Great!
For some reason it reminds me of the cloudman in level in megaman seven. I know it is supposed to be spacey but that was the first thing I thought of after hearing this.
Anyway great job! This really would be great in a next-gen megaman game.
PS: The only reason I'm giving this a 9 instead of a 10 is because it's a tad short.
Good Luck in the competition!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't do oldskool 8bit!