described on the nlw spreadsheet as "three challenges smushed into one", or something like that - and by god, they were right! this thing consists of a d-block-spam kinda-memory-based wave challenge (i.e. not sightreadable in the slightest, i.e. i really wouldn't be surprised if the second half of the wave was inspired by Poeyeng Aeng) immediately followed by an extremely awful transition into a UFO section that's buttery slick once learned but plays as smooth as sandpaper in the learning process --- followed by a weird but easy ship (footnote: why is this MOTHMELONS?) that bridges the UFO section to the next part, a timing challenge in which you play as a cube scaling a sketched-out mountain a la the inverse of Nhelv, gameplay-wise.

it's probably an extremely shitty playing experience for anybody that has 0 experience with challenges, but to be fair, challenges are already extremely shitty playing experiences for anybody with 0 experience with challenges. maybe runs on this level could serve as a gateway drug into the world of "Challenge" for a newcomer, though?

it's fun! gameplay latched onto me quite well, with my only real gripe coming from that UFO, which I'd completely conquered by, like, day 4 and then beat the whole level day of. that UFO is pretty easily the worst part; though even with all these concerns this was still way more of an approachable demon to me than speequ ever was