Really? Another Megalovania map? I know, I know...this song has been mapped to death, so why did I map it?
First of all, my daughter loves Undertale. We've been playing it together, and she managed to complete all the different playthroughs of the game. I was worried fighting Sans was going to ruin the experience for her, but she showed great patience and determination and she persevered. She loves all the music in Undertale, but Megalovania has a special place in her heart.
Second, I haven't found a version of Megalovania that felt like it was mapped for someone like me. The maps I looked into were either remixes of the song, heavy tech, or just crazy chaotic and insane. I know Sans/Megalovania is all about "having a bad time" and all, but the maps out there just weren't fun for me. So I wanted to make a high energy, low chaos map that would be accessible for the experienced but casual Expert+ player (and more).
This map had some significant challenges, and was very much in danger of not being released because of my perfectionist tendencies. I've had it in the pipeline so long that I've learned new techniques from when I started it, so HUGE chunks of the map got reworked over and over again. Mostly it was just adding better angles and patterns to improve flow. I had to ask for soooo many more testplays than usual, and I am so grateful to the BSMG community for their help and support.
In general, I want there to be an overall theme or idea for every map, and when the music changes I want the map to evolve and change with it. The "guitar solo" from ~2:02-2:30 was really challenging to map for me. At first I experimented with several ideas, and it always felt like I was just throwing random notes on the screen. Eventually I ended up with a theme I liked, but testplayers found it too repetitive. I reworked it. Finally, I found patterns I loved...and then BombardToo noticed I had a timing mistake in that section, so I had to rework the whole thing yet again. I fixed the timing issue while managing to keep the flavour of what I had come up with. It might not be perfect, but I personally love the flow and feeling of playing that section now.
I decided to create a full spread again for this map. I'll post comments about each difficulty in their respective videos. If you want to check out the other difficulties for this map, here are the links:
Expert: • Beat Saber Custom Map:...
Hard: • Beat Saber Custom Map:...
Normal: • Beat Saber Custom Map:...
Easy: • Beat Saber Custom Map:...
A big thank you to the testplayers: Storm Knight, Professor Calculus, flawsome, Blidum, and ZeCube. Also my Dad and son, who tested the lower difficulties for me. I also want to thank BombardToo for pointing out the timing issue in Expert+, and Undeceiver (whose general feedback from when I applied for Verified Mapper status helped me reshape and improve this map).
Check out my maps on BeatSaver (www.beatsaver.com/maps/3d9af) if you play custom maps. Thanks for watching!