The Antartica is a fan-made level created by LiGaYb. It is infamous for its high difficulty. The level was released on August 20, 2021, and won 13th place for Dancing Line's 2021 Best Fan-made Levels Contest.
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Level Info
The level begins with the cube in space. As the path reaches Earth, the cube lands in Antarctica. From here, one can see icebergs, ice blocks, and different animals such as the killer whale, a family of penguins, and a smaller whale, which serves as a skin in many Dancing Line fan-games. The ice blocks instantly pop out in sync with the music. The cube then goes through a tunnel where the camera moves lower, thus obscuring the view of the cube. Afterward, the cube jumps toward land where the rhythm of the music becomes increasingly complex and players must be cautious during this segment. Also in the part shows fossils of large but dead animals as well as small plant life that manages to survive in extreme cold weather. When the first crown is obtained, the cube is at the South Pole, encountering mountains that are composed of varying sizes of cubes and cuboids. The cube has to jump between these mountains before reaching a canyon at around 50%. The sky becomes dark, changing into a purply-red color, and ice blocks occasionally fall which may try to hit the cube. During this segment, there are mysterious symbols which appear on the ground. These symbols may have been taken from one of LiGaYb’s levels, The Aurora. The line then transitions into a cave as it collects the second crown. The ceiling collapses, and more ice blocks fall from the top. The camera’s perspective lowers down to a knee level shot, as the ice blocks make way for the exit. The final segment consists of the line on top of an iceberg as part of the ice falls over next to the line, thereby making the path extremely narrow. When the level ends, the camera zooms out, and huge ice spikes surround the pyramid.
During an early version of this level, 20% of the scenes are relatively empty, while 80%-90% only have ice blocks collapsing and showing paths. There is no scenery to go along with it as well. Majority of this level contains obstacles consisting of blue squares, a lot of ice blocks in the end. There were also penguins at this area, and the cube was supposed to be at the ocean again.
The newer version of the level has a better camera perspective during the canyon section, and the South Pole segment was restored at around 80%-90%. 90%-100% of the scenes are added on both sides, and the floor gradually shrinks, which references the melting of ice caps due to global warming.
Difficulty
关卡歌曲bpm为102，旋律出现了大量的16分音，导致连点非常多，对于手速要求较高，而节奏非常复杂，连点数目从3连到27连不等，在山洞段落甚至出现了25连+13连+9连+27连的配置，非常考验手速。
由于关卡连点较多，为了方便路线设计，作者将线速加快为3.5速（模板默认线速2.2速），游玩时很容易因为速度过快而慌乱。
关卡的视角很有难度，南极洋部分较高的冰块会非常遮挡路；涵洞中视角非常低，极其容易产生距离误判；上岸后视角直接转为螃蟹视角；峡谷当中掉落的大型石块会遮挡路线；修正版中，由于80%-90%部分两边增加了布景，更容易引起心里慌乱，导致原来白送的段落也需要小心翼翼。
除此之外，在山洞部分中，山洞垮塌时画面会开始震动，在修复版本中，路线进行进一步拓宽，27连部分按照8分音点击也能通过，于是为了平衡难度，震动幅度变为了初版的2.5倍。
作者本人认为本关卡的难度甚至略高于官方的赛车关卡，但其录制视频时10次就录好了。南极洲真正的首杀直到2021年末才出现。
Trivia
- The level's concept dates back in 2019, but the level has vastly changed ever since.
- The level's concept comes from when the Taurus designer references the level's theme to the Weibo players “什么五大洲四大洋啊” or "What has five continents and four oceans?"
- Initially, this level was meant to be included for WindLine, but since the other members of Winder Studio disliked the level, it was replaced with Sunset Glow. Regardless of which level will be included, it will still be harder than Lantern Festival.
- 关卡峡谷段石块落下neta了TTF的关卡和平之瞬
- 峡谷段地面的神秘符号来源于南极洲外星人传说
- 关卡作者在制作时截了一张宇宙场景的图，其中露出了地球的南极洲，提示关卡英文除开The共有10个字母，邀请玩家猜测关卡标题以提前游玩，结果在音乐发布前无人猜对
- 关卡具有彩蛋，在10%左右会出现一只小鲸鱼，模型为WindLine鲸鱼皮肤同款模型，如果多点击2次，触碰到该小鲸鱼，其会落入水中；在14%左右，会多出一只生气表情的鲸鱼，以及你把我男朋友碰下去了我要惩罚你的文字，线在此会撞死