The NCS contest had BUSSIN, the event levels had boogie, and the space gauntlet contest has... This. I can't say it's bad, the visuals are fantastic and the whole idea of being inside a comic is pretty creative for a contest like this. My problem with this level lies in some VERY unnecessary creative decisions and the gameplay. Especially the gameplay holy crow.

It's way too forgiving, basically auto at some parts. If NCS levels had an issue of visuals and effects ruining gameplay because you couldn't tell what you're doing, this does the polar opposite and still in a bad way. You literally don't have to do anything because the level is gonna do it for you. You can skip the whole rhythm part. You don't have to click anywhere in the drop because a bunch of slopes are still gonna help you. If you're gonna make an easy level make actual easy gameplay, not one that would fit more in an 8 star but has patches everywhere so you cannot die. The worst part about this is that you eventually thick the player into thinking that you're not able to die, only to find out that the rocket part is actually not auto and you're supposed to control it like a ship. Took me a few attempts after getting to the ending to realize that. Horrible gameplay design.

Besides that, it's not that bad. As I said I do like the visuals and ideas a lot, the alien arts are great, although it really just lost the plot at the end. The random wojak art and the nyan cat made me stop taking this one seriously the same way boogie did.

Anyway congrats to Vegtam for winning the contest in advance! Clearly this is the kind of hyperstimulating level that Robtop and Viprin are looking for in contests like this.

Edit: I have since found out that the minigame involves a coin and that's why that part is auto. That's pretty cool. Also the new song doesn't make me cringe as much so with all of that this gets bumped up a point!