Shape of the Sun (DXL44)
My first level. Hooray <(ovo<)
Might be a bit simple, but wanted to keep it that way for a start. Get ready for a quest to go [THERE]...wherever that may be.
Shape of the Sun is a level created by DXL44 and the first level of the Another World storyline. It features the boss Sunrise, who tests the player ahead of sending them to another universe to protect it.
Layout
Opening
The level opens with some bullets falling from the top. As the lyrics show up, some vertical lasers begin to appear.
The screen zooms in after the lyrics end and then zooms back out with more lasers and bullets, building up to the appearance of the boss.
Checkpoint 1
This checkpoint begins the boss fight against Sunrise. Several tilted lasers appear across the entire screen, as Sunrise moves from left to right through the center. Then, the boss goes offscreen to the bottom, with a spiked floor filling in. More lasers fill the spots where Sunrise was before, as he eventually comes back up through the center, finishing off with some lasers from himself, then going offscreen upwards again.
Checkpoint 2
Another similar wall appears at the top. A combination of tilted lasers, bullets, and bomb-like bursts from the bottom need to be dodged here. To finish off this section, walls close in from both the left and right, leaving the player in the center, with nowhere to go but up.
Checkpoint 3
One piece of the wall detaches from the top as the scrolling goes upwards. There is a short maze segment that must be dashed through here. The scrolling eases to a stop eventually, as a giant warning appears in the center. Sunrise comes back for round 2, and moves back onscreen into the fight.
Checkpoint 4
Sunrise opens by sending out arrow bullets, and then attack with a spinning laser attack that must be dashed through. Then, he’ll send out some more arrows and attack with some lasers. Some hexagon bullets come onscreen from the right, with the same spinning and central laser attacks repeating in a similar manner. Sunrise then dives down through the middle of the screen and the camera zooms out to a massive scale.
Checkpoint 5
Giant lasers serve as attacks here, followed by some triangle bullets that fall from the top. Sunrise is seen moving across the left and right of the screen.
Checkpoint 6
The camera zooms in as some text appears:
”Welcome to [THERE]”
However, before the level ends, [THERE] changes to [WHERE?] and slowly shrink out.
Gameplay
Trivia
- Originally, the lyrics of the song were used as the base for Another World’s entire story.
- A remake of this level is planned by DXL44.[2]
- This is DXL44's least favorite level that he has created.[3]
References
- ↑ https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/751490
- ↑ https://youtu.be/7Y1JRrXwrsc?t=137
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/250294950539821057/403998776865456130/838855241544761404 "F - shape of the sun," - DXL44, 5/3/2021, Vitamin Games server
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