Verdant Landscape

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Verdant Landscape is a 2.1 solo Extreme Demon created, verified, and published by Nisha. The level draws heavy inspiration from Windy Landscape through its gameplay and decoration style. Upon release, it was praised for its enjoyable gameplay and was the hardest full-solo level, now ranking third behind The Lightning Rod and Kyouki.

Gameplay

The level starts with a tight half-speed mini-cube section. At 8%, the level accelerates to normal-speed, transitioning into a size-switching ball segment. Following this is a cube transition with five orb timings that leads to a ship section with gravity portals. Next is a UFO segment with gaps between gears, similar to Windy Landscape’s 13% part. Afterward is a wave section that begins mini-sized but then switches gravity and size halfway through.

The buildup to the drop then begins, starting with a tight cube part. As the buildup accelerates, there are wave and UFO segments to challenge the player. Finally, a half-speed cube segment precedes the drop.

The drop starts with quadruple-speed, featuring a quick dual cube section obscured by a fire animation. Then, a dual-ship part ensues, showing precise orb timings and size portals before transitioning into a brief cube segment.

From 45% to 61%, the level switches through all game modes, primarily cube, before briefly slowing down. At 63%, the level speeds up to triple-speed, starting with cube, briefly switching to ball, then back to cube. At 66%, the level switches to a ship part with varying gravities and sizes, before alternating between cube and UFO. A tight wave transition follows, leading into another cube segment with a ship transition midway through it.

The final section of the drop begins with a dual that shifts from two cubes to two balls, followed by a wave segment with size changes, a cube segment, and a quick wave transition into a UFO part. The gameplay then alternates between cube and ship, occasionally switching speeds, until the level's finale.

The finale at 91% features a gravity and size-switching ship section, ending with a short straight-fly and three coins. The level concludes with a black screen displaying "GU BY BAERU GG NISHA."

Trivia

• The password for the level is 446799.
• The level contains 116,326 objects.
• The level is 2m 9s in length.
• The level was rated on December 26, 2021.
• The level was initially placed at #11 on the Demonlist on January 18, 2022, above Kenos (#12) and below Zodiac (#10).
  • This addition to the Demonlist pushed xo into the Extended List, Stalemate Redux out of the Top 100, and CHROMA II into the Legacy List.
  • On June 11, 2022, the level swapped positions with Zodiac, climbing to #10 while Zodiac fell to #11. This marked one of the first times in years that a full-solo level had made it into the top 10. It also established itself as the level that knocked Zodiac out of the top 10 after its three year reign.
• The level was nominated for and achieved Best Extreme Demon in the Geometry Dash 2022 Awards.
• The level took nearly two years to finish.
• Before verification, the level's difficulty was comparable to Tartarus before it was later nerfed to a top 10-20 to be more enjoyable.
• It is currently the third hardest rated level to contain user coins, behind Saul Goodman and PSYCHOPATH.
• This level is often considered one of the most enjoyable Extreme Demons in the game, and many players who have beaten it gave it an extremely high enjoyment rate.
  • cobrablitz, ThunderBT, spaceuk and Technical even consider it as their favorite Extreme Demon.
    • This was the first level to which Technical gave a 100/100 enjoyment rating.
  • However, some victors, like SnowBallerr, Doggie, and Zoink, disliked playing the level, and Trick, who also beat it, called it his least favorite in the game.
• Due to the physics change in 2.2 update, the 29% slope jump is currently bugged.

Video

File:VERDANT LANDSCAPE VERIFIED!!! -Hardest Solo Extreme Demon- by Nisha (me)

The verification of Verdant Landscape. Credits to Nisha.