Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
This upload is going to come across as a surprise for many of you and a LONG time coming. However, I have always felt that I never have done this level justice. Back when I made it, it was an entry to the Doom Gauntlet cc. To meet the deadline, a lot of visual elements got rushed/cut short, as well as the level was never properly verified. Instead, what I did was abuse the early introduction of the LDM feature, where it was only editor side and not yet user accessible. This let you exploit level verifications by making the level blank on LDM, and is what I did to make sure I was in time for said deadline 9 years ago. The level got very little attention, no victors other than 1 about 2-3 years ago, completely unrateable due to the LDM making the level blank, and never meeting the full potential/ideas I wanted the level to illustrate.
I have decided to change that.
Since the Unrated Levels Archive Project discord added a LOT of my old stuff to its catalogue (thanks G0ldcraft!), I decided to revisit this project and get it where I want it. That means a proper verification, no LDM exploit, balancing/nerfs, and slight visual changes meant to be featured in the og but were cut due to time. After all these years, here is the final and true version of The Horror Facility that matches my original intent with it! I now consider this truly playable and rateable now, so I hope you all enjoy giving it a try :)
Changelog:
- LDM has been completely removed. No more secret LDM way.
- First section has visible pads now and bricks added to the background walls
- First dual wave has a ton of visual consistency fixes. No more blood drops hanging in the air and thorns are now also on the top as well as the bottom.
- Ball has been nerfed slightly by lowering spike hitboxes. Erased invisible spikes without decals. Removed small hovering glow pieces.
- Ship transitions have been fixed (though nowhere near perfect). Fixed visual error with mechanical arm not rotating throughout entire part. Erased rotation error on 3rd mechanical arm for wide-screen users. Erased invisible slopes from last gravity portal and replaced it with an orb. Increased reaction time to obstacles.
- Placeholder ghost has been replaced with grim reaper art, which much better represents the art that I originally wanted to make in this part. Dual wave transition now works every time. D-block slopes will no longer kill the player too early. Background fades out when transitioning to the next section.
- Black orb in spider part has been moved to make timing a lot easier. Bright blending blood spots added to the end that also pulse to the music.
- Difficulty per part -
If you wish to go for this level, consider the following:
- Beginning dual: Hard demon. While not hard to pull off, learning is really difficult and has some inconsistencies.
- Dual wave: Medium demon. Easy to execute but tighter than expected.
- Ball: Medium demon. Used to be VERY tough timings before I nerfed it. Now sits at a comfortable difficulty, but still takes some practice to get down.
- Ship: Easy demon. Transition is wonky but this part is easy once you practice it. Can be a bit unreadable.
- UFO/Wave: Medium-Hard demon. This part is a nerfed adaption of my Wave Challenge X. I always found it easy though I can see this being a chokepoint.
- Ending UFO/Spider/Cube: Easy demon. Easy ending because I am a firm believer the last part should not be hard. With nerfed spider timings its made to be pretty free. Watch out for fakes near ending cube.
Level ID: 38688487
Personal Difficulty: Medium Demon 10*
Enjoyment: 7/10
Song used: Hospital by Waterflame
newgrounds.com/audio/listen/98517
youtube.com/watch?v=9MIMXzbUB_c&list=RD9MIMXzbUB_c&start_radio=1
I DO NOT OWN THE MUSIC USED IN THIS VIDEO. ALL SUPPORT SHOULD GO TO WATERFLAME ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PLATFORMS ABOVE ^
Footage recorded by me
Video made in CapCut
This upload is going to come across as a surprise for many of you and a LONG time coming. However, I have always felt that I never have done this level justice. Back when I made it, it was an entry to the Doom Gauntlet cc. To meet the deadline, a lot of visual elements got rushed/cut short, as well as the level was never properly verified. Instead, what I did was abuse the early introduction of the LDM feature, where it was only editor side and not yet user accessible. This let you exploit level verifications by making the level blank on LDM, and is what I did to make sure I was in time for said deadline 9 years ago. The level got very little attention, no victors other than 1 about 2-3 years ago, completely unrateable due to the LDM making the level blank, and never meeting the full potential/ideas I wanted the level to illustrate.
I have decided to change that.
Since the Unrated Levels Archive Project discord added a LOT of my old stuff to its catalogue (thanks G0ldcraft!), I decided to revisit this project and get it where I want it. That means a proper verification, no LDM exploit, balancing/nerfs, and slight visual changes meant to be featured in the og but were cut due to time. After all these years, here is the final and true version of The Horror Facility that matches my original intent with it! I now consider this truly playable and rateable now, so I hope you all enjoy giving it a try :)
Changelog:
- LDM has been completely removed. No more secret LDM way.
- First section has visible pads now and bricks added to the background walls
- First dual wave has a ton of visual consistency fixes. No more blood drops hanging in the air and thorns are now also on the top as well as the bottom.
- Ball has been nerfed slightly by lowering spike hitboxes. Erased invisible spikes without decals. Removed small hovering glow pieces.
- Ship transitions have been fixed (though nowhere near perfect). Fixed visual error with mechanical arm not rotating throughout entire part. Erased rotation error on 3rd mechanical arm for wide-screen users. Erased invisible slopes from last gravity portal and replaced it with an orb. Increased reaction time to obstacles.
- Placeholder ghost has been replaced with grim reaper art, which much better represents the art that I originally wanted to make in this part. Dual wave transition now works every time. D-block slopes will no longer kill the player too early. Background fades out when transitioning to the next section.
- Black orb in spider part has been moved to make timing a lot easier. Bright blending blood spots added to the end that also pulse to the music.
- Difficulty per part -
If you wish to go for this level, consider the following:
- Beginning dual: Hard demon. While not hard to pull off, learning is really difficult and has some inconsistencies.
- Dual wave: Medium demon. Easy to execute but tighter than expected.
- Ball: Medium demon. Used to be VERY tough timings before I nerfed it. Now sits at a comfortable difficulty, but still takes some practice to get down.
- Ship: Easy demon. Transition is wonky but this part is easy once you practice it. Can be a bit unreadable.
- UFO/Wave: Medium-Hard demon. This part is a nerfed adaption of my Wave Challenge X. I always found it easy though I can see this being a chokepoint.
- Ending UFO/Spider/Cube: Easy demon. Easy ending because I am a firm believer the last part should not be hard. With nerfed spider timings its made to be pretty free. Watch out for fakes near ending cube.
Level ID: 38688487
Personal Difficulty: Medium Demon 10*
Enjoyment: 7/10
Song used: Hospital by Waterflame
newgrounds.com/audio/listen/98517
youtube.com/watch?v=9MIMXzbUB_c&list=RD9MIMXzbUB_c&start_radio=1
I DO NOT OWN THE MUSIC USED IN THIS VIDEO. ALL SUPPORT SHOULD GO TO WATERFLAME ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PLATFORMS ABOVE ^
Footage recorded by me
Video made in CapCut
