INCREDIBLE Solo Top 20! | 'Menace' by MannyHeffley

Level by @mannyheffley4085
Verified by @whizkid0521

This level is what happens when a creator has complete control over what they do in the editor. Every part of the decoration and even the music is made by one single person, and it shows. The level is incredibly original in theme and gameplay style, I wouldn't even know what style to call this level. It's just doing its own thing. The use of new 2.2 effects like camera changes are used tastefully to benefit the level without ruining it. It's about top 20 in difficulty, so it's inaccessible to pretty much everyone. I would have liked to have seen this level be a little easier and more accessible, but for once the gameplay is actually made for this difficulty. Nerfing it would be difficult, so whatever.

The theming of this level is hard to understand, and is meant to be open to interpretation. I think the poem throughout the level is meant to be about how believing in or chasing something greater than ourselves distracts us from paying attention to our own value. Or some kind of atheism thing. I'm not really sure or smart enough at literature to decode it all. I still don't see how it relates to being a menace, but it's a cool name I guess.

The gameplay is also interesting. This level has done everything it can to not follow normal gameplay standards and has invented something new for every part. I find the dash orb spam part a little repetitive, but other parts like the duals and use of swing copter are so well made and flow perfectly with the decoration and music.

And as for the decoration, WOW! I can't believe this is all made by one person, in the space of about a month. This is some of the best decoration I've seen in the game and it's 3 minutes of it. I particularly like the parallax effects to compliment the block designs in some parts, for example at 13 seconds in, and in the part immediately after, the block designs literally seem to jump out of the screen. This is very good use to create a 3D atmosphere. The only thing I have a problem with is the lack of any portal or pad designs at ALL. It really cheapens the level and there has to have been some way to cover this up and make it feel like part of the level, though without distracting too much from the player. Portal colour and indication isn't really needed as anyone playing the level is going to know the click pattern when beating it anyway.

GG to whizkid (very underrated player) on verifying this, it's an insane achievement to verify a top 20.

Rating: 8/10

[KuliKuli-kziy]

Congratulations to Manny Heffley for escaping diary of a wimpy kid to make this masterpiece. Truly remarkable.

[LianoGD]

He made the song too, Mannyheffley is a really talented and underrated creator

[iishark]

this is the most unique top 25 ive ever seen

[KnuckleheadGD-mobile]

Mannys done drawing on the walls, now he's making works of art in the gd editor

[aTtsb]

This level makes up for manny heffley being a psychopath in the wimpy kid books

[nmthgp]

The man in the first place look like those glowing man meme in 2019

[toastergdofficial]

honestly amazing level, everything about it is something fresh that hasnt really been done before. GG to whizkid on the verification too

[BennyCocoPop]

The gameplay of this looks like straight out of a gimmicky impossible level and I'm all for it

[caastlewithas]

this creator also made another extreme called "Out of Chaos" that i genuinely believe has some of the best gameplay ever made. maybe I just have a strong bias for the level for some reason, but I really think it's the most underrated level in gd. it's design choices are similar to menace as it uses a heavy amount of effects to achieve an intense atmosphere allowing for the simplistic block design to work well in contrast. out of chaos' theming is much darker than menace in my opinion, and shows how well mannyheffley can incorporate themes into a level.

as for menace, i think it was an important choice for this level to be top 20. its definitely gained a significant amount of popularity due to the fact, and i think its a great level for creators to see and be influenced by so 2.2 can keep evolving. there are very few creators who use the editor fully as a creative outlet the way that mannyheffley does. i am so extremely excited to see what he does after this.

[glitchy]

Goddamn, this is a REALLY good utilisation of 2.2 features, and just a great level overall

[pigg-eboi]

Imo whizkid is among the BEST players in gd rn.
He may not have the list-placement achievements, but the skills he posses (insane controlled spam and the ability to do 2p) make him easily up for contention.

[velveee]

Literally one of the best levels ever made in this game so far, definitely better than every Mythic and Legendary level so far along with other bangers such as Change Of Scene, WHAT or White Space, at least in my opinion. I have no idea how a single person can make such a unique and honestly just mesmerizing level. Absolutely robbed of a Mythic rating.

[schaffs]

The theme of the level is morality, with the way it goes from orange to black and white. MannyHeffley’s video description says more about it, and that’s where the name Menace comes from

[cocomoch]

I forgot where but if you die somewhere theres an aeonair jumpscare.

[ZephyriumOfficial]

I love this level's gameplay so much

[TonyTheShooter]

Watching this is an amazing experience, you feel many things at the same, its like an art level, beautiful

[DanceFacility]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the guy who made this level, made it SOLO, no like, I mean, COMPLETELY SOLO. He made the song, the gameplay and the deco. Yes, the SONG.

[mahmoodfamily]

dude this now literally Top 11, above FIREWORK, who would have thought about that

[Kaiwala]

I adore this level, huge GG's to Whizkid for verifying!

[Mikaeli-hit-Metal]

This is genuinely my favorite top 15 ever, the music, the gameplay, the atmosphere, it’s just immaculate