Hades [Demon] – ChaSe (me), Prism & more – Geometry Dash 2.11

Here it is! I am unusually excited to see this level finally come out after all the time having been passed. This entire story started about 3 years ago and I was aware of the project since the very beginning, but I never got around making anything in it due to personal reasons and the fact that I wasn’t actually invited, if I remember correctly. I can’t say this is 100% true since it happened so long ago and I literally can’t remember what happened yesterday, but whatever. And, well, since I wasn’t related to the level and times were being passed, I got more and more away from the level. People who originally were in creating team started going elsewhere, plans were changing until one day Prism hit me up with an invitation. My reply was quicker than instant. Remembering the project from so long ago knowing it’s still alive and my old GD friends are in the team left me with no other choice than to throw everything away and hop in. I guess this is one of the main reasons I am so excited to see this level finally come out. Prism, Ferde, Hado, Subwoofer, Codex, Nemphis – all the guys I have been hanging with the most in 2.1 era – were there and actually doing what they were the best at – working on a cool project together to just work on a cool project together with no other reason than just to work on a cool project. From what I know, Desticy, Dawnfall and Buragoz hopped in after considerable amount of time has passed, and for me that was the moment this level became somewhat a time capsule. Parts in the level are made in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 and seeing how much creating has pulled further just blows my mind. Seeing people who hang around from older versions and comparing their parts to ones of people who joined in 2.0-2.1 times is quite an entertaining process. Of course, for me as a design creator and a former moderator seeing parts being so different in a single level makes me feel uncomfortable, and people who don’t know why it is like that may think this is some poor management, but in fact this is just a simple project which has turned into a very long journey with parts made in different times changing rapidly. And if you take into consideration the very theme of the level from times when this all was only being planned, it only adds to its uniqueness. The theme of this level is mainly steampunk-hell-ish setting, using mostly purple and its variations, some good contrasts and matching colors. There was this kind of a plan for creators to follow – level had to get more and more chaotic towards the end, and well, it absolutely definitely did get more chaotic towards the end, not only in gameplay and design, which I say is a good thing, but also in its consistency and enjoyment rating, which I think is not that good, but again, since this is just a cool project for friends to work on together, it’s not that of a problem. I got the most deaths at Rafer with me dying to his part… twice. I beat the level on my third attempt after practice, so I guess I can say it’s pretty consistent gameplay wise. And comparing the release version to pre-release one, which I had the opportunity to playtest, this definitely felt better and more solid. My absolute favorite part in the level is Codex’s one. It was made ages ago and it still holds up for me as one of the best looking design parts in the entire level. For me the entire beginning of this level looks great, including my part which I’m very happy about how it turned out in the end. Desticy made a fantastic job, being one of the last people to have started decorating, Codex’s part is absolutely insane, I’m happy with mine as well, and all these parts are nothing else than design, and or course I am biased towards design. Also worth mentioning that I absolutely adore the song choice. Seeing the song for a level being made by a guy to play the game before making music and being a friend of the team for this entire time has grown on me so much that I can;t think of any other song to fit this level.

Generally speaking, the journey of this level which I got involved in in the very end, but was aware of from the very start, made me feel very excited to see this project finally finished. All those emotions working with people all around the world who I knew for so long are a lot more valuable to me than the final result. I want to thank Prism for the invite and I want to thank every single creator who was involved in this level being made.

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Level Info:

• Name: Hades
• Creators (in order): Codex, Desticy, ChaSe (me), Balli, Prism & Pan, Nemphis & Kips, Dawnfall, Loltad, Rafer, Buragoz, SirHadoken & Koolboom, Rawin, Ferdefunky. Logo made by Subwoofer, level hosted and verified by Prism.
• Difficulty: unrated (at the moment of beating), Medium Demon 10* (personal rating).

• Song used: Entropy by MyeBye: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/869763

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• Discord: Howllie [GS]#6353

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Enjoy!

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