Azimuth

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Azimuth is a epic-rated Hard level created by Knots. It was released on October 27, 2021. Built in the modern art style, Azimuth features a wide variety of backgrounds depicting various mystical locations. It is somewhat compass and navigation themed, fitting the name of the level. The level has been praised for its high-quality art and smooth transitions, although its gameplay has been criticized for being boring.

Gameplay

• 0-6%: The level begins with a slow and simple ball part. This section is aesthetically themed around vintage television screens, with the text "STAND BY..." located in the middle.
• 6-12%: After a somewhat glitchy transition, the player enters a cube part. The ground is completely flat, with a rotating square appearing to be laying out the track, slowly rolling ahead of the player. The background is celestial-themed, with abstract dark and a large floating crystal with a ring around it.
• 13-37%: This section is a long cube part where the player rides moving platforms and jumps over spikes. The backgrounds of the section depict several locations that are connected to each other, such as a pool in what looks like a temple, a large open space with abstract objects like the ones in Monument Valley, and a large open forest with lanterns. A pink flamingo tube floats through each location as the player progresses.
• 38-44%: The player then becomes a ship as the background becomes space-themed, with planets, stars, and spaceships. They must travel under a large structure and hold down to get through a hole that opens at the top. When the player approaches a block with a compass on it, they must go over or under it, representing the "north or south" direction when calculating an azimuth. The walls then close it as the player is told to hold down on a dash orb.
• 45-61%: As the player holds down on the dash orb (without stopping), a long animation plays featuring many effects and arts. First, a whale appears, floating in the air with fish around them, before the scene cuts to a compass. After some camera panning, a star with compass directions appears which spins to reveal some art. As the song says the words "mind game," a wing-shaped animation occurs, before becoming a butterfly and flying around some blue and white objects. After a wavy animation, gameplay resumes.
• 62-69%: The player arrives in another slow cube part with slanted platforms and some moving elevators. A compass spins around in the background. As the player goes into a corridor at the end, the player slows down to a halt, and then disappears.
• 69-82%: During the time where the player is not visible, the camera slowly pans upward, revealing several floating objects while the lyrics of the song appear on a line. A sign displaying the words "GET OVER AGAIN" moves downward as the same lyrics are sung in the song.
• 83-100%: As the camera finishes panning upward, an upside-down floating pyramid (similar to the one from Super Mario Odyssey) appears in the background along with fireflies. The player then re-appears in a cube part, and must hit yellow orbs and jump on top of swaying platforms. The level abruptly ends soon afterward.

User coins

Azimuth contains one user coin.

To get it, the player must jump at 9% to grab a custom key. The coin will then appear at the end of the level and will be collected automatically. Throughout the level, however, the level fakes the player out with unobtainable user coins (except for one). These "fake" coins appear at 40%, 63%, and 89%. The coin can be collected at 40%, although the player must get through an extremely tight Extreme Demon-difficulty mini ship part.

Gallery

• The first cube part in the level, with the floating crystal in the background.
  The first cube part in the level, with the floating crystal in the background.
• The ship part in Azimuth, featuring space-themed art in the background.
  The ship part in Azimuth, featuring space-themed art in the background.
• The cube part after the first long animation, featuring a spinning compass in the background.
  The cube part after the first long animation, featuring a spinning compass in the background.
• The final part of Azimuth, featuring high-detailed block design and a floating inverted pyramid in the background.
  The final part of Azimuth, featuring high-detailed block design and a floating inverted pyramid in the background.

Trivia

• The level is unable to be copied.
• The level contains 176,901 objects.
• The level is 2m 41s in length.
• In navigation, the azimuth is the angular distance of an angle formed between a reference direction (north or south) and a line from the observer to a celestial object. Compass bearings are azimuth measurements.
• In the first preview of the level on Knots' YouTube channel, the text "rectangle" could be seen across the crystal in the background in the second section. This might have been a hint at Knots' next level of the same name.
  • This text was removed in the final version of the level.
• The level was nominated for Best Modern Level in the Geometry Dash Awards in 2021. It won first place, beating sha by 1340 votes.

Walkthrough

File:Azimuth by Knots -1 Coin- - Geometry Dash

A full showcase of Azimuth. Credits to Nexus.