Glowy

Glowy is a 2.0/2.1 Extreme Demon collaboration level by Galzo (formerly Sunnet) and Rob Buck, verified by BoldStep and published on 6 September 2017. Created to satirize the excessive use of glow in levels made at the time of its release, Glowy is known for its 3-minute duration and heavily increasing object count as players progress through the level.

Description

Glowy's layout was created by Galzo and decorated by Rob Buck.

• 0-8.5%: The level begins with a brief cube section at normal speed followed by a ball and a robot at double-speed before the drop starts at half-speed; at 1%, a memory based mini-cube was also included.
• 8.5-17.25%: After the pre-drop, the player transitions into a mini-ship with various straight-fly sections, size and gravity changes, and some ceiling hits; however, the player returns into a mini-ship after the auto cube with gravity portals; the next ship segment also conisists of a dual portal other than the straight-fly sections and the size and gravity changes.
• 17.25-27.75%: After a brief auto cube, the player goes into a dual cube section with high-end jumps followed by another auto cube and a ship section with a teleport, and gravity and size changes. After a fast-paced mini-ball, the player enters into a wave transition at triple-speed with gravity changes, a spam section, a non-spam section, and another spam section before the player goes into a curved mini-ship straight-fly.
• 27.75-35.75%: After this, the player transition into a timing-based ball at double-speed before going into a dual mini-ball section resemblant of Sonic Wave; then, the player proceeds into a timing-based UFO at half-speed resemblant of Michigun's UFO section in Bloodbath; at normal speed, the player enters into a wave segment with one gravity change and some spam sections on the wave segment.
• 35.75-42%: After the level slows down at half-speed, the player transitions into a memory-based cube followed by a dual combination with a ship and wave; the ship only is an auto due to constant game mode changing in ball and UFO while the wave section only consists of spam and a teleport.
• 42-52%: The player proceeds into a ship segment at triple speed with gravity changes, yellow orbs in gravity portals, and various straight-fly sections; the ship segment is rather unique due to constant wave spam sections at half-speed to match the song's sync; however, the last ship section is a mini-ship which focuses on manoeuvring before the straight-fly.
• 52-59.25%: After the level slows down at half-speed again, the player enters into a timing-based robot followed by a ball section at normal speed before being slowed down again at half-speed.
• 59.25-67.75%: The player then transitions into a ship with some speed and gravity changes; the ship section is mainly a straight-fly section before the player goes into a slow-paced wave at half-speed; after the wave, the player proceeds into a dual ship segment at half speed; this dual section consists of straight-flying and yellow orbs in which the player must miss; after this, the player returns to the wave at normal speed wtih gravity changes followed by a timing-based mini-ufo section at half-speed with some pink-orb sections.
• 67.75-76.5%: The player then transitions into a mini-ship at half-speed with various straight-fly sections, size and gravity changes, yellow orbs in gravity portals, and some platforms in which the player must slide; the player then goes into a fast-paced ball at double-speed followed by a timing-based UFO at triple-speed with gravity changes and an auto section with gravity portals (referred to as a 'gravity stream').
• 76.5-83.75%: Next, the player enters into a cube at normal speed followed by a ship section with gravity changes at half-speed, a wave section at normal speed with some gravity changes, and a memory-based dual cube segment at half-speed.
• 83.75-93%: The player enters into the following: A dual-mini wave at triple-speed later slowing down to half-speed, a timing-based UFO at triple-speed later slowing down to half-speed again, a straight-fly ship segment with teleports at triple-speed later slowing down to half-speed, a mini-wave section at normal speed, a memory-based mini-ball section at double-speed, a mini-robot at half-speed, a timing-based mini-UFO at double speed, and a mini-ship straight-fly at triple-speed with a trail of keys.
• 93-100%: Afterwards, the player goes into a cube section at half-speed followed by a ship section with a gravity change; finally, the player transitions into a wave segment in which the player goes into a dual wave afterwards; the dual wave only contains some size changes, however. The level ends with a cube and Rob Buck's heart logo, under which is an invisible gravity pad.

Gameplay

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Trivia

• Glowy is considered impossible to complete on low-end devices.
• Glowy's creation was completed in July 2016. However, it would remain unverified for 14 months.
  • A contributing factor to the delay was the original verifier, BH Fusion, dropped the level, not desiring 'to prolong the verification any longer'. BoldStep subsequently requested to verify Glowy, and was granted permission by Rob Buck.
• Glowy was initially placed at #17 on the Demonlist on 26 September 2017, above Hatred (#18) and below Black Blizzard (#16).
  • This addition pushed Retention into the Legacy List for the first time.
  • When rated, Glowy also became the hardest rated level to simultaneously hold the record for the most object-heavy rated level; it was dethroned by Freedom08 on 18 May 2019.
• The placement of The Hell Nutz on 1 July 2022 pushed Glowy into the Legacy List.

Text messages

Glowy also mocks the use of text in levels following the text object's introduction in 2.0, albeit to a lesser extent than glow. Messages within the level include:

• 36%: 'I LOVE GLOW!'
• 43.5%: 'O SH!T STR8 FLY' appears twice, along with a note reading 'Idea by Incarnate Maiden'.
• 52%: 'DANGUS DONGUS'
• 54.5%: 'HALFWAY THERE!'
• 66.25%: 'DINGUS!'
• 66.75%: Four copies of the word 'GO!'
• 71.25% 'CHRISTMAS CONFIRMED!!! XDXD'
• 73.25% 'SEZZY ;)'
• 73.5%: 'DINGBAT!'
• 74.25%: 'DAMN YOU ARE GOOD!'
• 76%: 'GRAVITY STREAM!'
• 76.5%: 'MAUDANIK IS A DINGUS'
• 79%: 'LAZERHUPE ;O;'
• 84.5%: The letters of the word 'STAR' arranged around a star, underneath which is the acronym 'LMFAO'.
• 84.75%: 'SLOW DOWN DINGUS!'
• 85.75%: 'INTERNET POOL IS LYF !', referring to online 8-ball billiards. The quote is ascribed to Platnuu.
• 87.25%: 'HULLO WALKERTECH'
• 93.75%: 'RUSTAM THE DINGUS' within the teeth of a Clubstep monster.
• 94.5%: 'SCOPED B!TCH'
• 96%: On opposite sides of the diamond structure are the words 'DORITO CHIPZZ' and 'ANDADINGUS', the latter placed between two copies of the acronym 'LMFAO'. Inside the diamond, the phrase 'CHIKKIN IS BAE' is written.
• 97%: A 'Dingus list' with seven entries: Ryder, Squall, Jae, Xtrap, Terron, Usermatt (now Usermatt18), and Arceus.
• 98.75%: Four copies of the word 'DIE!'.
  • The original copy of Glowy replaced this with 'Verified by BoldStep'.
• 99%: Separate objects reading 'LUV U ALL' and 'LMAO'.