I love this level.
Before 2.0, most auto levels focused on moving the player around in interesting ways. After 2.0, most auto levels became more like mini movies instead where the player never moves and the creator focuses on cool trigger usage instead. So, it's very exciting to see a traditional type of auto level created and released in 2021, and spinchland absolutely delivers.
spinchland is set entirely in the cube gamemode, there are no spikes, and pads and portals see very little usage in this level. The way the player is moving around in the level that keeps it fresh and exciting throughout is with slopes. The level is overall a calm experience, but there are moments where the player will go very fast into a ramp and experience a lot of air time. It never feels out of place with the level as you're constantly changing speeds, but it's never done in a way that feels unnatural whenever there's a speed switch. It all works to match the calm but slightly energetic feel of the song. The one thing I don't really like is how off-putting it is to see pads/portal pulses when a player hits them since they stand out uncomfortably against this level's style.
The visuals are amazing and also represent the song very well. Sunlit Thunderscapes by OcularNebula is a chill, upbeat, and simplistic song, so spinchland honors all of these things with its gameplay I laid out earlier accompanied with these white-on-black modernistic designs of different places, locations, and concepts. All the designs look good, they're well-made, and they're happy. The level is able to capture changes in the song really well too, one of my favorite parts being when the level switches to white-on-black after the first drop then switches back to black-on-white some time later.
With all these things, spinchland has a great atmosphere throughout its runtime and I really recommend checking it out if you haven't already. Enough said.
I remember when this first dropped. Shoutout spinchland. Shoutout lone planet
this level touches me like no other. anything really is possible in this game
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sorry about this gang