Everything looks nice, but I'm still thinking that the holes in the ground (for example, in the first screenshot, at up and in the sides of the pipe) looks pretty odd.
That's some sweet Map16 skills you have. I'll play it when it's finished.
I really like the palettes in this hack. They really are eye-pleasing.
The Map16 is the other thing that really stands out to me. It sort of reminds me of Hacks 101, actually.
It really spices up vanilla levels and makes them not so boring.
Oh man. You're not patenting your MAP16 use, are you? This, along with SMW Hacks 101, really make hackers look at those 8x8s in crazy new ways.
As well, everything but the blue/brown palette looks beautiful. Possibly a different shade of blue?
we are all 😎 but some are more 😎 than others
Just to put this out there but as far as I know this hack is on hold and the post before yours was 2 months ago which means you need to check the post dates a bit more.