I like the first one better, because of the gradient shadows. They make it easier to distinguish the walkable areas of the level from the surrounding void. They also funnel my attention to the place of action so to say.

Yes, I also like the first one better.
It doesn't look like just a small place but a much larger area which you can't just see. The second one is too "abgehackt"

Wow this looks really cool! I love plateformers, and the ball rolling looks cool. As for the pic, definitely the first one.

first

first (reason: see Saturnus' and JustSid's post above)

Thanks guys, no. 1 has won. I might reduce the vertical scale of the shadow gradient, though.

Small update:


http://www.superku.de/superku050111a.jpg
(First Miniboss where you get the Kuball ability.)

http://www.superku.de/superku050111b.jpg
(The frame is just a placeholder.)

[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaZE1rMr7IQ[/video]
(The level is still lacking some details and I've removed the torches because they do not look right, yet.)


Superku will have 7 (more or less) big levels and some small ones.
I plan to release it somewhere between December 2012 and April 2013.

Comments and criticism welcome!

Dude, that rocks!

Some cool stuff going on there.

Graphics need some more work, but the scripting appears to be rock solid.

Great as always bro