Cimmerian Shade
Template:Infobox Level Cimmerian Shade is a 2.1 Extreme Demon collaboration created by SrGuillester, btLisp, and AzuLer, and verified by spcreat. Known for its good sync in music and fast transitions, SrGuillester built the gameplay while AzuLer decorated the level. It was previously set to be the hardest Demon in the game but is now estimated to be placed at top 25-30 difficulty on the Demonlist.
It is the second level AzuLer and SrGuillester have collaborated on, after Hatred, which was built in Update 2.0, however, SrGuillester only verified Hatred and did not build any part of it. Cimmerian Shade is also not a sequel to that level, since another level called Deathwish is the sequel to Hatred according to AzuLer.
Gameplay
- 0-18%: The level starts with a cube section consisting of numerous triple spike jumps that are a few pixels wider than a normal one, which, in turn, requires more precise timing. Next, the player enters a mini-cube segment which consists of insanely precise timings that are synchronized to the music.
- 18-30%: The player slows down and enters a quadruple speed mini-spider section which has timings that are synced with the song; however, some beats require the player to spam twice really fast or press both the mouse and space bar (on PC), press both sides of the screen (On mobile),[Note 1] or press two buttons (with a controller) at the same time to go down and up instantly. Afterward, the player transitions into a normal spider segment with syncing beats and a UFO segment with slight timings. It changes into a ship sequence in which the player must fly through a tight passage with invisible spikes above and below them. It will change gravity in the middle, at the same time as a set of two yellow orbs that the player must avoid appears, after the second yellow orb, the player will change back to normal gravity and must then time three green orb clicks.
- 31-60%: It slows down with the music and turns into a quadruple speed dual wave section. This wave section requires insanely fast reflexes and skills to move the wave, as one wave goes over big ramps while the other has to go through spikes through non-collision blocks. Next, the player enters a slightly straight wave segment for a few seconds. The player slows down during a break sequence. It goes into a cube with a hextuple spike jump and into a slow buildup with dash orb timings corresponding to the beat of the music.
- 61-80%: It follows up into a triple-speed swing copter section with straight-flying at the start and narrow spaces that require the player to click/tap really fast to go up and down. The player then enters a cube section with slight spamming and timings before going into the last build-up. The player then goes through a slow speed change as the buildup continues with wide double spikes that require precise timing.
- 81-100%: Finally, the beat drops and the player enters a half-speed wave section where everything, except for the player, is completely pitch black, reducing their vision. Here, the player must go through very tight spaces with non-collision boxes. It turns into a mini-ship with the pitch-black effect still going on with rotating obstacles that the player has to fly through with one space-wide spike gaps at the end. The last part is a pitch-black cube section with a few wide double spike jumps. After this, the level is over.
Trivia
- Cimmerian Shade was rated on 26 April 2025, more than 20 months after it's verification.
- Some people think this is harder than unnerfed INNARDS.
- Sunix has posted the level “Cimmerian Shade 2”, which is simply the fully decorated level with a start position at 20% placed. People are starting to wonder if he was hacked and the said hacker leaked the level. The ID is 46152209.
- Sunix was initially supposed to be the verifier, but as he made a move to Osu!, it shifted to SrGuillester before being shifted for the last time to Technical49, who then later dropped it. There is no proof that Technical was verifying the level, however.
- The level evolved into a verification race, with spcreat getting a previous personal best (and world record at the time) of 82% and 30-100% before verifying it on August 12, 2023.
- btLisp restructed the level from AzuLer's version.
Walkthrough
Notes
- ↑ Always Limit Controls recommended.