Editing Artificial Ascent (section)

==History==
Artificial Ascent started as a solo remake of [[Cataclysm]]. According to LmAnubis, the original theme of the level was 'an abandoned robotic factory coming to life', which is why it is called Artificial Ascent. The original level featured a song similar to the ones used in Cataclysm and Sakupen Hell. The decoration would have been mainly grey, with neon blue representing electricity. LmAnubis' goal was to 'make a level similar to Cataclysm but with a slightly harder difficulty and a far more futuristic and scary atmosphere' that he could verify. LmAnubis had high expectations for the level, so progress was extremely slow, as he was constantly remaking parts.

About one month after the development of Artificial Ascent began, LmAnubis lost all the data on his device, including the original level. The original song was lost, and LmAnubis was unable to find it again. He would look for a replacement song on Dimrain47's YouTube channel and found 'Surface', which was completely unknown at the time. LmAnubis decided to turn Artificial Ascent into a mega-collaboration after some stream viewers suggested it.

The original theme was almost completely abandoned when the level became a mega-collaboration. After being invited by LmAnubis, Sanic would be the first to finish his part, and then Hinds. [[Zobros]] could not finish his part and left it half-finished, leaving LmAnubis to design the second half. The second half was themed around the UFO part in [[Bloodbath]].

The creator that LmAnubis would have invited was Giron, but his part was cut because it was too difficult for the level. Anthrax was the next to finish, although the gameplay of the ship corridor at the end is unfinished in the final level. Crack originally had a part, but it was cut as Viprin requested a ship part with more verticality; however, Crack had quit the game.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN6fBmqDEmE?t=338</ref> However, Crack's original part still exists above [[ZenthicAlpha|ZenthicAlpha's]] part in the final level. The next parts finished were those by Viprin, Wamiq8, and loogiah. [[Manix648]] then finished the second part in the level after the part went through multiple versions. At this point, LmAnubis had assigned himself the first part but struggled to build it, so it was scrapped. According to him, the part resembled the first cube of Cataclysm.

The level would almost die out as LmAnubis went inactive for an extended period. Since not many people knew about the level, he was considering leaving it unfinished. Viprin asked if he could finish the level as the co-host, and LmAnubis accepted. Viprin added many new creators to the level: Codex, [[Michigun]], ZenthicAlpha, [[nasgubb]], [[AbstractDark]], [[Etzer]], Speed, [[Serponge]], [[G4lvatron]], and Terron. LmAnubis agreed to allow Viprin to upload the level to his account because of the amount of work Viprin had put into it. Combined verified the level.