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Original OP:

It's getting very nice so far; the sewers concept isn't something that we see everyday using vanilla graphics. :D
There's just one thing I'd like to point out, and it's regarding the grammar:


It's "breath", not "breathe", as it isn't indicating any sort of action in this case.

Looks very interesting. I see some creative use of blocks to make a sewer area. Both areas look good and they do a nice challenge. I'm not sure about the shading in the sewers. While it's a nice idea, I think the shading should be a little darker, but maybe that's just me.

I really like your work here, Koopster! The tile work is rather impressive. Your opening segment looks well designed, and the palettes there aren't bad at all. The only suggestion I have is for the actual sewer part, and that is the shading. For a BG so dark, the foreground looks a bit too bright, but that's just my opinion.

Keep it up! I can definitely see this one doing rather well in the competition.

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The beginning of the level looks pretty cool. So many enemies to encounter and so little to react. The sewer could use bit of editing. The tiles do look a little brighter than they should, if this was underground they should be a little dark.

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Gotta appreciate all the feedback, guys! But I've scrapped the sewers idea because it would honestly not take me very far. That bricks tileset really bugs me, not to mention the palette that I'd never get right.

After playing Mother 3 totally not twice I got some inspiration and a fresh new idea for a level. I wonder what you guys think:

Main level 1
Main level 2

And some screens of relevance:



This is what you find inside that black door.



The message.



Someone must've stepped on a switch!



Secret area of the level.

Overview of the "future" area

Design and looks-wise, I admit it's all very simple. I mainly put effort in the "meaning" of the level.

My main deal right now is the music. I'm not sure what to use, and if I leave the originals I'm almost certain VLDC7's remixes will be used, and the particular ones that would fit there (forest, athletic) are respectively boring to me at this point (after listening to it too much), and not very good in my opinion.
I'm open for suggestions, but otherwise, I'll be looking up for something. I'll submit it very soon after issues are sorted out and whatnot. Feel free to throw rocks at me!

EDIT: here's an IPS for whoever's interested in giving it a try!

Well, this looks interesting as well. I like the destroyed forest idea. Keep it up.

Tragic Revolution? As in, kinda like Tragic Reconstruction?

Well, I can definitly see the Mother 3 inspiration, though it also reminds me of War of the Woods from RTTC. I very much like the atmosphere and the smooth transition from a pristine forest to an industrial area. And that future are looks very miserable; great job on that.
As for music suggestions, I'll look through my library of songs and see which ones might fit. I assume you're okay with using sampled ports?

e: Alright. For the future section, how about this or, if you want it to be kinda creepy, this? As for the forest part, I tried finding a song that's rather calm but also gives off the feeling that something isn't quite right, and I found this. It's probably not very fitting, though.

Wow this was incredible. While the aesthetic isn't this outstanding, I really loved the idea. The design is also well made, good job in particular with the secret exit path, it was very well hidden.

Some personal concernes here, you're free to follow or not:
The possibility to go trough these tiles was a bit strange, since we're generally accustomed to see this as a totally solid one;
Incredibly minor but still cutoff with woods + ground here and here;
Why big Mario discrimination? :<;
At first try I didn't even thought this water could've been poisonish. I'd add a message or a sign if you can;

As music suggestions, I'd suggest to use this one I did long ago, in the destroyed part. As for the forest part, either this, this or this?

Thank you all for the feedback (plus Hina, Gloomier and FreakazoidBR over the IRC), and thanks for the music suggestions, as well! From these, I picked Wakana's for the future area. I'm going with this for the forest.
I really loved the second of Lazy's suggestions for the future area, but while I don't mind samples too much, I think those contrast kind of too heavily with SMW.

I think I have it all ready and sorted out by now, so I'm going to prepare stuff for submitting it. Thanks again guys!



Yeah
I didn't remember that RttC level, but having played the hack before, I might've had it subconsciously in my mind when I planned my own.

E: it's submitted!