icedcave

icedcave (IcEDCave in-game, also known as ssoh) is a prominent Canadian level creator renowned for pushing creative boundaries in the editor. He is known for creating tons of impossible levels and challenges. His most notable levels include DIAMOND BLADE, Final Destination, Fever Dream and SUPERHATEMEWORLD. However, he is best known for hosting one of the longest-reigning Top 1 levels, Slaughterhouse, and the current Top 1 level GRIEF, both verified by Doggie.

History

icedcave's history with Geometry Dash began in the Update 1.6. During that time, he would create a difficult 10-15-second Demon on his friend's phone called Death Roads. However, the original version was not preserved because he was playing the Lite version of Geometry Dash.

In Update 1.8, already in the full version of the game, icedcave built a remake of Death Roads, which lost progress once due to a save error. He later found his level on an old iPad. It was inspired by such Demons as Ice Cream, Heaven And Hell, ICE Carbon Diablo X, Silent clubstep, and Silent Club.

icedcave created his YouTube channel on 10 April 2015, but he did not upload any videos until November of that year. His first upload was on 3 November 2015, when he reached 4% on Silent clubstep. He uploaded his next video two years later, on 19 May 2017, where he plays an auto-noclip version of Silent Factory. On 26 June 2017, he uploaded another video, showcasing his own level called PIT, a grey level with Clubstep monsters looking similar to those from TON 618. The next month, he uploaded a video of his verification of Apocalypse Eve, a grey challenging level with tight wave sections. The level has not been rated.

Levels

Italicised = not published on his account

Unrated levels

• Apocalypse Eve - A level originally verified in 2017.
• Crystal Edge - The sequel to DIAMOND BLADE. It was verified by UFokinWotM8.
• DIAMOND BLADE - One of his most famous levels. It was originally hack-verified but beaten legitimately by UFokinWotM8.
• ENDLESS RIVER - A near-impossible extended version of river's part in Slaughterhouse. It uses the colour blue rather than red. It uses the song 'Ta1lsd004' by Ta1lsd0ll.
• Final Destination - The full version of his challenge FINAL DESTINATION.
• FINAL DESTINATION - The current second-hardest cube challenge.
• FINAL FANTASY - The sequel to Final Destination. It was published on telepracity's account.
• Gravity - The official sequel to moment. It was published on Kaza's account.
• Hypnosis - A Top 1 challenge said to be harder than VSC. A balanced version is set to be verified by Zamasu.
• Love - A 1.9-themed Extreme Demon.
• Mind Fuxk
• MINUS WORLD - The sequel to Crystal Edge.
• Narcton Diablo X - A joke Extreme Demon inspired by ICE Carbon Diablo X. The level's name was accidentally misspelled from its intended name, 'Naracton Diablo X'. It was verified by AidanTR and published on Electro2001's account. It is said to be around Kenos difficulty.
• OP Straight Flying
• Shadow Rainn
• SHMW old - The old version of SUPERHATEMEWORLD.
• SH Optimized - An optimised version of Slaughterhouse.
• SH unnerfed - The true unnerfed version of Slaughterhouse.
• Silent Factory
• Slaughterhouse II - The old version of Slaughterhouse and an unofficial sequel to Death Angel River by Cyrillic.
• sohh
• Sorry
• Wave Challenge
• Wave Challenge v2
• ZXY Hell Infinity ZY - His very first level.

Extreme Demon levels

• Cat Planet (Star-rated) - A joke Nine Circles remake with a difficulty around a low-end Extreme Demon. Its song and elements likely drew inspiration from Aquamarine.
• Fever Dream - (Star-rated) - An unofficial sequel to Devil Vortex verified by BGram on 27 July 2023.
• GRIEF (Epic) - A Top 1 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration level hosted by icedcave, verified by Doggie. It is an extended, possible remake of icedcave's 2.0 impossible level Slaughterhouse and the prequel to his 2.1 Extreme Demon with the same name. It is his first level to receive a rating higher than the standard rate.
• Icotact (Star-rated) - A continuation of ozpectro's unfinished level of the same name.
• moment (Star-rated on Arekushi14's account) - A flow-themed level with a simplistic yet pleasing design.
• Slaughterhouse (Star-rated) - His most famous level. The level was originally a 1.9 impossible level, full of quarter-block wave-spam sections, but it was updated to a rate-worthy Extreme Demon, It was hack-verified by spaceuk but legitimately verified by Doggie. The original was uploaded to icedcave's account under the title 'Slaughterhouse II'.
• Stellar Night (Star-rated) - A level that was originally impossible but was nerfed to Top 10 in difficulty, verified by Tuggy. It remained the hardest verified unrated level in the game for a relatively long time after its verification.
• SUPERHATEMEWORLD (Star-rated) - An old 'impossible' level that UFokinWotM8 verified. It was redecorated soon after and set to be verified by icedcave himself, but he dropped it due to school after buffing it to Top 10 difficulty. UFokinWotM8 took up the verification but commissioned a cover of the song to replace the one banned from Newgrounds. The verification was then given to declan, who achieved 85%. Following a nerf to Top-50 difficulty, it was verified by Cursed on 30 September 2022. A remix of the song was uploaded to Newgrounds in June 2022, and the remixer, who goes by the name Muffinly (his Newgrounds username is BlueBerryGamer2008), is responsible for it. Players will be able to enjoy the full level experience only if the remix is featured in Geometry Dash.

Verified levels

• gravity (Star-rated) - The official sequel to moment, incorporating a green-and-pink colour scheme while retaining a difficulty similar to its predecessor.

Upcoming levels

• Aeternus - A mega-collaboration hosted by ryamu and Riot. It is inspired mainly by both Acheron and Tartarus, and is set to be the hardest Demon in the game upon its verification.
• Atomic Collab (undetermined name)
• Death Corridor - An official version and remake of Eternaswip's version of Death Corridor. It is set to be around Tartarus difficulty.
• Deep Bass - The official sequel to Down Bass.
• SUPERFAKEMEWORLD - The sequel to SUPERHATEMEWORLD.
• SUPERFEARMEWORLD - The sequel to SUPERFAKEMEWORLD.
• Silent Clubstep II - A redecoration of the official sequel to Silent clubstep.
• Beatrix

Cancelled/deleted levels

• DASHIE chamber
• DIAMOND BLADE old - The old version of DIAMOND BLADE.
• EASYCHALLENGELOL
• Fever Dream old - The old version of Fever Dream.
• Galaxy Collapse Wave - The wave part of Galaxy Collapse by Noctalium.
• Heartbreak
• Jitter Click
• KAYNE WEST - A joke level verified by Xanii.
• SC old update - The new slightly nerfed version of Silent clubstep.
• Silent clubstep - The unnerfed/intended version of Silent clubstep.
• Silent clubstep off - icedcave's version of Silent clubstep.
• Silent clubstep unnerfed - The old unnerfed version of Silent clubstep.
• SUPERKILLMEWORLD - The sequel to SUPERFEARMEWORLD and the final level of the SUPERWORLD series. icedcave released a teaser for the level, stating that he would reveal the full level on 22 February 2022 (2/22/22). However, when the time came, he published a community post saying, 'SKMW: Sui. 2/22/22. That is all'. The full level was never posted, and its fate is currently unknown.
• TIGER TEETH
• too much for z block
• Very Fun
• ZXY Cold ZY

Nominations and awards

• Placed 83rd in Geometry Dash Today's list of 'The Top 100 Greatest Geometry Dash Levels Of All Time' with Slaughterhouse

Trivia

• icedcave has garnered over 280,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.
  • icedcave has a second account called 'ico' where he originally posted Geometry Dash videos but now focuses on Team Fortress 2 content. Most videos from the channel have since been unlisted.
    • icedcave is one of two owners of the Knifestorm Magistrate's Mullet in Team Fortress 2.
• icedcave was the 14th guest of The Dasher Podcast.
  • icedcave was also a former co-host of 'The Dasher Podcast'.
  • icedcave was also the seventh guest of the Secret Way interviews.
  • icedcave was also the 33rd guest of the Vernosis interviews.
• All of his rated levels are Extreme Demons and, with the exception of GRIEF, only have the basic star-rate.
• icedcave has completed over 850 Demons, and has over 22,000 stars.
• icedcave is the leader of Silent Engine, also being the co-founder of the clan with Cyrillic.
• icedcave used to go by the name 'SuperKirbyKid', and in some of his levels like SUPERHATEMEWORLD and GRIEF, there is a hidden abbreviation SKK, representing his old alias.
• icedcave incorporates the acronym 'SSOH' into many of his levels, which stands for 'Sinful Son of Hell', becoming somewhat of his signature.