I'd just like to say as an outside observer that your community has a lot of toxic problems. All of your "constructive criticism" is written in the most confrontational and snarky tone imaginable, and a lot of you seem to pride yourself on your ability to tear down people who are either first starting out on the long, grueling, and lonesome road of game design, or are just kids doing the best they can at their age or skill level.

Most of you seem quick to attack some one's work for "clashing sprites" or "using someone else's engine" before taking the time to examine their level design or concepts.

It's just really sad. You could be helpful, uplifting, or nurturing in these people's(mostly kids) interest in spriting or game design instead of tearing them down and acting like pissy babies.

Some of these weirder or off-putting uploads are just people learning and trying to better themselves. Help them, don't call them a "degenerate" or go on about how much whatever they made sucks. Who knows, maybe this person has something great inside them and we'll never see it because instead of being helpful or encouraging, you thought it was more important to make yourself look like the way cool internet tough guy on a comment section for Mario fangames. In the end, you're all trying to express your love of the Mario franchise AND a love of game design, why not let people express themselves rather than tearing them down because they don't reach some ridiculous semi-professional standard you've all placed over everyone's head?

tl;dr-- you guys are only hurting your own community by acting like dicks to kids and people just learning.

What makes you so sure he took someone else's rips, hmm?

Really? Fuc*ing hell, Did you just copy and paste someone else's rips, recoloured with terrible colours and applied gradients to it? That's really lazy of someone who's a degenerate. Hell, I can easily do it in just a hour.

Also, please don't include your god awful shi**y furry OC.