Beetlebelle Harbour

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Beetlebelle Harbour
Make a Good Level X3
Contest Entry
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Author:Timothy Simmons
Rank:132 / 152
Score:44+ε / 120
  • Sturg: 53 / 120
  • Zatsupachi: 42 / 120
  • Rameau's Nephew: 37 / 120
Awards:Innocentest Level
Stars:1
Exits:1
Star Coins:None
Difficulty:1.5 / 5
Length:1 / 5
Characters:Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad
Terms used: 
  • Location: Harbour
  • Adjective: Obnoxious
  • NPC: Buzzy Beetle
  • Bonus: --
Music used: 
Bloons Monkey City - Roaring Humpers
Tier: 2 - Slumber Sea Abyss
Previous: 133rd - Bridge Crossing
Next: 131st - assortedMaddeningPokeyGreenhouse
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Beetlebelle Harbour is a Make a Good Level X3 contest entry, submitted by Timothy Simmons. The player may choose between Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad.

Overview

Score table

Judge Design Creativity Aesthetics Gimmick Total
Sturg 10 / 50 14 / 30 15 / 20 14 / 20 53 / 120
Zatsupachi 15 / 50 5 / 30 12 / 20 10 / 20 42 / 120
Rameau's Nephew 5 / 50 3 / 30 16 / 20 13 / 20 37 / 120
Overall 10 / 50 7.33 / 30 14.33 / 20 12.33 / 20 43.99 / 120

Judge comments

Sturg

I dig the aesthetic! It's like taking a mid-day waltz on a busy pier. It's cool! The design leaves a lot to be desired though. It doesn't feel like it's suited for Mario's design with how flat everything is. You can chuck a shell or ice block and demolish every obstacle. The constant supply of ice flowers was... helpful??? Haha. This was pretty cute though! And I enjoyed myself!

Zatsupachi

This level has an obsession of giving you Ice Flowers all the way through except for that one Leaf power-up, which was probably a mistake. The level ends with enemy spam but you have so much tools at your disposal that it was just… eh.

Rameau's Nephew

What a strange level! It looks and sounds pretty decent, honestly, but there's not much in the way of design, and what design there is is super-weird. The level is extremely flat and populated by huge masses of largely harmless Buzzy Beetles, most of which actually walk away from you, and frequently saunter directly in to the water. A bit more of a threat is provided by the admittedly excessive amount of jumping Cheep-Cheeps underneath the piers, but as this level hands you 2-3 Ice Flowers every screen, you're never in any serious danger. Things get mighty overpopulared towards the end, but as there's shells everywhere and you now have Ice Flowers growing out of your nose, plus the occasional POW on top of this, this doesn't really matter much. Finally there's a coin message in the sky, but it's *not* announcing the name of the contest or telling us we're a super player! What a twist!

+ Honestly not too bad in terms of sound and visuals
- Super weird and inconsequential

Other: Does knocking a coin sign out of the air count as vandalism, larceny, or both?

Author's notes

CHOICES:
Location:
Harbor
Graveyard
Lake
Igloo
The Sun

Adjective:
necessary
obnoxious
chilly
true
smooth

NPC:
Nipper
Buzzy Beetle
Jumping Bowser Statue
Shy Guy
Piranha Plant

I CHOSE:
Location - Harbour
Adjective - Abnoxious
NPCs - Buzzy Beetles are the main focus, but i also added a cluster of cheep cheeps that will all jump out of the water to fit the obnoxiuos adjective that i chose.

[Enjl's note: This author's previous "extra" pick was "all of the above", which might explain some of the enemies in this level. However, since no selection was ever truly made... no extra option was chosen. (even after PMs back and forth)]