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Soundodger+ (2013)

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It's been a while.
I wasn't ever planning to do something like this (playing random user levels), but because of the creation of SounDiscord, a hit list has been made of difficult levels worth beating. It's a good excuse for me to upload and share some of my favourite levels in the form of gameplay.
Sunshine is not only one of the most brilliant levels I've seen in Soundodger+, it's also unique in its concept's execution, even now. I wanted to start off with this level in particular because Krazyman50 has made such a concerted effort to beat both Robotboys and Surf Solar, and I'd like to thank him for doing that.

I don't have much to say on Instramind as they seem to be a relatively unknown artist, which is surprising given this song's propensity for layering multiple effects onto vocal samples on top of a drum 'n' bass song; it seems the kind of thing someone who's a prolific artist would create.

Guide: hoo boy. Way back when I first saw this level, I was pretty sure it was impossible. Granted, that fine line between an impossible level and a difficult one hadn't been firmly established (for me, personally), so hindsight's 20/20.
If you're wondering if the level is as easy as it looks, the answer is "no." The level alternates between something you can consistently do and something which requires almost blind luck to complete.
In particular, 2:11 2:23 4:24 and 4:36 are these luck-based choke-points. The homing sections in general are difficult, with their fast sweeping ending bullets and stray non-following ones making management of a dodging space a hectic task, but they are especially difficult when the spin rate changes and you're walled in by a whole group.
There's also a fair bit of weird minutia to keep in mind about the level too, like how white bullet waves are generated a little bit too early 3:39, making for an invisible trap; if you stick to the path I laid out in this video, you can do these non-homing patterns pretty consistently. I would say that a lot of these patterns are on the same level of difficulty as Rake Leaves Into Piles was when I first attempted it.

Check out Instramind's free album on Bandcamp: https://instramind.bandcamp.com/album/summertime-kingdom-ep
And his Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/instramind/tracks

Krazy's video for Sunshine: https://youtu.be/fXfUrglOG9w
Download link for level: http://www.mediafire.com/file/3rnl2qit835fum7/%28Soundodger%2B%29+Sunshine.zip

Soundodger+ on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/247140/

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