"The Mainframe" (Extreme Demon) by notlsa | Geometry Dash 2.11

notlsa asked me if I wanted to showcase his new solo level, and I pretty much accepted without even seeing the level. He's done great work on levels uploaded on the channel before, such as Halberd, Nhelv, and Nightshade, so I was confident this would be very good. It's especially cool that it's a solo level as many of his known works are collaborations.

According to his video, this is inspired by a level in Ultimate Chicken Horse, which I'm not familiar with at all. If you know, please let me know in the comments what you think about this. That aside, this is just a very cool and unique level to me, both visually and gameplay-wise. There's a bunch of cool effects found throughout the level, and they all help to make the gameplay as confusing as possible. In some of my video descriptions, I complain about a certain effect making a part confusing, but the issue then is that it happens for one part, making it stand out in a frustrating way compared to the rest. In this, it's evident that it was notlsa's intention to make the gameplay this hard, and it's nice to see everything work together for this purpose. As a result, this ends up as a very difficult memory level, and it will be rated Extreme Demon. Special thanks to ryli for providing the recording for this showcase.

Aside from the effects, I like how the level sticks to a similar color scheme throughout, using light gray predominantly. Only that would be boring, so mixing in some light shades of other colors, such as red, green, and blue, make it much nicer. I'd like to point out the part at 1:19, simply because it uses puzzle blocks in a nice way. These blocks have to be one of the many blocks in the game that have been used in a nice way the least amount of times overall, so it's nice when creators do it well. This and other designs in the level, as well as the effects, make the level look very unique compared to other memory levels and levels in general. I think it will get an Epic rating.

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VIDEO INFO -
Recorded by ryli:    / @ryli06  
Game (version): Geometry Dash (2.11)
Level: The Mainframe by notlsa
ID: 86050887
Music: Reas by CV4
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