Camera movement is somewhat confusing and can obscure the line.
The camera shakes a lot, especially with the tragic ending where the nuclear bomb hits. This may cause lag.
In some Android devices, smoke and explosions can cause the device to lag. This may throw players off.
The smoke and explosions covers the line in some parts, especially the part where the planes and bombs drop and cause explosions.
Strategy[]
As always, concentrate on the music and do not get distracted by all the animation and decoration, even when the smoke blocks your view.
Between 10% and 20%, you must choose between a happy or sad ending. If you follow the soundtrack, you fall in a trap and you go to the tragic ending. If you want peaceful ending, don't follow the soundtrack and go straight where the music tells you to tap. Then, you should be able to find your path from there.
Trivia[]
This level has designed by the same designer who made The Taurus
This is the second, and possibly third, level that contains an awareness message about what (or will) happens in the world, after The Earth and, possibly, The Faded.
This is the second level that has two paths, after The Christmas Party level. However, the one in this level is much shorter.
Before the 10% sign, if you look closely, the bird strangely goes through the pole. Known as a glitch.
This is the first level where the line, as it is suggested, ends up back where it started.
In 50% after the explosion, you will hear the Acoustic noise sound effect.
The sound effect wasn’t in the song itself.
The tragic ending is more destructive than the peaceful ending, as a nuclear bomb that was sent out at about 30% in the level hits and destroys everything, along with a lot of camera shaking. The peaceful ending, however, shows everything being rebuilt and the line returning home at dawn with what is supposedly their spouse waiting for them.
There are multiple differences between the tragic and peaceful ending throughout the level (More comparisons in the video:
Dancing Line - The War, Spot the Differences, have you found every detail?
A dove takes off immediately after the player chooses the peaceful ending, while a nuclear bomb is revealed immediately after the player chooses the tragic ending.
More doves will appear at 60% and 90% if the player chooses the peaceful ending.
A rocking horse, a crib, and a piano appears at 40% and a cake and a guitar appears at 50% should the player choose the tragic ending.
There is a missile silo right before 30%. It gets destroyed in the peaceful ending, but a missile that presumably causes the nuclear explosion at the end is launched in the tragic ending.
The silo also has a tent over it in the peaceful ending.
It is suggested at the beginning of the level that the line left for war on its birthday.
Objects from the home at the beginning are also present throughout the level, with a piano and a table with a guitar on it at the part where the line jumps from building to building.
There is a television set at the beginning of the level that shows a news report warning about the war.
At 70%, the line travels on a train, which might be one of the ones that depart from the station at ~10%.
The line changes from light blue to light green, as it jumps to the first building(~38%), light green back to light blue when it falls from the last building(~52%) and light blue to red, as it falls to the "graveyard" of fallen soldiers(~80%).
The line starts changing back to light blue as the line passes the mailbox at the end(~90%) This only applies to the Happy ending
The line turning light green may symbolize the line wearing a soldier’s uniform as it has become a soldier, the line turning back to light blue may signify the war ending, and the line returning from war. The red could signify that the line was injured, as red is the colour of blood, or it could represent the colour of a poppy, the flower that represents remembrance day, since it lands in the "graveyard" of fallen soldiers, remembering those they lost during the war. And the final change (Happy ending only) back to light blue symbolizes the return to happiness, and the true end of the war.
Originally, this level had only one nuclear explosion ending. Later, due to feedback from playtesters that this ending was overly pessimistic, the designers then created more positive peaceful or neutral endings.
Percentage markers[]
When this level was first released: the 10 and 20% markers were not shown.
The 10% marker is on the side of the path.
The 20% marker is on a wooden box to the right of the path.
The 30% marker is on one of the little stones to the left of the path.
The 40% marker is on one of the pieces of the wall of the house.
The 50% marker is on the wall of the destroyed house when the explosion occurs. It is hard to see.
The 60% marker is on the grass to the left of the path.
The 70% marker is one of the falling stones to the left of the path.
The 80% marker is on the stone to the left of the path at the beginning of the mass graves part.
The 90% marker is on the stone to the left of the path at the beginning of the final part.
: 25%
: 50%
: 80%
