Solar Flare

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Solar Flare is a 2.1 Extreme Demon Nine Circles collaboration level created by Linear2 and rynoxious, published by Linear2 and verified by swiborg. The level uses a unique sun theme rarely seen in other levels as it is a super-buffed remake of Solar Circles.

Gameplay

• 0-15%: The level begins as a mini-cube at half speed before being changed into normal speed. The player must traverse tight spaces combined with difficult orb timings.
• 15-27%: Next is a double-speed ship segment with very difficult straight-flying and a two-path at 19-20%, where the player must go down rather than up.
• 27-35%: Afterwards, the player goes into a ball part at normal speed with numerous difficult timings and a text at 31% saying 'GLHF' ('good luck have fun') at half speed. Later, after the ball is an easy cube part at normal speed with just one pink orb hit.
• 35-92%: The drop begins; however, like any other challenging Nine Circles levels, this level has its very tight wave parts and frequent size and speed changes throughout the part, at 40-41% and 46-47%, there are memory parts in constellation appearances. Texts are saying 'up next' and '>>>' at 58%, telling that the player now faces the dual section of the part. At 91-92%, there is a mini-wave spam section of the level, similar to Down Bass; however, Solar Flare has a normal-size portal and an invisible quadruple-speed change in the middle of the spam section before the second mini-size portal and the invisible double-speed change.
• 92-100%: Lastly, the player enters a short cube part at half speed with tricky timings and an invisible normal-speed change at 95% right before the level ends.

Trivia

• The level is free to copy.
• The level contains 68,272 objects.
• The level is 1m 5s in length.
• The level was initially placed at #21 on the Demonlist on 10 June 2023, above Trueffet (#22) and below Tartarus (#20).
  • This addition pushed Deimos into the Extended List and Delebit Oblivio into the Legacy List for the second time.
• It is currently the third-hardest Nine Circles level in the game, behind The Hallucination and Sakupen Circles.
• At 52-54%, a big smiley-faced sun appears out of nowhere in the drop part, hence the verification thumbnail.
  • The sun in the level is named Janet.
• The character at the bottom-right corner is from the Touhou Project franchise.
• The placement of Tunnel of Despair on 31 September 2022 pushed Solar Flare out of the Top 25 on the Demonlist.
  • On 9 November 2023, Solar Flare jumped ten spots to #19, returning the level into the Top 25 of the Demonlist.

Gallery

• Janet, the smiley-faced sun at 52-54%.
  Janet, the smiley-faced sun at 52-54%.
• The end-screen of Solar Flare featuring a Touhou Project character at the bottom-right corner.
  The end-screen of Solar Flare featuring a Touhou Project character at the bottom-right corner.

Video

File:Solar Flare VERIFIED - by Linear & Rynoxious

The verification of Solar Flare. Credits to swiborg.