What if In The Halls Of The Usurper was a Bossfight? [Fanmade JSAB Animation] ft.

[@KofiKrumble]

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[@4bitmonitor373]

Bruh needs to make money, cut him some slack.

[@Nickgamer724]

ye

[@notdirtandstuff9948]

And hard cor

[@Boyvvers_.]

WAS AN HERE NOW MUSIC IN SHIFT AND THE BEST OF YOUR FRIENDS HAVE TO START HIDING

[@savannahsuniverse9404]

YOU SHOULD MAKE AN APP THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE JUST SHAPES AND BEATS CUSTOM BOSS FIGHTS MADE BY YOU AND TURN IT INTO AN APP

[@gnarled128]

This is an amazing animation, but a small improvement I feel could be the queen dropping at the end being a blue one, putting the pink king in checkmate, it would fit with the chess theme

[@голубьлол]

O yes

[@flumptybumpty4581]

Yeah because a blue happed to most of the ends like in commando Steve or wicked

[@quitequeerquesadilla]

Ah, but considering the song’s title mentions a Usurper, which usually means a person taking power over something from someone else illegally, it still does kind of make sense since everybody knows the Queen absolutely kicks the king’s ass in chess even if the king is supposedly the most important piece

[@parishapatel9484]

But does it really put him in checkmate or just check

[@ReeeMonke]

Agreed

[@gblast7074]

I’d play this, along side every other level. They should hire you to help them make dlc for the game. “Just Shapes and Beats: The Boss Expansion” either way, love the levels and please keep up the good work!!

[@cheesegamerlol]

That would be amazing!

[@yeetusdeletus7019]

@a random . Level Designer?

[@голубьлол]

Like this idea

[@notmyrealname6168]

"Just Shapes and Bosses: The Rampage"

[@WhiteCream681]

I love it:3

[@plaidhatter1674]

This one feels like it should be a bossfight.

[@whitesoul1.1.09]

İ agree

[@atlas2849]

i thought is was a bossfight

[@AJLord]

With the crown being present in the middle of the screen most of the time, it already feels like it is a bossfight.

[@notdirtandstuff9948]

What

[@owenmoua1579]

Yes

[@person7418]

Liked it when the king surrounded itself with rooks. Nice reference to the castling move.

[@plaidhatter1674]

One of my favorites. Yes, I'm a chess coward.

[@leonel392]

@@plaidhatter1674 Its not a coward move, it is a legitimate strategy :v

[@plaidhatter1674]

@@leonel392 ik but I use it too often. Sometimes it ruins my own setup

[@Skaetbull]

@@plaidhatter1674 sometimes ruining your setup allows you to see other ways to move and flank so it’s still viable

[@thisthatthenutz2990]

Totally it was castling reference. Not because these look like a castle.

[@timothymaddux9018]

3:28 that face of joy, though! Honestly, wasn't expecting a good story. Great job!

[@areifff8188]

Why no comment

[@oofoof46]

Why one comment

[@melissafajardo6929]

why two comment

[@oofoof46]

Why three comment

[@science-j4z]

Why four comment

[@welpimdeadrip9311]

And in chess, the king is one of the weakest pieces... *Damn what a buff*

[@markus_378]

..And the king gets screwed over by the queen

[@mr.e8832]

Well the King commands everything, even the Queen. If the King were to be taken out, so does the player's control over all the pieces.

[@plaidhatter1674]

@@mr.e8832 weak but important

[@someguyeban]

i like how the king only 'attacks' once or twice in the song. most of the attacks come from other pieces.

[@Duesikazergaming]

Aslo the king:**gets checkmated by whatever piece that was**

[@soniaagp]

From the trailer I can already know this will be amazing (not that I had any doubt) And halls of the usurper is one of my favorite jsab songs

[@soniaagp]

This was so creative! Very good! And congrats on getting sponsored!

[@aris2884]

Yea same here

[@duckie3009]

I love the chess theme. Didnt think Chess would go well with this type of music but the again, you never seem to disappoint me me kofi!

[@G0of_Ball]

As a guy who plays chess, this is such a good theme, your right

[@голубьлол]

YeS ChEsS Me FaVoUrItE GaMe

[@Ditto-Guy]

They should’ve made the boss a queen riding A knight (because chaos)

[@novogamer7744]

@@Ditto-Guy what?

[@Ditto-Guy]

@@novogamer7744 The Queen piece riding the Knight piece.

[@siruntitled]

3:20 imagine playing it in hardcore lol Love the concept btw this is probably one of my favorite animations so far I myself play chess so it was so cool seeing a jsab animation about it.

[@rxbiluhvrp]

Hell no

[@lolacabana123]

"Hey guys its time to do a no hit first try on the 'in the halls of the usurper' boss.... Is what I would say if it was possible."

[@f4tal-err0r47]

Just awesome like allways, good job. Although, the first few parts seem way to hard for a casual player, like the part that was also in the trailer, absolute bullet hell.

[@TotallyNotNescawl]

Everyone: do you even know how to play chess?? Me:

[@dr.loboto1171]

"Oh this is actually quite a bit easier than usua-" 3:10 "Theeeere it is"

[@afshanzeeshan7488]

*3:09

[@AndDomeManaZemenPlaza]

All Pieces Chess Pawn The Circle In Top 2:08 King With Cross 2:14 Knight The Horse 2:43 Bishop The Pirist 2:43 Rook The Tower 3:04 Queen The Kings Wife 3:58

[@chroma7116]

AWESOME kofi!!! Amazing animation as always and Gurazy's part was awesome too. Crystal tokyo in the loading screen looked so cooool!!! Looking forward to your next upload Kofi

[@Rainstar1234]

"Mom can we have chess at home?" "We already have chess at home." Chess at home: ok jokes aside this fanmade jsab level is amazing

[@BOT_CORP]

In case you’re wondering, the word “usurper”, means a person who seizes power illegally, or by force. Essentially every evil Disney king ever

[@larsthememelord3383]

or king knight who isn’t even a king or a knight for that matter,.

[@4bitmonitor373]

Its good, and the fight looks great! But you missed what the track stands for, King Knight is a bold idiot who doesn't care for no rules. Should've been a boss that's over confident in it's attacks.

[@KofiKrumble]

Whoops, never really thought of that (Not very familiar with Shovel Knoght) that would've been very interesting, but I'll try to do more research adequately with the other Shovel Knight OSTs next time

[@4bitmonitor373]

@@KofiKrumble i do hope you'll continue to do more JSB content, I really enjoyed your ideas for "Commando Steve" & "Spectra" Who knows, maybe "Airborne Robots" will be next :)

[@rayroboy3556]

Thanks to the videos length! I luckily watched it before school started! The concept was very cool kofi! I am very impressed

[@sombi16]

Wow, it's really nice and emotional! I think that this one should actually be a bossfight. As good as always, Kofi! And, by the way, are you planning to make anything with Wicked? In my opinion (and I think that many people will agree with me) it's one of your best characters now.

[@parvitz]

All i know about Wicks is that he was presumed dead and saved Try This...

[@CrazyTrios]

Before he was corrupted he saved Try this I think...

[@rxbiluhvrp]

All I know. He got uncorrupted after the comeback, then at the end of COD you could see him grabbing the card and he is literally try this' boyfriend. (Ask Kofi, I'm not kidding or shitting you.)

[@NotSoCubic]

The Queen never helped the King, but instead betrayed him. Awesome boss :) -Corrupted- -Chronos- -Milky Ways- -Logic Gatekeeper- -Long Live the New Fresh- -New Game- -The Art of War- -Termination Shock- -Sevcon- -Cascade- -Barracuda- Dubwoofer Substep Cheat Codes -Clash- -Lycanthropy- -Cool Friends- The Lunar Whale -Spectra- Unlocked -Close to Me- Into the Zone Vindicate Me Try This -Final Boss- -Annihlate- -Till It's Over- Legacy -Wicked- First Crush Yokuman Stage -Commando Steve- Paper Dolls -Hype- -Houston- -Tokyo Skies- Mortal Kombat Dance of the Incogozant Fox Core Crystal Tokyo On The Run Strike the Earth! -La Danse Macabre- Flowers of Atanomy -In the Halls of the Usurper- -Katana Blaster- -Deadlocked- -Creatures ov Deception- Lightspeed Granite Airborne Robots Interlaced Last Tile Born Survivor -Spider Dance-

[@shy-griff6357]

If “Vindicate me” was a Boss Fight. Please?

[@cloudypuff98]

That was awesome! I really like the concept of this bossfight! :D

[@resetting123]

That plot twist tho. The queen rekt her husband Also some of the bosses are based on games This one is based on Chess Creatures Ov Deception is based on Poker (any card game)

[@pomik1617]

Also Jevil (I’m assuming you knew that)

[@thestateofyum6991]

@@pomik1617 who keeps spinning the world around?

[@vanessalee9556]

@@thestateofyum6991 Maybe its caused by the carasol

[@CyanCGMG]

Clash Royale

[@novogamer7744]

This music is from Shovel Knight

[@chillymcchill9542]

OMG CHESS FINALLY GOT UPDATED!!! LETS GOOO

[@GreatBuckeyeGamer]

No hate on La Danse Macabre, but I think this song should’ve been the boss of the shovel knight update

[@theoneandonlyZef]

Damn that Pinwheel part of the drop looks hard

[@VLDKOS]

1. Corrupted ✅ 2. Chronos ✅ 3. Milky Ways ✅ 4. Logic Gatekeeper ✅ 5. Long Live The New Fresh (exists) 6. New Game (exists) 7. The Art of War ✅ 8. Termination Shock ✅ 9. Sevcon ✅ 10. Cascade ✅ 11. Barracuda (exists) 12. Dubwoofer Substep 13. Cheat Codes 14. Clash ✅ 15. Lycanthropy ✅ 16. Cool Friends ✅ 17. Lunar Whale (image of boss) 18. Spectra ✅ 19. Unlocked (image of boss) 20. Close to Me (exists) 21. Into the Zone 22. Vindicate Me 23. Try This (image of boss) 24. Final Boss (exists) 25. Annihilate (exists) 26. Till it's Over (exists) 27. Legacy (image of boss) 28. Wicked ✅ 29. First Crush 30. Yokuman Stage 31. Paper Dolls (image of boss) 32. Commando Steve ✅ 33. Houston ✅ 34. HYPE ✅ 35. Tokyo Skies ✅ 36. Dance Of The Incognizant (image of boss) 37. FOX (image of boss) 38. Core 39. Crystal Tokyo (image of boss) 40. On The Run (image of boss) 41. Mortal Kombat (image of boss) 42. Creatures ov Deception ✅ 43. Deadlocked ✅ 44. Granite (image of boss) 45. Lightspeed (image of boss) 46. Katana Blaster ✅ 47. Strike the Earth! 48. Flowers of Antimony 49. La Danse Macabre (exists) 50. In the Halls of the Usurper ✅ 51. Airborne Robots 52. Interlaced 53. Last Tile (image of boss) 54. Born Survivor 55. Spider Dance (exists)

[@hitbit185thepinapple4]

i love the fact that jsab was released about about 2 years ago and is still on the popping off with fan mods

[@lukemyers7439]

Just so you know, this isn’t a mod, this is an animation

[@poke_sas]

Gotta love the attention to detail, since this is king knight's song, the boss is the king in chess.

[@bigcheese1113]

3:34 real Commando Steve vibes here.

[@luigipowdemo6458]

I have a pretty good idea what Born Survivor would look like, but you do you.

[@jeffym4159]

i am very happy that youtube recommended this video to me, i have been a just shapes and beats fan for over 2 years and i was very happy to see another "what if (_____) was a boss fight?". 😃😄 edit: after waiting for more than 2 years... I FINALLY BOUGHT JUST SHAPES AND BEATS ON THE NINTENDO SWITCH!! (a few days ago). i'm kinda stuck on "close to me"... but i'll keep trying!

[@gaboswampert]

Cheese chess or chess cheese???

[@copentophatt]

Mozzarella chess

[@astrylleaf]

why not both?

[@gaboswampert]

@@astrylleaf ok cheesing cheese chess

[@resetting123]

@@copentophatt cheddar chess

[@bonk_medical]

THIS WAS AWESOME!! VERY SMOOTH TOO!! I like the design alot!!

[@gumunkulus]

Finally, chess 2

[@nguoiviettrenxuucautrallia8858]

I love how the boss ends with the enemy landing a queen checkmate

[@CloaxShmoax]

Around 2:47 gave me Unown vibes lol Especially the ! Unown

[@fishingfishka]

I feel like you should've used chess as an attack neither as just level design

[@satelliteimagerymusic]

CONGRATS ON 60K KOFI!!!

[@frostduck9111]

it would be cool if at the end, a cyan queen piece landed on him. Checkmate.

[@princeofrain1428]

Bit of friendly critique. The section towards the beginning that was kind of side scroller-like didn't feel like a boss, more like a normal level. That said, it was an amazing animation either way, and I enjoyed it a lot! Keep it up.

[@starsilverinfinity]

POV: you placed an important chess piece in a pawn's miniscule range

[@jsb4336]

God, Kofikrumble... it must be so cool to do bossfights. It's such hard work and such a long time. Thank you for making our eyes happy with your amazing videos.

[@pomik1617]

King in chess: weak. King in jsab: >o( strong. The king dying to the queen is quite fitting.

[@resetting123]

Ikr he got checkmated by backrank

[@Agent-Dee]

During all of this, I was making ties to chess & Shovel Knight since that's where the original song comes from. The king obviously being King Knight, with the pawns/bishops being the goons of Pridemoor Keep. The knights act as the Griffoths, and the rooks being King Knight's fanfare horns/chariot/Pridemoor Keep itself. And lastly, the queen at the end representing the Enchantress, the only one who has more power than King Knight himself.

[@lolmaster7129]

I think once you have done all the songs you should ask just shapes and beats at add something like a boss rush mode in single and multiplayer mode

[@endr602]

I thought, can the author play chess?

[@austinl8884]

2:20 anyone getting Minecraft guardian vibes?

[@Ne4iz]

No

[@santoshkhundrakpam3668]

Yes , actually

[@jsabsparkleanimation]

Yo Crystal Tokyo a gem knight? And the chess pieces so many cool details! Keep up the fantastic work Kofi!

[@chairsareforsitting]

Kofi: makes AMAZING animations Me: playing chess after

[@deinfamous5293]

King chess piece: *"I will destroy you"* *Proceeds to die to giant queen chess piece*

[@Souptist]

A great level, love the whole chess theme, but it feels lacking a bit in relation to Shovel Knight. In the original Jsab level there were cauldrons of lava, and horns blowing confetti as attacks. The lava is a reference to a stage hazard in King Knights level that behaved similarly, and the horns are one of his attacks where he gets hailed by a few horns, and confetti rains down.

[@Agent-Dee]

Actually, I think the chess interpretation helped add a bit of indirect Shovel Knight relation. Think of it kinda like this. King: King Knight Pawns/Bishops: Pridemoor Keep enemies Knights: Griffoths Rooks: Pridemoor Keep/Chariot/Fanfare horns Queen: The Enchantress (the only one who has more power than King Knight)

[@sharkgun8737]

YES

[@larsthememelord3383]

@@Agent-Dee it would be more fitting if king knight was a pawn pretending to be a king because thats what he is a mere pawn to others the absolute weakest of the weak who’s heart containers can only take a single hit

[@Moonlight_Shadow739]

This one is new! I like this bossfight lol Paper doll 6/10 Kinda good Crystal Tokyo 9/10 i like it so much In The Halls Of The Usurper Idk/10 IDK

[@crazygoatanimations3577]

This guy should be one of the most powerful bosses in this series. It can literally create living beings (the knights) with It's magic.

[@YourMotherInLaw]

Yeah but again The Spider Dance Boss can Create several Hundred Spiders and Create several Webs at once and La dance macabre can replicate shadow clone justu and throw spinning scythes like a boomerang

[@Duesikazergaming]

Knights can not move forward

[@Squidy-ge9ce]

Impossible… It would be cool if it was a checkerboard and there were chess pieces that moved around such as bishops moving diagonally every turn in a random direction

[@cub1c4l]

this is probably the first time ive seen kofi put a googly eye on one of his bosses

[@linrayzou5952]

missed oppourtunity where they coulda played an actual match of chess that the player dodges

[@bitcube_exe]

Checkmate. Congrats on getting a sponsor kofi! as always, a great animation.

[@altf4undo01]

here’s hoping we get paper dolls as a bossfight :D

[@squiresstudios7240]

Yes! halls of the usurper is my personal favorite

[@oaln5395]

wow that was really cool

[@JP11155]

Amazing animation. You should try and Redo Final boss and see what else it could be as a boss fight or a level. It’s honestly one of the best songs and levels in the game and is one of my favourites. Especially the beat drop. I would love to see what you could come up with.

[@XM05Thanatos]

Wow. Just wow. As an avid chess player I LOVED THIS LEVEL. Everything was perfect. The attacks, the references, even the ending where the king dies to the queen. Honestly this might be my favorite (its up there with last tile) I give this animation... 11/10!

[@khalissin]

made it for once also i think im third

[@copentophatt]

Hi third

[@khalissin]

gRrRrRrRrRrRrRr

[@copentophatt]

:troll:

[@RandomGoldieStuff]

THE ROSTER. CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER Deadlocked: I AM DEAD Hype: A i r p l a n e Spectra: Hexagon V2 The Art of War: Probably the cutest boss Termination Shock: Radioactive waste Wicked: Funni magician man guy Cool Friends: S***a** but hes a computer Katana Blaster: Muffet but not Tokyo Skies: Its raining death Sevcon: Wait no this is the cutest Commando Steve: Steev the commando is here Chronos: G E A R . Milky Ways: Space Invaders Wicked VIP: SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH Houston: Every worm ever when it rains Cascade: AAAA WHY ARE ALL THE BOSSES CUTE Logic Gatekeeper: Hello your computer has virus Re:Deadlocked: I AM DEAD BUT I WANNA PARTY Creatures Ov Deception: Finally bro In The Halls of the Ursurper: Lets play chess Clash: I forgor BONUS: The Unadded Crystal Tokyo: IS THAT- IS THAT MUTAGON???? Paper Dolls: • _ • On The Run: PLS ADD ME PLSPLSPLS ITS BEEN TOO LONG The Lunar Whale: Literally a whale Unlocked: But it isnt unlocked Dance of the Incognizant: One fish two fish pink fish pink fish- what

[@jsabsparkleanimation]

Jsab bosses in a nutshell

[@roboticintelligenceunit1a652]

0:27 the fuck is this?

[@jonathan_rafa]

it's art that other artists make about this content creator

[@roboticintelligenceunit1a652]

@@jonathan_rafa no no, Why is this

[@jonathan_rafa]

@@roboticintelligenceunit1a652 Well, if you mean why is that about those drawings, it's because he used to make normal videos but then change their content by jsab levels or (just shapes and beats) and It turns normal levels into boss levels and people started making drawings about their boss levels and also with some drawings they gave them ideas and that's all I have to say

[@roboticintelligenceunit1a652]

@@jonathan_rafa wat

[@miabullungan5579]

I think he/she's talking about the try this c wicked picture.

[@kzkultra8948]

This is bordining in the edge of "How hard but beatable can we make a JSaB boss?" Still awesome though

[@voidabsolute5003]

2:26 vindicate me moment

[@absolite6]

Wow that was hardcore! _That was normal mode._ That was *what.....?*

[@ScrudgieSpoones]

Magnus Carlsen was real quiet when this dropped.

[@applinpie2402]

Neat boss! Love all of them but I really like this one!

[@Roryrex]

The models in this level are really good.

[@thehydrationman5500]

Pretty nice but I wish the boss borrowed more elements from King Knight's battle like how the original did.

[@thatoctahedronfan8othercha37]

Your levels keeps getting better and better! Can't wait to see which song would be next. -Also why does this boss kinda reminds me of a patapon-

[@Baller-wi4wj]

Paper dolls is like icon in geometry dash lol

[@fruitlooooooops298]

This is just great! Kofi is so talented! All of his levels are just out of this world! They should add him as an editor in JSAB.

[@copentophatt]

KOFI X GURAZY COLLAB REAL?!??! 1?1?1! Also nice animation with Gurazy

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

This is really well made, tho it looks like it's on hardcore mode to me lol plus the eye on the boss doesn't really feel JSaB to me

[@rebeccajohnson3082]

Imagine that regular chess is hard. Now try this. . .

[@flumptybumpty4581]

Every boss that you make should be a mod or a real thing because this is good design and great animation 😊👍

[@SapphireGaming2187]

All these you make would be fun to actually play

[@shem6844]

When the chess pieces are tired with their limited moves:

[@Mr.Pigron]

*we were all waiting for this, new animation and now we want to play chess XD*

[@3cgames251]

I wish that the devs of JSaB would add a difficulty called "Boss", that included Kofi's fan-made boss battles

[@blackdbagas8782]

Please next is granite and last tile :)

[@Corrupted_Glitches]

Fun fact: this boss is a King from chess, and the rest of the attacks are heavily chess-based, and the amount of rooks could be a reference to castling.

[@thecardinalblur939]

And the end

[@Frontosa5]

It’s a little late to comment this but THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST JSAB ANIMATION IVE EVER SEEN!!

[@chaoschaosit5235]

Your first bossfight of 2022, yay!

[@Chizinky]

The queen truly is the most powerful piece in the game

[@Imnotsmg4bob]

I would like to believe this is how every chess player feels like when they play chess. Must be so epic for them meanwhile all I see is just small wooden figures on a floor tile themed board.

[@frankiefrendreiss3844]

I play chess and you are correct

[@Gui.756]

idea for the next: What If Detected (From Fnf vs hex) was a jsab (boss)level

[@lodthefraud4993]

I wanna point out the genius of making the boss a pawn, considering the title is "In The Halls Of The Usurper," and having the queen come and reclaim her throne at the end.

[@Agent-Dee]

Actually that "Pawn" is a King. I can tell from the cross on it's head.

[@lodthefraud4993]

@@Agent-Dee Yeah, that's the point. Its a pawn that usurped the position of king. You can tell that it isn't actually a king, since the art for the Queen at the end uses the traditional shape of King/Queen in chess, and the pawn's art doesn't match up with it.

[@Agent-Dee]

@@lodthefraud4993 Interesting. I haven't seen a traditional set of chess pieces in a while, so I guess I kinda forgot what they looked like.

[@plaidhatter1674]

Omg it IS!

[@novogamer7744]

King knight: 🗿☕

[@Fish-kim]

New BOSS: CRYSTAL TOKYO~★ And...... Boss battle is Awesome....!!!!!★ Also~ Kofi~★ Kofi! Can you make "What if AIRBORNE ROBOT was a BOSS?" Please~~~?★

[@RenGraes]

The Usurper has met his end as the queen lands down and utters the word that all kings FEAR to hear... Checkmate

[@savien6401]

As good as this is, my only suggestion is that the eyes for the queen could have been pink too, they could have done it like how the eyes for the triangle is in barracuda.

[@Duesikazergaming]

It’s the king he got wrecked by the queen

[@novogamer7744]

@@Duesikazergaming King knight: 🥲

[@Vlyg11]

gurazy made on i think its the one i knew this ones actulaly quite good i thought it was weird not being a crown and sceptre but here we have kofi surprising us amazing

[@PizzaWarrior29]

I did not think of chess while playing this level but now I do. Bonus points for the creativity. Nice work!

[@paulahornstein5908]

OMG!!!!!! I waited my whole life for this!!! 😱😍😃

[@whitesoul1.1.09]

İ loved the chess theme , it is so fitting to the music and horses , horses were actually cute

[@resetting123]

They're called knights

[@whitesoul1.1.09]

@@resetting123 i know i am not an idiot , but i love to call them "horses" rather than "knights"

[@resetting123]

Ohh ok. We also call them horses

[@novogamer7744]

@@whitesoul1.1.09 this is king Knight's song

[@whitesoul1.1.09]

@@novogamer7744 now it is even more fitting!!! :D

[@sharknado9855]

Close enough i guess haha, this is sick!