[ti]harder[/ti]Radiant

This is a review of: Radiant by thechaosdudes


Gameplay (2.75/4): The gameplay flowed very smoothly, it never seemed very unnatural or awkward. Disregarding the triple (which is too difficult for your level and unecessary) the gameplay was quite well balanced too, I like how its a little bit harder in the middle but a little bit easier at the slower parts. The area with lots of brick-blocks may confuse some players, so guidance arrows might help, but I personally liked it because it was unique and different from most gameplay. I also really like the "follow the rainbow" concept. The main thing preventing the level from being as fun as it could be were the bugs– there were lots of places where I died and I didn't expect to die that frustrated me, for example if you hit the last pink orbs wrong in the first square then the transition to the robot kills you (there are more, thats just an example) I suggest that you test your level more thoroughly to make sure those type of things don't happen. Lastly, the spikes in the first parts are WAY too hard to see, I kept dying especially at the robot because I forgot where the spikes were. Make those a brighter color than black.

Decoration (2/3): I like your color choices. Each color scheme doesn't have colors that look ugly against each other, but at the same time its not monochrome. Thats nice, I especially like the color scheme in the brick-block area. None of the places seem to be under-decorated or over-decorated, and its nice that you don't repeat the same designs too many times but you still have a nice theme. You also did a pretty good job of not copy-pasting stuff a lot. And one random thing, I like how the orbs dip down for a second when you touch them! So overall, you did a good job except for two things. 1st thing, the part where you follow the rainbow is way too bland, having only sparkles everywhere in the air doesn't work so well. I suggest you make the air decoration be a little bit more varied. Secondly, and this is important, you need to learn how to use blending!! If you don't know, all colors have an option to be "blending" or "no blending"– its a checkmark box. Its hard to explain what it does, but some colors in your level would look far better with blending on, especially decorations like sparkles and groundcovers. Experiment with it, please, it can really improve your level, because right now it doesnt look as good as it could because of it.

Music Sync (2.25/3): Gameplay seems to be synced to the music pretty well. Not amazing, but certainly good, and I'm glad you didnt let it detract from the gameplay. The speed boosters, color changes, and other aspects of the level are done in accordance to the song quite nicely (sorry Im not good at explaining this). I especially liked at the ship and ufo parts where you switched gravity for a second, to sync with the musical break in the song. I really like the white fade thing you did right before the first robot, it works really well with the music and I wish you did more small things like that to enhance the level. Finally, I think the level could have used some background flashes or other such color-based effects with the music, it seems a little static at times.

Extras: The level ended at a weird part of the song to me. Not a big deal, but I wanted to point it out.

Overall (7/10): Great level overall! Personally I would rate it 7*. It could probably be featured if you're lucky enough. Remember the main things you can improve on are to use blending in some of your colors, and to playtest your level more so its less buggy. Good luck getting this rated :D