Ancient Cheese

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**Ancient Cheese** is the third level in Pizza Tower, and the third level of the Tower Lobby.

It's an ancient ruin featuring within a cheese-made land with remnants of some sort of civilization left behind.

The level's titlecard shows Peppino in the midst of these ruins, looking at a large purple statue of himself.

## Enemies

* **Pencer**
* **Pizza Box Goblin**
* Pepperoni Goblin
* Forknight
* Cheeseslime

## Mechanics

### Gimmicks

* **Cheese Block**
* **Bomb**

## Collectables

* Mushroom Toppin
* Cheese Toppin
* Tomato Toppin
* Sausage Toppin
* Pineapple Toppin
* Tower Secret Treasure

The first Toppin is located in the room accessed directly to the right of the entrance. The player must run forward underneath the disappearing cheese bridge, as the Toppin is below, partially obscured by a Pepperoni Goblin.

The second Toppin is in the room unlocked with a key from the first segment of the stage. Breakable Blocks must be dived through to get it, but it is otherwise out in the open.

The third Toppin is on the natural path in the room accessed from the first warp box, out in the open.

The fourth Toppin is out in the open on a platform reached with a ladder in the second green-background room, directly before Pizza Time.

The final Toppin is in the room right after the Pillar John room, being directly in front of the player on the floor. It is possible to dodge the Toppin, however.

Gerome is located in a hidden room, accessible from the third room of the stage. The entrance to this room is in the upper right corner of the room behind Breakable Blocks, where a Pepperoni Goblin is walking. The door to the File:IconTreasure.png is located in the room after the one that held the second secret, where a long string of disappearing cheese blocks is. The player needs to super jump or wall dash through a line of Pizza Points right next to a corner of the wall, where the player will smash through breakable blocks to find the door.

## Secrets

* First Secret
* Second Secret
* Third Secret

The secret is located behind a Metal Block in the second room of the level, which must be run into at high speeds to break. The player must maintain momentum by hopping on the disappearing cheese blocks leading up to the area after already gathering momentum below.

Likewise, this secret's challenge is to maintain speed on disappearing cheese blocks. A metal block blocks the exit eye, but it is positioned so that the player will run through it so long as they keep running forward.

In the room directly after the Tomato Toppin's room, the player must throw a Bomb Goblin's bomb at a rat to access the eye, which is easily visible to the player.

In this secret, the player must grab a bomb and escort it through a small series of platforms to destroy a rat.

In the Pillar John room, the player needs to roll through some Breakable Blocks directly behind where the John stood.

In this secret, the player must maintain momentum while hopping off walls and diving through short rows of breakable blocks, breaking a metal block at the end.

## Trivia

* In the SAGE 2019 Demo, Ancient Cheese's first rooms use a beta version of "Theatrical Shenanigans", which existed as early as the Earlytestbuild, along with the "Funiculi Funicula". This was presumably a mistake, as the updated version used later was posted onto Mr. Sauceman's SoundCloud and YouTube channel not far from the demo's release.
	+ Also notable in the SAGE Demo, the second half of the level uses a song called "Theatrical Mischief" instead of "Put On A Show!".
* This level is most likely a play on the fact that cheese is a very ancient food, dating back to roughly 1615 BC.
	+ It could also possibly be a pun on "Ancient Greece" as pizza is believed to have originated in Greece as a derivative food from *plakous,* which was a flatbread dish with cheese and herbs on it.
* It's the only playable level from the SAGE demo that doesn't get its own holiday-themed level.
* Despite having it's final name in the SAGE 2019 Demo, it was temporarily called **Ruin** in the PT\_Eggplantv15 build.
* Upon entering this stage, the game's window will rename itself to "A bit cheesy, like Pizza Tower".

## Gallery

### Regular sprites

Bg ruinarchitecture3 0.pngBackground #1. A dark orange sky.Bg ruincloud.pngBackground decoration #1. A moving white cheese aroma.Bg ruinpizzafacestatue 0.pngBackground decoration #2. A pillar with pizza skull, a Pizzaface statue and a pizza goblin-like being statue.Bg ruinpizzafacestatue2 0.pngBackground decoration #3. A bunch of pillars and ruins of buildings.Bg ruininterior2 0.pngBackground decoration #4. Pillars and ruins.Bg ruinarchitecture3.pngBackground #2. A dirty yellow sky.Bg ruinarchitecture2.pngBackground decoration #5. Brown clouds.Bg ruinarchitecture1.pngBackground decoration #6. Some ancient rocks.Bg ruincheese3.pngBackground #3. A green cheesy sky.Bg ruincheese2.pngBackground decoration #5. Some background cheese.Bg ruincheese1.pngBackground decoration #6. A cheesy landscape, with background objects that may be spelling out "LOL".Bg ruinstatue3.pngBackground #4. A red sky.Bg ruinstatue2.pngBackground decoration #7. Remnants of an ancient civilization with a scared Peppino statue.Bg ruinstatue1.pngBackground decoration #8. Statues depicting a large pizza and some peanut butter.
### Hub assets

Spr gate ruin 0.pngAncient Cheese's level gate, an old stone archway held up by two columns.Spr gate ruinBG 0.pngLevel gate background. A dark orange sky with pizza monster statue.Spr gate ruinBG 1.pngLevel gate background decoration #1. Purple bricks with vines.Spr gate ruinBG 2.pngLevel gate background decoration #2. Purple pillar.Spr list5 2.pngLevel's icon on Pizza Granny sign.Spr titlecards 2.pngLevel's title card.Spr title ancientcheese 0.pngLevel's name in Chef Tasks room.
### Scrapped sprites

Bg ruin.pngBackground decoration. The ruined ruin walls.Sprite1026111 0.pngThe image above the level's entrance in Blue Block Land, depicting a panicked Peppino alongside a Bomb and Cheese Block.