Edge of Destiny
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Edge of Destiny (formerly Blade of Destiny) is a 2.1 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration level hosted by CDMusic and co-hosted by Days of Thunder, verified by polterghast on 9 March 2023.[1] It is a buffed and redecorated remake of Blade of Justice based on DuaL KiKi's unnerfed version. Edge of Destiny received high praise for its design, art, gameplay, and faithfulness to the original.[2][3] At the Geometry Dash 2023 Awards, the level won Best Extreme Demon.
Collab members
- Host
- CDMusic
- Co-host
- Days of Thunder
- Verifier
- polterghast
- Back-up verifier
- Bigthunder556
- Decorators
- CDMusic
- Viper Arctarus
- Linear
- Avati
- Rynoxious
- HelpegasuS
- RealVet
- CuLuC
- Nickalopogas
- Firy
- Unerve
- Parallax
- Salamander
- Uriun
- AppleCr
- Endy
- knobbelboy
- Yoonsr
- Playtesters
- Artsi
- Axinity
- Cersia
- declan
- Denni
- dray
- frozen
- Magmeta
- Rynoxious
- swiborg
- TheZinkYT
- Bigthunder556
- Former collaborators
- Andhika
- Artaire
- dfgames
- GD Iris
- Josh
- JuzGiew
- KrazyGFX
- P.B.S
- Vlaine
- Zimnyte (APTeam)
- Zipixbox
History
Edge of Destiny began development in late October 2020 during a Discord call as a passing suggestion from Days of Thunder, and thus, the project began. During the same call, Salamander and CuLuC offered their assistance, and CDMusic accepted; things went smoothly from there for the time being. A couple of weeks later, Zimnyte (owner of APTeam) heard about the project and offered to take it under APTeam's wing, with CDMusic still as the main host. CDMusic accepted the offer, and the project commenced on 27 November 2020 and progressed healthily over the next six months.
On 7 February 2021, Zimnyte released Edge of Destiny's first preview, showcasing seven merged parts, one of which was soon replaced. However, in April 2021, due to internal drama that CDMusic and Zimnyte would not disclose, the level was taken away from APTeam and returned to CDMusic's hands as a hosting endeavour. polterghast also achieved a run of 26-82% on an old version of the layout on 24 April 2021.
As of June 2021, CDMusic hoped to release a second preview of Edge of Destiny, showcasing 11 total parts and new transitions made by CDMusic himself, CuLuC, and Linear. On 13 July 2021, CDMusic created a trailer for the level, stating that four parts are left to be decorated. On 12 November 2021, polterghast achieved 37-100% on the layout; the layout has since undergone balancing changes.
After New Year's Day of 2022, CuLuC showcases a teaser of Edge of Destiny for the full level. It showed teasers of parts such as Uriun and Unerve, as well as updates to CuLuC's part. On 10 June 2022, CDMusic released his full showcase of the completed level. Nine months later, on 9 March 2023, polterghast verified the level after roughly 100,000 attempts, with two deaths at 95%.
Description
Edge of Destiny's gameplay is similar to the unnerfed version of Blade of Justice, with slight buffs and bug fixes. Only significant changes in the gameplay from the nerfed version of Blade of Justice will be documented below. For information on the full gameplay, see Blade of Justice.
- 0-6% (CDMusic + Viper Arctarus): This mini-robot part is significantly tighter, including additional spikes and enlarged spikes.
- 6-12% (Linear + Avati + Rynoxious + HelpegasuS): There are no significant changes in this ship part, but there are some buffs and additional sawblades.
- 12-20% (RealVet + CuLuC + Rynoxious): This wave part is also buffed with tighter spaces.
- 20-28% (Avati): The straight-fly and Clubstep monsters are tighter, and the ball part is also buffed.
- 28-33% (RealVet + CDMusic): The mini-portal in the UFO section is moved and stacked on a pink orb, and there are more sawblades. The dual wave part received some tighter spaces.
- 33-37% (Nickalopogas + CuLuC + CDMusic): The dual-ship part is tighter and has an additional small spike before the cube transition.
- 37-44% (Firy + Avati + HelpegasuS): The sawblades in the cube section are tighter, removing the first block platform, adding the third block orb and small spikes, and the orbs are buffed.
- 44-47% (Unerve + CuLuC): The level title appears with a fidget spinner and spinning triangles with thunder transitions.
- 47-56% (Parallax + CDMusic): The mixed dual part is way tighter, and the wave part has 13 additional sawblades.
- 56-73% (CuLuC): A bright blue star appears in the background that eventually goes supernova. Entering the UFO part, the star becomes a black hole. The UFO part has tighter spaces between sawblades.
- 73-78% (Salamandar + Viper Arctarus + CDMusic): The swing-copter segment has tighter spaces while also changing size midway.
- 78-84% (Uriun + CuLuC): A sawblade and a gravity portal are added in the wave part, while the ship- and UFO parts are buffed.
- 84-96% (AppleCr + CuLuC): The ship corridors, ball clicks, and wave gaps are buffed, making them tight. The final ship segment has some additional spikes.
- 96-100% (Endy + knobbelboy + Yoonsr + CuLuC, End Screen): The background contains the blade, the star and the black hole.
Gameplay
First 10 victors
| Victor # | Player | Date Completed | Total Attempts | Furthest Fail | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verifier | polterghast | 9 March 2023 | ? | 95% | YouTube |
| 1 | Zoink | 3 April 2023 | ~5,450 | 94% | YouTube |
| 2 | PersonHuman42 | 9 April 2023 | ? | ? | YouTube |
| 3 | DiamondSplash | 27 April 2023 | 21,614 | 85% | YouTube |
| 4 | Trick | 27 April 2023 | ? | 86% | YouTube |
| 5 | ViperVenom95 | 7 May 2023 | 7,681 | 69% | YouTube |
| 6 | Thnnder | 8 July 2023 | ? | ? | YouTube |
| 7 | Light | 9 July 2023 | 46,664 | 85% | YouTube |
| 8 | zGabriel | 23 July 2023 | 81,317 | ? | Twitch |
| 9 | Goanga | 27 August 2023 | 114,910 | 90% | YouTube |
| 10 | Technical | 28 August 2023 | 32,744 | 95% | YouTube |
Trivia
- Edge of Destiny was rated on 28 March 2023 and placed at #12 on the Demonlist on 20 April 2023, above Oblivion and below The Hallucination.
- This addition pushed Nhelv into the Extended List and DubKore X into the Legacy List.
- Edge of Destiny was ranked #61 in GDToday's '100 Greatest Levels of All Time' list.
- APTeam previously owned Edge of Destiny, but due to internal issues that CDMusic and Zimnyte do not wish to discuss, ownership of the level was revoked from APTeam and given to CDMusic in April 2021.
- RealVet, CuLuC, and Rynoxious' part features four Greek Alphabet letters in glyphs in the background: Sigma (Σ), Phi (Φ), Omega (Ω) and Delta (Δ).
- The star in CuLuC's part either resembles R136A1, or the ice planet in Bowser's Galaxy Reactor from Super Mario Galaxy.
- Manix648, one of the creators of Blade of Justice, commented on CDMusic's full showcase video: 'This is definitely the most level of all time'.
- Edge of Destiny was the hardest level beaten by any member of The Gang, as both Technical and npesta beat it. Technical beat this level first on 28 August 2023, while npesta beat Edge of Destiny a month later on 19 September 2023. However, since Technical completed LIMBO, this is no longer the case.
- The placement of Nullscapes on 7 October 2024 pushed Edge of Destiny out of the Top 25 of the Demonlist.