Update time at long last! I've been on a roll these last couple of weeks and got level 2-1 wrapped up, tweaks aside. Moving on to 2-2 next! Thanks everyone for your support and kind words! It means a lot :D
I'm late to this update - but I saw this level on Erik Hogan's channel a couple of weeks ago. Let me just say this: BRILLIANT.
I swear to God, the graphics are getting better and better. I LOVE the background design and colour scheme here. I love the Native American enemy and the snake. Just beautiful pixel work. You are demonstrating an extraordinarily high ability to get maximum use out of a small palette. This looks like 32+ colours, not 16. Bravo!
This was my favourite game in the arcades in the late 1980s. I always wanted an Amiga version - but it never appeared. I can tell you that if THIS version had been released for the Amiga back then, I would have FLIPPED OUT. I am SO glad I have lived to see this! I don't even need to play it. Just seeing the three levels that have appeared so far is enough.
On a technical note, I have a small query, if you don't mind. The footage of this level on Erik Hogan's page runs beautifully smoothly. However, in the above video on this page, the scrolling appears to be a bit jerky. I am wondering: why the difference? I think the graphics are so good that they deserve to be viewed cleanly and smoothly without any technical issues detracting from them.