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KD
Since: May, 2009
23rd Feb, 2022 12:22:56 PM
The aptly-named Automatic Level.
Also related, Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing if perhaps the level isn't so much your character getting pushed around, but just standing still while the enemy defeats itself.
Edited by KD
I recently added a paragraph about these to Rube Goldberg Machine, but given how prevalent these are in Level Editor games I figured it might be worth checking if there is actually a more obscurely-named page for these, and if not, whether it would warrant posting on TLP:
An "auto level" or "Don't Move level" is a custom level created with a game's Level Editor which is functionally a level that completes itself automatically, generally in Rube Goldberg Machine fashion.
I mentioned three notable examples of games in which this is commonly seen (i.e. Line Rider, Happy Wheels, Geometry Dash), but there's obviously a lot more (Game Plays Itself lists examples from Mario Maker) and so a page may be warranted.
So do we have a dedicated page on these? If not, is one needed, or would they fit better in Rube Goldberg Machine and/or Game Plays Itself?
Apologies if this isn't what the Trope Finder is intended for; I'd just rather make sure of everything first.
Edited by victim-573