@dabr00zer: i have a suggestion for the candles, why not in ep3, generate a sprite out of the particle effect, a good long one that doesn't look flat (since it should be generated from the particle effect) then make the sprite flared, brightened, and animate it.
fyi: if u don't know what i'm talking about then email (or pm) me the ep3 script and file and i will generate it for you, and i will make a code for it and send it back to you.
and since i haven't been able to reply to the look of the level:
i think it looks really good, it looks almost as good as the ss level in my opinion, i'm guessing that pic is from ss2 and not tse? Either way your level looks very nice.