[ti]Hard[/ti]Milky Way - by JustSlushy

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Level Name: Milky Way
Level ID: 38139752
Level Author: JustSlushy

Gameplay: 4/10: The gameplay, if I'm being honest, isn't very good. The first cube isn't very exciting, just a couple quick jumps and that's all. The mini ufo is alright, nothing too special but the gameplay was pretty clean. The drop, however, is pretty confusing, and also pretty repetitive too. The mini wave was really back and forth and nothing else. The ball part was alright, pretty smooth gameplay other than a semi-awkward transition into it. The ship gameplay was pretty confusing though. It's hard to tell what to do with all the slopes and stuff. The cube/robot gameplay was fine, a little boring but smooth. The wave gameplay was pretty good, but that dual that lasted like 0.25 seconds is not really necessary since you just spam and it doesn't even sync anyway. The cube gameplay was kind of boring, just some jumps along the ground. The ship and wave after this though, is pretty bad. It's very confusing, and the wave gameplay is just repetitive motions followed by spamming. Then you do flappy bird gameplay which is pretty unexciting if I'm being honest. The spider gameplay was good, so I'll give you that. The last cube gameplay is pretty boring, followed by an unnecessarily long credits section. Overall, this gameplay definitely needs some improvements.

Design: 7/10: This level really uses a LOT of styles, so I'll try to be brief and mention some key great or not so great parts because judging each style would take me forever for this section. Some good design parts included the first cube, the tetris like background looked nice and had some good design implemented. Another good section was the ball part at the end of the first drop. It had some good block design and a pretty good background. Speaking of which though, let's talk about some of your backgrounds. Some of them are very cluttered and messy, like the binary part. It really pops up in your face and it's very obscuring and confusing. Another background that needs improvement is the first UFO part. Try making the rotation and movement a little smoother and it would look really good and original. Same goes for the background at the second drop. Also the spider part is pretty cluttered and pretty confusing too. The thing that really brings down your score however, is the use of copy and paste throughout the level. It's most prominent in the flappy bird part, since all the pipe designs look the same, but I also noticed some similar block designs in the first wave and first UFO. Overall, try and make some smoother designs and use less copy and pasting and you'll have some great design.

Music Sync: 5/10: Not really much to say about this, some parts sync nicely, like the cube parts and spider part, while other parts don't sync very well, like the mini wave parts. Some things I recommend is that you try and sync more with the design rather than the gameplay, as it can really impact the way your level looks and plays. This level only really syncs with gameplay. Pretty good job otherwise but not too great.

Personal Difficulty (not part of your final score): 5-6 stars

Overall: 16/30: DECENT: This level certainly has it's flaws, mostly in gameplay and music sync, so I think it belongs in decent. I think you have a really good shot of becoming a well-known creator though. Just improve on the points I said above and you'll produce some great levels.