The slightly more muted colour ramps in the Level 1 submissions are well offset in this piece and the title screen where we see a stronger starker red tone vying for the viewer's focus. I also respect the effect on the text, that you're able to get this 'multiple low-opacity shaking versions of the font overlayed on top of one another' impression across so well at a low resolution.
Thank you- yeah, really dove in on this one so I'm glad it turned out pretty well. The effect on the text took a bit of experimenting but I'm glad it turned out fairly well. : )