diff --git a/app/assets/images/level/footer_background.jpg b/app/assets/images/level/footer_background.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97f24c48a
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/assets/images/level/footer_background.jpg differ
diff --git a/app/styles/play/level.sass b/app/styles/play/level.sass
index 5d1e315fb..40eae3312 100644
--- a/app/styles/play/level.sass
+++ b/app/styles/play/level.sass
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ $level-resize-transition-time: 0.5s
       &:not(.premium)
         display: none
 
+  #level-footer-shadow
+    position: absolute
+    width: 100%
+    height: 30px
+    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0,0,0,1) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%)
+
   #fullscreen-editor-background-screen
     background-color: black
     opacity: 0.5
@@ -271,3 +277,14 @@ body.ipad #level-view
     canvas
       margin: 0 auto
       overflow: hidden
+
+#level-footer-background
+  display: none
+  position: absolute
+  background: transparent url(/images/level/footer_background.jpg) no-repeat
+  bottom: 0
+  width: 100%
+  background-size: 100% 400px
+  height: 400px
+  z-index: -9001
+  @include opacity(0.25)
diff --git a/app/templates/play/level.jade b/app/templates/play/level.jade
index b9329fc29..7aec98f87 100644
--- a/app/templates/play/level.jade
+++ b/app/templates/play/level.jade
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 
   button.btn.btn-lg.btn-warning.banner.header-font#stop-real-time-playback-button(title="Stop real-time playback", data-i18n="play_level.skip") Skip
 
+#level-footer-shadow
+#level-footer-background
+
 if !me.get('anonymous')
   #play-footer(class=me.isPremium() ? "premium" : "")
     p(class='footer-link-text')
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/LevelLoadingView.coffee b/app/views/play/level/LevelLoadingView.coffee
index 2c44bc974..f5bdfc877 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/LevelLoadingView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/LevelLoadingView.coffee
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoadingView extends CocoView
     @$el.find('.right-wing').css right: '-100%', backgroundPosition: 'left -400px top 0'
     Backbone.Mediator.publish 'audio-player:play-sound', trigger: 'loading-view-unveil', volume: 0.5
     _.delay @onUnveilEnded, duration * 1000
+    $('#level-footer-background').detach().appendTo('#page-container').slideDown(duration * 1000)
 
   onUnveilEnded: =>
     return if @destroyed