Randomization
 

Is there any way that any of you know of to put randomization, (or pseudo-randomization at least?) in a level?

For example what if I wanted to make a level where you can get a random powerup?

The enemies drop powerups randomly. But I'm no JCS expert so I can't really help you.

WWWWWWWWWWWW
S 1S 2S 3S W
W WW WW WW W
W WW WW WW W

S is a sucker tube which sends you right. 1, 2 and 3 are animated tiles as follows:

1: Wall, blank, blank.
2: Blank, wall, blank.
3: Blank, blank, wall.
Make all the animated tiles be at some speed other than 0 (and probably not too high, either). You should now fall down a random pit each time you enter the sucker tube.

I see. I was thinking it might be something like that.

They should all be the same speed, correct?

Now, what if I added a random frame wait modifier?

Yes, all the same speed. Adding a random wait will just tilt the odds.

Ok then, thanks.

Hmm... could this possibly be used with trigger crates to give the level a different layout each time?

Trigger crates, trigger zones... whatever. Sure.

Trigger zones would make the level different for every player. That could get strange.

It would be interesting to do that, since then you could have a different layout every time, and if advanced enough it could even be used to generate simple mazes.

You're assuming that it will be in a multiplayer level in that case.