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My only complaint was the level was too long.
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The ice level looks like a first time level, and not very well tested apparently if the author missed the invisible Goombas. The stars/moon were also pretty weird; they were more or less handed out like candy.

Negative Space is long, but I felt engaged the entire time I was playing it, which just makes it feel even more impressive. It's nice when I feel like I can trust the author enough to not put the dragon coins in stupid spots that you could search for hours and never find (like a random hole). There actually was a moon hidden as well, which I managed to find somehow while looking for the last (first?) dragon coin. raocow's words at 17:52 (which he prefaces with "joking aside") sum the level up a lot more poetically than I would be able to. I also liked the lowbeat choice of music eventually, even though I was iffy on it at first.
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Mata Hari wrote: 6 years ago Here's a hot take: irrespective of their actual merits as levels, silhouette levels don't deserve to be called 'most artistic'.
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Artistic opinion aside, I liked negative space. Though I sorta wished more was done with the black/white gimmick affecting the level design.
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I really like Negative Space, it's probably in my top 5. It's not the silhouette style, but that it integrates so well, and so intuitively, with the gameplay.
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FrozenQuills wrote: 6 years ago Artistic opinion aside, I liked negative space. Though I sorta wished more was done with the black/white gimmick affecting the level design.
Yeah, that is sort of one regret I have looking back.

Also I didn't realize silhouette levels were that common until after I made the level. Though the main focus for me while making it was always on adding that extra twist to it.
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Is it actually all that difficult to differentiate between left and right?
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at some point you have to realise I'm doing it on purpose
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Since the naming gimmick is the first enemy you kill, it seems to be a Lakitu.
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You guys ready for a four-video-level real soon?
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Stink Terios wrote: 6 years ago You guys ready for a four-video-level real soon?
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raocow wrote: 6 years ago
Stink Terios wrote: 6 years ago You guys ready for a four-video-level real soon?
no kiddin'
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Well it is a decent hack but sometime its just too repetitif there no level that actually pop in your face and your like oh yeah that level they all ressemble themselves and just monster along the way.
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I think I saw a midpoint pole just past that rotodisc stairway, which means raocow skipped it completely by glitching through the wall.
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Dragon Fogel wrote: 6 years ago I think I saw a midpoint pole just past that rotodisc stairway, which means raocow skipped it completely by glitching through the wall.
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darn i was expecting raocow to play Veggie Pile last to end the LP on a high note
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Alice wrote: 6 years ago Is it actually all that difficult to differentiate between left and right?
I find it basically impossible to do consistently

Yeah I don't understand why that should be either
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veggie pile was definitely more enjoyable than a number of levels we've seen thus far in this contest
i've honestly never played a video game in my life
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So what happens if you bop the hidden Music Note block in the SMB3 1-5 section?
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Veggie Pile is hilarious, yet stupid. :P It's like somebody made a level to stress test SMBX 2.0, and submitted it to the contest. It was well worth my time for a laugh.

That second level makes me want to take a nap. The music obviously plays a big part in that, but the feeling of lazy relaxation comes through the writing too, despite the poor translation.

Reconstructed Road has a couple neat transitions, where the levels from SMB1 and SMB2 blend together nicely. Other than that and the graphics, this level has basically nothing else.
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Whoa, next level looks... interesting.
SMBX controls feel like they're going to be waaaaay too loose for precision platforming challenges you typically see in fangames, but I guess we'll see what happens
this is getting laundromatic
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oh dear lord, its iwtbtg lite
Why don't you eat me?

I am perfectly tasty...

AND I'LL STEAL YOUR SOUL! :twisted:

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Grounder wrote: 6 years ago oh dear lord, its iwtbtg
Fixed.
Also the next level's bgms are insufferable and I had to replace them with Touhou so I wouldn't go insane.
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