Circle

Circle at the part with the player on a platform

Circle is an upcoming Top 1 Nine Circles demon, made and currently being verified by fxshy. It's difficulty is estimated to be a Low-End Insane Demon in real GD, or Extreme Demon in the GDPS.

## Gameplay

#### 0-28%

The first section of the level, which consists of several orb timings synced to the song, fake and real blocks as well as quadrouple spike jumps. It's played at 2x speed. At 23%, there's a 0.5x speed mini cube section which features half-grid blocks with mini spikes on top that are placed to the beat of the music, allowing the player to fall in sync with it.

#### 28-35%

There is a straight fly in this short section, where speedchangers are placed to the beat of the song, speeding the player up and transitioning into the next section.

#### 36-51%

This is the first wave section of the level. The first segment is played at 4x speed, which features 3 clicks to the beat of the song, which then falls into a 2x speed, reverse gravity, mini wave section which also features 3 synced clicks, where the player passes through a corridor filled with spikes and saws, similar to other Nine Circles levels, such as Arctic Lights.

The player then changes back into a big wave, this time at 1x speed. They hold into a normal gravity portal, which turns into a 2 block spam, before a 3x speed portal. The player then navigates their way between saws and diamond-shaped structures, as well as a structure with spikes on the left side. Alternatively, they can choose to take a coin path instead, which requires them to fall to the floor on the fake spikes before going up and continuing the level as usual. After this, the player falls into a 4x speed and reverse gravity portal.

#### 51-62%

This part features the player going between a set of saws and a structure into a dual portal, which starts the only dual section of the level. The part is inspired by The Golden, as you must complete the symmetrical dual whilst going through gravity portals to ensure the icons are in the right order. The original reason for this was to make sure that the player does not cross over and die due to not hitting the gravity portal, but fxshy decided to keep it as a change to the level, later adding it to all of the corridors. After this, you fall onto an invisible platform with D blocks to correct the player, before once again completing a symetrical dual section.

#### 62-89%

The player transitions into a solo portal, where they must perform a double click, before going onto a moving platform with D blocks as the only auto part of the level. They must then complete another double click, and then fall down before going in between some diamond-shaped structures. The player then passes through a mini wave portal, which makes them complete a VSC-like downwards spam. The part was formerly the hardest in the level, according to the verifier, however he has now nerfed it to be completable in 2 clicks. He has still died there a lot of times. The player then turns into a ship to complete a short straight fly, before passing through a reverse gravity portal and hitting a yellow orb into a regular gravity portal and wave portal, like the part in Crimson Clutter. The player then must pass through 2 mini wave structures before clicking into a mini wave portal with 2 blue gravity pads to help the camera reposition before completing another set of 2 clicks. The player then falls into a reverse gravity 2x speed portal which makes them complete 2 clicks, and click a blue while holding for a short period of time, before going into a ball portal.

#### 89-100%

This is the concluding section of the level, and is arguably the easiest, however is very chokable according to fxshy. You must click a yellow orb immediately as you enter the ball portal, where you land on a singular block. You must then click twice onto 2 other platforms to avoid a saw between them. On the last platform, there is a yellow orb which you must click to go into a 3x speed portal with a green orb behind. You need to click the green orb, along with the other 2 ahead to fall into a regular gravity and cube portal. You must then click the yellow orb behind the portal, which pushes you into a teleportal. Then, the player should buffer click until they hit the next yellow orb, and repeat the process once more to complete the level. There is also an optional red orb at the end behind a 4x speed portal.

## History

The level was started on 17/12/21 by fxshy and was planned to be slightly harder then the current Top 1, scary suggested name by fourtex by Cnek. Overtime, the difficulty escalated without fxshy realising, until it apparently looking to be "Top 1 by miles" according to Sovola. It was actually intended to be decorated by Quasar, however that plan was scrapped due to him having too many projects to work on.

## Verification

fxshy has been the only verifier of the level since its creation. The first progress achieved was 54% on 17/12/21. On the same date, he achieved 60%, 51-86 and later fluked to 76. The following day, he achieved 87%, as well as countless fails at 75, 76 and a fail at 83, as well as 85. The same followed with the 19th of December, as he also achieved numerous deaths at 75, 76 and another one at 83. On December 22nd, Fxshy's data was corrupted and sadly lost all his data, due to this the verification has been halted for the most part, It is unknown when verification is going to resume at normal speed

## Records

Significant records for this level are 68% or above.