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{{Infobox_level
{{Infobox_level
|image = Spr_titlecards_2.png
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* A Secret Under The Debris
* A Secret Under The Debris
|window_title = ''A bit cheesy, like Pizza Tower''
|window_title = ''A bit cheesy, like Pizza Tower''
|codename = ruin
|previous = [[Pizzascape]]
|previous = [[Pizzascape]]
|next = [[Bloodsauce Dungeon]]
|next = [[Bloodsauce Dungeon]]
|first_appearance = [[Blue Block Land]]
|first_appearance = [[Blue Block Land]]
|first_playable = }}
|first_playable = [[Blue Block Land]]}}
'''Ancient Cheese''' is the third [[level]] in ''[[Pizza Tower]]'', and the third level of the [[Tower Lobby]].
'''Ancient Cheese''' is the third [[level]] in ''[[Pizza Tower]]'', and the third level of the [[Tower Lobby]].


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== Enemies ==
== Enemies ==
This level contains the following [[:Category:Enemies|enemies]]:
* '''[[Pencer]]'''
{{Flexbox|
* '''[[Pizza Box Goblin]]'''
{{Enemyicon|Cheeseslime|1}}
* [[Pepperoni Goblin]]
* [[Forknight]]
{{Enemyicon|Forknight|2}}
{{Enemyicon|Pepperoni Goblin|1}}
* [[Cheeseslime]]
{{Enemyicon|Pencer|2|debuts}}
{{Enemyicon|Pizza Box Goblin|1|debuts}}
{{Enemyicon|Pillar John|2}}
}}


== Mechanics ==
== Transformations ==
* [[Transformations#Ball|Ball]] — initiated by getting kicked by [[Pepperoni Goblin]] enemy
=== Transformations ===
* [[Transformations#Ball|Ball]]


=== Gimmicks ===
=== Gimmicks ===
* '''[[Cheese Block]]'''
* '''[[Cheese Block]]'''
* '''[[Bomb]]''' — thrown by [[Pizza Box Goblin]] and spawned by [[Enemy Spawner]]
* '''Bomb'''


== Collectables ==
== Locations ==
=== [[Toppins]] ===
<tabber>
{{flexbox|
Mushroom Toppin=
{{Collectible screenshot
The first Toppin is located in the room accessed directly to the right of the entrance. The player must run forward underneath the disappearing cheese bridge, as the Toppin is below, partially obscured by a Pepperoni Goblin.
|image = PT-AncientCheese-Toppin1.png
|-|
|type = toppin
Cheese Toppin=
|value = mushroom
The second Toppin is in the room unlocked with a key from the first segment of the stage. [[Breakable Block]]s must be dived through to get it, but it is otherwise out in the open.
|text = In the first room of the key path, below a bridge of Cheese Blocks.}}
|-|
{{Collectible screenshot
Tomato Toppin=
|image = PT-AncientCheese-Toppin2.png
The third Toppin is on the natural path in the room accessed from the first warp box, out in the open.
|type = toppin
|-|
|value = cheese
Sausage Toppin=
|text = In the first room after the [[Door#Key Door|Key Door]], under a platform with a one-block passage, blocked by [[Breakable Block]]s.}}
The fourth Toppin is out in the open on a platform reached with a ladder in the second green-background room, directly before Pizza Time.
{{Collectible screenshot
|-|
|image = PT-AncientCheese-Toppin1.png
Pineapple Toppin=
|type = toppin
The final Toppin is in the room right after the [[Pillar John]] room, being directly in front of the player on the floor. It is possible to dodge the Toppin, however.
|value = tomato
|-|
|text = Out in the open in the first room after the [[Box of Pizzas]], directly where the player would naturally progress to.}}
Tower Secret Treasure=
{{Collectible screenshot
[[Gerome]] is located in a hidden room, accessible from the third room of the stage. The entrance to this room is in the upper right corner of the room behind [[Breakable Block]]s, where a Pepperoni Goblin is walking. The door to the {{Treasure}} is located in the room after the one that held the second secret, where a long string of disappearing cheese blocks is. The player needs to super jump or wall dash through a line of [[Pizza Points]] right next to a corner of the wall, where the player will smash through breakable blocks to find the door.
|image = PT-AncientCheese-Toppin4.png
</tabber>
|type = toppin
|value = sausage
|text = In the room right before [[Pillar John]], out in the open on a platform.}}
{{Collectible screenshot
|image = PT-AncientCheese-Toppin5.png
|type = toppin
|value = pineapple
|text = In the room right after [[Pillar John]], directly where the player would naturally progress to.}}
}}


=== [[Tower Secret Treasure]] ===
== Secrets ==
{{flexbox|
<tabber>
{{Collectible screenshot
First Secret=
|image = PT-AncientCheese-Gerome.png
The secret is located behind a [[Metal Block]] in the second room of the level, which must be run into at high speeds to break. The player must maintain momentum by hopping on the disappearing cheese blocks leading up to the area after already gathering momentum below.
|type = gerome
|text = In a hidden room, behind a [[Fake Wall]] in the top right corner of the second Key path room, on one of the platforms.
}}
{{Collectible screenshot
|image = PT-AncientCheese-GeromeDoor.png
|type = treasure
|value = 3
|text = In a room after the second Box of Pizzas, in the top right corner, behind a Fake Wall, indicated with 4 [[Pizza Points]]. The Tower's Secret Treasure present in the level is a peanut butter jar.}}
}}


=== [[Secret Eye|Secret Eyes]] ===
Likewise, this secret's challenge is to maintain speed on disappearing cheese blocks. A metal block blocks the exit eye, but it is positioned so that the player will run through it so long as they keep running forward.
{{flexbox|
|-|
{{Collectible screenshot
Second Secret=
|image = PT-AncientCheese-Secret1.png
In the room directly after the Tomato Toppin's room, the player must throw a bomb at a rat to access the eye, which is easily visible to the player.
|type = secret
|value = 1
|text = In the first room of the Key path, behind a [[Metal Block]] in the top left corner of the room, indicated with a [[Stupid Rat]]'s face.
<hr/>
In this secret, the player needs to use Cheese Blocks to get across, as well as maintaining speed to break a Metal Block at the end.
}}
{{Collectible screenshot
|image = PT-AncientCheese-Secret2.png
|type = secret
|value = 2
|text = In the room directly after Tomato Toppin, behind a [[Stupid Rat]].
<hr/>


In this secret, the player must grab a bomb and escort it through a small series of platforms to destroy a rat.
This secret contains a [[Bomb]] that the player needs to move across a small series of platforms to get rid of Stupid Rat at the end.
}}
|-|
{{Collectible screenshot
Third Secret=
|image = PT-AncientCheese-Secret3.png
In the [[Pillar John]] room, the player needs to roll through some [[Breakable Block]]s directly behind where the John stood.
|type = secret
|value = 3
|text = Right after Pillar John, in a secret passage with a one-block opening.
<hr/>


This secret consists of multiple one-block passages, blocked with Breakable Blocks, as well as a Metal Block at the end. The player needs to maintain momentum to pass through each passage.
In this secret, the player must maintain momentum while hopping off walls and diving through short rows of breakable blocks, breaking a metal block at the end.
}}
</tabber>
}}


===[[Pizza Tower Guy]]===
== Chief Tasks ==
{{Collectible screenshot
|image = PT-AncientCheese-PTG.png
|type = ptg
|text = Located in the room directly after Tomato Toppin, near the room's entrance. The player must reach this area within a minute in order to see him. He disappears upon approach.
}}

== Chef Tasks ==
This level has the following [[Chef Tasks]]:
This level has the following [[Chef Tasks]]:
{{ChefTasks
{{ChefTasks
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|image3 = Spr achievement ruin 2.png
|image3 = Spr achievement ruin 2.png
|desc3 = Make more than forty one sets of cheese platforms crumble in Ancient Cheese.}}
|desc3 = Make more than forty one sets of cheese platforms crumble in Ancient Cheese.}}

==Music==
Level's soundtrack:
; Mr. Sauceman – Theatrical Shenanigans
{{MusicEmbed|bc=3453862220}}
; ClascyJitto – Put On A Show!
{{MusicEmbed|bc=1429731464}}
; [[File:PTWiki-IconSecret.png]] ClascyJitto – A Secret Under The Debris
{{MusicEmbed|file=PT-music_-_Entrance_Secret_V1.mp3}}


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* In the [[SAGE 2019 Demo]], Ancient Cheese's first rooms use a beta version of "Theatrical Shenanigans", which existed as early as the [[Early Test Build]], along with the "Funiculi Funicula". This was presumably a mistake, as the updated version used later was posted onto Mr. Sauceman's SoundCloud and YouTube channel not far from the demo's release.
* In the [[SAGE 2019 Demo]], Ancient Cheese's first rooms use a beta version of "Theatrical Shenanigans", which existed as early as the [[Early Test Build]], along with the "Funiculi Funicula". This was presumably a mistake, as the updated version used later was posted onto Mr. Sauceman's SoundCloud and YouTube channel not far from the demo's release.
** Also notable in the SAGE Demo, the second half of the level uses a song called, "Theatrical Mischief" instead of, "Put On A Show!".
** Also notable in the SAGE Demo, the second half of the level uses a song called "Theatrical Mischief" instead of "Put On A Show!".
* It's the only playable level from the SAGE demo to not get its own holiday-themed level.
* It's the only playable level from the SAGE demo to not get its own holiday-themed level.
* Despite having final name in SAGE 2019 Demo, it was temporarily called '''Ruin''' in [[List of Builds|PT_Eggplantv15]] build.
* Despite having a final name in the SAGE 2019 Demo, it was temporarily called '''Ruin''' in the [[List of Builds|PT_Eggplantv15]] build.
* Level's title is most likely a pun on [[w:Ancient Greece|Ancient Greece]] and the fact that cheese is a very [[w:History of cheese|ancient food]], dating back to roughly 1615 BC.
* Level's title is most likely a pun on [[w:Ancient Greece|Ancient Greece]] and the fact that cheese is a very [[w:History of cheese|ancient food]], dating back to roughly 1615 BC.
* Per above, level's design is full of references to ancient and classical arts, such as giant Peppino statue in the titlecard parodying ''[[w:The Thinker|the Thinker]]'', background arts resembling [[w:Acropolis of Athens|Acropolis]] and decorations having images of Peppino and other characters as Greek [[w:Pottery of ancient Greece|painted pottery]] and [[w:Archaic Greek Sculpture|Archaic reliefs]].
* Per above, level's design is full of references to ancient and classical arts, such as the giant Peppino statue in the titlecard parodying ''[[w:The Thinker|the Thinker]]'', background arts resembling [[w:Acropolis of Athens|Acropolis]], and decorations having images of Peppino and other characters as Greek [[w:Pottery of ancient Greece|painted pottery]] and [[w:Archaic Greek Sculpture|Archaic reliefs]].
* Before version v1.0.594, the escape time limit was 2:50. The update extended the timer by ten seconds, bringing it up to 3:00.
* Before version v1.0.594, the escape time limit was 2:50. The update extended the timer by ten seconds, bringing it up to 3:00.



Latest revision as of 12:34, 26 June 2024

Ancient Cheese is the third level in Pizza Tower, and the third level of the Tower Lobby.

It's an ancient ruin featuring within a cheese-made land with remnants of some sort of civilization left behind. The level's titlecard shows Peppino in the midst of these ruins, looking at a large purple statue of himself.

Enemies

This level contains the following enemies:

Transformations

Gimmicks

Locations

Toppins

Mushroom

In the first room of the key path, below a bridge of Cheese Blocks.


Cheese

In the first room after the Key Door, under a platform with a one-block passage, blocked by Breakable Blocks.


Tomato

Out in the open in the first room after the Box of Pizzas, directly where the player would naturally progress to.


Sausage

In the room right before Pillar John, out in the open on a platform.


Pineapple

In the room right after Pillar John, directly where the player would naturally progress to.


Tower Secret Treasure

Gerome

In a hidden room, behind a Fake Wall in the top right corner of the second Key path room, on one of the platforms.


Treasure

In a room after the second Box of Pizzas, in the top right corner, behind a Fake Wall, indicated with 4 Pizza Points. The Tower's Secret Treasure present in the level is a peanut butter jar.


Secret Eyes

Secret Eye 1

In the first room of the Key path, behind a Metal Block in the top left corner of the room, indicated with a Stupid Rat's face.


In this secret, the player needs to use Cheese Blocks to get across, as well as maintaining speed to break a Metal Block at the end.


Secret Eye 2

In the room directly after Tomato Toppin, behind a Stupid Rat.


This secret contains a Bomb that the player needs to move across a small series of platforms to get rid of Stupid Rat at the end.


Secret Eye 3

Right after Pillar John, in a secret passage with a one-block opening.


This secret consists of multiple one-block passages, blocked with Breakable Blocks, as well as a Metal Block at the end. The player needs to maintain momentum to pass through each passage.


Pizza Tower Guy

Pizza Tower Guy

Located in the room directly after Tomato Toppin, near the room's entrance. The player must reach this area within a minute in order to see him. He disappears upon approach.


Chef Tasks

This level has the following Chef Tasks:

Thrill Seeker
Finish Ancient Cheese without getting hurt by an explosion.
Volleybomb
Kill a rat using a bomb dropped by an enemy in Ancient Cheese.
Delicacy
Make more than forty one sets of cheese platforms crumble in Ancient Cheese.

Music

Level's soundtrack:

Mr. Sauceman – Theatrical Shenanigans
ClascyJitto – Put On A Show!
ClascyJitto – A Secret Under The Debris

Trivia

  • In the SAGE 2019 Demo, Ancient Cheese's first rooms use a beta version of "Theatrical Shenanigans", which existed as early as the Early Test Build, along with the "Funiculi Funicula". This was presumably a mistake, as the updated version used later was posted onto Mr. Sauceman's SoundCloud and YouTube channel not far from the demo's release.
    • Also notable in the SAGE Demo, the second half of the level uses a song called "Theatrical Mischief" instead of "Put On A Show!".
  • It's the only playable level from the SAGE demo to not get its own holiday-themed level.
  • Despite having a final name in the SAGE 2019 Demo, it was temporarily called Ruin in the PT_Eggplantv15 build.
  • Level's title is most likely a pun on Ancient Greece and the fact that cheese is a very ancient food, dating back to roughly 1615 BC.
  • Per above, level's design is full of references to ancient and classical arts, such as the giant Peppino statue in the titlecard parodying the Thinker, background arts resembling Acropolis, and decorations having images of Peppino and other characters as Greek painted pottery and Archaic reliefs.
  • Before version v1.0.594, the escape time limit was 2:50. The update extended the timer by ten seconds, bringing it up to 3:00.

Gallery

Regular sprites

Tiles

Hub assets

Scrapped sprites