White Space

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White Space
Level Information
Creator(s)	Xender Game (Verified by Viprin)
Difficulty
Stars	10
Level ID	77292103
Soundtrack
Song Name	Something Different
Composer	DerpCat (feat. Talurre)
Song ID	951493

“	Memories and Reality, are only ONE space, in between...	”
―Xender Game

White Space is a 2.1 solo Easy Demon level created and published by Xender Game and verified by Viprin. The level was released on 11 January 2022. The level features high-detailed art and effects primarily using white and blue colours. It has many references to the game Omori. The level's story follows a user who encounters an anomaly in 'White Space' which takes them to a dimension created from their memories, revealing events that happened in their past. The level is accompanied by an ARG organised by Xender Game. White Space received widespread acclaim for its concept, ambition, decoration, effects, transitions and themes, and is considered to be Xender Game's magnum opus. In the Geometry Dash 10-Year Anniversary presentation, the level was voted the fourth most favourite level of players.

History

On 16 January 2021, Xender Game showcased a layout preview of White Space for the 20,000 subscribers special. Six days later, Xender released the first preview of the level, showing that the first part was nearly finished. On 31 January, Xender released the second preview, which showed the entire pre-drop and the beginning of the drop. A third preview was shown on 14 February, showing some progress on the level's drop. On 21 March, Xender released what he called the final preview of White Space.

On 6 April 2021, Xender announced the planned release date of White Space, which was 30 April. A trailer was released on Xender Game's Twitter account on 19 April. However, on the planned release date of the level, Xender announced that he would delay it because of college work and make sure it did not feel rushed. He released another trailer on 17 May, with a hopeful release date of that month.

A final trailer was released on 28 June 2021. He was hopeful that the level would be released that week.

On 27 July 2021, Xender announced the state of the level on Twitter. He had started to lose motivation to finish the level due to experiences in the community and his personal life. He said that White Space was the hardest he had struggled with making a Geometry Dash level and that he does not consider it his masterpiece. On 6 August, Xender released three previews of parts on Twitter.

On 27 August 2021, Viprin premiered the level on his YouTube channel. However, Xender decided to delay the level's release for bug-fixing as well as recreating some messy art, remastering, changing and optimising the level.

On 6 December 2021, he revealed that he decided to remove some sensitive art from the level due to some unfortunate events that had recently happened in the community. Due to this, the level became buggy and near-unplayable. He planned to release Viprin's original verified version on the server, although he did not wish that level to be rated.

Due to how difficult the level became to work on, Xender Game lost motivation to finish. On 11 January 2022, he decided to revert to a previous version as the level's development was taking too long. He released the level in this state, stating he did not want to work on it anymore. He created a Low Detail Mode two days later, along with adding the QR code leading to the @WhiteSp54899516 Twitter account above the level.

Story

The full lore of White Space is unknown due to the existence of an unsolved augmented-reality game surrounding the level. The following section is currently in development. Currently, this Twitter account is confirmed to be part of the ARG.

On January 2, 2017, Rosie's sister was excited about being on a trip because she was eager to be with Matt for their Ultimate Roadtrip, which was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. She picked up her phone to remind Matt about the trip the next day, but Matt was already at her place to surprise Rosie with their Dad and Mom because they were all coming too. All of them got excited about it, but they ended up delaying their trip to February 2, 2017, to prepare things.

On February 3, what was supposed to be Matt's happiest day of his life, he was completely together with his mom, dad, and sister. However, he did not realize that this was the last time he would see his family. At 4:00 am, they were about to head home, but Matt did not realize they were about to get hit by a bus after passing by the train station. He couldn't focus and was too tired to drive the car, resulting in a car accident. The windscreen shattered into pieces.

His dad was crushed to death, his mom was impaled, and his sister Rosie suffered from third-degree burns. The only person who survived the accident was Matt. All of them were sent to the hospital. Unfortunately, it was declared that Rosie was dead on arrival due to the burns, his dad due to being crushed, and his mom due to being impaled, while Matt was in a coma. When Matt finally woke up from the coma, he was confused and did not remember much. He picked up his phone to talk to Rosie right away, asking, "Are you still there?" and "Can you hear me?" The doctors declared to Matt that Rosie and his family had passed away during his coma. He denied what happened, hoping it was just a nightmare, but when he realized it was reality, he lost control of himself. He was destroyed, knowing it was his fault, and wished he had been more careful that night.

He saw Rosie's corpse, his mom, and his dad, and he hugged them tightly, apologizing repeatedly. This was when he finally developed his guilt, creating a nightmare that followed him every day of his life. His guilt ate him up, representing the day he saw their corpses. Whenever someone mentioned the name of one of his relatives, especially Rosie, he did not want to hear it because of the nightmares it brought back. He tried to hide the truth from others and felt alone. Matt did not know how to move on and could not forget what happened that night. It was too traumatizing, and he attempted to kill himself by overdosing on painkillers. He didn't want to feel anything anymore.

One day, he heard about a groundbreaking feature, Virtual Reality Tech, shown in public. The doctors recommended it to Matt, thinking it would save him from his depression and guilt and help him move on, but this ended up becoming Matt's biggest mistake. He did not realize that VR would change his life dramatically. A world where everything was fine, named White Space, became his new reality. He stayed there for a long time, losing touch with the real world. In White Space, he imagined his family was alive and relied solely on his life inside the VR world. His doctors told him not to, urging him to wake up and face reality, but Matt never listened.

Years passed, and he completely lost touch with reality. He stayed in White Space for as long as he could remember, exploring every path of his virtual life. However, there was one place he was scared to face, "Black Space," where every dark secret and dark memory stayed. He finally realized what his doctor had said about not relying on life inside a VR world. The realization hit him to face the truth and what truly happened. VR was a drug to him. He finally faced the truth and let go of the false hope he had clung to for years, remembering what happened that day. He saw a train going by and remembered the crash near the train station. He tried to catch the train, seeing the car about to get crushed by a bus, but he couldn't stop it. He saw his dad getting crushed to death, his mom impaled, and his sister Rosie burned in the car. He realized he couldn't save them, even in virtual reality.

When he let the train go, he realized it represented time, the time to move forward. Even if he caught the train, he saved nobody. He decided to get out of virtual reality and face the truth and reality. On March 2, 2037, his birthday, he was alone, depressed, and about to take painkiller pills, but he saw a picture of his family celebrating his 13th birthday in 2007. He realized how much time he had wasted. He was 38 years old, trying to move on. He picked up the phone he hadn't checked in years, reading old conversations with Rosie, and got teared up remembering what happened. He realized his sister was dead, someone he wished he was celebrating with. Remembering their happy memories together, he decided to move on and leave her one final message: "I miss you, Ross, I am sorry, goodbye." He finally said his last goodbye to Rosie and his family.

He told the authorities the truth about what happened and was sent to jail for a long time for the accident. He did not lose his spirit, becoming a better person and finally able to do the right thing, never committing the same mistake again. He was ready to create new memories and start fresh for a happy life.

In 2035, XenderTech announced the development of a project known as "White Space." The project's goal was to "create a technology that could implement the concept of neural extraction from substrates and create a possible example of neural SIM," and "help achieve the goal of greatly improving future medical institutions." On July 23, 2036, XenderTech revealed that the project was entering the Test Beta phase. During this phase, the Jenova research team tested White Space for anomalies. A particular mind anomaly, known as "XIV," was discovered, which "directly interacts with the user's [UNKNOWN] and their [UNKNOWN] to create a bonding." The team warned that if XIV was interrupted with memories other than those of the user, it would be lethal to the user of White Space. They were unsure of its origin.

At some point, another anomaly was discovered within White Space. Some users were taken to a pocket dimension created from their memories. The users were greeted by something like a "modern bullet train," which brought them to the Memory Tower, shining a bright light in the middle of a peculiar city. The Jenova research team advised against trying to enter the tower or interact with XIV during this time.

The story of White Space follows a user, most likely named Matt judging by the text at the end. While going through White Space, he saw the bullet train and followed it. This event caused White Space to malfunction, and he was transported to the pocket dimension representing his memories. He approached Memory Tower, and upon entering, White Space rebooted, causing his memories to unwind.

Theories

During White Space, the protagonist's memories got interrupted by Matt's, causing major malfunctions. The research team warned that this could happen, and could hint to what happened in the level.

Judging by its name "XIV" (X-4) might be Laser Eye, a boss by Xender Game called "Boss 4". Xender hinted to a return of Laser Eye shortly after the completion of Ultra violence.

The text that appears in the beginning might be XIV trying to connect to the user.

Another piece information reports that "ELECTRO", which refers to "BOSS 3 Electro" by Xender Game, seems to have infect the program, causing White Space has been overridden.

Gameplay

The level starts with a mini-cube part jumping onto various platforms. Then, the player changes to normal-size going at double-speed and must hit many orbs with the same general gameplay as the mini-cube. The player jumps onto a flat platform and transforms into a triple-speed ball. In the ball segment, the player must hit four platforms before the gravity portal, then hit a yellow orb and a pink orb. Switch gravity a few more times and then hit the pink orb. The gameplay continues in an enclosed fashion, ending with multiple orbs and holding them while in the blue gravity portals to finish this part. In the cube transition part, the player must jump, hit a yellow orb, jump again, hit three pink orbs before the ship part, and fly through the flying train to reach an auto section.

A few jumps with the cube lead the player to the drop. The player must jump and hit the pink orb before the ball segment. Next, they must hit the blue orb and hold a red orb while in a yellow gravity portal, then hit a dash orb and then hit a blue orb during the ball part. Afterwards, the player must hit the yellow orb but avoid the two red orbs, then hit the two black orbs and a pink orb during the spider part. Next is a UFO part where the player must hit three times, hold near the yellow gravity portal before the ship part, and then fly towards before the ball transition. In the ball transition, the player must hit a blue orb and then click three times during the UFO part, the third click will be the red orb, but the player must time this click to avoid the four black orbs. Next is a cube part where the player must jump two times and hit the yellow orb. Finally, the player must avoid the obstacles during the wave part and enter the ball part with text that says "Last Memory".

Afterwards, the player becomes a mini cube and must jump, hit a pink orb, jump again and hit a blue orb. Following this, the player gets launched up by a pad and must hit a red orb where they turn into a mini UFO, then hold a green dash orb turning them into a wave. Then, the player must jump and land on the first notebook turning them into a ball where only 2 clicks, one on a yellow orb, is needed to transition them into a ship part that requires holding to continue. Afterwards, the player must hit a yellow orb and keep holding as they jump onto platforms before holding a dash orb. Next is a UFO part with some orbs and several gravity portals where the player must time some clicks to avoid obstacles (with a cube transition mid-way) followed by an auto ship part with the following words flashing in the middle of the screen, arranged in a sequence:

• "SAVING..."
• "SAVE?"
• "SAVE WHO"
• "WHAT'S LEFT"

After these words, a cat face appears, looking on both sides before looking directly at the player.

The final drop starts with a wave part that requires spamming. Then, player must hit a black orb in the UFO part and then spam before the ball. Next, as a ball, the player must click three times and then hit the orbs of the following: two blue orbs, two green orbs, a dash orb and a red orb. Afterwards, in the spider part, the player must hit the pink orb and then click five times. In the robot part, the player must hit the pink orb, jump before hitting the yellow orb and two green orbs and then jump before hitting the red orb and the dash orb. The player must hit six orbs at the final cube part before the auto part, where a cutscene of a car crash shows.

After the car crash cutscene is the end-screen, featuring another cutscene, this time under a bridge with the camera continuously moving right. During this, the level's creator (Xender Game) and the music artists (Derpcat and Talurre) are credited while the following words appear in a sequence at the bottom of the screen:

• "UP HERE, USER"
• "DO NOT WORRY"
• "THAT DAY, STAYS HERE"
• "WAKE UP"

If the player looks closely, they can see some dialogue faintly appear at the left of the screen:

• "Hey Matt."
• "Matt?"
• "Are you still there?"
• "Matt!"
• "Can you hear me?"
• "Oh don't you do anything stupid Matt."
• "I am on my way."
• "..."
• ".."
• "."

The screen then flashes white before turning back to black, ending the cutscene. After this, the ending quote appears, arranged in the form of a poem, reading the following:

“	Don't Let Your Past Stop Where You Are Create More Memories And Keep This Train Moving	”
―Xender Game

At the bottom, a cat face representing Xender Game, credited as the creator, along with the level's name in both English and Chinese and the ending quote's font can all be seen. Everything then fades away, leaving the screen completely black again, as the level ends.

Trivia

• The level is free to copy.
• The level contains 246,597 objects.
• The level is 2m 15s in length.
• The level was ranked #5 in GDToday's 100 Greatest Levels of All Time list.
• The level was rated on 14 January 2022 with an epic rating.
• The level was nominated for and achieved Best Story Level in the Geometry Dash 2022 Awards.
• The level is named after the location of the same name from Omori and features visual references to the game, including a photograph with artwork reminiscent of the game and a hanging black lightbulb.
• The in-progress ARG surrounding the level features content and themes inspired by the SCP Foundation.
• The player can find several secrets in the editor.
  • If the player turns off preview mode, they can find a QR code above the level at around 87%. This QR code takes them to a Twitter account made by Xender Game for an augmented-reality game around the level's story.
  • Secret unsolved numbers has been found on the editor if preview mode is off. These numbers would later translate into 'Rebooting virtual space white space.'
  • A secret message appears before the player teleports to the start of the level and can be seen on the editor if preview mode is off.
• At 4%, the player could jump onto the 'Y' and fall underneath, going to the end of the level. This secret way was patched in the LDM update.
• In visual arts, the page layout, illustration and sculpture, White Space is often referred to as negative space. It is the portion of a page left unmarked: margins, gutters, space between columns, lines of type, graphics, figures, or objects drawn or depicted.
• White Space was used as inspiration for the aura Chromatic:Genesis for the game Sols Rng.

Video

"White Space" - 4K HDR Level Showcase

A 4K HDR full detail showcase of White Space. Credits to fnm04.