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|image = TheSneakyHollow.png
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|creator = [[Colon]] (host and publisher)
;Contributors
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|created = [[Update 2.2]]
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*[https://mudstep.newgrounds.com/ Mudstep]
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'''The Sneaky Hollow''' is a [[Update 2.2|2.2]] Insane collaboration platformer level hosted by [[Colon]], published on 4 April 2025 following the release of Colon's 2025 April Fools' video.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjb_b8EmXCM</ref> It is the fourth and final level in Colon's [[The Tower Secret Ending]] series and a remake of [[The Secret Hollow]], the final level of the [[Tower]]. The Sneaky Hollow follows an 'alternate' path in the original level that culminates in a boss fight against the skeleton 'Rattledash'.

==Description==
The Sneaky Hollow begins with the player as a robot, starting in the same area seen in The Secret Hollow. Instead of progressing up the hill as in the original level, the player soon enters a hole in the wall and travels downwards into a factory-like area filled with conveyor belts. The player must navigate through this section while blue spiked balls, resembling those from The Secret Hollow, roll towards them as hazards. After reaching the top of the factory, the player discovers a machine that converts garbage falling from a dump into these blue spiked balls. By entering the machine, the player transforms into a ball. By doing this, the player can continue deeper into the factory at its bottom.

The next area consists of a series of rooms inhabited by monsters that appear to live and socialise there. Pictures on the walls depict various aspects of their lives, including two numbered images referencing a fire-breathing monster from [[Deadlocked]] and the background skull from [[Press Start]]. At the end of this section, the player must lure a flying monster into breaking a box, causing a key to appear that allows further progression.

By progressing further, the player reaches the end of these rooms, where a pit awaits, marked by a '?' sign. If the player turns back, it becomes clear they have fallen into a trap surrounded by thorns. Afterwards, the player transforms into a jetpack and must escape in an intense chase sequence filled with spikes, saws, and even a memory-based section. Towards the end of the chase, the thorns are replaced by large monsters pursuing the player, similar to the ending sequence of [[Viking Arena]], with the fire-breathing monsters from Deadlocked also appearing.

After the player completes the chase section, they enter a treasure-room-like area filled with stars, moons, diamonds, and orbs. However, after moving far enough to the right, all the treasure transforms into skulls, revealing that the player has fallen into a trap set by Rattledash, a pixel skeleton object, who sits atop a floating throne-like structure and greets the player with 'Ah! Welcome!'

The player must then battle Rattledash in three phases:
*Phase One: Rattledash attacks by sending various enemies and throwing objects at the player. The player must catch a blue bomb resembling the one used in The Lost Cellar and throw it at Rattledash twice to damage them.
*Phase Two: A chase section begins, filled with boxes and spikes along the way. The player must pursue Rattledash, who attempts to escape and push the player away using a fan.
*Phase Three: Rattledash attacks in multiple ways again, but this time, after catching the bomb, they fly very high. The player must catch Rattledash before the bomb detonates. For the first two bomb throws, the player uses the jetpack and UFO to reach Rattledash. On the third throw, the level becomes a vertical chase section, and the player must reach the top before the bomb explodes.
After successfully catching Rattledash at the top, which looks like the place the player first met them in [[The Cellar]], and throwing the bomb at them, Rattledash screams and dies, ending the level.

==User coins==
*The first coin is located near the area where the garbage transforms into a ball. It is hidden in the right wall of the garbage dump.
*The second coin is found at the end of the middle chase section of the level. The player must fly through a red portal and collect all eight small red coins that spawn afterwards to make the coin appear.
*The third and final coin is located during the boss fight's chase section. The player must hit a block marked with a '!' ten times to make the coin spawn.

==Gameplay==
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==Trivia==
*The Sneaky Hollow uses 4 songs and 157 sound effects (SFX).
*The second coin is a reference to a [https://www.mariowiki.com/Red_Ring common gimmick] in the [[Wikipedia:New Super Mario Bros.|New Super Mario Bros.]] series, where Mario jumps through a red ring and must collect eight red coins within time to receive a reward.
*The Sneaky Hollow was nominated for ''Best Intermediate Platformer'' at [[The Geometry Dash Awards|The Geometry Dash Awards 2025]]. Despite receiving more than ⅓ of the community's votes, it narrowly lost to the Jury-backed Polychrome, finishing second.

==Videos==
{{VC|Tjb_b8EmXCM
|cpt1 = April Fools' video
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Platformer levels]]

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