So, I've just finished my first playthrough, and got to what I assume is the bad ending.

I might try again for a better ending at some point, but I don't think I've ever beaten a KS level as hard as that one. :p Hopefully the other path(s) aren't quite as harrowing.

Overall, I think the level and the challenges were very well designed, but man does the level earn its 'Lunatic' rating.

I did a bit of running around in the level, got through the very long KG maze, and explored a bit. I have to say, though. I found a lot of technical issues with the level, including several wallswims and a void access. I feel like this level could use a lot of refinement.

I'll probably head back in at a later time, when I am in a more agreeable mood to play something experimental like this. The size of the level is impressive, though, no doubt, and there were some parts that I found intriguing.

I'm always up for a good atmospheric level. Let me know if at any point you need a beta tester for it.

Man, I should have played this a long time ago. I guess I've been a bit aloof from things here for a while.

This was a really fun level, though I have to admit I spent a bit longer than I should have trying to get past the rising spike wall section without the high jump or hologram. :p I ended up needing to look in this thread for a hint on how to reach the area where the high jump was. After that, it was more or less smooth sailing to get to all the secret areas and to what I believe is the end of the level.

I think you made great use of my music here, as well as certain pieces of extraneous graphics. Your tilesets are and always have been on another level, and yet they still feel just at home in KS.

Overall, great work. Have a star from me. 

Listen on Bandcamp: https://thecupbearer.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-the-search-for-silence-volume-three
Listen on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/the-cupbearer-music-from-the-search-for-silence-volume-three-16-now-and-forever-

The passage of time matters little to those who adhere to The Principle. Mega-annum after mega-annum will only purify those who have strayed from the path, and the fruits of their past labors will keep the fire burning for as long as they are able.

TRACKLIST:
01 - All Which Could Remember Once is Back There (4:03)
02 - The Morning After All Mourning (3:14)
03 - Yet a Primal Warmth Did Endure (3:44)
04 - Daytime Aurora Borne Through Warped Glacial Ice (4:12)
05 - A Prelude to Paradise (1:37)
06 - New Mutations Arising Along the Riverbank (6:03)
07 - Mechanical Memories Cast into the Boötes (3:45)
08 - Every Story Must End (4:54)
09 - Our Forest, which Now Extends Even to the Heavens (2:53)
10 - Here Now, Renaissance of Sol (7:15)
11 - Congregation of the Dead Hare Culture (3:40)
12 - Hushed Echoes from an Era which Shall Never Arise Again (1:49)
13 - And Story Ends (3:49)
14 - Becoming Earth, All Now in Equanimity (7:18)
15 - And Yet Clouds, Those Transient Things, Did Remain (2:00)
16 - Now and Forever, We Hold to The Principle (9:09)
17 - Sentient Gemstones Forever Locked Inside a Lunar Cave (5:06)
18 - Solar Plasma Transfusion is Ongoing (4:50)

Total length: 79:29

Another volume done! Just to be clear: by the end of this, there will be eight volumes, plus an additional supporting album at the end. I hope you enjoy this work.

Listen on Bandcamp: https://thecupbearer.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-the-search-for-silence-volume-one
Listen on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/music-from-the-search-for-silence-volume-one

What an artifice intelligence is. However it may try, it cannot defy the Principle. Bear witness as it falls in on itself and returns screaming to its parent.

TRACKLIST:
01 - From Light - Beget (2:56)
02 - From The Island - A Temporal Displacement (8:48)
03 - Poiesis at Sea (6:10)
04 - Transient Moments of Stillness (4:51)
05 - As The Rest Begins (4:00)
06 - Cornice and Sastrugi (4:30)
07 - Sacred Surrender to Dissolution (7:15)
08 - An Interlude for the Rising Sun (2:15)
09 - The Avian Artifice Crumbles in Peace (4:31)
10 - The Anoxic Lamp Ignites on Honeymede Hill (4:33)
11 - All Now Rest - Bugs Fall Silent for this World (10:58)
12 - Return to Unconsciousness (7:00)
13 - Approaching Silence (5:00)

Total length: 72:50

(Not sure why I never posted this here until now, but better late than never.)

Thanks! that clue was all I needed to find it. It really feels like a whole different level once you get the eye.

I did quite a bit of progress. Usually I stay away of hard or lunatic levels... I am not so good when things get challenging. However I this time I took the challenge! question:

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is this possible without the long jump? I try to save the double jump so I can use that extra impulse here, but I still don't manage to reach the air current that is right on the top screen https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl53o1e874jdpgd/Knytt%20Stories%20Plus%201.3.8%201080%202022-03-20%2001.53.52.png?dl=0

Yeah, that part is possible, just a bit harder without High Jump. You do need to save the double jump to give you that extra bit of oomph, but you also need to make good use of the current to gain the extra height you need. It may help to remember that holding down the S key with the umbrella out causes currents to lift you with more force.

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I finished the level 2 times and I am unable to see a way of getting the red key! I see some areas that I can't access yet and surely will be able to access with some power ups, but no way to backtrack to them once I have those power ups... the yellow key was easier to find! please a little clue...

Well, before we get to talking about the red key, did you ever find the Eye powerup?