Mushroom Valley

Mushroom Valley
A partial overview of Mushroom Valley from above the starting corner.
Map information
Reward	4 FFA Points
Difficulty	Novice
Location	FFA
Mapcode	mwmv
Creator	MOUTHWEST
Food	None
Publication	2023 January 8

Mushroom Valley is a pure parkour map by MOUTHWEST. It rewards 4 FFA Points upon completion, and can be joined directly using “/c join mwmv”.

General

Gameplay

The map has many diverging paths, some of which are marked explicitly and some of which are hidden. There is a main path that leads from the start to the end, passing through the large golden rings and winding around the majority of the map.

Players can traverse the area by using the tops of large mushrooms, as the brown mushrooms have a large slime pad accessible at the top used for bouncing across large gaps. There are also plenty of vines in open areas, trees, and the cave rooms that need to be climbed to progress. Many paths contain dripleaves that force players to cross the area without stopping for too long.

Aesthetics

The map is captured within a large, rough bowl shape with ridges and spires scattered about. The area is primarily composed of "earthen" walls made from brown mushroom and dripstone blocks, which are topped by a checkerboard sheet of grass and moss. Large trees made of acacia wood expose their roots and some small branches (with dried kelp block leaves) before shooting high up beyond the thick canopy covering the map. Occasionally, other features like waterways and bamboo-and-azalea walls appear. There are pointed dripstones serving as stalagmites and stalactites in wetter areas, such as the caves. Uniquely, caves also tend to have jack-o'-lanterns. Smaller red and blue fungus dot the floor sparsely.

Paths are decorated such that intended mechanics are made more apparent. At the beginning of the map, the ending ring, which looks identical to the starting ring, is visible by looking forward while crossing through the starting ring. The main path has a width of discoloration that distinguishes it from the standard patterns of the textures. In some instances where the main path is harder to follow, colored arrows appear on the ground or on nearby surfaces. Vine walls within caves and cave-like rooms have darker blocks behind the vines so that they stand out against the lighter glow lichen. The boundary of the map is marked with a perimeter of warped fungus, though the features and obstacles of the map appear to continue onwards toward the steep outside walls.

Guide

TODO

Challenges

This map is featured in 0 challenges:

Trivia

• The map is named after a scrapped level from the prototype builds of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which would be reimplemented in the sequel game Sonic & Knuckles as Mushroom Hill Zone.

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