DISCLAIMER: Seizure warning
So... yeah. Spent a good week just dumping vfx into this one. Honestly, even my computer can't maintain 60 fps, so you may see frame rate drops. This might affect gameplay, but if your computer is buff enough I'm hoping that won't happen.
Despite this EASILY being my hardest level, I still wanted it to be relatively simple. So while this level may have 7 rows, there are really just 3 elements. Samurai with Classic, Cole with Oneshot, and the 4 Samurais with the fast beats. And they stay relatively consistent throughout the level. If you can figure out how to work each one, I think you'll do well here.
Known Issues: (If you see any, let me know and I'll put them here.)
2:44 - temporary lag spike, only in video though
Samurai doesn't have skip shots in 2nd verse. (I must've forgot to copy those)
Things I might change/add if I made a v2 (not the most tempting prospect, I currently have much on my plate)
Some fine tuning of bpms and such (I went by ear, but I'm no musician, might be good to get more feedback on this)
More vfx for the moving window (I ran out of idea towards the end, but I've come up with more since then including: using masks to make diagonal stripes or cut out shapes or even gradients, making the 4th room a copy of the 4 samurai one so I can have duplicates of that room doing more stuff)
Make Cole's heart's vertical movements during the final chorus based on the note being played instead of being semi relative
Download the level here: www.dropbox.com/s/ijku0f5zbu9...
Song here: (Not the original. Apparently is was taken down, but this one has a lot of views) • NOMA - Brain Power