[Paul721]

Hello, everybody. Today, I present to you my SM64 ROM hack, Super Mario: Power Star Expedition. Information and screenshots can be found below.

Features
- 10 brand new main courses and 9 brand new secret courses;
- new textures (from MKWii, NSMBW, SMG2, etc.);
- new music;
- brand new hub world; and
- new backgrounds.

Progress
Main courses: 0/10 <- Three models are pretty close to completion, though.
Secret courses: 0/9
Music: ~5%
Hub World: 0%
Backgrounds: ~60% <- I didn't make any backgrounds, I just simply resized and imported the ones that I found.

Screenshots (from SketchUp Make 2016)

Course 1: Goomba Grasslands (about 85% done)
http://imgur.com/eBycFsy
http://imgur.com/r5VvwPj
http://imgur.com/y89utXE

Stars
Star 1: King Bob-omb on the Tower
Star 2: The Star on the Roof
Star 3: The Forest Maze
Star 4: Obtain the 8 Red Coins
Star 5: The Submerged Switch
Star 6: Goomba Grasslands at Night

Bugs I have to fix and things I need to add
- Reposition some textures and fix some collision errors.
- Make forest maze for Star 3.
- Make slightly modified and darker version of completed model for Star 6.
- And more.

Enemies that may be in the level
- Goombas,
- Koopas (their shells cannot be stolen),
- Piranha Plants,
- King Bob-omb (main boss),
- Bob-ombs,
- etc.

Course 3: Hot, Hot Desert (about 75% done)
http://imgur.com/CC3bwLy
http://imgur.com/iX2z8nW

The textures in this course aren't too great in my opinion, but I guess they will work. If you really don't like the textures and want me to change them, however, I will.


Stars
Star 1: Climb to the Narrow Cliff
Star 2: The Sandy Slide
Star 3: Sandy Race with Koopa the Quick
Star 4: Eyerok's Dangerous Pyramid
Star 5: Red Coins in the Pyramid
Star 6: The Five Ancient Coins

Bugs I have to fix and things I need to add
- Reposition some textures and fix a few collision errors.
- Make slide for Star 2.
- Make inside of pyramid for area 2 and boss arena for area 3.
- And more.

Enemies that may be in the level
- Goombas,
- Koopas (their shells cannot be stolen),
- Pokeys,
- Fly Guys,
- Grindels,
- Chain Chomp,
- Eyerok (main boss),
- Fire Bars,
- etc.

Course 4: Red Leaf Forest (about 45% done)
http://imgur.com/XeMberE
http://imgur.com/WD3fdaH

Stars
Star 1: Shoot to the Star in the Tree
Star 2: Race to the Big Tree
Star 3: Wiggler's Revenge
Star 4: Secret Passageway in the Cave
Star 5: Red Coins in the Cave
Star 6: Metal Mario Run

Bugs I have to fix and things I need to add
- Reposition some textures and fix major collision errors.
- Make another large portion in the first area of the level.
- Make two more different types of trees.
- Make Wiggler battle arena for area 2.
- Make cave part for area 3.
- And more.

Enemies that may be in the level
- Goombas,
- Koopas (their shells cannot be stolen),
- Fly Guys,
- Wiggler (main boss),
- Kuromames,
- etc.

Courses

Main courses (names can change)
Course 1: Goomba Grasslands
Course 2: Swampy Cavern
Course 3: Hot, Hot Desert
Course 4: Red Leaf Forest
Course 5: Frigid Lava Land
Course 6: Spooky Ghost Mansion
Course 7: Foggy, Flooded Cave
Course 8: Galactic Spaceway
Course 9: Scorching Volcano
Course 10: Heavy Metal Factory

Secret courses (names can change)
- Spooky Metal Cap Cavern
- Invisible Cap level <- This level doesn't have a name yet. Also, this level will be similar to Cosmic Cove Galaxy.
- Wing Cap level <- This level doesn't have a name yet. Also, this level will be rainbow themed.
- King Whomp's Icy Fortress <- This is the first Bowser level.
- Bowser's Spooky Castle <- This is the second Bowser level.
- Final Bowser level <- This level doesn't have a name yet. Also, this level will contain two Power Stars.
- Beach level <- This level doesn't have a name yet.
- Sky level <- This level doesn't have a name yet.
- Toy level <- This level doesn't have a name yet.

Potential story for the game
Once again, Peach has been kidnapped. But this time she wasn't kidnapped by Bowser, or that's what Mario believes. Mario thinks that he killed Bowser in Super Mario 64. The truth is that he did, but Bowser came back as a ghost and you have to fight him in the second Bowser level (he is just Big Boo). Upon defeating him in the second castle, Mario is rewared with a key and he believes that he will never see Bowser again. However, in the last Bowser level, Mario meets up with Bowser again--but this time he is in his regular form due to Kamek's magic.

(This story will probably be scrapped because it's really bad.)


Final notes and help
I started making this hack on September 17th, 2016. As you can clearly tell I haven't made much progress in that time span. This is because of school and sometimes--but not very often--my lack of motivation. I really hope that I can complete this hack and make it as fun to play as possible. Also, I need help with music. I can obtain some of the .m64 files from SMWCentral, but not all of them. So if anybody is interested in helping, please send a PM to me with examples of your work. And before anyone asks, that is the only thing I need help with. Anyway, I think I covered everything. Thank you for reading.

Oh, and by the way, don't forget to give me some feedback. If a lot of people don't like my 3D modeling, then I might restart since this hack is in its early stages.

Note: I copied and pasted this thread from my thread of this hack on Kuribo64.

[KatGrrrl]

Wow looking good

[ChristopherBro]

Gold.

[Paul721]

Thanks, guys!  Expect some new screenshots soon (hopefully).

Also, I just started making part one of the hub world!

[Vidoy]

Looks pretty good can't wait for this!

[Paul721]

I am currently working on Heavy Metal Factory for some reason. Here are some screenshots:

http://i.imgur.com/nPTLScp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Q6iBamB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/k90y9Vw.jpg

Please give me some feedback. I would really appreciate it.

Also, I need to reposition a few textures and find a good pipe texture. If you know where I can find a good pipe texture, then please direct me to that website. Thank you.

And thank you, Vidoy.  

[ThatDom]

Can't wait to try!!!!!!!!!

[Paul721]

Thank you, ThatDom.  

Also, because it has almost been a month since my last update, I decided that I should post some new screenshots. So, here are some screenshots of Galactic Spaceway:

http://imgur.com/wpekIzr
http://imgur.com/EiKMDSP
http://imgur.com/Y3Sni3J
http://imgur.com/ovIWTW8
http://imgur.com/NWv3Fko
 
Notes regarding the level:
- Walls will be added to the outskirts of the level.
- I am still looking for textures for the UFO, the Spaceship and the dome.
- The giant rock in the last screenshot will be fixed.

Feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[Paul721]

During the past few months, I have got quite a bit done for this hack. I scrapped the old Red Leaf Forest and almost finished modeling the new version; I almost finished modeling the final Bowser level; I finished modeling the first Bowser course but still need to apply and reposition a few textures; I modeled some of the first hub world; I fixed and added a few things in Hot, Hot Desert and Goomba Grasslands; I almost finished modeling Scorching Volcano; and I started modeling Foggy, Flooded Cave.

If you want to see a few screenshots, please request which ones you want to see and I will post them.

[Vidoy]

Show us the hub world