| “ | And pray that the storm lets out, and the wind dies down, and the sun peeks out, as the clouds give way. | ” |
―Subwoofer | ||
The Clouds Give Way (abbrivated as TCGW) is a 2.1 Easy Demon created by Subwoofer. The level is themed around nature and weather. It is nearly 5 minutes long, which is his longest level by a comfortable margin. It was dedicated to Michigun and many friends that helped him get past a hard part of his life. It was released on July 21, 2021.
Gameplay[]
- 0-3%: The first part of the level is a short cube part. This short part takes place in a green wooded forest.
- 3-11%: This part continues the cube from the last part. After a short automatic section displaying the level's name, the player must jump on cloud-like blocks. The entire part is themed around a cloudy sky, containing some saw blades and orbs as well. The part ends with a dash orb.
- 12-20%: After a short transition with the previous part's dash orb, another cube part begins. This part contains wooden/tree themed platforms and pink colored vine-like obstacles. This part is themed around another forest but with a blue sky background and darker objects. At the end of the part, the player ascends to the next part.
- 20-25%: This part is a cube part like the previous parts, but with more non-straight objects. Halfway through the part is a chain of seven dash orbs that the player must hold. After this dash orb chain, the background starts to darken as the song goes, "As the sunlight grows dim, and the sky starts to darken" At the end of the part is a dash orb.
- 25-26%: This part works as a transition to the drop. It is fully automatic and contains abstract objects that suddenly appear.
- 27-34%: This drop part is a long triple speed ship where the player must maneuver around saw blades and follow the arrows. The part is themed around storm clouds, with lightning effects appearing during the ship part.
- 35-40%: After an extremely short automatic cube part, the next part begins, which is themed around a stormy sky with glowing purple objects. This part starts with a double speed cube with orb timings. After the cube is a ship section where the player must avoid triangle-shaped spike structures. Next is another cube part with orbs the player must hit in sync with the music before another ship part like the previous one.
- 41-45%: The next part's structure is nearly identical to the previous part, with a cube part, ship part, and another cube part in that order. The decoration and structures of this part is glowing yellow with spinning saw blades that look like the sun. After the second cube is a half speed transition and a short automatic cube part with blue pads.
- 45-48%: This part starts with a half speed cube where the player must jump on top of platforms and avoid jumping on spikes. Afterwards the cube becomes double speed. The part is themed around a rainy lake/river with each object reflected in the water below.
- 49-53%: This part starts with a double speed cube where the player must jump on top of buildings and hit orbs. Then, there is a triple speed spider part before a double speed robot part. This robot part contains a lot of green orbs. The entire part is themed around a rainy city with saw blades.
- 54-70%: This part is a long triple speed ship with four main sections. The first section is themed around a bright, cloudy, sky where the player must dodge moving pillars. The second section is themed around space with constellation-like structures and the moon in the background. The third section is themed around the earth, with mountain-like obstacles and floating rocks as well as the earth in the background. The fourth section is the same as the second section but the player descends at the end to the next part.
- 71-76%: After a black and white animation, a single speed cube part begins. This section is themed a grassy mountain, with peaks the player must jump on as well as stone structures. It's worth noting that the dash orbs in this section do not rotate the player. At the end of the part, the cube becomes double speed directly before going into quadruple speed.
- 77-88%: This part starts with a quadruple speed UFO, then becomes a ship, and finally a mini ship. The first ship part contains orbs the player must hit. The player must avoid trees similar to the structures from the third part of the level while wind appears in the foreground and the background. After the mini ship ends, a short animation with a spinning yellow circular object takes place.
- 89-90%: The last part of the level is a mini cube with appearing platforms. After a black screen transition, the end screen appears.
- 91-100% (End Screen): The end screen displays a cloudy sky in the background. The name of the level appears in the bottom left corner, as the clouds in the background move left. A bubble appears and disappears as well. Then text appears in the center, saying,
| “ | Things will never change by just waiting. Your clouds will pass eventually. It's time to move forward. Thank you all for everything. Keep your heads high. | ” |
―Subwoofer | ||
Michigun's symbol, a triple spike, then appears as the level ends.
Trivia[]
- The level cannot be copied.
- The level contains 120,100 objects.
- The level is 4m 40s in length.
- The level was ranked #100 in GDToday's 100 Greatest Levels of All Time list.
- The level was the third level ever released in the game to use the song The Clouds Give Way.
- The level was nominated for Best XL Demon in the Geometry Dash 2021 Awards.
- In 54-58% and 70%, the background decoration looks similar to the cloud-themed parts in Dream flower.
- There is executed with a end screen background in the level named "World Box" at the very beginning.
Walkthrough[]
*-The Clouds Give Way-*- Subwoofer (2.1)
Subwoofer's showcase of the full level.