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by andrewingram 894 days ago
A few years ago I built a level viewer based on this API: https://www.smm2-viewer.com/

Was quite a fun challenge, some interesting tech at play, and interesting algorithm work to render out the slope tiles.
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declan_roberts 893 days ago
You built this? Well done! I’ve used this several times while watching DGR videos!
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andrewingram 893 days ago
Thanks!

The original inspiration was a DGR video in late 2021 when he showed the original chinese-language windows-based level viewer. That inspired me (as a Mac user) to seek out the API and level format documentation, then it was a whole load of trial and error to get the rendering working. There are more popular viewers (AFAICT) out there, but I enjoyed the challenge.

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crtasm 893 days ago
Huge appreciation for both this and the API.

I wonder if the API is still running off the developer's personal Nintendo account?

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