Difficulty Scoring Methods

A suggestive method to help decide how difficult your level is scored

How to score your level in difficulty before exporting it?

For an alternative to the in-game difficulty scoring system, check adofai.gg, having more levels of difficulty scoring than 10

• What's 1 Gem?

🔹 If your level includes/uses:

  • BPM goes up to 160

  • Angles under 90° don't exist

  • No more than 3 consecutive fast angles

  • Patterns are short and easy to read

  • Chart being completely visible across the level

🔺 If your level enforces:

  • Nothing

Then your Level is probably a Level 1 gem difficulty

Level 1

• What's 2 Gems?

🔹 If your level includes/uses:

  • BPM goes up to 190

  • Angles under 45° don't exist

  • No more than 3 consecutive fast angles

  • Patterns are short and easy to read

  • Chart being completely visible across the level

🔺 If your level enforces:

  • Nothing

Then your Level is probably a Level 2 gem difficulty

Level 2

• What's 3 Gems?

🔹 If your level includes/uses:

  • BPM goes up to 210

  • No more than 5 consecutive fast angles

  • Patterns are short and easy to read

  • Chart being completely visible across the level

🔺 If your level enforces:

  • Filters and/or Decorations that block visibility partially

Level 3

• What's 4 Gems?

🔹 If your level includes/uses:

  • BPM goes up to 240

  • No more than 9 consecutive fast angles

  • Patterns are a bit long but still easy to read

  • Chart being completely visible across the level

🔺 If your level enforces:

  • Filters and/or Decorations that block visibility partially

Level 4

• What's 5 Gems?

🔹 If your level includes/uses:

  • BPM goes up to 270

  • Chart being occasionally less visible across the level

  • Patterns are a bit long but still easy to read

🔺 If your level enforces:

  • Filters and/or Decorations that block visibility partially

  • Mechanics that are somewhat difficult to play, but not difficult to understand

Level 5

• What's 6 Gems?

🔹 If your level includes/uses:

  • BPM goes up to 300

  • Chart being occasionally less visible across the level

  • Patterns are a bit long and a bit harder to read

🔺 If your level enforces:

  • Typical patterns charted differently, but not difficult to understand

  • Filters and/or Decorations that block visibility partially

  • Mechanics that are somewhat difficult to play, but not difficult to understand

Level 6

• What's 7 Gems?

🔹 If your level includes/uses:

  • BPM goes up to 350

  • Chart being frequently less visible across the level

  • Patterns are a bit long and a bit harder to read

🔺 If your level enforces:

  • Typical patterns charted differently, but not difficult to understand

  • Filters and/or Decorations that block visibility massively

  • Mechanics that are hard to play, but not difficult to understand

Level 7

• What's 8 Gems?

🔹 If your level includes/uses:

  • BPM goes up to 400

  • Chart being frequently less visible across the level

  • Patterns are quite big and hard to read

🔺 If your level enforces:

  • Typical patterns charted differently, but are somewhat hard to understand

  • Filters and/or Decorations that block visibility massively

  • Mechanics that are hard to play, but not difficult to understand

Level 8

• What's 9 Gems?

🔹 If your level includes/uses:

  • BPM goes up to 450

  • Chart being hardly visible across the level

  • Patterns are quite big and hard to read

🔺 If your level enforces:

  • Typical patterns charted differently, but are somewhat hard to understand

  • Filters and/or Decorations that block visibility massively

  • Mechanics that are hard to play and understand

Level 9

• What's 10 Gems?

🔹 If your level includes/uses:

  • BPM higher than 450

  • Chart being hardly visible across the level

  • Patterns are quite big and hard to read

🔺 If your level enforces:

  • Typical patterns charted differently, and are difficult to understand

  • Filters and/or Decorations that block visibility massively

  • Mechanics that are hard to play and understand

Then your Level is probably a Level 10 gem difficulty

Level 10

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