Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Well, this is a description I never thought I'd ever get to write...

I verified INTERCONNECTED, and have reclaimed my Top 1 Ship title, almost a year! I seriously just cannot believe it, it still feels surreal.

I will preface this early, just so people read and understand. This might not be "top 3" or "hardest ship challenge" due to stuff being underrated possibly on cl, it is pretty highly disputed. I guarantee this is at least still top 5 however, worst case scenario. I am just calling it such because I found it much harder than final fantasy, which cl wise is top 3 and above My Backyard. if it's easier than My Backyard, it is what it is. For the time being, it is debatable, but we'll see ig. Won't mind too much if it isn't, still the hardest proper ship challenge, (mb is fps locked), and still an insane new hardest accomplishment for me!

I want to make it clear how much I genuinely love this level, I have never had such fun and constant enjoyment with a level in my life, it was just insane. At all times I was making progress, and if not, I was still just enjoying that I got to play it in the moment. I got mad once or twice but only that, and it was only ever due to me being mad at myself for playing poorly, the level was never at fault. I made the level all myself, and the level itself is around 9 months old, but has changed quite a lot over the months!

This level is dedicated to one of my best and closest friends, Parithon. I have been friends with him for almost 2 years now, and I've appreciated him a lot over this time. I made this level with him fully in mind, and I hope he likes the level. :)

I am just so, so proud of myself. I verified a TOP 3 CHALLENGE.. WHAT! Never thought I would amount to such, but I guess I did. This is by far my new hardest, this is just miles harder than Sado or Final Fantasy. This is also harder than Combustion (demon), and honestly I think it's not much easier than Slaughterhouse lmao. Just surreal man!

As for the decoration, I am also quite proud of myself for creating this! I really like how it looks, and how it feels whilst playing. The level is themed on peace and positivity. I used red and blue for details to represent me, due to my icon colours!

I think I also need to mention, I really wanted to add more names to the credits than I did, so if I missed you, don't worry, I recognise and appreciate you lots! I was just limited in how many names I could reasonably add. I'd add much more otherwise!

As for the level, I'll do a bit of a quick rundown:

0%-27%: Not too bad, overall just some hard control gaps, however the 27% blue orb is impossible lol.

27-42%: Pretty chokable gameplay, although designed to be very doable, 30% gap quite difficult, and the 41% transition into the black orb is pretty tricky sometimes.

43%: YES, ONE CLICK GETS AN ENTIRE SECTION. IT IS A 120FPS FRAME PERFECT, IT DESERVES SUCH TREATMENT! This click is just absolutely impossible, it is SO much harder than it looks, not to mention you have to do tight control based gameplay immediately after. I died to it alone over 100 times from 0.

44-69%: Honestly, my favourite piece of gameplay I've ever made. It's so fun, so consistent, and just the best dude. It feels so cool to do too. It is quite hard, mainly only from 0 however, 47%, 50%, 54% become quick notable common deaths. 61-62 is a pretty major chokepoint, this release is just super hard.

69%-100%: This gameplay by itself is like, pretty hard, a 120fps frame perfect at 77%, as well as some very tight control based gameplay and a very hard transition out of the cube auto, however.. THIS PART IS SO UNBELIEVABLY HARDER FROM 0%!! WITH NERVES THIS PART IS JUST HELL MAN.. But very fun :D

Overall the entire level is just, perfect in my eyes. I know this is self glaze, but like, I just really really love it, and I hope others do too.

If anyone feels worthy enough to take on this challenge, I absolutely wish you the best of luck and hope you enjoy it as much as I did, please, feel free to send me progress whenever!

I spent somewhere between 60-70k attempts, I lost quite a lot of attempts over the time I played it, due to various reasons, but this is the best estimate I have. It would not be much higher than 70k max.

Attempts: 60-70k
Level Rating: 10/10
Enjoyment Rating: 10/10
Best Runs: 82%, 80%x2, 77%x4, 16-100
Current Placement on Challenge List: N/A
My Placement on Challenge List: #3
ID: 121310778

Amazing thumbnail by @marinergmd
Edited by AllieCat07

Thank you all so much.

GG!