint as player will be handed off from one Meat Boy ghost to the next as your fallible human viewpoint struggles to make right of this ordeal.

If one lucky meat ghost copy can successfully navigate the Fractal Worlds, he will transcend infinity and find his way into the proper Earthly realm and be subjected to the finite, tangible world known as the "7 retail chapters" that Meat Boy calls his home. He will need your wisdom, dexterity, and serious knowledge of quantum theory to make it through this... are you ready to save Meat Boy's infinite quantum soul?

[RockLeeSmile]

Ok, so idk why, but I've just been knocking out levels like mad. Just finished 7... might be better to just go all the way with 20? Hmm... really not sure if it would work with 20. Gotta think of a name now.

[PsychedelicEyeball]

Gotta think of a name now.

You could always stick with "Currently untitled".

[thedarkfreack]

I thought all dead meat boys went to hell... oh well.

[RockLeeSmile]

I thought all dead meat boys went to hell... oh well.

They still do. The story isn't to be fully explained right here... at least not yet. Don't worry, it'll all make sense eventually.

[GameRoom]

I thought all dead meat boys went to hell... oh well.

Then where do they go when they're already in hell?

[RockLeeSmile]

I thought all dead meat boys went to hell... oh well.

Then where do they go when they're already in hell?

Hell isn't quite the same in Meat Boy's world as it is to us. It's a physical place which happens to have some transcendent qualities. It is true that all Meat Boy bodies go to hell, but it isn't for the reason you may think. The "retail chapter" involving a raid on the inner sanctums of Hell was an effort to end a second cyclical process (operating parallel to infinity) regarding the decay and disposal of Meat Boy's former bodies.

Meat Boy was convinced that in addition to simply escaping Hell, he could cease the decay process and gain the ability to never have to enter the Fractal Worlds again (which would give him an advantage against Dr. Fetus, since he wouldn't have to change consciousness and restart the level when he died - basically he would gain immortality, a state only formally experienced through beating a level in dev mode and not pressing F1).

Although Meat Boy bested the Infernal Gatekeeper and escaped, he was still unable to change the course of his corporeal decay. He proceeded onward aware of the heavy weight on his shoulders that every time he made a mistake, he must endure an eternal setback on the way to his goal. The player should be aware of the seriousness of this dire situation and generally choose not to play drinking games around the eternal anguish and torment of our meaty little friend (?). 

[thedarkfreack]

generally choose not to play drinking games around the eternal anguish and torment of our meaty little friend.

Hmm wonder what your reffencing to...
Obviously not druken meat boy.

[RockLeeSmile]

generally choose not to play drinking games around the eternal anguish and torment of our meaty little friend.

Hmm wonder what your reffencing to...
Obviously not druken meat boy.

Yeah, I wasn't trying to hide it, just take little stabs at our silly SMB community culture.

EDIT: Also, up to 10 potential levels done now. A couple of them may get thrown back.

[RockLeeSmile]

Oh, c'mon, at least don't let the thread get buried! These guys don't have a story!

[RockLeeSmile]

Update in OP. Play em if you like!

[TheSuperMeatMan]

Epic story is epic.

[RockLeeSmile]

Edmund said since my chapter uploader is bugged for now, he or Tommy may be able to wrap the chapter for me on or around Tuesday... so hopefully this should be up in a more official capacity soon.

Judging from the ratings on the individual levels so far, seems like they're not doing too terribly. Feel free to let me know your experiences here if you like, or just wait a little bit for the chapter release.

Thanks!

[TheSuperMeatMan]

Edmund said since my chapter uploader is bugged for now, he or Tommy may be able to wrap the chapter for me on or around Tuesday... so hopefully this should be up in a more official capacity soon.

Judging from the ratings on the individual levels so far, seems like they're not doing too terribly. Feel free to let me know your experiences here if you like, or just wait a little bit for the chapter release.

Thanks!

To be honest I dont like these kind of levels. I find it to weird controlling with that gravety-thing. I completed a couple of the levels, but I just dont find it... fun

[RockLeeSmile]

Edmund said since my chapter uploader is bugged for now, he or Tommy may be able to wrap the chapter for me on or around Tuesday... so hopefully this should be up in a more official capacity soon.

Judging from the ratings on the individual levels so far, seems like they're not doing too terribly. Feel free to let me know your experiences here if you like, or just wait a little bit for the chapter release.

Thanks!

To be honest I dont like these kind of levels. I find it to weird controlling with that gravety-thing. I completed a couple of the levels, but I just dont find it... fun

That's ok, thanks for playing some at least. I had a feeling it wouldn't be up your alley since you said you didn't like the level in The Passenger. A bunch of people did like it though, so I'm curious if they like this too.