Solar Flare
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Solar Flare
ID
90390075
Creator(s)
Linear (publisher) and Rynoxious
Verifier(s)
swiborg
Created
Solar Flare is a 2.1 Extreme Demon collaboration level by Linear and Rynoxious, verified by swiborg on 29 April 2023.[1] It is a super-buffed remake of the 1.9 Medium Demon Nine Circles level Solar Circles.
Solar Flare is themed around stars, in particular the Sun, and features yellow and orange shades, with dark grey predominating in the background and blue for lighting structures and hazards like crystals. Solar Flare has received praise for its gorgeous visuals and unique structuring that makes it stand out amongst other Nine Circles levels.
Description
[edit | edit source]- 0-15%: Solar Flare begins as a mini-cube at half speed before being changed into normal speed. The player must navigate tight spaces while dealing with challenging orb timings.
- 15-27%: Next is a double-speed ship segment with very difficult straight-flying and a two-path at 19-20%, where the player must go down rather than up.
- 27-35%: Afterwards, the player goes into a ball part at normal speed with numerous difficult timings and a text at 31% saying 'GLHF' at half speed. Later, after the ball comes, an easy cube part at normal speed with just one pink orb input.
- 35-92%: The drop begins. Like any other challenging Nine Circles level, Solar Flare features very tight wave parts and frequent changes in size and speed. Many structures appear to move and ease in. At 40-41% and 46-47%, there are memory parts in constellation appearances. Texts say 'up next' and '>>>' at 58%, indicating that the player now faces the dual section of the part. At 91-92%, there is a mini-wave spam section of the level, similar to Down Bass; however, Solar Flare has a normal-size portal and an invisible quadruple-speed change in the middle of the spam section before the second mini-size portal and the invisible double-speed change.
- 92-100%: Lastly, the player enters a short cube part at half speed with tricky timings and an invisible normal-speed change at 95% right before the level ends.
Gameplay
[edit | edit source]First 10 victors
[edit | edit source]| Victor # | Player | Date Completed | Total Attempts | Furthest Fail | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verifier | swiborg | 29 April 2023 | ~20,000 | 87% | YouTube |
| 1 | Zoink | 4 May 2023 | ? | ? | YouTube |
| 2 | nybia | 30 May 2023 | 31,077 | 86% | YouTube |
| 3 | Yuuwi | 12 August 2023 | 54,270 | 93% | YouTube |
| 4 | teraaa | 18 August 2023 | 17,662 | 93% | YouTube |
| 5 | EastShark1 | 24 August 2023 | 169,160 | 91% | YouTube |
| 6 | Cuatrocientos | 4 October 2023 | ? | 80% | YouTube |
| 7 | zGabriel | 31 October 2023 | 59,530 | 88% | YouTube |
| 8 | Trick | 5 November 2023 | ? | ? | YouTube |
| 9 | PersonHuman42 | 20 November 2023 | ? | 83% | YouTube |
| 10 | i43 | 29 November 2023 | ? | 96% | YouTube |
Notable completions
- Ooyes1 beat Solar Flare as his first ever Extreme Demon as a jump from Game Time (an Insane Demon).[2]
Trivia
[edit | edit source]- Solar Flare was placed at #21 on the Demonlist on 10 June 2023, above Trueffet and below Tartarus.
- Solar Circles, which is the level that inspired Solar Flare, was the final Demon level rated in Update 1.9.
- Solar Flare is one of 16 Nine Circles levels to have an Epic rating; the others are pulsar, Nine CircleX, Nine Paws, Tenth Circle, Sonic Wave Rebirth, ACCELERATOR, FIREPOWER, Haywire, Psychedelic Circles, Nomostros Cosmos, Ring Trick, Bangarang, Axiom Asterism, Sinister Glow, and Tung Tung Sahurcles.
- The smiley-faced sun in Solar Flare is named Janet.
- If the player fails at any point during the first half of the wave, Janet will gain a frowning face.
- If the player fails during the part where Janet is right above them, she turns into a sloppily made star with an off-centre frowning face, with text reading 'So close! That's a shape!'
- The character at the bottom-right corner of the end screen is Toyosatomimi no Miko from the Touhou Project franchise.
- This image specifically comes from the thirteenth official instalment of the franchise, Ten Desires.
- At the time when swiborg verified Solar Flare, he believed the level would place in the Top 75-80 of the Demonlist, which would land between levels like Ouroboros and Arctic Lights. As of now, the distance between Solar Flare and these other levels spans over 200 spots on the All Rated Extreme Demons List (AREDL).[3]
- The placement of Stellar Night on 1 April 2026 pushed Solar Flare out of the Top 50 of the Demonlist.