This is a really cute, fun, and stylish level with a great theme, getting at the core of what Knytt Stories is all about! I said this in my beta test notes but I want to repeat for the crowd: SF has mostly done short funny levels like Sooch Story and Zepsiman, but with the funny-yet-epic Speed Man's World we could tell that he has powerful level making talents. This level exemplifies that and feels sort of like SF's "serious" debut and I know that many more cool things are to come from him!!
Stream of consciousness notes which is a thing I'm doing now (last night I sent a long email to another Niffcommunity person describing a movie he had already seen in extreme detail because I am weird so please don't take this personally StraightFlame)
-The challenges are downright fun and exciting and brain-expanding, and note that I am a person who has a hard time with challenges
-This is going to sound so self-centered, but some of the early screens reminded me of my level Vleindergurk a lot
-Huh, I guess you were actually thinking about Vleindergurk because you reference it in a cutscene!!
-Amazing use of underused tilesets
-World map is exceptional...we sure are seeing an influx of Gustavcore levels
-Shift-changing dialogue is cool and enormous effort clearly went into it, a very underused idea
-The curves and jumps in Abandoned Glade are wonderful
-Yikes, an allergy reference :( My heart goes out to all people with allergies right now
-Omg that temple reveal...
-Like I said before, that one jumping puzzle in the temple is such a TigerNDV challenge
-Lol this new "powerup" for the ending
-Took me the whole level twice to realize the purple dress girl was traveling WITH you and not just at every island already...
-Secret area absolutely worth it. One of the best secret KS areas of all time and the way it ends? Brutal
-I couldn't figure out how to see the credits after you've beaten the temple and then gone to the secret area without doing the temple again, I'm pulling up the level editor to access the credits
-"Literally any Fubaka tileset" same same
-Oh wow I got a special thanks at the end *blush*
Much love for this level...a star for you!