The Emerald Electric (DXL44)
The Synthwave Trials - Level 2/3.
On to the next. One after another.The Emerald Electric is a Advanced level created by DXL44. The second level of The Synthwave Trials, it is themed around the color green and thin rectangle attacks.
Layout
Start
The level picks up immediately where the previous level Excelsus, with the Synthwave Trials logo growing into a flash on the screen. Walls appear on the left and right, with cross-shaped pulses attacking alongside green bars that travel across the screen. Midway through, the walls release thin rectangles that travel towards the center and grow thinner.
In a flash, the walls are replaced with smaller walls on the top and bottom of the screen. The green bars appear in pairs and move vertically. Giant rectangle bullets appear on the right side of the screen and move across slowly. This attack flips with a flash of the background.
Checkpoint 1
Rectangle bars appear on the left and right side, with the left moving down and the right moving up. These bars continually appear, endlessly moving in the direction. Midway through this segment, the bars split so that half of them begin moving in the opposite direction - forming an up-down-up-down pattern. Pulses that release bullet explosion appear throughout this segment as well.
A rotating bar then appears in the center, spinning counterclockwise. Two bars orbit it nearby in the opposite direction, and further out another pair of bars rotates in the same direction. These must be avoided as bullets release from the center of the screen throughout. At the midpoint of this segment, the bars double in numbers as the screen zooms out to reveal a circular wall.
In a flash of green, the level’s end screen appears - a similar one to the previous level with the logo, song name, collection name, and level number.
Gallery
Steam banner
Video
Trivia
- The level’s green theme is a reference to the game PinOut, which The Emerald Electric is from. The music is used for the second stage, which has a green color scheme as well.
- It could also be considered a play on the title of the song (“Emerald” being a color of green).
- Despite being the second one in the collection, this level was finished first before Excelsus was completed.[1]
- This level was mostly worked on from end to beginning, with each section being completed in reverse order.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Self edited by User:DXL444