Defining and Defying is galofuf’s newest level, and potentially their greatest level yet. It’s an entry to the Space Gauntlet contest, and I think it does a good job at standing out against other entries with its creativity while also looking fantastic in the meantime. The designs are super polished, with nice colors and fantastic art in the backgrounds. In general, this is a super solid level with a ton of great smaller details like the UI elements on screen. There’s even a cutscene halfway through the level with super fluid animation, and I think it was executed really well. The cutscene serves as the transition between “parts” with the first half of the level being part 1. After the cutscene, the level changes songs completely. Unfortunately, this choice really prevents me from enjoying this level as much as I could. The song choices and changing them halfway through makes the identity of the level feel a bit lost, like the creator didn’t fully understand what they were doing in the bigger picture. It prevents progression and song representation, leading it to feel like 2 different levels that got cut short. This is really disappointing to me considering the super high quality of the level, so I hope that galofuf focuses more on song representation and progression in their next big project. Still though, Defining and Defying looks great, and it’s a pretty memorable entry to the Space Gauntlet contest.