KOCMOC
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KOCMOC
ID
87665224
Creator(s)
Cherry Team (team); Vernam (host)
- Contributors
Created
Last updated
Audio info
Artist(s)
Music
Original: Sleeping Hummingbird - London (Albee Remix)
Replacement: Sleeping Hummingbird - КØСМОС (∆XIUS LIИK RMX)
Replacement: Sleeping Hummingbird - КØСМОС (∆XIUS LIИK RMX)
Music ID
Original: 1163222
Replacement: NoNG (Not on Newgrounds)
Replacement: NoNG (Not on Newgrounds)
KOCMOC (Russian: космос, romanised: kosmos; lit. space)[Notes 1] is a 2.1 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration level by the members of Cherry Team, initially verified by Trick on 12 March 2023,[1] then reverified by Zoink as an updated version on 13 May 2023.[2] The level is heavily inspired by the former Top 1 Demon Slaughterhouse, with most of the gameplay consisting of tight, spam-based wave segments. The level's gameplay was entirely built by spk and later decorated by Cherry Team.
Upon the release of KOCMOC following Trick's verification, it faced criticism from top players for bugs, optimization, and balance issues. In response, Vernam, the level's host, released an updated version addressing several bugs. Konsi's part was replaced due to poor optimization, with kivvvi stepping in. Zoink later verified this revised version.[2]
A remake based on the original unnerfed version, KOCMOC UNLEASHED, is in development by Cherry Team.
Description
[edit | edit source]The gameplay was entirely created by spk. The listed creators are the decorators.
- 0-6% (Synd): KOCMOC begins with the pre-drop, split into two halves. Synd's half starts with a half-speed cube segment featuring strict timings, size portals and crucial orb clicks and jumps, similar to Slaughterhouse's beginning. Glitch effects add to the challenge.
- 6-13% (Vinty): In Vinty's half of the pre-drop, the player encounters tight timings, jumps and size portals. The segment concludes with six dash orbs and two challenging timings with varying icon sizes, followed by a brief transition displaying the level's name before the drop begins.
- 13-29% (Sauzzeth): The colour palette shifts to vibrant purple and pink, replacing Synd and Vinty's dark gray. The level ramps up to quadruple speed, intensifying the challenge in the wave game-mode. The player must navigate with tight manoeuvres, enter a mini portal and face a compact wave section. A frantic spam section follows, leading into a ship segment. Here, the player must ascend briefly, hit a black orb, and then execute a straight-fly along the bottom. The ship segment ends with a tight straight-fly that gradually slows.
- 29-44% (Bli + Sauzzeth): The level accelerates back up to quadruple speed, turning the player into a wave again. Here, a rapid automatic transition leads into extremely precise gameplay, marked by arrows to guide the player and make it slightly forgiving. Midway through, the player briefly enlarges and faces a few seconds of tight manoeuvring. This section concludes with a brief ball segment featuring precise orb timings and clicks. To conclude, the player must execute a rapid mini-wave spam.
- 44-59% (Xatz): The level briefly slows during a transition before speeding up. Next, a big-sized wave segment requires strict timings and a quick spam section. After this, a brief ship section features a lenient straight-fly that quickly transitions into an automatic segment. Following that, a tight wave part changes size multiple times. The section ends with a mini-UFO part featuring three orb timings.
- 59-74% (kivvvi): The final section features challenging wave segments with varied timings, gravity shifts and size changes. It includes extended periods of wave navigation interspersed with a highly demanding spam section at the end, arguably the toughest spam segment. After navigating this spam corridor, the level transitions back to half-speed, accompanied by a thematic shift to a broken, foggy ambience.
- 74-81% (Deadlox): Like the pre-drop, the concluding cube section is divided into two parts. It is longer than the pre-drop and features equally demanding timings, narrow jumps, and various changes in size throughout, mainly in Deadlox's half.
- 81-88% (Cauer + Sauzzeth): The timings remain tight in Cauer's and Sauzzeth's half. In the final moments, the player encounters intense timing challenges similar to the Slaughterhouse finale, including a sequence of rapid double-spikes.
- 88-100% (Hantein): Afterwards, the player meets the end screen, featuring each creator's name and the level title.
Gameplay
[edit | edit source]First 10 victors
[edit | edit source]| Victor # | Player | Date Completed | Total Attempts | Furthest Fail | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verifier | Zoink | 13 May 2023 | ~15,000 | 82% | YouTube |
| 1 | Trick | 16 June 2023 | ? | 91% | YouTube |
| 2 | Cursed | 5 January 2024 | 27,630 | 93% | YouTube |
| 3 | Arshadow | 17 January 2024 | ~11,000 | 93% | YouTube |
| 4 | Doggie | 4 March 2024 | 42,419 | ? | YouTube |
| 5 | PoCle | 16 March 2024 | 30,409 | 77% | YouTube |
| 6 | GuillExprex52 | 18 June 2024 | >5,000 | 91% | YouTube |
| 7 | wPopoff | 31 July 2024 | ~8,000 | 92% | YouTube |
| 8 | Helix | 1 August 2024 | ? | 93% | YouTube |
| 9 | Modlini | 16 August 2024 | 53,229 | 92% | YouTube |
| 10 | Excellentmeep | 14 October 2024 | 121,885 | 89% | YouTube |
Trivia
[edit | edit source]- KOCMOC was rated on 22 May 2023 and placed at #9 on the Demonlist on 16 June 2023, above MINUSdry and below Firework.
- This addition pushed LIMBO out of the Top 10, Aronia into the Extended List, and rosedynamix into the Legacy List.
- KOCMOC has been beaten twice by Trick; he first completed it as the verification on 12 March 2023,[1] and then he beat the updated version on 16 June 2023.[3]
- KOCMOC formerly held the title of the hardest Epic-rated level in the game, surpassing LIMBO, with it being surpassed by Spectre.
- KOCMOC features an Easter egg in the final wave spam corridor, with one of the spikes appearing as the character Sans from Undertale.
- The end screen art of KOCMOC was traced from a stock image created by Tobias Roetsch, a freelance artist and photographer. Initially, Cherry Team faced backlash for not crediting the artist for the artwork. Eventually, the level received an update to add the credit in the end screen.[4]
- The rabbit is actually a character from a Russian/Soviet animated series called 'Ну, погоди!' ('Nu, pogodi!'). The English title is 'Well, Just You Wait!'
- The movement of Based After Based from #26 to #23 on 10 April 2026 pushed KOCMOC out of the Top 25.
Notable completions
Gallery
[edit | edit source]-
Konsi's wave segment before being replaced by kivvvi -
End screen -
Easter egg in the final spam -
The comparison between the KOCMOC rabbit and the original one from the Russian/Soviet animated series 'Ну, погоди!'
Videos
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- ↑ It is often misinterpreted as 'c**k-mock' by English speakers.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOVrVlcE2g
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CxE-UWCIG4
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pl-Rb2mIPA
- ↑ https://x.com/SnomGD/status/1759614708858908770
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZaJ16aGkqo
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zet6tPmbavA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTjwyENv86M