Ghostly Fortress

It's a little bare and kinda short. It was somewhat boring, too. There was only 1 powerup/set of blocks, no coins, a couple easily avoidable ghosts. Try putting some kind of ceiling to help fill the space and maybe add a few more NPCs. Since it's mostly 'run for your life' it should be longer, it felt like a 30 run to the end with no real danger.

The sign says to run after activating the lava but if you do that you never even see the lava. You can outrun it anyways at full speed, did you try putting it 1 speed faster for dramatic effect? Also, you should make the lava layer a bit longer because if you die by it, it keeps moving and you can see it's bare backside. or you could put the edge tiles on it, anything so that there isn't a flat edge on it.

For the end checkpoint you need to move the 2 bars closer together.

I Hope You Burn

Right off the bat, I can jump over the blue barrier blocks. It's a common mistake in SMBX, you have to think about the space above the level and block it off. On my first run I beat the level in 10 seconds xD

It's a cool level though. Fitting of the name.

In the second section with the wall of lava, you should put an arrow telling the player to run to the right. When I first activated it I just stayed near the start and thought "well this is boring". Then I noticed I have to run to the right, and by then the platforms were mostly gone and the ghosts were all out of position. I assume you placed ghosts expecting the player to be on certain platforms when they spawn. You should put a secret area at the far far right of this section. I see you have a long line of ghosts at the end, well I can spin jump and actually travel on them. I reached the end and died, it would be a cool spot for a little bonus area. Hmm, I don't understand why the platforms go on for so long in this part. The door is very close to the start and I don't even have to travel the full length of them. I jumped on maybe 3 spiked platforms and made it to the door. It should be much further away.

Oh that's the end? I was hoping it would be longer :/ It's a fun level, but too short.

Phantom Train

Oh, cool design with the trains. Very nice.

But uh, what's with the start. I start right next to a key with a keyhole, wtf is that? Usually keys are secret and endings further away than a 2 second walk. Ok, playing the level I'm going to assume that player 1 should start on the left and you had P1 start on the right side for testing but forgot to move it back. Cause running from right to left feels backwards. Yeah, after running through it again from the left I'd say that's the way it's supposed to be.

This is actually a pretty sweet level. No complaints. It was fun and challenging.

So you put the key there to show that's where the boss fight should be? I'll setup what you want and upload the level to my locker and you can design the fighting area.

http://rpgmaker.net/users/Link_2112/locker/The_Phantom_Train.lvl

I added a pipe entrance to section 2. Put a boss in there. When you kill the boss it shows the new layer I added. I dunno how you want to end it but I put 2 ways; the ? circle thing and a pipe leading to another section. Just delete what you don't want in there. If you have any questions or need help with something else just let me know.

Hopeless Hauntings

I like this level! Great design.

You should move some of the blocks down a space or two or add a way to climb up, there's really only a few spots where this could be a problem. The thing is, if you play as Mario it's a struggle(or impossible) to actually jump up on some of these blocks. Like early on, below the first climbable fence thing. Mario can't jump from that platform to reach it. I have to backtrack a bit and do a running jump from the higher platform just make it. There was a place near the very top where if a flower spawns out of the block I can't get it. If a block is 5 spaces above the floor, Mario can't jump on it.

I suggest a few more powerups near hard parts(like through the first little door). There's tons of things out to get ya!