Editing Promethean

{{IB-Level
 |image      = Promethean.png
 |id         = 69333212
 |creator    = [[EndLevel]] (publisher)
;Contributors
RealVet, river, and Connected
 |verifier   = [[RicoLP]]
 |created    = [[Update 2.1]]
 |difficulty = [[File:ExtremeDemon.png|x35px]]
 |stars      = 10
 |length     = 52s (Medium)
 |objects    = 56,344
 |copytype   = Password (789123)
 |downloads  = 655.7K+
 |likes      = 19.3K+
 |rating     = Featured
 |artist     = '''Original:''' [https://open.spotify.com/artist/2DlKh1IzbG3EwAMaTF2p4A Inferi]<br>'''Replacement:''' [https://solkrieg.newgrounds.com Solkrieg]
 |music      = '''Original:''' [https://open.spotify.com/track/01n9RVSmu46yXdIJpanNCp The Promethean Kings]<br>'''Replacement:''' [https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/509014 Silent Hill Dubstep]
 |musicid    = '''Original:''' 854722 (deleted)<br>'''Replacement:''' 509014
}}
'''Promethean''' is a 2.1 Extreme Demon collaboration level by [[EndLevel]], RealVet, river, and Connected, verified by [[RicoLP]] on 22 May 2021.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19kE_Yo8puE</ref> The level features an utmost hellish theme, half comes from the red and orange colour scheme, and the other half comes from the rather intense song.

==Description==
*'''0-31% (EndLevel):''' Promethean begins subtly but instantly increases to double speed right as the player jumps over a wide array of spikes. After hitting the double-speed portal, the player must hit a green orb, which teleports the player into a blue orb. If the player continues to hold, they jump into a black orb, which launches them into a pink dash orb and a blue orb. After jumping from a platform, the player enters a mini-ship portal. However, first, they are instantly launched into a big-sized portal by a few yellow pads. Not only do these yellow pads lead into the big-sized portal, but they also lead into an anti-gravity portal, a straight-fly, and a green orb to end off the straight-fly. The green orb leads to a teleport portal that transports to a quadruple-speed upward straight-fly that lasts around two seconds. To end the straight-fly, the player is led into a UFO portal where they must click twice to pass through. Afterwards, the player enters a wave portal. The following section is very similar (gameplay-wise and decoration-wise) to two other EndLevel creations, those being [[Aerial Gleam]] and [[Aquatic Auroras]]. The gameplay features a little wave manoeuvring with many anti-gravity portals and two speed changes, while the decoration features a mini spike on every edge. After the wave section, the player goes into a UFO section. It begins with two synced green orb timings, leading to a pink orb. The pink orb sends the player into a somewhat confusing array of anti-gravity portals, with a single green orb at the bottom. To follow through this segment, the player must hit the first yellow portal, the green orb, the second blue portal, the third yellow portal, and the final blue portal. After timing the last jump in the array, the player must hit a green orb that leads to a pink orb. Then the player must repeat the same thing (the green orb and the pink orb array).
*'''31-61% (RealVet):''' After the UFO section, there's a somewhat long ball section. It starts with two clicks that lead to a black orb, then two more clicks, and four more. After the fourth click, the player must hit a green orb to move between two blocks. If the player clicks again, they head towards a blue orb that goes into a few yellow pads. The yellow pads all lead into a quadruple-speed portal, instantly preceded by a cube portal. After entering the cube portal, the player must time a blue orb and a green orb while a large screen constantly blinks, obscuring the player's vision. While it blinks, the player must hit a pink orb, then jump into a blue orb that leads to a green orb. Then, the player enters a two-second automatic segment that ends with a yellow orb, a green orb, a blue orb, and a jump. The speed proceeds to slow down to double speed, and now the player must traverse through another ship section with constant upward/downward flying and a few gravity portals/speed portals. Next is a brief double-speed robot section that begins with the player needing to project themselves upwards, then timing a jump to hit two orbs: one pink and one green.
*'''61-73% (river + Connected):''' The green orb leads the player into a triple-speed mini swing-copter section with considerably tight spaces and perfect timing. Afterwards, the player teleports to the very bottom of the screen. They become a ship, double speed, and launched into a triple-speed straight-fly. After the triple-speed straight-fly, the player must traverse a double-speed [[Clubstep]] monster that features a brief downward straight-fly and an upward straight-fly. This ship section concludes with another downward straight-fly.
*'''73-100% (EndLevel):''' As the song becomes quite a bit eerier, the level becomes significantly darker and slower. First, the game mode switches to a mini-cube, and the player must perform a blind jump, then be slightly projected into a green orb that leads to a blue orb. Then, after the player jumps again, they get launched into two blue orb timings. The second blue orb timing leads into two pink orbs, another blue orb, a jump, and a pink dash orb. After holding for a bit, the player must fall onto another platform and jump into a green orb and a pink dash orb. Finally, the player is led into a tight ship section, which, similar to 50%, features constant upward and downward flying. However, this section features many more gravity portals. At the very end of the ship section, the speed accelerates to triple speed, and the player becomes upside down. It once again accelerates to quadruple speed. Two structures featuring a 'G' and a few spikes appear, and the level ends.

==Gameplay==
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==First 10 victors==
{| class="wikitable"
 !Victor #
 !Player
 !Date Completed
 !Total Attempts
 !Furthest Fail
 !Video
 |-
 |'''Verifier'''
 |'''RicoLP'''
 |22 May 2021
 |115,992
 |98%
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19kE_Yo8puE YouTube]
 |-
 |1
 |paqoe
 |27 May 2021
 |~14,700
 |94%
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfGcMH_nXtY YouTube]
 |-
 |2
 |Skarro
 |5 June 2021
 |~13,500
 |76%
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wezez8myuE YouTube]
 |-
 |3
 |[[RG]]
 |26 June 2021
 |?
 |95%
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRGy12V89Mc YouTube]
 |-
 |4
 |[[Wolvez]]
 |30 June 2021
 |?
 |?
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wbARE2xTMU YouTube]
 |-
 |5
 |Zeroxy
 |9 July 2021
 |~72,000
 |89%
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRTE9xlyfLk YouTube]
 |-
 |6
 |Sid125
 |25 July 2021
 |9,329
 |96%
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pbKeeITP-8 YouTube]
 |-
 |7
 |[[Zeronium]]
 |13 August 2021
 |?
 |96%
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYok743Q6ZA YouTube]
 |-
 |8
 |Swooker
 |15 August 2021
 |~17,000
 |90%
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a4fSZkyF9g YouTube]
 |-
 |9
 |[[Crisis]]
 |16 August 2021
 |14,607
 |90%
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACFl38AKA-Y YouTube]
 |-
 |10
 |[[BrianTheBurger]]
 |3 September 2021
 |4,772
 |69%
 |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXv7_J3RSrw YouTube]
|}

==Trivia==
*Promethean was rated on 8 June 2021 and placed at #10 on the [[Geometry Dash Demonlist|Demonlist]] on 7 July 2021, above [[Calculator Core]] and below [[SARY NEVER CLEAR]].
**This addition pushed Omicron into the Extended List and SHATTER into the Legacy List.
*On 24 October 2024, this level had its List % increased to 85%, the highest List % requirement of any level in the history of the Demonlist.
*Promethean is a reference to Prometheus, the Greek God of fire and forethought.
*There is a sequel/remake of this level named Hephaestus that Blankb verified on 13 August 2022.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSRPPF89en8</ref>
*Early in development, the level was codenamed The Merciless.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnWqbB5Irh4</ref>
*This is a reference to the ''osu!'' map of The Promethean Kings, infamous for its difficulty.<ref>https://osu.ppy.sh/b/1083470</ref>
*Promethean is often heavily disliked due to its compressed gameplay.
*The placement of Sevvend Clubstep on 6 August 2025 pushed Promethean out of the Top 100 of the Demonlist.
*<!--The placement of ??? on ??? pushed Promethean into the Legacy List of the Demonlist.-->
{{Togglebox
 |header = Notable fails
 |body   = <nowiki />
*[[RicoLP]] crashed at 98% two days before verifying Promethean.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m34Yt5nHaI</ref>
}}
{{Togglebox
 |header = Notable completions
 |body   = <nowiki />
*[[BrianTheBurger]] not only has the biggest fluke on Promethean at 69%, but he also has the lowest attempt count in 4,772 attempts.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXv7_J3RSrw</ref>
**However, the lowest attempt count belongs to [[wPopoff]], with 4,218 attempts on 28 January 2024, the same day he started practising it.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW82nTXIltw</ref>
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Demon List levels]]