Rating Curve

I'm editing this review a couple months after the level released and honestly the more I sit with it the more I like it. At first I thought the color choices and theming were really weird (but cool! Don't get me wrong) for this song but I've really started to dig it over time and it's just amazing how much flavor there is in literally just the imagery these creators make. The way art pieces are lit, colored, shaded, and layered all play such a big part in the genuinely insightful (but appropriate!) vague gesturing the level makes towards the theme of modern life. I swear all this makes sense in my head. Also this is one of my favorite songs and the piano cover is such a vibe.

This level is full of life and culture, it's just so fun and fresh, and of course beautiful. The custom art meshes really well with the level design and there's not much visual clutter, which really allows you to appreciate the beautiful backgrounds and colors.

I just love this artstyle, but what makes this level really special to me is how it blends that style in with gameplay elements. Pads are turned into springs, orbs are turned into balloons and lifesavers, with the animations it's all just really cute, like the art itself. I appreciate that the gameplay is complex but generally not finicky, which is really hard to pull off, especially for caerbanoc's third level, which signals to me that they have a good sense for game design. The custom gamemode is imperfect imo but overall nice, especially visually.

The colors and pulses already give this level great music rep, but the unique and varied structuring and composition make it absolutely entrancing.