Scarlet Surge
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Scarlet Surge is a 1.9 Harder 6* level created by Insendium. It is the second level in the Chaos Gauntlet and is known for its length and epileptic effects.
Gameplay
The level starts with a half-speed ship sequence containing some flashing blocks and a warning sign at the beginning. It then goes into a normal speed cube section with various orbs and pads, followed by a ball segment with orbs, pads and gravity portals along with flashing platforms. Next, the screen is mirrored and the player enters a relatively easy double-speed UFO segment where they just have to avoid blocks, followed by a normal-speed wave with some easy timings, that switches back to the normal screen direction in the middle.
It then transitions into a cube section with some simple jumps, after which the screen is mirrored as the player enters a ship with some saws, that becomes mini in the middle. The level switches back to normal mirroring and the level continues into a ball with flashing blocks. The ball become dual in the middle. This is followed by a mirrored UFO segment that becomes mini near the end. Then, the player enters a dual ship sequence, a dual cube section, a ship sequence with a lot of up-and-down flying, then an auto cube section where "thanks !" and "Insendium" are written.
Trivia
- The former password for the level was 545964; however, this password no longer works.
- The level contains 12,420 objects.
- This is the second level in the Chaos Gauntlet.
- This is one of the three gauntlet levels made before Update 2.0, the others being Fire Aura and Kappaclysm.
- This is one of the three gauntlet levels to be XL in length, the others being SLAM and The Behemoth.
- The level has a sequel called Sapphire Surge, made in 1.9 and 2.0.
- Scarlet Surge is one of the most hated non-Demon rated levels, even though it is pretty easy. This is due to a yellow orb located at 14% which requires incredibly precise timing to jump into the gap between two blocks. This orb timing is deemed unfitting to the "Harder" difficulty rating and seems unintentionally difficult.
- On April 1, 2021, RobTop accidentally deleted all of the level's comments.