this is my first review on this site hooray woo!!! dream flower is a.... weird level. it was said to be knots and xender game's magnum opus when it was released, and i mean, at first glance i can definitely see why! the visuals in this level are insanely beautiful ESPECIALLY for a level released in fucking 2020 (like bitch what the fuck??? 2020??? 5 years ago????). there are a parts of the level where you can, quite literally, screenshot and turn them into your wallpaper because of how aesthetically pleasing they are. what i'm saying is, the visuals in this level are SO clean, they're masterfully made and i can tell knots and xender put so much effort into making dream flower, so im definitely giving both creators props for that! however, what i believe dream flower fails at is in it's messaging and cohesiveness. this level is NOT cohesive at all. the message, from what i can tell, is "dreams come true! believe in yourself!", buti believe the level fails at reaching its point across. the level plasters you with text that's like "DREAMS" "FREEDOM" "REACH THE SKY" and i mean, it works i guess? but it feels very corny and obnoxious, especially because both creators had to rely on text (also at like 17% theres a sign that says "ROAST DUCK" which is really funny) dreaming is a very "vague" concept in art, you can dream about, quite literally, anything! however, the majority of the level is about city landscapes?? with like, a bunch of random stuff in the middle? like im sorry but where did that whale come from fgdhsjksdjfhghjkdfhjkfjh ALSO IN THAT PART THE WHALE LIKE "DIES" (IT HAS AN X IN ITS EYE) AND THERE'S TEXT THAT SAYS "ESCAPE"???? LIKE IS THAT NOT LITERALLY CONTRADICTING THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE LEVEL HDISOIFGHDKKFJ yeah that kinda pisses me off!! there's like ONE part, at the drop, where you reach the sky and like, okay that's related to dreaming, you're liberating yourself. that's also the only memorable part in the entire level imo, it might be because it's the only part, in my eyes, that actually fits the theming the lvl had in mind, but other than that, the level just... doesn't do that. xender are knots are not bad storytellers (except when xender made white space lmfao), and i believe xender was super stressed about this level, and he like, "traced" art from various artists to make this (i might be wrong), and at some point recently he reached his lowest point and quit gd. i sympathize w xender in that regard, making levels is very difficult and with someone as popular as him, you wanna keep impressing the community with over-the-top levels. and this level is over-the-top! it's technically impressive! the kids LOVE this level! however, because of my overall feelings surrounding this level's theming, i'm giving this a 5 overall.