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15. Valtteri - Skyward Castle - 7.62/10
Bomber57 (7.6/10)
I found that I liked the indoor sections more than the outdoor one. It was mostly because they looked nicer and weren't so hard. The outdoor sections either had difficult enemy placement or too many enemies at once. Otherwise, the level was pretty average. I don't have much else to say about it really.
Chad (6.510)
Interesting level. I really like its structure, as the general upward climb and platforming were pretty fun and quite well made. Its layout and visuals make it feel nicely polished, and I like the consistent alternation between clouds and fortress. There's a good variety of enemies, and I especially liked the parts with the Nippers, as they made their areas entertainingly tricky. The general difficulty of the level is very inconsistent, though. One minute you're just having an easy time with Goombas and Koopas, and the next you're avoiding homing Bullet Bills, Roto-discs, and venus trap fireballs all at once. There were also a few annoying hazard placements as well, like when you put a Firebar and Roto-disc in the same vicinity as each other, or have extremely unnoticeable falling spikes that require instant reactions while you're dealing with other hazards. You even put those on a generator during the (otherwise good) boss. Overall, I like the design, but the enemy placements and difficulty could use some fine-tuning.
Quill (/10)
Nice level. I liked some of the alternate paths available, it gave a more open and explorative feel to the level. I liked how it kept switching from inside to outside the castle, that a unique touch. Cut down on the roto-discs and firebars, there seemed to be a huge amount of them. The boss was pretty ordinary, nothing too special. Overall, decent level.
TNTtimelord (8/10)
Very nice job giving the level a classic SMB3 styled kind of feel to it. Although I was lost most of the time, this was still a nice, fun, expansive level to play. Although the NPCs were kind of all over the place on placement, I thought it had a fair difficulty to it. There's plenty of coins and items so the player should be able to stay alive pretty well. I was rather disappointed when I couldn't destroy the SMB3 outside brick castles, as that carnage would have been so much fun to create (I'm not taking any points off for this though)!
The inside castle parts were nice enough, but the music didn't really transition well from the tranquil cloudy outside.
zlakerboy357 (9/10)
An amazing level. I loved the extenstion of the SMB3 Cloud tileset and the BGOs in the castle was amazing. I really dislike using the NSMB Overworld theme in the cloud area The placement of everything was pretty neat as well. Some collectibles would be nice though as it would've added some replay valvue. One last complaint is that the I really dislike having Piranha Plants inside the castle. Otherwise great job!

15. Valtteri - Skyward Castle - 7.62/10
Bomber57 (7.6/10)
I found that I liked the indoor sections more than the outdoor one. It was mostly because they looked nicer and weren't so hard. The outdoor sections either had difficult enemy placement or too many enemies at once. Otherwise, the level was pretty average. I don't have much else to say about it really.
Chad (6.510)
Interesting level. I really like its structure, as the general upward climb and platforming were pretty fun and quite well made. Its layout and visuals make it feel nicely polished, and I like the consistent alternation between clouds and fortress. There's a good variety of enemies, and I especially liked the parts with the Nippers, as they made their areas entertainingly tricky. The general difficulty of the level is very inconsistent, though. One minute you're just having an easy time with Goombas and Koopas, and the next you're avoiding homing Bullet Bills, Roto-discs, and venus trap fireballs all at once. There were also a few annoying hazard placements as well, like when you put a Firebar and Roto-disc in the same vicinity as each other, or have extremely unnoticeable falling spikes that require instant reactions while you're dealing with other hazards. You even put those on a generator during the (otherwise good) boss. Overall, I like the design, but the enemy placements and difficulty could use some fine-tuning.
Quill (7/10)
Nice level. I liked some of the alternate paths available, it gave a more open and explorative feel to the level. I liked how it kept switching from inside to outside the castle, that a unique touch. Cut down on the roto-discs and firebars, there seemed to be a huge amount of them. The boss was pretty ordinary, nothing too special. Overall, decent level.
TNTtimelord (8/10)
Very nice job giving the level a classic SMB3 styled kind of feel to it. Although I was lost most of the time, this was still a nice, fun, expansive level to play. Although the NPCs were kind of all over the place on placement, I thought it had a fair difficulty to it. There's plenty of coins and items so the player should be able to stay alive pretty well. I was rather disappointed when I couldn't destroy the SMB3 outside brick castles, as that carnage would have been so much fun to create (I'm not taking any points off for this though)!
The inside castle parts were nice enough, but the music didn't really transition well from the tranquil cloudy outside.
zlakerboy357 (9/10)
An amazing level. I loved the extenstion of the SMB3 Cloud tileset and the BGOs in the castle was amazing. I really dislike using the NSMB Overworld theme in the cloud area The placement of everything was pretty neat as well. Some collectibles would be nice though as it would've added some replay valvue. One last complaint is that the I really dislike having Piranha Plants inside the castle. Otherwise great job!