Ratty: Pursuit Palace

- I'm still gonna push you to change those metal blocks at the start.

Ratty: Bolete Bastion

- That final vine section with the paragoomba and four hoopsters is EVIIIIIIL
- I didn't find any other problems, I was too busy enjoying the level

Dave: Sunken Castle

- The levels good to go, but could I just bug you to lower the star

Dave: Tower of Peril

- There's no spawn
- That jump into the area with spikes before the checkpoint is impossible
- This level is WAY too easy and boring for the first half, you need to get some enemies and spikes in there.
- So since the spikes are gone, that first 1up is stupidly easy.

Dave: Brownstone Castle

- Have you even seen my review for this
- Have you even changed this?

Dave: Fiery Castle

- Still the same name, huh? I would suggest Brimstone Barracks.
- The Spike Top at the collapsing section is still jumping on me, remove it.
- Still lava on the ceiling in that last room
- Those floating ledges in tke last room still don't have edges
- Those blocks are still pink (instead of red)

We're getting somewhere Dave.

author=Ratty524
Some advice to the other judges, here: We might want to indicate whether a level is approved or not in our feedback. After all, even if we have some personal gripes on a level, that comment may not be grounds for a complete denial.

author=Jackalotrun
Ratty: Pursuit Palace

- I'm still gonna push you to change those metal blocks at the start.

I don't know, man. I took a second look at them and they don't look TOO out of place. The colors fit with the rest of the level and they also stand out with a purpose in mind: To indicate that it's a door which will disappear after hitting the equally metallic switch block.

author=Jackalotrun
Ratty: Bolete Bastion

- That final vine section with the paragoomba and four hoopsters is EVIIIIIIL

In what sense? Do you think it needs to be changed or is the challenge fine by your standards?

- Oh fine, but at least change the ? block to the same colour as the metal wall
- It's too hard, i'd recommend making it hoopster, no hoopster, hoopster, no hoopster.

AlexanderXCIII
Skull River
- The Dragon Coin at the lava tide section is kind of hit-and-miss. You have to count on activating the skull raft at the right time in order to have any chance.

+ That's my only nitpick for this level. Consider it approved.

Current Status: APPROVED


Jackalotrun
Forest Caldera

Current Status: DENIED

Masterofmayhem
Fungal Fortress

Current Status: DENIED

Davenport
Brimstone Barracks

Status: DENIED (fix the issues of Sections 2 and 3 and It'll be on its way)

Brownstone Castle

Status: DENIED

Sunken Castle
- Didn't address the screen sides issue. You ARE reading my comments carefully, are you?

- Still didn't replace the mushroom-only blocks with real power-up blocks.

+ To say something good about this for once, the Dragon Coins and other bits really add to this level. Fix the above issues and you'll have my okay.

Status: DENIED

Tower of Pain

Status: DENIED

author=Ratty524
Skull River
- The Dragon Coin at the lava tide section is kind of hit-and-miss. You have to count on activating the skull raft at the right time in order to have any chance.

I placed a hint to start the raft at the bottom, was it too subtle?

Davenport - Brownstone Castle
* The castle as seen from the first outdoor section is still as bad looking as ever. You really need to rework that.
* The wooden stakes are still too slow in the first room; I think about half the time I spend in there is just waiting on the stakes to lower so I can continue.
* I see the secret pipe above the spiked ceiling was removed. I still think that would have been a great place for a secret, had the pipe actually worked and you could actually survive being up there (and the ceiling was easier to climb on top of…)
* The collapsing lava bridge is an improvement, but you can see blank space beneath the lower wooden stake where there should be lava. And the Blarggs are completely pointless.
* In the third room, a grinder will fall from the upper floor and fall straight into the pit with the springboard. I have to be use the springboard quickly to get through (not easy with the firebar there) or move backwards to despawn the grinder. I'd say remove the grinder entirely.
* Why, *why* do you have the question mark blocks on the roof set as switches? It's not even really a puzzle, and with both blocks used I'm forced to kill myself.
* REJECTED from me. You're making progress, but in a "two steps forward, two steps back" kind of way.

Davenport - Sunken Castle
* This level hardly seems to be changed since the previous version.
* It's still possible to swim underneath the ground (and over the ceiling, most likely). You should either block those off (just extend the walls two tiles after the edge of the map) or add some sort of secret for players who try this.
* For the 1-up block with the ball-and-chain attached to it, it's too difficult to grab the 1-up without taking damage because the ball-and-chain is ludicrously fast and too close to the block. I'd recommend extending the chain by one segment.
* I'm going to say REJECTED for now; I still think this is my favorite level from you, but you should look into the issues listed above, and it wouldn't hurt to add coins or other things to fill up empty space.

Davenport - Brimstone Barracks
* This level is still unreasonably difficult.
* However, I think that it can be improved by raising the moving platform layers in the first two rooms by one tile
* The powerup blocks with the Spike Tops guarding them are so difficult to access that they're just not worth it. I'd say remove them and move the actual powerup to the safe spot with the two coin blocks that look like they should have a powerup.
* In the final room, I recommend raising the low spike ceiling by one tile to allow for some more breathing room down there.
* Definitely still REJECTED, but if you make these adjustments then the level might have a chance.

Davenport - Tower of Peril Pain
* Just for fun, I'm placing my verdict here instead of at the end: REJECTED. Ignoring that you neglected to place start points for the player (forcing me to edit the level before I could even test it), the level is ludicrous in its difficulty, and I actually did not finish playing it.
* The spike walls look better now, but there's empty space behind them, which would allow me to slip behind and inevitably get crushed.
* I said that the walls were too slow before, but now they're probably too fast; I have with barely enough time to reach the other side while being careful enough to ascend without falling off.
* And then there are stretches taking place in the center of the tower, requiring me to be even faster to avoid being forced to backtrack or skewered against walls that now form a bottleneck.
* And that's just the first half. The second half introduces walls that split the tower into two halves, forcing me to quickly clear the segment within one cycle of the moving spiked walls.
* Later there's a segment where I climb a wall using music note blocks, but it's in the center of the tower, and the spike wall doesn't provide me with nearly enough time to clear it. This is the part where I just gave up.
* TL;DR: There's no way you could have expected this to be beatable by the average human player. Heck, I'm not even sure you can beat this level. I was even almost enjoying parts of it, but the parts listed above were just so unfair that they ruined the rest of the level.

Jackalotrun - Forest Caldera
* Nicely done with the decorations. The level definitely captures the feel of overgrown ruins. However, some of the vines on the ceiling bug me because you can climb them but they don't lead anywhere.
* For some reason the Blarggs aren't working right; a second pair of eyes just pops up a few blocks above the lava.
* At this point I would be willing to ACCEPT this level Actually, I'm torn between Accept of Reject; the zipping points at the beginning and end should be plugged, and I wouldn't mind seeing a graphic for the "missing" bricks that contrasts better with the solid ones to indicate they're fake. I still hold that it works as an early-game level, and it doesn't need to be overly difficult or densely designed.

Master of Mayhem - Fungal Fortress
* Maybe it's because I had the volume turned up really high, but I found this rendition of Mushroom Hill Zone unpleasant to listen to. (And I feel like a hypocrite for complaining about this after I gave Seiromem a hard time for a similar complaint against my own level, but I think you should look for an alternate version of the song)
* The largest problem I have with this level is that it's a nightmare graphically. There's cutoff everywhere, especially with the moss covering parts of the castle blocks.
* The SMB1 castle tiles deserve special mention; not only are they horrendiously cut off everywhere, which just looks lazy, but they also have terrible dithering. Did you save the tiles in MSPaint?
* The poison mushrooms are very common, but I think that might be okay if you can find a way to telegraph them to the player. The poison 'shrooms in the bonus room, however, ought to go.
* I can get on top of the ceiling from the pipe that generates springboards; you blocked off the other side, but not this one…
* Final verdict: REJECTED. It's an interesting level, but the constant misuse of graphics ruins it.

Ratty524 - Bolete Bastille
* A very nice level aesthetically. I loved the ridiculously tall Goombas.
* The section at the end with the four Hoopsters back to back I agree with Jack is overkill. It's possible to cheese the enemies with a Fire Flower, but without it you're almost required to take damage (or quickly grab and toss away each one, which I didn't think to do until posting this).
* It's a very nice level, but I have to say REJECTED until you adjust that segment at the end.

Ratty524 - Pursuit Palace
* I don't think I would have found the 1-up at the beginning if I didn't see it in the editor.
* The 1-up at the end of the second room… doesn't crash the game? I waited for it to fall into the lava, but nothing happened (aside from me dying). Is that kind of 1-up "safe"?
* As it is, I'm ready to ACCEPT this level, though it probably wouldn't hurt to give a hint for the 1-up at the beginning.

Shroomland Forest
This area's castle has many plants, especially mushrooms, and many piranha plant enemies! The foundation of this castle is blue-green bricks.

GreyOcean Ravine
This area's castle has lots of water and grey-blue bricks.
Many fish enemies should be used, remember your level doesn't have to be completely submerged, just use water!

Redbrick Desert
This area's castle is basically dry, sandy with red-ish bricks for the foundation. Dry Bones (SMB3 Version/Resized SMW Version), cacti and various other Desert enemies should be here!

Sky Domain
This area's castle is A giant floating castle, include many clouds and grey to white bricks! (SMW Castle tiles would work fine here)
Enemies should consist of lakitus, parakoopas, bullet bills (Restrict the amount of homing koopas) and various other flying enemies.

Industrial Zone
This zone is to have aztec like bricks with many metal frameworks around it, this is because toadly is there, and he like steel.

Perhaps the specifics for each world are a little... too specific? If every submission followed these guidelines, we'd end up with a lot of similar-feeling levels, which would get boring. I'd rather see the world themes loosely defined so that each level designer can provide their own interpretation.

And I still find the concept of an industrial area with "Aztec" anything to be really odd.

If they're just suggestions, then that's alright, but you might want to indicate that in the description. I'm still in favor of encouraging people to be creative with the level themes.

And I somewhat doubt you'll surprise anyone who comes to the event page and sees "Industrial Zone" as one of the world themes.