Editing SAVE AS

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{{Infobox Level
|image = File:SAVE AS pic.png
|creator = PAHC
|difficulty = [[File:Medium Demon.png|20px]] Medium Demon
|stars = 10[[File:Star.png|15px]]
|id = 62757869
|version = 1
|last_updated = 2.1
|composer = Triplebarrel
|song = THE NOISE EXPERIMENT
|song_id = 1066028 (deleted)}}
{{Quote
|This level is meant to explore dementia through the lens of GD. Huge thanks to wless for helping with a part
|PAHC}}
'''SAVE AS''' is a 2.1 solo Medium Demon created, verified, and published by PAHC. The level is designed to represent the stages of [[Wikipedia:Alzheimer%27s_disease|Alzheimer's Disease]], which is a type of dementia that commonly affects people who are 65 years old or over. It starts off normal but progressively gets glitchier and messier as the level goes on.

==Gameplay==
The level starts with an easy ship sequence. For most of this section, the player can just rest and slide on the platforms, but it requires them to fly between some spikes. This is followed by an easy cube section, which requires the player to jump on platforms and over double spikes. What is odd about the cube section, though, is that around halfway through, it looks like the player is done with the section before the rest of it suddenly flickers in.

Next up is a simple ball section, which requires easy timings to get through gravity portals. The level slows down and jitters, representing one of the beginning stages of Alzheimer's.

After this is a UFO segment where the colors start becoming more monochrome and dark. This section is pretty simple, with the hardest thing being hard-to-see fakes, requiring semi-hard timing to get through them, but other than that, it is pretty straightforward. This ends with the player having to avoid a fake to get to the next section.

After the UFO section is a repeating robot section, representing the forgetfulness and repeating words from the Alzheimer's patient. This section repeats itself seven times. After this is a ship section, where seeing color is pretty much rare at this point. This section is relatively tricky, since some of the hitboxes are changed.

Next is a wave section, which is pretty easy for the majority of the part. This part also repeats itself, this time only six times. It requires some easy spamming and dodging saws while the gameplay reverses itself into repeat. After this is a tricky ball section that repeats itself three times. The gameplay jitters throughout this part and requires timing to get through that can be difficult.

Next is a hard cube section. All color is gone at this point, and both the block design and gameplay jitter intensely, making it hard for the player to see and time their jumps. This is followed by a similar UFO section. Sometimes during this part, the player's cube flickers on and off the screen. This section also jitters, and with added saws that also jitter, it is made even tougher. After the UFO is another ship that requires some easy maneuvering before it turns mostly auto towards the end.

After that is an auto transition, with structures and gameplay flashing, syncing with the music. This represents a brief break and memories being remembered, but this does not last long and is quickly followed by an extremely dark section, with crooked and tangled block design. This part is also mainly auto. It switches to a wave, then a ship, and then a UFO. After this is a robot section, which changes back and forth to a cube. It also switches to a UFO a few times. This part is not particularly hard, and requires easy jumps.

Next is a ship section, with decoration that resembles the part before it, but the decoration and gameplay flicker off-screen a few times. This is followed by a cube section, which is auto. The cube cannot move in a straight line anymore, as it is seen bouncing up and going backward. The screen fades to black as it transitions into the next part, it is also a cube, but this time requiring the player to jump over double spikes. The player is not required to jump sometimes, as there are pink pads during some jumps.

That section is followed by a ship section, where the screen is mostly black and it is nearly impossible for the player to see what they are doing. Luckily, only a few timings are required during this part. 

The last section is a robot, which is so incomprehensible that the rest of the level is all auto with the exception of a final dash orb. It is nearly impossible for the player to see their robot during this part. The level ends with said dash orb as the screen fades to black, representing the death of the patient due to Alzheimer's complications. When the screen fades entirely to black, the level ends with a logo featuring the level's name on it, before fading to black once more. 

==Controversy==
In July 18, 2020, [[Mulpan]], a Korean player who sometimes uploads level walkthroughs, uploaded a walkthrough video of SAVE AS to his channel. However, the title of the video; "Ge?@o%me?tr!y d^"as$h", was indicating that Mulpan was using clickbait with SAVE AS for views, without actually knowing the level's meaning. After this, he received loads of backlash, with some people stating that he disrespected PAHC and the latter's level. In the end, Mulpan took the video down and made a statement about the situation.

==Trivia==
*The level is free to copy.
*The level contains 105,433 objects.
*The level is 5m 39s in length.
*The level was nominated for ''Best Effect Level'' in the [[Geometry Dash Awards|''Geometry Dash'' 2020 Awards]].
*[[Juniper]], an American player, did a fundraising stream where she played SAVE AS while raising money to donate to an Alzheimer's disease foundation. In the end, she raised over 2,000 USD.<ref>https://youtu.be/nUbFVJrOr5E</ref>
*This level was rated on August 18, 2020.
*The song for SAVE AS, The Noise Experiment by Triplebarrel, was actually made specifically for the level, as PAHC could not find the perfect song to represent the disease.
*The level’s visual metaphors of dementia do not conclude at the end-screen. The level’s logo is a representation of terminal lucidity, a possible state where one regains a fair amount of cognitive function and memories shortly before death.
*PAHC's inspiration for SAVE AS was an album titled "Everywhere at the End of Time" by The Caretaker,<ref>https://youtu.be/wJWksPWDKOc</ref> and the artist William Utermohlen's paintings.
*The level only contains two orbs, a green dash orb and a custom orb that disables block rotation at the 5th state(less lag).
*The old song of this level was removed. Later on August 2021, triplebarrel uploaded a new version of the song to be used in the level.
**Sometime in late-January 2022, tripplebarrel removed the song again.

==Walkthrough==
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[[File:SAVE AS by PAHC - Geometry Dash|center|thumb|330x330px|The full walkthrough of SAVE AS. Credits to [[Nexus]].]]
|-|Analysis=
[[File:Geometry Dash as an Art Form - SAVE AS By PAHC - Geometry Dash Commentary|center|thumb|330x330px|An informational walkthrough of SAVE AS, explaining its meaning and details. Credits to TGI.]]
</tabber>

==References==
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[[Category:2.1 levels]]
[[Category:XL levels]]
[[Category:Demon levels]]
[[Category:Medium Demon levels]]
[[Category:Levels using NONG songs]]