Oh. Yes. I've been working on a level for quite some time now (at least half a year), but I can't seem to make much noticeable progress. It's going to be a level where Juni has to search the whole planet for some... things (haven't really decided what they're supposed to be yet). So far, I've only got the Antarctic because university has been quite exhausting recently.
The main problem is that I aim to portray each continent (by means of a few particular countries) as justly and as correctly as possible, be it in my choice of tilesets, music or, very vaguely, the respective 'atmosphere' of a country. For every country I choose, I'd love to capture at least one intriguing detail that might make people from that country playing the level say, 'How nice, she has actually done some research for our country'.
So I've been researching much more than actually building the level. I've already googled and saved hundreds of pictures to get a feeling what the countries look like. I try to find specific geographical particularities I could imitate. I try to listen to music that is as authentic to those countries as possible. I try to think of ways I could imitate that music just as authentically without receding into clichéd depictions of "default notions" people from other countries may have (or to find some music that is free to use and that meets my standards). Not having travelled much in my relatively short life probably doesn't help.
I suppose my problem in general is that I expect too much of myself. It's not all that probable that people would feel offended by my level even if I put a little less research work into it. But I'd hate to take that risk, I despise clichés born out of the lack of will to research, and I'm a perfectionist. So it will most likely take another one or two years before my level will be finished...
Don't get me wrong, building the level is fun, especially since I learn more about countries that interest me and even about countries that I previously thought didn't interest me as much; what makes it so difficult and frustrating is that I still have to wait for that moment when I will have this feeling of accomplishment. But I hope that moment will come some day...
@LPChip: That's a good idea - I've never even thought of it that way (and I LOVE lists). I will start mine right away!
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(Not that I didn't already think so before.) Please don't let anyone make you lose your faith in this project - we believe in you, LPChip! *cheering you on* 
But regardless of the dot/slash thing, it works now - I'm happy! Thanks again!
