Rayman ReDesigner
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Rayman ReDesigner is an unofficial game featuring a level editor made by Ryemanni and using the Game Maker engine, first released in January 2021 as a beta before getting a final release during February of the same year.
The game uses Rayman Redemption as a foundation for all of its features, as well as Rayman Designer for its concept as a map editor with playable user-made levels. It received many updates over time, fixing issues and implementing a lot more content, the latest being version 1.4.4 released in 2023.
It comes with four levels by default, created by Ryemanni, all of which are available in the game's "BundledLevels" folder. Players can create more or download creations shared online, which include levels, but also custom backgrounds, music, graphics and skins for even more customisation.
Rayman Redistributor, a website created by MeekRhino, is dedicated to sharing such content intended for Rayman ReDesigner. It features over a thousand levels as of 2023.
Levels
Every world theme featured in Rayman Redemption returns in Rayman ReDesigner, plus a new one taken from the 2D prototype of Rayman 2. They are all available to select from the editor, although some have been condensed together into a single extra theme, including the castle in Mr Dark's Dare, Final Showdown, Dark Legacy, Dark Magician's Challenge, and the Rayman 2 Prototype. More graphics have been created or remade for most themes, some of which have been added through updates.
- The Dream Forest
- Band Land
- Blue Mountains
- Picture City
- The Caves of Skops
- Playtopia
- Candy Château
- Extra (Mr Dark's Domain, Final Showdown, Dark Legacy, Dark Magician's Challenge, Rayman 2 Prototype).
Through the layer system, the player can mix and match the environments of any world, also allowing extra decorations beyond the usual textures by having two layers of the same theme. Eight layers are available and their spots can be freely switched in the editor. Most backgrounds and every piece of music from Rayman Redemption returns to ReDesigner, and they can be chosen freely no matter the themes picked by the player. The player can only pick two default tracks per section, but a Music mechanism allows for a change to any track when Rayman goes through one of them. This object was originally only intended to play the drum tracks, but this was changed in the updates released during 2023.
Foreground and atmospheric objects are also available to further decorate the player's levels. Custom graphics can also be added by the player through PNG files and the Custom Graphic mechanism, allowing for an infinity of possible themes albeit only three layers are available for them. Unlike the other layers, custom graphics can be placed in the foreground, or in the background behind every other type of layer.
Four levels by Ryemanni are featured, which have a small story or explanation in their description, and they are showcases of what can be achieved through Rayman ReDesigner such as remakes of official levels from other games.
The Dream Forest
Picture City
The Caves of Skops
Candy Château
Gameplay
The game plays exactly like Rayman Redemption, being a 2D side-scrolling platform game based on Rayman 1. Most objects and entities return from the original Rayman and Rayman Redemption, with some new ones as well, many added through updates. Amongst the new features, laser-washing powders from Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc return as power-ups instead of cosmetics, including a brand new one called Super Jump, based on the Power Jump Shoes from Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror.
Characters
While there are no dialogues or dedicated boss battles in the game, most friends and foes from Rayman Redemption return as either decorative characters or as enemies. This includes some of Redemption's bosses and chasers. Foes chasing Rayman can be assigned some specific actions through mechanisms, such as attacking or jumping. Mr Dark also returns, but only as an obstacle inflicting curses with various effects, including summoning Dark Rayman. Bzzit is only available as a mount and cannot be fought by Rayman, although Dark Moskito can appear to chase him if Rayman is riding Bzzit while being pursued by Dark Rayman.
Friends
Enemies
- Darktoon
- Tentacle Flower
- Moskito: Despite being Moskito, his icon in the editor uses Bzzit instead, a possible reference to the ambiguity of Moskito having Bzzit's appearance during his chase in Rayman 1.
- Big Redbot
- Chasing Nimbus
- Mr Sax
- Mr Stone
- Space Mama
- Mr Skops
- Menace Bomber
- Dark Rayman
- Mr Dark
- Dark Magician
Only Darktoon, Tentacle Flower, the Big Redbot and the Menace Bomber can be defeated by the player. Every other boss is invincible and will only be eliminated through killdoors or by falling out of the stage. Dark Rayman and any of his mounts will only disappear if Rayman makes contact with a Curse Cleaner. Some of the original bosses' attacks are only available as separate obstacles or enemies such as Mr Dark's Tall Flames or the Space Pots summoned by Space Mama's during her third encounter, and some of their minions such as the Picture City pirates return, one of which being disguised and fighting in a very similar way to Space Mama in her final costume.
Trivia
- Some new graphics are similar to visuals from the Welcome to Darkland expansion project, such as the Mr Dark "snowman" in the Candy Château theme.
- Many assets from Rayman Redemption are unused despite being in the game's files. This includes bosses like the Bad Cake or their True Boss Rush counterparts.