Pretty good. I like the concept. As someone who programs for a living, this was fairly accurate on the logic side of things. Although level 10 had an incredibly random pattern, so it was the hardest to get. 11 and 12 were trivial after that.
It's very well made, but I think a_wise_fish was referring to the IP being stolen. If the sprites are originals, they are pretty much direct copies of real Mario games.
Pretty good. Although when a lot of the action is off screen and the story consists of a constantly updating text box that is largely ignored (since the player will be busy defending the ship), you have to wonder if the design is slightly flawed.