Ancient Cheese

Ancient Cheese
World	Tower Lobby
Escape time limit	2:50
S Rank cap	17000
States	Ball
Soundtrack	Theatrical Shenanigans Put On A Show!! A Secret Under The Debris
Level order
Previous	Pizzascape
Next	Bloodsauce Dungeon
Builds
First appearance	Blue Block Land

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

• Pencer
• Pizza Box Goblin
• Pepperoni Goblin
• Forknight
• Cheeseslime

Mechanics

Transformations

• Ball

Gimmicks

• Cheese Block
• Bomb

Collectables

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.

The second Toppin is in the room unlocked with a key from the first segment of the stage. Breakable Blocks must be dived through to get it, but it is otherwise out in the open.

The third Toppin is on the natural path in the room accessed from the first warp box, out in the open.

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.

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.

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 Blocks, where a Pepperoni Goblin is walking. The door to the 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.

Secrets

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. 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.

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. In this secret, the player must grab a bomb and escort it through a small series of platforms to destroy a rat.

In the Pillar John room, the player needs to roll through some Breakable Blocks directly behind where the John stood. 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.

Chief Tasks

This level has the following Chef Tasks: Template:Cheftask Template:Cheftask Template:Cheftask

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 final name in SAGE 2019 Demo, it was temporarily called Ruin in 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 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.

Gallery

Regular sprites

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  Background #1. A dark orange sky.

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  Background decoration #1. A moving white cheese aroma.

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  Background decoration #2. A pillar with pizza skull, a Pizzaface statue and a pizza goblin-like being statue.

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  Background decoration #3. A bunch of pillars and ruins of buildings.

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  Background decoration #4. Pillars and ruins.

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  Background #2. A dirty yellow sky.

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  Background decoration #5. Brown clouds.

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  Background decoration #6. Some ancient rocks.

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  Background #3. A green cheesy sky.

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  Background decoration #5. Some background cheese.

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  Background decoration #6. A cheesy landscape, with background objects that may be spelling out "LOL".

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  Background #4. A red sky.

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  Background decoration #7. Remnants of an ancient civilization with a scared Peppino statue.

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  Background decoration #8. Statues depicting a large pizza and some peanut butter.

Tiles

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  Tileset #1, It is used in the first section of the level.

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  Tileset #2, It is used in the second section of the level.

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  Tileset decoration, It is used to decorate the level.

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  Tileset #3, It is used in between sections, Mainly the second and thrid sections of the level.

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  Tileset #4, It is used in the fourth section of the level.

Hub assets

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  Ancient Cheese's level gate, an old stone archway held up by two columns.

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  Level gate background. A dark orange sky with pizza monster statue.

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  Level gate background decoration #1. Purple bricks with vines.

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  Level gate background decoration #2. Purple pillar.

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  Level's icon on Pizza Granny sign.

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  Level's title card.

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  Level's name in Chef Tasks room.

Scrapped sprites

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  Background decoration. The ruined ruin walls.

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  The image above the level's entrance in Blue Block Land, depicting a panicked Peppino alongside a Bomb and Cheese Block.