A piece of cake, but with aesthetics

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170th: A piece of cake, but with aesthetics

Make a Good Mega Man Level 3

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A piece of cake, but with aesthetics is the 170th place level in Make a Good Mega Man Level 3. It is a level with two paths, each accessed from the first screen by going either left or right. Despite the name, most of the level has flat, undetailed backgrounds while reusing Tornado Man's tileset.

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Judge Comments[edit]

Judge Comments
Mick Galbani Mick Galbani Mick Galbani : 20 / 100
Design Fun Creativity Aesthetics Functionality
8 / 35 2 / 25 0 / 15 1 / 15 9 / 10



Well, I guess it's half true? It's certainly a piece of cake, nothing in here ever feels threatening, nor is it all that interesting. But... flat colour backgrounds with a couple Tornado Man tiles does not make a good aesthetic. In fact, there's times where the visuals are outright hard on my eyes, never mind some of the broken camera scrolling. In other words, there's really no aesthetics to be had here.

It's not terribly offensive outside of the visuals. Particular personal props for the split path for two energy elements being right at the start of the level, making it one of the least offensive second elements I've encountered in a while.

But it doesn't do nearly enough to be good.

Shinryu Shinryu Shinryu : 14 / 100
Design Fun Creativity Aesthetics Functionality
1 / 35 1 / 25 1 / 15 1 / 15 10 / 10



To be honest, I'm more fascinated by the level's name than the level itself. What does it even mean, if anything?

Either way, there's not a whole lot to talk about with this one. It's a relatively empty stage with very basic enemy and gimmick applications, to the point where even after replaying this stage numerous times, it's kind of a struggle to remember any one distinct section of it (outside perhaps the methods for getting both tokens). At the very least, I can commend having a split path that's easy to access, given it's directly at the start of the stage.

That aside, the only other major thing to comment on here would be the visuals. They're...severely lacking, to put it mildly. I guess that might be an intentional joke, given the level's name. If that's actually the case, though, I don't really think the "joke" was worth it.

Pachy Pachy Pachy : 36 / 100
Design Fun Creativity Aesthetics Functionality
9 / 35 10 / 25 7 / 15 3 / 15 7 / 10



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That's a major irony of a title if I ever saw one. Well, it did get one thing right, it is a piece of cake. Yummy.

There are two paths; both of them are relatively simple and aren't really all that remarkable, other than the occasional screen flashes in the form of bright background tiles. I guess that's supposed to be the "aesthetics" (fancy font)?

At least the split happens right at the beginning, but I don't know if the split was very necessary to begin with. The stage could've been combined as one and it would have flowed just the same for how theme-less[sic] both sections were.

For each end, you fight Dust Man and Enker, respectively. They're very standard ones with no changes to their arenas to spice things up. One interesting bug did happen where Enker's element had spawned inside the boss gate and got pushed offscreen because he died too close to the wall there. Oops.

Flashman85 Flashman85 Flashman85 : 32 / 100
Design Fun Creativity Aesthetics Functionality
10 / 35 6 / 25 0 / 15 6 / 15 10 / 10



I have to wonder about who's been decorating the cakes you've seen, unless you mean "aesthetics" in the sense of "this piece of cake plays music." I'll give you credit for the subtle difference in floor color between paths, and for competent foreground graphics, but the unappetizing solid-colored backgrounds and occasional moments of overzealous window tiling offer no sense of place or wonder.

As for creativity, I want...anything. Anything at all. *Create* something. Don't just drop one or two random enemies onto boring platforms; and *especially* don't let whole screens go by without any real danger, unless you're giving the player a break or setting up a surprise. One enemy acting as a shield for another enemy is a good first step, but it's not enough to carry the entire level.

Three main things make up my total score here: an absence of problems with construction or programming, a lack of anything to aggravate me or to justify a Skip Teleporter, and the fact that I give 5 points for a perfectly acceptable soundtrack.

Apart from screen transitions being indistinguishable from pits, this short level is easy enough to navigate. Checkpoints are sufficiently frequent. Collision and transition objects are used correctly, though you can blindly fall onto Tellies in one spot. Each path has a couple prominent enemies or gimmicks, so there's the vaguest sense of focus.

Challenge introductions are passable, if for no other reason than that enemies are usually introduced one at a time in the blandest setting possible. Although Rush Jet and Laser Trident obliterate what little challenge there is, the design allows for freedom of weapon use without needless restrictions. I care about the title accurately describing the level, and despite the contentious "aesthetics" portion, the level is indeed a piece of cake.

ACESpark ACESpark ACESpark : 28 / 100
Design Fun Creativity Aesthetics Functionality
9 / 35 7 / 25 3 / 15 0 / 15 9 / 10



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Make a Good Mega Man Level 3 - Tier 1
Entry Stages
X6MemeCrashMan SimulatorGlitched up BetaYou Don't Know the DrillNot Delivering On PromisesA piece of cake, but with aestheticsThe Cave Level That ExistsCycle FacilityThe Level Equivalent of An Old Man Rambling at YouUltimate Level
List of Bosses
Mecha DragonCrash ManFlash ManSonic ManMetall DaddyRockman No Constancy QuickmanDust ManEnkerBubble ManGrey DevilHornet ManBee ManOld ManQuint
Tier Boss
Regular Joe
Make a Good Mega Man Level 3
Characters
Mega Man (Costumes) • Dr. LightErnest Will/Dr. WilyDr. RegalHunter WomanForge WomanPrestoElement ManCerberus ManBassProto ManMagic ManSheep Man
Special Weapons
Spark ChaserLaser TridentWater ShieldTornado BlowThunder BeamMagnetic ShockwaveIce WallBreak DashRush CoilRush JetRush BikeMagnet Beam
Contest Weapons
Mix TapeLantern FlarePrismatic LaserBeet TillerRec CanBanshee WailPropeller VortexElectro CableTrack ShoesRoyal GuardBait BobberPower Line
Entries
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Bonus Levels
Space CrusadeJust a Judge LevelMagnum ManReel ManKing ManStatic Man
Wily Stadium
Chaos AssaultCross ArmadaThe Bronze YardBe the Smaller PersonThe Level With a Met PunArmory CatastropheThe Greatest Show of All Time
Tier X
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Locations
Victor HeightsMagic Card CasinoLimestone PagodaTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Tier 5Tier 6Tier 7Tier 8Tier 9Tier 10Tier 11Tier 12Tier 13Tier 14Tier 15Wily StadiumTier XNEO Pit of Pits
Tier Bosses
Regular JoeRepair ManMuscle JugglerMad ManPuzzle ManIce BusterBoki LamiraMirage ManPyre DuoSound ManWizard ManControl ManDeath ManPunch Donkey
Robot Masters
Aether ManAlraune WomanArcane ManAssault ManBanshee WomanBattery ManBeet ManBoost ManCable WomanCassette ManCelestial WomanDecoy ManDischarge ManFoo ManGeek ManGirder ManGlitch WomanGlitz WomanGuitar ManHex ManHodenkiIdentity ManLantern ManLunar WomanMafia ManMagnet Man SFMetall ManMirror WomanMooger ManOld ManPipe ManPoudrin ManPrism WomanPropeller WomanRadium ManRailway TeamRec ManRock ManRook ManRoyal ManSecret MelonShape WomanShoe ManSkull SansSludge ManSniper ManSolaire ManStall WomanThermal ManToken WomanTreasure ManWood Man NiceYamato Man W
Modified Devkit Robot Masters
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Entry Bosses
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Fortress Guardians
Regal MachineFalcon RockTengen TophammerKouker QugeMetilda McBossfaceNeko ManBassCerberus ManElement ManForge WomanHunter WomanPrestoWily Machine SPIREWily Jet
Devkit Bosses
Ice ManBomb ManFire ManAir ManBubble ManQuick ManFlash ManHeat ManWood ManPicopico-kunGuts DozerBoobeam TrapEnkerHard ManSpark ManKamegoro MakerDyna ManSonic ManDust ManMetall DaddyGiant SuzyPunkIron BallGyro ManStone ManDark Man 4BalladeHunter Type AHunter Type BBlizzard ManYamato ManRounder IIPower PistonMercurySaturnUranusGrey DevilDangan ManOil ManHornet ManMega Mech SharkHoney WomanCommando ManSolar Man
Grey Isles Bosses
Lava Stone ManKing LeonisStrongerGEORGESmall Fry SwarmEye of Btd'nhanDiabolicoQueen of HeartsNote WomanMist Man & Bowl ManAngler FishOnoxThermae ManSwaduronImpresariaVolt Man the AnnihilatorHard SplashShade SpamNadir DevilTop DummyGharial ManReturning Flash ArmorGreat CorePillar of Nebula
Bonus Bosses
DreadnoughtUsagi WomanHyper Plant ManMagnum ManReel ManKing ManNamahage ManStatic ManSlush Man
Arena Bosses
Break ManFake ManTerraCWU-01PYellow DevilGammaAlter ManVacant Avatar
Super Bosses
Returning Regular JoeNebula GreyMagic ManSheep ManErnest Will