Rating Curve

feels really aimless; it's just kind of representing vague notes and movements and gestures the song does and achieves nothing on a grander scale whatsoever. there's a genuinely interesting theme with lots of ways to approach it given by the song and it ignores that prompt entirely in favor of looking nice or doing something interesting 100% of the time. though there is a part of me that likes it

packed with both the coolest deco style ever at the front and one of the most interesting ways of song representation at the back

i'm still a little sad this doesn't do anything with the underrated GOAT of a color model that is CMYK

rain world bias in full effect here

frankly, i think the sheer existence of this level is rather selfish. [for context, this is an entry towards the first platformer-only viprin creator contest, but also cherryteam's first platformer level]. this level to me feels like cherryteam boldly and proudly declaring that they deserve to win the contest just for being cherryteam - a sensational, popular, well-established creator team, much better than the likes of other typically solo creators entering the contest.

deja vu doesn't have any interesting ideas, gameplay, designs or anything worth of value to it, but this really shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody if you view it through the lens that cherryteam likely views it from. it's not meant to be good; it's meant to be a cherryteam entry into the viprin CC: the first cherryteam platformer, worthy of praise, worthy of being celebrated as a masterpiece, finally bringing their iconic art style into the platformer level medium.

with this perspective, the idiotic design choices should start to slot into place. of course this level doesn't play well - it wasn't meant to be played, it was meant to be watched as a nexus showcase. it's insulting to the idea of platformers being a gameplay-first level mode, especially so when submitted to a platformer-only creator contest, meant to encourage and celebrate great level design

a very simple gimmick conceptually sure, but the fact i haven't really seen this done before and how well it ties into the defining theme of the level elevates this a lot