Mario's Sticker Stage

[Zero Kirby]

So guess what? Bigger stage.



Previously the audience capped at 39. Now it caps at 85. Ho boy that's a lot of people watching you all at once. I also gave the stage a bit of a makeover so that it looks nicer. Here:



Might fix up the curtains and seats a little bit, too.

And now here's a full list of things on how you can become an audience member.

I'm fairly certain I've finished up the programming on Audience Members now, so if you're skilled at spriting in M&L3 style (or have a friend who is) and want to show up in the audience, make some sprites, pick preferences (basically what your audience member likes and doesn't like to see), and I'll throw you in! Here's a list of needed sprites:

• Walking left/right for finding a seat.
  
• Facing front, in the seat.
  
• Jumping up/holding item aloft. These are the same sprite.
  
• Cheering loudly. This is the "audience going nuts" as it were.
  
• Running off. A single sprite simply showing your character being kinda disgusted and jumping away from the stage.

And as for preferences, you should pick only a couple of them. You don't have to be balanced, like one positive and one negative. The double-positive and double-negative Fan and Heckler bonuses, though, are single bonuses - you can't pick any other preference if you go with one of them. And I am putting a limit on how many people can be either one of those things. Especially the Heckler. I foresee that one being kinda popular.

• + May particularly like one (or two) types of Sticker: Jump, Hammer, Item, Partner, or Special. (Will gain more appeal, give more Flower Points.)
  
• + May particularly enjoy Stylish Commands. (More appeal, Flower Points.)
  
• + May particularly enjoy Excellent Commands. (More appeal, Flower Points.)
  
• + May love Battle Spinner bonuses. (More appeal.)
  
• + May be patient, never throwing unhelpful items on stage. (Throws helpful things only, and is more easily persuaded to do so.)
  
• ++ May be fans. (Starts off with a lot of appeal already, so they are harder to lose, and throw helpful things more often, but if they leave they'll take some audience morale with them.)
  
• - May particularly dislike one (or two) types of Sticker. (Will not gain appeal or give Flower Points except on Excellent Commands for said Stickers - will lose appeal with repetition.)
  
• - May particularly dislike failing Action Commands. (Will lose more appeal than usual and will not give Flower Points.)
  
• - May require Excellent Commands to be impressed. (Will lose appeal and not give Flower Points unless the player gets Excellent Commands for all Stickers.)
  
• - May particularly dislike failing to block attacks. (Will lose more appeal than normal.)
  
• - May be impatient, never throwing helpful items on stage. (Throws trash only, and is harder to impress so that they don't.)
  
• -- May be hecklers. (These bizarro Spectators are more likely to throw trash at you, aren't scared away if you attack them, and failing will only make them stay longer! Do well to get these guys to leave.)

For instance, a Goomba's Audience Profile is:

• + Loves Battle Spinner bonuses.
  
• - Hates Jump Attacks.

While a Hammer Bro might:

• + Loves Hammer Attacks.
  
• - Is easily bored.

As Luigi normally:

• + Loves Mario's Attacks (Jump and Hammer).
  
• + Is patient.
  
• - Hates Partner Stickers.

While Toads tend to:

• + Love Jump Attacks.
  
• + Are patient.

Appeal just determines how much a Spectator likes Mario. It maxes out at thirty. They leave at zero. They have thresholds where they throw helpful things, unhelpful things, or just chill out (this is where they should also enter the audience at unless they're patient, fans, impatient, or hecklers). So what a custom (i.e. you) Spectator should look like is this:

Zero Kirby

• + Loves Jump Attacks.
  
• + Loves Stylish Commands.
  
• - Particularly dislikes failing Action Commands.
  
• Throws trash at or below 7.
  
• Throws items at or above 19.
  
• Enters at 15.

And then you would post the sprites. They really shouldn't be too much taller than Luigi, and not much wider than Mario. I don't have any since I cannot sprite. I intend to bum mine off a sufficiently talented person. (At least I admit it.) One could even consider it the price for the first person who makes sprites of themselves to put in this game. (It is not. If you don't want to I won't force you to and kind of can't anyway. And I'm too nice.) Of course I reserve the right to refuse you entry if I don't like you. (Which would be an accomplishment, trust me.) Or your sprites are an obvious five-minute slap-together just to get in the game. (At which point I would not like you, and would probably not let you in even if you suddenly gained super-spriting powers.)

Of course you could (not should) go my route and ask someone who can sprite in the M&L3 style very politely and nicely to make you some sprites too. And if they refuse, don't pursue it. I don't want people mad at me so I'm not telling you who you could (not should) ask. Ever.

Keep in mind the preferences your Spectator has when assigning their thresholds. If they're a negative nancy and yet you make their "throw items" threshold really easy to reach that makes little sense. And again, not too many preferences. Start with two, three's a maximum in general, four can potentially be bargained for if I like you, but five is right out.

Oh- and I am putting a cap on how many people I'll accept into the game. I'm not assigning a solid number to it but rest assured I'll let you know when it's been reached.

And everybody - EVERYBODY - would share the same probability of showing up in the first place. The random number would have to land on the "MFGGer" square and then one random member generated from there. And then that guy being unusable after that since there's only one of that guy at a time ever. So as time passes you'd actually be more likely to show up than the MFGGers who already did, who shouldn't complain anyway since they're already in the audience.

EDIT: Changed the curtains.