i find it interesting how eclectic the styles are in this level, to the extent that it can sometimes feel like it's a megacollab or is using samples, but it is clearly all from the same hand, more so indicative of its ludicrous development cycle if anything. there's the base which is its abstracted old design (1.9-2.0) style but there's a lot more too, 2.0/early 2.1 era effect (2.0 serponge, funnygame to an extent, hypercube1 in vibe at times if not in execution), the various more art influenced backgrounds, a few assets that feel kinda like pre-god eater knobbelboy, a subtle tech influence in general (smth like betrayal of fate?), of course that one core part. the abstracted and geometric design definitely makes it slot much more cleanly into late 2.1 than anywhere else, making sense as 'coming after' creators like loltad or neigefeu, but it is definitely a very distinct level. i wonder how this level could've been received if it was finished much quicker, even as slowly as 2 years, given i'm sure there's seeds of these later styles preserved in earlier versions of it. i don't think it would've been quite as eclectic but it probably would be a cult classic to some extent, woulda been pretty early on stuff in vague krmal lineage