Free Solo
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Cejelost
meowmastererer
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Free Solo is a 2.2 Extreme Demon platformer level by Cejelost, verified and published by mikoshii on 18 April 2024.[1] It is inspired by the documentary film of the same name.
It was the Top 1 hardest-rated platformer Demon from 18 April 2024 to 30 July 2024, succeeding HYPER GRAVITRON and preceding unnerfed ECSTASIS as the Top 1 platformer Demon.
Description
[edit | edit source]Intro
[edit | edit source]Free Solo begins with a cutscene showing two cubes sitting around a campfire, roasting marshmallows while seemingly camping. The cube on the right uses the same icon as the player's in-game cube. During the cutscene, the following conversation takes place:
- Left cube: 'This sure is nice.'
- Right cube: 'Yeah.'
- Left cube: 'Grab me the butter real quick. Mkay?'
- Right cube: 'Right. Uhm...'
- Left cube: 'What's wrong?'
- Right cube: 'I think I may have lost it.'
- The left cube jumps in surprise before, with an angry expression, saying, 'What? How?'
- Right cube: 'Back on the top of the mountain.'
- Left cube: 'Are you serious!? Go get it!'
- Right cube: 'Alright.'
- The right cube then leaves the campfire, during which the left cube says, 'Just make it quick. It's getting late.'
The player can skip the cutscene at any point by jumping.
Gameplay
[edit | edit source]After the introductory cutscene, Free Solo contains no checkpoints. The level consists entirely of mini cube gameplay and features advanced platformer techniques, such as slope boosting and corner jumping. Throughout the level, the player must climb a mountain divided into several distinct parts.
- The Ascend
The level begins in a rocky region, where the player must perform multiple corner jumps and use blue orbs and gravity portals to change gravity repeatedly while avoiding spikes.
- Woodways
This part begins with a narrow corridor lined with spikes, where the player must accurately time several pink orbs to progress. After the spiky corridor, the player enters a wooded area with trees in the background. This section features multiple tight spike timings and a wavedash jump. It concludes with a sequence of blue orbs that must be activated with precise timings to progress.
- The ruins
After the blue orb sequence, the player enters an area resembling ancient Greek ruins. This section features even more corner jumps, precise orb timings, and frequent gravity changes.
- Downtown
After the ruins, the player enters a carnival-themed area featuring numerous spider orbs. This is followed by a cave filled with crystals, and then a construction-themed area dominated by a large crane that the player must climb. The section ends with the player using two green dash orbs to leave the area.
- The cliffside
The next section takes place along a cliffside and introduces slope boosting as a gameplay mechanic. It also features the first sawblades in the level. After a series of slope boosts, the level continues with additional corner jumps and precise orb timings.
- The garden
The level then continues into a garden-themed area. This part features gameplay similar to the previous areas.
- Coral climb
The penultimate section features coral-like decorations. Here, the player must climb and jump across a series of one-block slopes. While slope boosting is not required in this section, it can make several jumps easier to perform.
- The summit
After jumping over the final two spikes of the level, the player reaches the summit of the mountain. After passing in front of a background elevator, they retrieve the butter they had previously left there, as mentioned in the introductory cutscene, bringing the gameplay portion of the level to an end.
Ending
[edit | edit source]After the player collects the butter, the ending cutscene begins.
The other cube, who was roasting marshmallows with the player at the beginning of the level, arrives at the summit in an elevator with an angry expression. The following conversation takes place:
- Other cube: 'Dude.'
- Other cube: 'It's almost nighttime! What on Earth have you been doing!?'
- Player: 'I have the butter.'
- Other cube: 'The elevator takes no more than 10 minutes!'
- Player: 'There's an elevator?'
- Other cube: 'Yeah? How else did you get up here?'
- The other cube calms down before saying, 'We used this same elevator earlier today. Remember?'
- Other cube: 'Next thing I know-'
- The other cube changes to a joking expression and says, 'you're gonna tell me you climbed the mountain or something!'
- Player: 'W-well. I-'
- Other cube: 'Let's just get down before it's too dark to see anything.'
- Player: 'I'll join you in a minute.'
- Other cube: 'Suit yourself. Just... Don't take long...'
After the conversation, the other cube re-enters the elevator and descends the mountain. The player then walks to a telescope on the right side of the summit and looks through it. The stars visible through the telescope spell out 'Free Solo', after which the level concludes.
User coins
[edit | edit source]To collect Free Solo's only user coin, the player must jump between the two spikes in 'The summit', then replay 'Coral climb' without failing.
If the player collects the user coin, the stars in the end screen spell out 'coin Free Solo route' instead of just 'Free Solo'.
Gameplay
[edit | edit source]First 10 victors
[edit | edit source]| Victor # | Player | Date Completed | Time | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verifier | meowmastererer | 18 April 2024 | 16:35.312 | YouTube |
| 1 | Adanz9 | ? | 13:33.462 | YouTube |
| 2 | MrNexis | 22 April 2024 | 5:14.775 | YouTube |
| 3 | panap | 23 April 2024 | 1:28:39.187 | YouTube |
| 4 | Toboz04 | 24 May 2024 | 51:54.412 | YouTube |
| 5 | Arouvis | 24 April 2024 | 3:42.929 | YouTube |
| 6 | Enzo1141 | 24 April 2024 | 7:01.641 | YouTube |
| 7 | viare | 25 April 2024 | 3:15.208 | YouTube |
| 8 | FakeHATETAG | 26 April 2024 | 24:56.000 | YouTube |
| 9 | HarryDigo | 26 April 2024 | 38:54.775 | YouTube |
| 10 | SillyBananaGuy | 28 April 2024 | 5:37.479 | YouTube |
Trivia
[edit | edit source]- Free Solo uses four songs and 38 sound effects (SFXs).
- Free Solo was rated on 18 April 2024 and placed at #1 on the Pemonlist the same day. However, HYPER GRAVITRON was immediately placed above it for roughly 12 minutes before being swapped, returning Free Solo to the #1 spot.
- The intro featuring the line 'Back on the top of the mountain.' might refer to the classic Hard Demon called Back on Mountain.
- Free Solo is the sixth former Top 1 rated platformer Demon in the game's history.