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SuperKoopa – 8.0/10.0
*AUDIOVISUALES*
El nivel es bellísimo gráficamente, todo el nivel está en estilo de Super Mario World, e incluso lo único que se limitó a tener de personajes jugables y amigables con Toads, haciendo perder el cliché de usar a Mario. Me gusta como el fondo de atrás (el lago y las nubes) se muevan, le da un toque de realismo al nivel, veo también que hay nieve cayendo, quizá hubieras colocado un poco más para que se haga evidente que es un nivel de lago nevado, la introducción del nivel estuvo increíble, el hacer pasar como world map para acceder al nivel hace como si yo realmente estuviera jugando un episodio.
Lamentablemente no todo es bueno, porque la única falla que encontré fue cuando pasa la segunda sección, en el momento que el pez gigante come a Toad, el efecto de muerte del jugador aparecerá por unos milisegundos, haciendo un corte.
Por cierto tremendo detalle esas rocas que estuvieron en el checkpoint, espero te hayas divertido diseñando ese peculiar objeto de fondo.

*JUGABILIDAD Y DIFICULTAD*
La mecánica principal de este nivel son los cheep cheeps, ya sea verdes (que saltan o nadan al aire), rojos (los que tienen púas y se hace spinjump) o el azul gigante que trata de comerte, me parece muy bien que lo hayas implementado en todo el nivel y está completamente aprovechado, la dificultad va subiendo progresivamente y eso está bien, sin embargo hay ciertos detalles que se podrían mejorar:
-El jugador al conseguir la primera y tercera moneda estrella, no puede hacerlo si tiene el powerup de flor de fuego, me explico, él dispara accidentalmente a uno de los Cheep Cheeps y lo matará, haciendo casi imposible la recolección.
-Si el jugador consigue la cuarta moneda estrella en su forma chiquita (mini Toad), para subir será complicado, ya que él tiene que correr y saltar, sin embargo también tendrá que evitar al pez gigante.
-En la parte final es más complicado por los peces que vuelan, todos los enemigos están juntos y eso hace que la dificultad del nivel sea de difícil a injusto en cierta parte, creo que ya es suficiente con el pez gigante y saltando sobre cheep cheeps, te recomiendo quitar los peces voladores.
-Los bloques grises con flechas (en donde está la cuarta moneda estrella) solo aparecen en una ocasión, te sugiero que lo puedas usar una mayor cantidad de veces para que no se vea desaprovechado.

Marcos May – 8.0/10.0
*AUDIOVISUALES*
Está muy bien logrado ese estilo SMW. Aún más el gráfico del pez gigante, puesto que tiene bastante vida y carisma. Aun así... está un poco simple en este aspecto, no es que haya mucha decoración o variedad gráfica, la misma simpleza se nota aún más en el HUD.
*Bueno, el chiste sexual estuvo innecesario.
*El detalle del World Map estuvo genial.
*También el gráfico del Toad con el poder de la flor ígnea está muy saturado.
*Un detalle muy menor: las decoraciones de hojas tienen un pixel vacío por el suelo y si el jugador pasa a través de ella se puede notar que estas "levitan".

*JUGABILIDAD Y DIFICULTAD*
La mecánica principal de los peces fue bastante aprovechada, experimentó de diversas formas interesantes. Pero tengo varios detalles que mencionar:
*Creo que le convendría al nivel dejar que el pez pueda saltarse con normalidad sin necesidad del giro, a veces es un poco cruel junto con el resto de obstáculos.
*Los peces con espinas tienen un tiempo de espera más prolongado que los verdes al dar un salto, lo que hace que se vuelvan más confusos de predecir, y por ende, de maniobrar.
*El nivel otorga la flor de fuego si se está en el estado Super... sin embargo, a veces es necesario usar el salto giratorio en peces y este poder es un problema, recomendaría usar algún otro como la hoja.
*Otro detalle, es que a veces la aparición de los peces se descoordina, haciendo que las filas de tres peces por ejemplo, se acaben desarmando y se vuelva aún más difícil saltar en ellas.
*Antes de llegar al checkpoint, cada vez que el jugador muere está obligado a ver la cinemática dónde se ve el World Map, se vuelve molesto después de varias muertes.
*Este es un error muy específico: si se toma el item justo al lado del checkpoint y el jugador cuando crece (por el estado Super del hongo o estar agachado como Super Mario) está muy cerca del techo cuando la toca quedará su transformación obstruida por los bloques y morirá. Tan solo se soluciona si se pusiera los bloques más arriba.

Edux Kamiz – 8.0/10.0
*AUDIOVISUALES*
Un tanto simple visualmente, pero bastante efectivo, cuadra muy bien con el estilo general de SMW y la música a su vez es óptima para el nivel.
También he de mencionar que pese a ser un poco corta la introducción, la recreación de un mapa de mundo dentro del nivel está muy bien lograda, honestamente.

*JUGABILIDAD Y DIFICULTAD*
Pues, mayoría del nivel es bastante calmado, la mecánica de usar Cheep Cheeps como plataformas es llamativo y las monedas estrella son un buen agregado, sin embargo, oh boy, llegando al final del nivel sí que se pone demasiado tenso.
La segunda parte del nivel presenta un cambio de dificultad mediano con la inclusión del Cheep Cheep morado, que realmente es una buena implementación para darle un reto mayor, el problema viene justo al final del nivel, donde son saltos y coordinación un tanto precisos y el hecho de tener que repetir toda la sección de vuelta en caso de fallar tampoco es que suene apetitoso.
Realmente, considero que eso es lo único que podría cambiarse de todo el nivel, lo demás está más que bien como es sin mucho problema.

CasimeCat – 8.5/10.0
*AUDIOVISUALES*
Creo que es la parte fuerte de todo el nivel, todos los gráficos bien usados de nieve, esa transición tan linda en medio del nivel, y la estética general que da todo el nivel es simplemente buena.
*JUGABILIDAD Y DIFICULTAD*
En general, es un nivel muy agradable, lo malo es que el gameplay flojea un poco en ciertas partes, más que nada en las partes de tener que plataformear entre peces, más que nada por los de espinas y la parte final. Todo lo demás me encanta, desde la temática de los peces, hasta la posición desafiante de las monedas estrella.

Fun & Design: 28.25 / 30
Isomorphism & Creativity: 15 / 15
Polish & Aesthetics: 5 / 5

Original: a dark level

DisasterMaster wrote: The level’s name may be pretty plain, but its aesthetics and gameplay are anything but. You took the idea of a dark world and turned it into a hauntingly ethereal waterfall-filled cliffside. The neon appearance of the water and enemies highlights the bleakness of the surrounding mists. It beautifully contrasts the solid stone of the surrounding landscape.
This gives a whole new meaning to flying fish. They worked very well as both an in-water and aerial threat, especially when having to jump between bubbles. That being said, when the bubble is on its downward ascent, it can sometimes cause you to get stuck in place if you’re near the bubble’s top. This is bad news if you have a wave of incoming Blurps. I appreciate that you also included a secret exit for the more explorer-oriented.
This is wonderful example of a metamorphosis done right.

Fun & Design:29/30; Isomorphism & Creativity: 15/15; Polish & Aesthetics: 5/5
Total: 49/50

Radiance wrote: While the remake focuses more on the water parts, I think it works as the waterfalls from the original was replaced by aerial bubbles. I had a hard time navigating with aerial bubbles especially when the fish are around which makes some setups a waiting game but it's a minor issue. The aesthetics complemented the dark background. Really cool visuals and I think it's an excellent remake for the original level.

Fun & Design:29/30; Isomorphism & Creativity: 15/15; Polish & Aesthetics: 5/5
Total: 49/50

Shinbison-Kof wrote: This stage has a very interesting concept, which involves the use of bubbles that move in different directions. Compared to the original, it is an excellent remake, because it captured well the idea of being cliffs with water in a dark environment, and also, the idea of using bubbles to represent the main mechanic was excellent. About the gimmick, all setups were very well executed, because despite being a very simple mechanic, it doesn't become repetitive, because of the great notion of progression that was developed here. The level design itself is great, with a fair distribution of npcs, power-ups and checkpoints, besides that, the main gimmick was used in a fair way. The atmosphere is awesome, definitely my favourite here, my only personal complaint is the music, I didn't feel it matched that much even though it was excellent. My only problem with the level is related to the last setup, I think it would be interesting if it had only one octopus before, and then two to be more fair, since despite being the last challenge of the level, it becomes much more complex to dodge. Besides that, the variation of fish causes a certain confusion, because theoretically the red fish could indicate that they hurt when jumping on them, but in fact only 1 type of fish allows that, so in certain parts of the level where there is the possibility of boosting them is broken, because of this small defect. Furthermore, there are a few parts of the level where the physics of the moving bubbles do not favour jumping. Finally, I felt that the stage ended a little abruptly. Overall it is an excellent stage, great feeling of progress and difficulty curve, impeccable atmosphere and very fun!

Fun & Design:27/30; Isomorphism & Creativity:15/15; Polish & Aesthetics: 5/5
Total: 47/50

Sux wrote: What a beautiful level. It captured well the idea of a grey atmosphere in a stupefying aesthetic, the mechanics of swimming in waterfalls were adapted to bubbles, which fit the level better. Overall it has a fluid gameplay where the difficulty of the obstacles evolved consistently, despite some difficult jumps on the bubbles, especially when they are moving. I did not understand why there is a secret exit through the key, in case this copy is used in any episode, I must say it is very obvious. Anyway, outstanding work.

Fun & Design:28/30; Isomorphism & Creativity:15/15; Polish & Aesthetics:5/5
Total: 48/50

Petraheim wrote:Isomorphism (40/40)
Structure (24/30)
Creativity (19/20)
Fun (5/10)
Review:

Very bold of you to pick the most possible frustrating idea of a level and send it to a contest. I like that, though! The aesthetics are brilliant. It almost felt like the painting was based on the level and not the other way around. Everything in the presetation fits perfectly, from the direction of the filter in all the things in the stage, to the relaxing song, everything fitting perfectly with the original art, paired with the hell you put the player through in this torturous challenge. I don't have an issue with the high difficulty of the level, as I take that as an important part of the whole intent. However, I felt a little of irregular difficulty throughout the level. Some setups feel a lot harder than some others at weird moments, it wasn't a difficulty curve that gradually made the level harder/easier. It also felt to me like the level ended a bit abruptly, seeming like there might have been more planned, but with no time/ideas left. This might be just a feeling though. The use of the jellyfishes to climb on was extremely creative, it makes a perfect twist in this contest for an idea that isn't that novel. Had the design been a little less punitive, I would have honestly and sincerely had a lot of fun. Was that the intent, though? Or was it just to make me slam my head in the wall everytime Mario fell all the way to the bottom of the level?

Total (88/100)

DrMekar wrote:Isomorphism ( 35/40)
Structure ( 20/30)
Criativity ( 20/20)
Fun ( 8/10)
Review:
The level starts off using a very distinct and beautiful art style, well in rhyme with the music.
The inspiration for the level (aside from the image), the Game 'Getting Over It' in captured
quite well on an atmospheric kind of level and so is the frustraing side of it, which is not meant
in mean way of course.

The Image also was also used in a good way, even if I wished more would have been done with
the jellyfishes prominent on the image as the biggest hurdles for me personaly were often
the blocks.

Total: 83/100

55jedat555 wrote:Isomorphism (32 / 40)
Structure (11 / 30)
Creativity (10 / 20)
Fun (0 / 10)
Review: Absolutely stunning in terms of visuals, utterly boring and miserable in terms of gameplay experience; truly a world of
contrast. I immediately had high expectations for this level when I first booted it up and saw how gorgeous, unique and
polished it was aesthetically. You can only imagine how low those expectations plummeted when I realized what the level
was actually about. For starters, I think it's necessary I clarify that I'm not a fan of this "genre" of platformer
levels: a level whose entire design is effectively a sequence of somewhat precise jumps that feel bad to execute is not an
interesting level to me, and it's by default not going to bring me much enjoyment. And this level is just that, except it
also frequently throws a bit of climbing into the mix, those parts being disproportionally easier than the rest of the
obstacles. What this level actually shoots itself in the foot with though is the simple decision to include the layer
swayer library. I can kind of understand why it was included; it does enhance the floaty, surreal feeling of the
levitating blocks, but in turn it makes the actual platforming awful. Moving layers are amidst the jankier and less
pleasant things one can platform on: they influence your momentum in weird ways, they force unnecessary waiting when
they're out of alignment, and they cause a single frame of falling when they stop moving, which can and will occasionally
eat your jump and just outright screw you over. How much more enjoyable this level might've been if its platforming were
simply static isn't entirely clear, but I think the difference would be quite substantial. I couldn't bring myself to beat
this level legitimately all the way through; after what felt like hours of attempts, falling down, getting back, missing
jumps I'd cleared many times before due to layer misalignment, falling again and waiting longer, I was just so tired and
bored out of my mind that I couldn't be arsed to keep going. Definitely not my cup of tea, I'm afraid!
Total: (53 / 100)

Fun & Design: 28.25 / 30
Isomorphism & Creativity: 15 / 15
Polish & Aesthetics: 5 / 5

Original: a dark level

DisasterMaster wrote: The level’s name may be pretty plain, but its aesthetics and gameplay are anything but. You took the idea of a dark world and turned it into a hauntingly ethereal waterfall-filled cliffside. The neon appearance of the water and enemies highlights the bleakness of the surrounding mists. It beautifully contrasts the solid stone of the surrounding landscape.
This gives a whole new meaning to flying fish. They worked very well as both an in-water and aerial threat, especially when having to jump between bubbles. That being said, when the bubble is on its downward ascent, it can sometimes cause you to get stuck in place if you’re near the bubble’s top. This is bad news if you have a wave of incoming Blurps. I appreciate that you also included a secret exit for the more explorer-oriented.
This is wonderful example of a metamorphosis done right.

Fun & Design:29/30; Isomorphism & Creativity: 15/15; Polish & Aesthetics: 5/5
Total: 49/50

Radiance wrote: While the remake focuses more on the water parts, I think it works as the waterfalls from the original was replaced by aerial bubbles. I had a hard time navigating with aerial bubbles especially when the fish are around which makes some setups a waiting game but it's a minor issue. The aesthetics complemented the dark background. Really cool visuals and I think it's an excellent remake for the original level.

Fun & Design:29/30; Isomorphism & Creativity: 15/15; Polish & Aesthetics: 5/5
Total: 49/50

Shinbison-Kof wrote: This stage has a very interesting concept, which involves the use of bubbles that move in different directions. Compared to the original, it is an excellent remake, because it captured well the idea of being cliffs with water in a dark environment, and also, the idea of using bubbles to represent the main mechanic was excellent. About the gimmick, all setups were very well executed, because despite being a very simple mechanic, it doesn't become repetitive, because of the great notion of progression that was developed here. The level design itself is great, with a fair distribution of npcs, power-ups and checkpoints, besides that, the main gimmick was used in a fair way. The atmosphere is awesome, definitely my favourite here, my only personal complaint is the music, I didn't feel it matched that much even though it was excellent. My only problem with the level is related to the last setup, I think it would be interesting if it had only one octopus before, and then two to be more fair, since despite being the last challenge of the level, it becomes much more complex to dodge. Besides that, the variation of fish causes a certain confusion, because theoretically the red fish could indicate that they hurt when jumping on them, but in fact only 1 type of fish allows that, so in certain parts of the level where there is the possibility of boosting them is broken, because of this small defect. Furthermore, there are a few parts of the level where the physics of the moving bubbles do not favour jumping. Finally, I felt that the stage ended a little abruptly. Overall it is an excellent stage, great feeling of progress and difficulty curve, impeccable atmosphere and very fun!

Fun & Design:27/30; Isomorphism & Creativity:15/15; Polish & Aesthetics: 5/5
Total: 47/50

Sux wrote: What a beautiful level. It captured well the idea of a grey atmosphere in a stupefying aesthetic, the mechanics of swimming in waterfalls were adapted to bubbles, which fit the level better. Overall it has a fluid gameplay where the difficulty of the obstacles evolved consistently, despite some difficult jumps on the bubbles, especially when they are moving. I did not understand why there is a secret exit through the key, in case this copy is used in any episode, I must say it is very obvious. Anyway, outstanding work.

Fun & Design:28/30; Isomorphism & Creativity:15/15; Polish & Aesthetics:5/5
Total: 48/50

Petraheim wrote:Isomorphism (40/40)
Structure (24/30)
Creativity (19/20)
Fun (5/10)
Review:

Very bold of you to pick the most possible frustrating idea of a level and send it to a contest. I like that, though! The aesthetics are brilliant. It almost felt like the painting was based on the level and not the other way around. Everything in the presetation fits perfectly, from the direction of the filter in all the things in the stage, to the relaxing song, everything fitting perfectly with the original art, paired with the hell you put the player through in this torturous challenge. I don't have an issue with the high difficulty of the level, as I take that as an important part of the whole intent. However, I felt a little of irregular difficulty throughout the level. Some setups feel a lot harder than some others at weird moments, it wasn't a difficulty curve that gradually made the level harder/easier. It also felt to me like the level ended a bit abruptly, seeming like there might have been more planned, but with no time/ideas left. This might be just a feeling though. The use of the jellyfishes to climb on was extremely creative, it makes a perfect twist in this contest for an idea that isn't that novel. Had the design been a little less punitive, I would have honestly and sincerely had a lot of fun. Was that the intent, though? Or was it just to make me slam my head in the wall everytime Mario fell all the way to the bottom of the level?

Total (88/100)

DrMekar wrote:Isomorphism ( 35/40)
Structure ( 20/30)
Criativity ( 20/20)
Fun ( 8/10)
Review:
The level starts off using a very distinct and beautiful art style, well in rhyme with the music.
The inspiration for the level (aside from the image), the Game 'Getting Over It' in captured
quite well on an atmospheric kind of level and so is the frustraing side of it, which is not meant
in mean way of course.

The Image also was also used in a good way, even if I wished more would have been done with
the jellyfishes prominent on the image as the biggest hurdles for me personaly were often
the blocks.

Total: 83/100

55jedat555 wrote:Isomorphism (32 / 40)
Structure (11 / 30)
Creativity (10 / 20)
Fun (0 / 10)
Review: Absolutely stunning in terms of visuals, utterly boring and miserable in terms of gameplay experience; truly a world of
contrast. I immediately had high expectations for this level when I first booted it up and saw how gorgeous, unique and
polished it was aesthetically. You can only imagine how low those expectations plummeted when I realized what the level
was actually about. For starters, I think it's necessary I clarify that I'm not a fan of this "genre" of platformer
levels: a level whose entire design is effectively a sequence of somewhat precise jumps that feel bad to execute is not an
interesting level to me, and it's by default not going to bring me much enjoyment. And this level is just that, except it
also frequently throws a bit of climbing into the mix, those parts being disproportionally easier than the rest of the
obstacles. What this level actually shoots itself in the foot with though is the simple decision to include the layer
swayer library. I can kind of understand why it was included; it does enhance the floaty, surreal feeling of the
levitating blocks, but in turn it makes the actual platforming awful. Moving layers are amidst the jankier and less
pleasant things one can platform on: they influence your momentum in weird ways, they force unnecessary waiting when
they're out of alignment, and they cause a single frame of falling when they stop moving, which can and will occasionally
eat your jump and just outright screw you over. How much more enjoyable this level might've been if its platforming were
simply static isn't entirely clear, but I think the difference would be quite substantial. I couldn't bring myself to beat
this level legitimately all the way through; after what felt like hours of attempts, falling down, getting back, missing
jumps I'd cleared many times before due to layer misalignment, falling again and waiting longer, I was just so tired and
bored out of my mind that I couldn't be arsed to keep going. Definitely not my cup of tea, I'm afraid!
Total: (53 / 100)