Adding a LEVEL EDITOR to my RIPOFF Geometry Dash!

Download the game: trideapthbear.itch.io/tridedash
How to download and upload custom levels: • How to download / uplo...
This video took a long while to make but I'm really really proud of how it turned out. I have to hold myself back from showing unecessary details of how it all works under the hood, just because explaining how every single detail works would make for a very boring 2 hour long video lmao. Hope I did a decent job of condensing all of this into an entertaining video
Second channel: / trideapthbear
Twitch: / tridegd
VODS Channel: / tridevods
List of music I use: shorturl.at/bsxBL
Discord: / discord

[@melody-v-]

Watching a gd youtuber make a gd ripoff feels so wrong

[@a3denclaggett254]

Lol ikr

[@nath.gt350]

True

[@ENDI8089]

It doesnt

[@smolboi5558]

Have you ever heard of a guy called DelugeDrop? I still agree with your opinion though

[@alakoopakool]

hi

[@Mightym8man]

Man, never would I ever have thought that Tride of all people would get into gamedev. Great job, regardless!

[@bl4ckk]

he has done game dev in the past

[@TimothyzhouGD]

Good

[@ev3bt]

@@bl4ckk when?

[@BranchBruh]

He had an entire other channel on game dev…

[@Mightym8man]

@BranchBruh Really? Could you link me up? KZbin seems to have removed the channels tab.

[@cyberxandcorruptedtiger]

I am OBSESSED with gamedev devlogs/videos and this series is SO entertaining. Keep it up!

[@1denied1]

Yes me to

[@lthebozz9992]

In 1.2, make the ship, color changing, more block types, and pads. I love this series so far!

[@MilesWatson123]

Oh. Your right. WE NEED PADS!

[@theharrbear]

He could add red orbs, it seems fairly easy to do

[@arhaxgd]

​@@theharrbearjust copy yellow orb and change the jump from 1.0 to 1.5

[@DaRealCrytionsBomb]

@@arhaxgdand pink orbs 1.00 to 0.75

[@scrumpyducks7296]

when he makes all the gamemodes im gonna (try) to recreate bloodbath

[@fireepy286]

we need more levels from you. one level isnt enough. we need 40,000

[@builder09]

@@Cylentrwhat are you babbling about

[@randomjazzpicture5108]

Holy hell! 40,00? Was that a Warhammer 40,000 reference??! Oh my god I love Warhammer 400,00!!1!

[@TitanCameramanInjured]

I have thought about level names. Tride Madness Tride After Tride Tridergeist Tride Out Tride After Tride Can’t Let Tride

[@TRexgamer699]

@@TitanCameramanInjuredTride on Tride?

[@cyberxandcorruptedtiger]

​@@TitanCameramanInjuredTride Madness Back on Tride Tridergeist Tride Out Tride after Tride Tride Let Go XTride Electroman Tridventures TrideStep TriderDash Trideerfunk

[@TaxeAndStuff]

one suggestion: as someone who's colorblind, the blue orb and pink orbs look a little too similar. i'd suggest making the blue orbs lighter like they are in real GD to avoid confusion! or you could do the 2.2 thing

[@H1LOW]

Fr this is great idea

[@OrangeDied]

oh damn theres blue and pink colorblindness? so if there was a bottle of water and pepto bismo-

[@TaxeAndStuff]

@@OrangeDied nah its redgreen colorblindness, so i see less red and green. so that purpleish pink looks more blue since its less red

[@exqgenius]

@@TaxeAndStuff Protan colourblind I've got the same type

[@littlefloss._.]

Ideas that would be good for future updates: Icon select [icons & colours] (1.2 / 1.3) Mobile compatibility (if it isnt already) (?) Collectables (1.5) Chests (1.5) Completion rewards (1.5) Difficulty faces (1.4) Trying to make servers (unneeded) (?) -- Other editor things -- Decorations (1.2 / 1.3) Length and object text (1.5) Other random songs to select from. (1.3) Speed portals (1.6) -- Others -- Other gamemodes [N] (1.4 - 1.6) Mini [N] (1.5) Reverse [N] (1.7) Playtest [N] (1.3) More BG's /Floors [N] (1.8) Selecting multiple objects [RQ] (1.2) Scaling [RQ] (1.3) Multi activate orbs [RQ] (1.3) Texture pack compatibillity [RQi?] (2.0) In level pause [RQi?] (1.2) Triggers (move, toggle, etc.) [RQi?] (2.0 - 2.2) And of course... The updated version in the bottom right. (1.2 - 2.2) RQ: Request N: New [i just thought of] RQi?: found in the comments (#.#): The Update (These arent things that need to be added, just would be nice, the update they appear in does not have to be what i put)

[@Dg_gd2]

that would take longer then now to 2.5

[@JeniferBivens]

Yeah it’s not on the App Store (yes I do use App Store to get my games because I’m mobile)

[@dastan1917]

Also able to select multiple objects. Seriously. I am making a really detailed demon and I do NOT want to move 67 objects to buff something all by hand...

[@EternalConnection]

Mac & Linux (made with unity, so it shouldn't be an issue)

[@grilledcheesecatGD]

scaling and multi activate orbs when

[@MilesWatson123]

Here is some stuff you can add in 1.2: A button to rotate 45 degrees. A grid in the editor. A red and black orb and all the pads. The ship gamemode. An icon kit. More main levels. And death effects. Also when you save not all the blocks save.

[@Bumpus.]

I feel like he should split it up into 1.2 and 1.3. He said that he doesn't want next update to take forever and the ship gamemode is very hard to program too

[@klampassn9987]

This is insane,you progress development so fast impressive it's not just simple gd level anymore good luck

[@AnAverageEndermanInWater]

suggestions for 1.2: (some might be hard to code u dont need to do all of these) - ship gamemode - more icons and colors to pick from - triggers (might be hard) - background and ground customization - extra stuff in editor (moving, copying, pasting, snap to grid, etc)

[@reinbew794]

Triggers aren't that hard. They work like functions, just a little different.

[@NotNotFancy]

Triggers are just changing the level with a single object

[@XENON2028]

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[@adryanlucas096]

a background trigger sounds pretty easy to do the only trigger i can think that may be hard and have a lot of bugs is the move triggger

[@loIcat_f]

Wtb Copy And Paste (viprin)

[@s4pgofficial661]

HUGE respect for all the effort you're putting into this. So excited to see the next episode, but just remember to not put too much pressure on yourself :)

[@romoboss]

Suggestion : You can create .zip files, that would store both the song and the level, and you could use a importer, which would be a file explorer popup, that would automatically put the level in the levels folder and song in the songs folder. There could also be a button in the level settings to export the level as .zip!

[@user-on2dt7dv8n]

Please, add The Void, that kills you if you're too high, so that you can't just skip the whole level by hitting a blue orb without spikes at the ceiling.

[@MultiIslands]

Idk if he did

[@prolygamesstudios3443]

ooooo how did he not catch that

[@amazing_max_myers_offical]

We definitely need more icons for this. Great start 😁

[@OmegaFalcon]

Huge props dude, this was such a fun video! I've always been too scared to make a level editor but maybe it won't be so bad...

[@skybolt0623]

This series is legitimately so awesome and unique alongside everything else you've done on this channel already, can't wait to see where you take it!

[@wdtoby]

Yoo this is sick! You could also add a playtest level button in the editor, a playtest music button in the editor and a copy + paste button in the editor. These will be super helpful as i have seen some playthroughs of older version of gd and it seems super irritating without these features. Obviously thses dont have to be added immidietally but i think it would be a really good addition!

[@ABwebGamesFan]

I absolutely love this series. I definitely enjoy these videos more than your normal content (probably because I like tinkering around with games and stuff), can't wait to see more in the future! Also, do you think you could share the actual project folder so that we can make our own modifications to it in unity?

[@Cadper-ty6ul]

He NEEDS to do that so we can make 2.3😂

[@Cadper-ty6ul]

The first episode of making Tride Dash was the reason i started getting into game dev because you made it look so easy and i just want to say thanks because it's a BLAST programing❤

[@krypton947]

I had no idea that Tride coded but that's AWESOME. Good job man!

[@kenetic-nf8jq]

This is so cool. but if you ever want to make an update you should add triggers into the level editor

[@Alex_xdkil]

He should add that in 1.5

[@Ghazi-playz]

I hope this gets a series it’s so entertaining and I want you to make version 1.2

[@blud_aba]

Thats so impressive bro. I hope roptop mentiones it and it gets a bazillion of players. This was supposed to be a inside joke for the channel, and you are actually making a level for people to play! Absolute W

[@Budjman07]

i love how exited you get off of the simplest mechanics, reminds me of myself when i did coding.

[@not_Mj]

You should make a account system so you have different people with different names while no one is stealing. let’s say Viprins level, and people start downloading that level while the original is not getting any it would be very cool making a account system and it might solve a lot of drama between levels

[@suchy.chomik]

He said he doesnt know how to make servers, but maybe he'll learn

[@not_Mj]

@@suchy.chomik true totally forgot he said that

[@prolygamesstudios3443]

hes not a professional coder, people are forgetting that

[@gmelhortablet]

arent servers and networking stuff like really hard to do correctly? im not sure Tride could do that

[@not_Mj]

@@prolygamesstudios3443 it was a suggestion for the future jesus

[@pebbletail_]

if you're planning on making this a series (which i really hope you do i really like this) you could make a megahack type screen in it where you can toggle noclip and speedhack and maybe a few other things

[@Nightlock862]

This is probably my favorite thing you’ve done on the channel! Also could you try to add more game modes in the next update?

[@hpoqou]

I love these tride dash videos, please make more!

[@isaac36.]

Tride Dash will reach update 2.2 before GD

[@kartofel-ssb2]

It got released, gd won this time

[@zogthedog10]

ayyy he's back with more Tride Dash

[@CrispyDaFrog]

ive been trying to switch to making games in unity, and your videos are a better tutorial than all those hour long things out there lol

[@cryptic2121]

Please make more gamedev videos! These are so fun and learning gamedev together with you is really fun

[@animatorskiold]

Someone needs to make a demon list for tride dash

[@gmanab]

Cant wait till we get 2.2 in this game!

[@energypumpkin2054]

warmth inside of the pit

[@Amam2445-jx7ol]

@@energypumpkin2054rock on the ground

[@Amam2445-jx7ol]

lets say all of these

[@Lexi_543]

You should totally make more levels, I feel like a level making episode would be super fun! I also think you should try making a game mode that isn’t in normal GD

[@idk-nc3pg]

i love this series so much!

[@musikid_official]

People in your itch comments have no respect, one guy effectively calling you lazy for not making a Linux build. It's sad.

[@GameplayDude963]

Sad😢

[@thehivegd2881]

Tride, you are amazing at making games!

[@codingidiot6754]

thanks for making this video for the 2 people who watch your channel who like geometry dash and also game development

[@rapidjonte]

man i love this series already (hyped for practice mode 👀)

[@zaqgamingstuff]

This man never fails to entertain

[@HxroGAMING]

Imagine if he makes platformer mode! 😂😂😂

[@sleepynet13]

its incredibly easy to do.

[@HxroGAMING]

@@sleepynet13 epic

[@KitchendorukImgoodforthefirsto]

Huj

[@Jommo213]

I didn't know you could code!!! Congrats, Tride!

[@CRODEX_45]

Upload it for mobile too please😢

[@D.S69]

you should try out godot

[@elirichards6044]

YOOOOOO ANOTHER TRIDE DEVLOG LETS GOOOOOOO Please make this a series

[@Taidhgind]

Awesome job! I think In 1.2 you should try to get a server for user levels (it would be hard but you could always get some help or just “borrow” some code) and I think a rating system would be fairly easy to add once the server stuff is working and then boom now we have a creator point leader board that could be added and possibly one for stars or another collectable like stars. I seriously would love to try and make cool levels in tride dash, it looks pretty good so far and I would really love to see working servers come to the game sometime so it’s easier to find user levels to play and so I can upload my own masterpieces. I know it’s just a gd copy but I think it has some potential as just a fun little “alternative” to gd, and because you are the best creator on the planet your rating system would be completely perfect and everyone would quit gd to come over to tride dash! 🎉🎉🎉

[@itsjekoo2262]

if this video gets more than 2 likes then he gotta make bloodbath

[@JackLSummer15]

Great series. I have been working on my game lately and might consider trying to include the level editor.

[@Nexusity_]

i actually really like these game dev videos you should do this more often lol

[@troxyd7197]

i love and forever will love this series

[@capy9846]

This could be such a cool series, like you can add some things that aren't in gd into this maybe like custom stuff you want.

[@munmun0134]

Honestly for update 1.2 these are the changes you should add 1. Add a icon set bc being just the default icon is probably boring 2. Add a playtest button in the editor (probably hard to code) 3. Add a color set my color for my icon is red and black 4. Add triggers (probably very hard to code) maybe you should add 4 triggers the color trigger,move trigger,rotate trigger,and stop trigger 5. Add a new gamemode bc being just the cube gamemode is kind of empty And that's ALL! and great job for update 1.1 :) amazing work tride.

[@GuyFunniGD]

omg this is so cool tride

[@123raven5-palestine_support]

THIS IS SO FUN, it does take a second to get used to the mechanics, but i still cant stop thinking that i made the first demon on this game

[@energypumpkin2054]

i can't believe Ambush from Roblox Doors made a demon in Tride Dash

[@123raven5-palestine_support]

@@energypumpkin2054 I can’t believe a pumpkin replied to my comment

[@theguyr1234_scratch]

Hey @Tride. Add this! - Death particles - Difficulty faces - Add cube,ship,rocket portal

[@Xishere430]

I love watching you make this game plz moreee.

[@abdulrahmanalturk7746]

Things to code for the next part #1 editor blocks and more: -Special mechanics :pads,black orb,red orb. -Gamemodes: ship ,ball,ufo -Decorations : pixel blocks( to about a 8th of a block), -Spikes:fading spike , fake spike -Blocks : background blocks , fading block #2 new ui: -Copy and paste -Swipe to place/edit -Quick delete (like in the corner) -Setting for the volume : music ,sfx , etc -Settings for editer -New icons for cube (like the first 5 free one the classic ones and the supporter and others are for beaten levels), ship(like the classic and a couple more),ball(like the classic and a couple other too) and ufo(the classic and a couple more) -Credit menu -4 new levels -Edit buttons like edit object and edit group -New triggers like move and alpha and color trigger -Color channels like 99 channels That might be all for 1.2 (thank you)

[@SCatalan_2022]

I admire Tride so much. He is able to just appreciate what he does. He does not care if its good, bad or anything in between, he can just laugh it off and call it an "intended feature". Amazing

[@XiliozGD69]

Man I love these videos

[@pizzamemess]

I did make a gd rip off too, but in stencyl, and I have no idea how to make a level editor lol. Props to you, Tride!

[@sneakyspooder2]

--- IDEAS --- Add a move trigger Add a color trigger Add a new gamemode Add the SPIDER ORB (for fun) --- Remember, you dont have to do these ideas. No pressure --- --- But if you do consider doing them plez credit me, plis ;-; ---

[@PlanetaryNonsense]

In the future, you should add a death animation- I mean vanishing animation :D If the block hits something it will vanish and play a very retro explosion sound effect, just a idea for you here :)

[@bazplaysgd]

playtesting and listening to the song would be the most important feature to add imo :33

[@Personngl]

Here's a whole list of stuff that NEEDS to be added. Ship, playtesting in the editor, song playing in the editor, more levels, background and ground triggers, maybe the ball, jump pads, red orbs, slabs, those weird pulsing stick things, speed changes, possibly the ufo, black orbs, spider orbs, and green gravity portals. If some miracle thing happens and you somehow see this, maybe scatter these things across multiple updates because that's a long list of things.

[@Shrek4lifeslay]

wow you are so good at this keep it up. May i sudgest making a black and red orb,GREAT JOB keep it up

[@susmarioenjoyer2387]

decided the editor gave me enough reason to download this, game itself would be not half bad if you increase the gravity / player speed. main issue is the editor corrupts anything i try to save by deleting ever odd-numbered column

[@arhaxgd]

i think you should make a contest for people to make levels in tride dash and pick the best ones for main levels this would be fun and get a lot of main levels done so the game would be much more expanded, it's a fun video idea as well judging other ppl's levels maybe with some popular gd creator even

[@pillows1238]

I can't wait until tride dash version 2.2 comes out, so hype!!!

[@supairo6539]

Little tip since it looks like you are new to Unity. If you dont want to have to zoom out when editing your UI set the Canvas from Screen Space - Overlay to Screen Space - Camera. Then drag in your Main cam into the Camera field and you should see that your Canvas scales down to Camera size. This makes it way easier to edit GUI and als way easier to test.

[@Nexus24gd]

Good job I actually like it a lot

[@clyve343]

Keep up the good work! Maybe you can add in 2 player pvp into the game :D

[@TenToTu]

I just made a level with my own song in Tride Dash. I aspire to be one of the OG Tride Dash creators. Also a couple things I noticed / would like to share - the music is very slightly de-synced after you respawn (the first attempt is fine, but the attempts after you die are off by a couple milliseconds) (and yes, i did make the level sync) - where can i share my levels? we need like a google doc or something (like for you to play i mean) (first ever Tride Dash level request video???) - i make some music if you want you could use some of it for Tride Dash! (just a suggestion i don't wanna be annoying) - when you open the editor, the first object you click/place gets deleted instantly - sometimes an object gets randomly deselected when i wanna do something with it - i've clicked the exit and DON'T SAVE button 3 times by accident cuz it's in the same place where the Resume button is in GD. please swap those two :D IMPORTANT EDIT: I've opened Tride Dash this morning and my level got wiped

[@JONVKENID3023]

16:39 you can actually change hue of the image if you go the adjustments (button at the top) and press the hue/saturation button. alternatively, you can press ctrl+shift+u to access it quickly.

[@v22gd16]

20:00 Personally, i would ads exactly 8 bytes to the beginning of each file which specify the size of your block data in bytes. Then when you read all the bytes of the file 1 by 1, you check if you reached this number. All the bytes afterwards just get pushed into a separate buffer from which you create the song. This way, the music will be included in the actual level file. For the level data itself, json can be used, but i would recommend a custom byte layout. So lets say 4 bytes for x, 4 for y, another 4 for id and 8 for rotation (if its in radiants). So every 20 bytes you get a new block. This way you save a ton of filesize and loading time, because the words "pos" and "rot" arent actually needed for your script to know where it is.

[@v22gd16]

We dont talk about custom songs :P

[@grilledcheesecatGD]

i really love this series and it's so fun to watch, do you think you could make it accessible on mobile too?

[@ApcHcp]

Oh, also, the reason the structure you wanted to build in profesor umlaut didn't work, because in GD the icon has 2 hitboxes: - the red (spike) hitbox - the blue (box) hitbox the red hitbox triggers when hitting a spike or a saw or any of that and it's as big as the icon, and the blue hitbox is smaller than the red hitbox and it triggers when it touches a block. If you want to make that structure work, you need to implement that.

[@iuseflare]

i love the video keep it up bro

[@GakkeCool]

Can I just say that I love it when Tride codes on video :)

[@xbartix]

ill love that series

[@captheobbyist6434]

here's some suggestions on improving your code: 1. use classes. like for example: Make a class "tile" with similar data like position and rotation, and then inherit from it at every other tile and add define some functions like onCollision or onClick etc this would make the code a lot more simple to use and maintain 2. not really a coding thing but separate main levels from custom ones. Like remove that selection thing at bottom left

[@OpenSorse]

Looks fun!

[@Fasmatic_Fox]

cep up the game bro love ur content❤

[@LineByLineDrawing]

Bro I love the fact that it looks so low quality but so amazing at th same time! Great job! Just had one question, does it work on mobile? And if so how? I tried but it said that I couldn't open that type of file, and it wanted to extract everything from the ZIP file 😅. Please let me know thanks!

[@TheGayLiberalAgenda]

no.

[@TheGayLiberalAgenda]

that sounded very passive-aggressive 😅 sorry mate

[@wnnd6]

Looking cool so far. Just a little bug i found is that orbs don't work with up arrow. :D

[@City_and_Games]

why do i appreciate the baba is you background music so much

[@GIGA131]

amazing video! Do you think you can make a version for Chromebooks?

[@0xide_lol]

Im hoping Tride will make a devlog for this beautiful game

[@palmossi]

I bet this will be an whole series

[@FriedCuttlefish]

This looked pretty fun to make.

[@TheMaxGuy]

why are you everywhere

[@FriedCuttlefish]

@@TheMaxGuy i am all seeing

[@Geometrydashsquid]

I was hoping you would continue it lol😂 please continue

[@firebacon9351]

Now the triple spike is the hardest jump. Good job Tride

[@freddyfireMain]

well.... there are currently game-breaking bugs but i love the idea... idk how you broke it... in the video it worked perfectly

[@radudavid771]

I have some ideas: Shop [Lets purchase icons] VIP Pass [Not really in game but it lets open chests] CHESTS GIVES YOU 100 ORBS PER DAY! Screen [It makes to see the screen when you enter at start] Update Logs button [Lets you see the updates] Bar progess [It only works at editor so you see the time]

[@kiwicutemellow4398]

You should have used the no click orbs to make jump pads. Well doesn't matter i want to ask will the next update have the jump pads?

[@gmdtidy]

Ship , BG colour , Pads!!!!!! Really can't wait for 1.2

[@thedawnofcrazy2664]

So i installed the game and made a level. Nice. I then checked to see if the space bar/up arrow also worked as a jump. And they do, but not on the orbs

[@ewilsonIsfluffyman]

Tride my Favorite Game Dev!

[@poffipelaa]

we need more of this

[@bransenfehrle1916]

add orb movement, ball mode, small spikes, platforms, mini portal, coins, add triggers but make 'em easy like move trigger where you can easily set where there x and y cordnents are to move by putting the trigger in the block and etc.