Every GD Level Style/Theme Ranked from Worst to Best

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Do you agree with my rankings? Why or why not? Let me know! Also, if you'd like to see more countdown videos like this one, check out my playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLqu9Hh8jRA8AWveVC6rFgU9veT2USHL77

[@Child_Of_God_Our_Lord]

6:30, what level it is?

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@Child_Of_God_Our_Lord Hue Effect

[@Child_Of_God_Our_Lord]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 ty

[@Child_Of_God_Our_Lord]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 my hardest is WL and now im grinding on SuperSonic

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@Child_Of_God_Our_Lord ok

[@n0kidneys]

One of the things i appreciate the most about the 1.9 style, specifically in RobTop's own levels, is the variety of individual experience that comes from having so many effects using the custom colours of the player. It really felt like your icon was special and making an impact on the game

[@visiblerat]

"nothing is more important than gameplay" proceeds to put the buggeist type of level at #1

[@phewiss3066]

*puts layout style in at #13*

[@chaken6187]

@@phewiss3066 well, he likes gameplays, but not effect layouts that people want some to be rated…

[@Pgpxd]

@@chaken6187 there was a google form in official gd server back in 2021 that asked the community if they wanted effect layouts to be rated (it's closed now)

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@phewiss3066 I think gameplay is most important, but deco shouldn’t be forgotten

[@chaken6187]

@@Pgpxd i would say yes. But it has to be executed extremely well, or else it will look just like a normal ah effect layouts, repetitive and forgettable

[@billyy2260]

mostly agreed, the glow style should be higher tho bc of how hard ut is to make. Good glow style is really hard to build and to learn, yes its generic, but still hard to make.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

But is it more so than other styles?

[@suitcasedotcagd]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 yeah, i would say so

[@susybaka0148]

just know how to use the editor and watch a glow tutorial

[@billyy2260]

@@susybaka0148 Oh yeah that sounds easy, unfortunately you have to spend hours just for 1 second gameplay. Its easy, yes, but its taking up so much time. Thats why glow is high effort. Try out yourself and realize how much effort you need to put in it

[@susybaka0148]

@@billyy2260 I did it 2 times it took like 30 minutes at most and then you can copy paste

[@KyogreGames_GD]

My top 3 are 1. Effect 2. Art 3. Modern I’d say this as a creator they are the most fun to create and most appealing to the eyes (for me)

[@ShockerzGaming]

Agreed, my fave is modern due to my mild colourblindness

[@kyesi_mus1c365]

u are litterally me

[@10xamazing70]

My fav is adventure. Im making a 4 min lvl

[@ItsLuaYT]

Art and modern are just so beautiful

[@TrueKonsi]

My top 3 : 1) art 2)effect 3)glow P.S: i hate modern,idk why

[@Cp-71]

Also, I think hell theme is overhated. It's far from as common as people make it out to be. Extreme demons are dominated by generic glow/design stuff - with hell style just here and there.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Yeah, I think you’re right about that; I looked through some recent extreme demons and only found one or two hell levels

[@oscarbjb7938]

when levels like apt or slaughterhouse. its actually an amazing theme

[@admiralensin.]

i think the hell theme is great. just add some orange so its not only red.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@admiralensin. You don’t have to use orange if it doesn’t fit the theme you’re going for

[@admiralensin.]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 but red and orange is still more interesting than just red. Obviously this doesn't work for every theme but I'm specifically talking about the hell theme.

[@sagasaga64]

the "space" theme is very interesting since you can do almost whatever you want if you just respect the colors and decorations. I'd say my best space theme is Dimensional from Darwin, it has this weird yet calm space vibe to it. I love it

[@AustynL]

what about solar flare i've heard good stuff about that level

[@sagasaga64]

@@AustynL yes, i just checked it out, it is so good, especially the music, it was so "spacy"

[@AustynL]

@@sagasaga64 when i learn how to deco levels im gonna make a space themed level with at the speed of light

[@sagasaga64]

@@AustynL it is going to be a good match, hope you do well

[@btarx8831]

Transtellar by grax

[@voguefurret]

It should be noted that there's a clear distinction between the terms Style and Theme: Styles are how a creator approaches design, These are the rules you follow in the editor, Everyone has a unique style but high quality decoration needs a good set of ground rules to follow, I'd recomend picking a popular style which you can then expand upon when you get familiar with the basics of it. Themes on the other hand are not made to be versatile, They are more like locations you build using a style. Here are lists to seperate the ones mentioned in the video: - Styles Traditional Nostalgia (Past Updates) Glow Art Modern Effect Core - Themes Nine Circles Hell Tech Space Horror - Gameplay Minigame

[@voguefurret]

The themes are commonly associated with these styles: Nine Circles [1.9 / Effect] Hell [1.9] Tech [Glow] Space [Glow] Horror [Art]

[@feenik99]

you sound like if gd colon was in a bad mood and asked chatgpt for a video script and youre reading it for the the first time

[@TelepathShield]

Lol

[@jessevanstraaten4111]

I personally really like realistic themed levels. Sadly not a lot of people use it.

[@xalite3860]

There really hard to make and look good

[@WhiteFlashGD]

It's actually very fun to make a realistic level. (Only if you can actually do that though. It's extremely hard to learn)

[@EstherCassViolet]

The idea of "realism" has been exponentially crashing gd ever since the community acknowledged culuc's existence, lol. I personally wouldn't say it's underused by now

[@200dollarcalculator]

I thought you meant the Devin style

[@EstherCassViolet]

@200dollarcalc devin is a much more stylistic approach I'd say. Something that can be considered realism would be motheye's style

[@celloj3703]

Damn bro I just started playin GD again and I had NO IDEA that there was this much depth to level themes. All the ones on this list looked pretty good to me, and that’s kind of intimidating since I’m trying to build my own level and I’m not sure how to approach decorating. I don’t want to make something people will just brush off, and I’m scared of spending so much time and putting so much care into my level only for people to view it as “lazy” or “unimpressive”

[@Tyler-xn2us]

Make short parts so it doesn’t take so long and ask people for feedback

[@ehwa6780]

​​@@Tyler-xn2usmaking short parts is the opposite of what i recommend, its much easier to get ideas for 5 or 6 parts than it is to try and make 15 or so

[@Flaaroni]

No way I made it in the thumbnail

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Well done Flaaroni

[@pludee_76]

As a design lover, Exg isnt really good. Still, some design works are simply outstanding ( desticy’s last level, kwms’ part in quaoar, or sedulous by samifying)

[@endervine3676]

I agree. Design can be done right, but it’s potential is usually left untapped.

[@fedwin4694]

Design and glow are both my favorite styles by a mile. I don't think that everything has to be so creative and original. These styles just always look so visually pleasing to my eye

[@NickAndriadze]

Is Sedulous a design level though? I'd say it's definitely Art, as every asset is hand-made.

[@pludee_76]

@@NickAndriadze every asset is hand made in design levels as well

[@inoobboi5438]

i would add bossfight levels as their own little category, and place them just above modern levels (they can look really awesome if you pull it off correctly [i.e. hhyper and xender game] but a lot of them aren't executed well)

[@David-mq9dw]

You have to know few underrated bossfight craters like Nf89! dolphe gostley and also DuKoGpoM

[@igorPatritrov]

But bossfight levels are mostly one of these styles with a boss added. Some levels are made around the bossfight but there are very few of those

[@David-mq9dw]

@@igorPatritrov It's very subjective to the creator but the people I listed above are very good at bossfight

[@Sir_catfish_the_4th]

Omoforia 🔥(I think idk how to spell it)

[@fredmolopo]

@@Sir_catfish_the_4th its omorfia

[@idkmn_yt]

Effect layouts when made well are extremely underrated and are one of the best styles next to effect and realistic styles imo

[@starsyt3164]

I dont care the freaking design! gameplay it is (I still hate Havoc)

[@EstherCassViolet]

In my view, though, I find effect layouts very limiting when it comes to innovation and creativity (granted how it actually just revolves around 1.0 elements). So unless you break out of theming so much to the point where it can't be considered an effect layout anymore, it usually just ends up looking like any other effect layouts out there and becomes... ..not so memorable

[@Divexi]

Finally, someone brave enough in the GD community to call out 1.0 levels/""layouts"" Good video btw, I agree with your list

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Thanks, although it’s far from the strongest reaction I’ve received from an opinion shared in a video.

[@Sporx20]

A style that I don't remember you adding is the realism style like Culucs part in emerald realm. In my opinion realism is a really really difficult style to do and I generally looks so damn good But I want to hear what you think about it?.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

I would give it 2nd

[@demeraracake4475]

Personally. the easiest style to master

[@delir1umhaha]

No

[@iambook6323]

@@demeraracake4475 no

[@laskouide_newragingbulls]

this video is more or less interesting but however there are things I have points to approach with your video - 1: about design,glow and modern I can find it a little easy for people to qualify for this level of fegnant or a way to be because it's not necessarily true (and you mentioned it) and also very important: -it's often a way for designers to express their creativity, they will know more about how to use this style at their end, they will be able to do beautiful things with it and they will have more ideas with their styles than anyone else (I'm thinking of hinds, starkythesalad, licen, yunhaseu14, qmistic, flosia, ilnm ect...). -but above all it's the most accessible and fun creation styles of this game for beginners, it's the easiest styles to learn and to progress, it's the best way to start small, it's too hard for us to start with something new, we have to do the most basic things first before we start going further, that's why nowadays we see it in the levels recent and it does not bother me because some their weapon is the way they are executed and not their originality or the long work. and I don't agree with the people you quoted who say that modern is lazzy because the blocks are simple Complexity does not mean worked 2-: horror themes I think about the same thing, there are many that are not very scary (tokidfrendly) but above all even if it's the objective, levels like man man or red roms go much too far, it's so bloody and excessive that it will shock 70% of audiences (or maybe not) and some parts are sometimes really cringe. the best horor theme of gd is collab level and soon antares even if it is more a borderline horor theme. 3-: the hell themes a lot of geometry dash hell theme are an important part of history, i think a lot of hell theme level came out when we had 1 top 1 every two years and when this trend was minimal, now hell theme can be a way for many creators to express their creativity (greafer, insxne, burgadaz, icedcave ect...). I'm also not a big fan of style art as I prefer simpler blocks and a lot of it is overdetailed. You could have talked about neo design, the pure definition of simple and effective. interesting video and sorry for the length and the English (thanks google translate :D).

[@ihavenoidea404]

i agree with you so hard oml

[@laskouide_newragingbulls]

@@ihavenoidea404 thanks you :D

[@Tiny_bigninja]

i didn't really take it for granted when you made that "Do i sound like gd colon" short, but now i geniunly thought i had put on a colon video lmao

[@DaviLBS23]

10:23 i found it very cool you used zenderwar's creations to represent tech and not just xender game's old levels. I really liked zenderwar's tech era because he made the tutorials which taught me how to build that style. Pretty sad he quit tech and is now doing art and minigames

[@JianAwesome]

I cant get over the terraria cave music syncing with the levels I the background

[@sinksinksink]

I feel like core done RIGHT can look really fkn cool! Levels like Khorne are really bad tho since it always feels like they just spammed objects for the sake of... well... spamming objects. Being the creator of core... i feel like MaJacko still - after 8 years - makes super unique core levels. That style will always hold a special place in my hearr

[@Eliassthepro]

Nice video, I honestly kind of agree with your list.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Good to hear!

[@tundra77]

i cannot beloved you put effect layouts over actual deco LOL

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

And I cannot believe that you said “beloved” instead of “believe”

[@GDMakar51]

Thanks I'll try to look outside the box for preview 7 of Scorpion Circles.

[@LukeTCC]

I think this video has a lot of pretty sticky takes in it, but I can at least see where you’re coming from with them, even if I don’t agree. Honestly like half of this list I agree with, but there’s so much I would personally switch around; many of the things I would switch you had made comments or jokes about being controversial.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Which placements in particular would you change?

[@LukeTCC]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 first off, I think mini game should be like mid tier. They’re cool, but I’m not playing geometry dash so I can actually play some other game. Also, I’m one of those people that think that modern is the new generic. I swear I can’t go into the featured tab without being swarmed with modern levels, so I would put that much lower. I would also put hell theme pretty much at the bottom. Dispute the fact that most of the hell levels being made now are pretty decent, I feel like my past experiences have completely soiled my enjoyment with them. This one I understand being a little bit of a weaker leg to stand on. I think that design and glow levels should be higher. Probably at least mid tier, but I wouldn’t put them in the top 3. Personally when I think of a geometry dash level, what comes to kind and what i expect is pretty much exactly what the design and glow levels are. I feel like if you would have put them at the bottom in 2.0 to early 2.1 I would agree with you, but the fact is that they really aren’t made as much as other levels anymore, and I think they’re really refreshing to play over the sheer amount of modern levels in the game. Those are all of the big changes that I would make to this list (unless I forgot something, but I don’t think I did). I would make a lot of other changes, but they all boil down to just changing something by only a couple of places, so I’m not going to bother typing them all out. Overall, it’s nice to see a tier list/ ranking video that I disagree with but still can understand and respect. I’m definitely going to subscribe to keep up with the content.

[@ItsRubyGD]

@@LukeTCC big agree tbh

[@sylvanhrowberry]

why is CORE playing in the background of the art level section and not the core section

[@rolandfilip2780]

best modern level:Insomnia by Dimakulov best NC level:The Hallucination best hell theme level:Titanomachina best space level:Cosmic Cyclone best art level:Devin2003 best horror level:Man Man best 1.9 style level:Sinister Silence best factory level:Alika best upcoming level:Return 0

[@reeseon10]

W picks

[@visiblerat]

sinister silence ugly asf ngl

[@CastChaos_69420]

Bro forgot kokmoc or edge of destiny

[@Mykolai_Vasylyovych]

best art level: No Man’s sky by Konsi

[@why-m3g]

my favorite art level, a creator

[@donkeyking05]

Would be cool to rank gameplay styles

[@luvsgreen10]

You should have included travel levels. Then, there would be an even spread. 16-9 would be the bad half and 8-1 would be the good half.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@luvsgreen10 Yeah, they definitely would have been a good style to include

[@PixelatedBaconisgood]

I think one you should do is pixel themed levels. They are like retro levels, but usually way better. They are almost always based off of games, similarly to retro levels, but for me personally, it is hard to find a bad pixel level.

[@BottlefFlop]

Core deco can be really good when its done well, and some of the more modern levels are great.

[@Mykolai_Vasylyovych]

But its still nothing compared to real art style.

[@TanVal382]

I’m surprised you had the courage to upload this on KZbin. I don’t agree with all of the rankings but good job at showing your opinions

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Thank you

[@haXXiGD]

There is one style i wanna point out that i dont know the name of and i just love it here's three levels in this style: -idkwhattowritehere by Faronium -wewas by Powidlo -HOW TO COOK MR WHITE by (i dont remember) If someone experienced told me if this style has a name, i'd appreciate it

[@vincent_mm1241]

The theme you're looking for is called neo-design, it's a style made popular mostly thanks to a creator called overdefo. The 3rd level you've cited is kinda in between effect, modern and neo-design however

[@haXXiGD]

Thank you so god damn much

[@noaht2005]

It’s sort of a retro-modernistic style, mixing 1.7 style graphics with more detail

[@dogie419]

The level I think did he’ll theme right was Reanimate. There are some really cool parts and they actually vary from just the dark red and black style commonly associated with extremes. Take the second drop for example. From the predrop to the end of the level everything is amazing and really pushes the hell theme to its limits. The creators decided to use not just red and black but other colours like oranges, yellows and pinks. It also uses glow really well in my opinion.

[@ThePersonWhoAsked69420]

Devin2003’s horror style is so *bloody* good 😉 (that was a bad joke)

[@jorisimo452]

I love how so many channels use terraria music, as background music

[@banderofficial]

nearly 13 minute video?? 😳😳😳😳

[@jasthesecond]

That's an absurd rating for a glow level ngl. Yes it's not that creative and really overused but it's fun to play nonetheless. AndrixGD is one of my favorite creator when it comes to creating glow levels. He's killin' it lol

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Good for him

[@starsyt3164]

I Disagree With The Opinion About Effect Layout because its not important how the design how creative or artistic you are, the mission is to improve your gameplay creativity and gameplay effect (some of them abuse lol) to make more fun and enjoyable (except for Havoc) and also to respect others low devices like mobile or old computers. So, thats my opinion.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Still, I don’t like effect layouts as much as other styles because they’re inherently worse from no decoration

[@starsyt3164]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 maybe we have different perspective/conclusions to me and yours.

[@TheSumOfAnIdeod]

Ty for the nc levels, I owe you one for that!

[@STICKCH]

Design style was hardcore robbed of first place

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Okay

[@bittersweet2822]

no one cares kid

[@nLuna]

On JOBY

[@mrdqveslol]

4:11 also, there is a very good hell themed level called rare by greafer

[@Crazey]

I think Edge of Destiny is a combination of design and art, not really a glow level, I mean every style uses glow at some extent. Good vid nonetheless.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Guess so. I’ve heard people call APTeam levels glow style, and EoD (which was at first being built by the team) seems the most glowy of them

[@Crazey]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 You pretty much need glow in everything you want to look smooth or to represent certain objects, glow functions like a soft brush in drawing programs such as Photoshop for example, think about it that way I guess. There isn't really a glow style in this game(imo), it's just levels that use it.

[@Crazey]

But there can be exceptions, there can be no glow in a level, and doesn't need it.

[@laskouide_newragingbulls]

we call this art design

[@Crazey]

@@laskouide_newragingbulls Pretty much

[@Cyancloud13]

I always use layouts, not effect layouts, just plain layouts, well mostly, some times I use a OUNCE of decoration

[@Alwayscommentseveryday]

Ok for my opinion, i think that Layout level themed are the most underrated styles of all time because Reason 1: Easy to build Reason 2: Easy to see and follow Reason 3: Can have deco (whatever they wanted it to be) Reason 4: Idk looks cool as hell

[@dpoopoop]

The scariest level is killbot hack, it scares my sister and cousin with just two furries moving front and back

[@darmuth]

u forgot about some themes, mainly atmospheric and tech but overall i kinda agree with some of the points u made. As for glow however i kinda would agree to disagree, on one hand i truly believe that most glow levels are ass but there are some that are amazing ones that makes me forget about the bad ones thats why i would put glow a bit higher, overall good video

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Thanks, though first of all, I did include tech theme and second, I don’t consider atmospheric a theme since any level can have an “atmosphere” regardless of theme.

[@Ranyyz]

Wheres neo-design?

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@Ranyyz Not in this video

[@Ranyyz]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 why not

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@Ranyyz I didn’t look into neo-design as I figured it must be pretty similar to the rest of design

[@Pgpxd]

I think I understand when people complain about hell theme. Like yeah, it's overused for extreme demons, but sweet Lord, their complaints are *WAY TOO INTENSE* . I don't really think the community should be developing a hatred *THIS* inflated for something that actually shouldn't be their bussiness. It's just too much of an overreaction and a cringy way to handle things you don't like.

[@PokeyYapper1991]

Recent tab style?

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

I wouldn’t call that a style so much as a result of new creators not having creating skill

[@PokeyYapper1991]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 lol

[@GghostGR]

My top 3: Realistic Modern Detaleid tech glow

[@thunderkiro24kLx]

pov: you see generation retro and the first video on your feed is "The Worst Geometry Dash Level" by GD Colon

[@millangd]

I think These rankings are pretty accurate and a level im excited for is ascension to heaven by blueskii

[@HolyZoldly4683]

Hell themed is very overused,almost all the top 1's have been hell themed for god sake

[@Redstoner34526]

Let’s be honest, terraria is a theme and is 2nd or 1st

[@Statis001]

this video makes me cry in decoration pain

[@Hdagoat_]

Imo the best gd style is art levels. I really Dont have much to say... Art levels in gd are usually outstanding, especially more recent Art levels such as Espionage by Subwoofer, and A Final Memorial by ItsKiba. Levels in this style are definitely the best by far. My #2 spot goes to effect levels. Effect based levels, if done properly, can be outstanding. One Effect level that caught my eye recently was ABEL by Diened. Like how do you even make a level this good! Although Effect levels are great, a lot are not sightreadable. My #3 spot goes to the modern style. Modern style is great! But its overused. 90% of daily levels if not being glow style, are Modern, which brings this style down a bit. Modern also has to be done correctly. For example red mug by Lyriaki. Red Mug is actually probably my favorite non-demon level in geometry dash. The levels transitions are super smooth, and differentiating it from other modern levels, it has GOOD GAMEPLAY. Most modern levels are 5-7* bc they are in the featured tab which is basically all 5 and 6 star levels, and they have the most boring, generic gameplay ever. But if modern levels had good gameplay and were less overdone, they would easily take #1 spot. (The reason I don't have minigames on here is because I play on mobile and opening a mini game level is the equivalent to playing bloodlust on a nokia💀)

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

I pretty much agree with you on art; only reason it’s not #1 for me is cause I love Minigames so much. Maybe that will change when I play some more of them (I could experience lag like you said). Effect levels are cool too, but not as good as some others imo. As for modern, I placed them near the middle because of how overdone they are; many people say they wish the style was even lower.

[@Hdagoat_]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 👍

[@theman3607]

missed opportunity to play CORE from undertale when discussing about the gd style and not at the end

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Not sure how I didn’t think of this

[@woomgd]

I have been a part of this community for ages but this has to be the worst and most ridiculous video i have ever seen

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

I have been a part of this community for ages, but this has to be the worst and most ridiculous comment I have ever seen.

[@woomgd]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 oh you are so creative, you rank effect layouts above design style and make a video why layouts should never get rated. I think you are not the smartest one out there 😔

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@woomgd It’s called “changing your mind”. Is that a foreign concept to you?

[@woomgd]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 don’t talk if you have no clue is what I’m saying, putting the style which is the origin of everything this game has become on the last place is just stupid

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@woomgd Don’t talk if you’re going to be an asshole. Calling someone’s opinion “stupid” is just stupid.

[@user-never-existed]

Space theme sort of melts into glow themes

[@thearmyants.]

Personally I would of put design in the top 5, theres a lot more to it then just early 2.1 levels XD

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

True, but the “lot more” levels don’t make up a lot of design levels

[@thearmyants.]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 Splinter25? APStrom? There a lot more design levels then you make there out to be, I think you just misunderstand what a design level is. The ones that look similar to the gauntlets just don't exist anymore, the style has evolved A TON. Also you also don't understand what "Generic" means. If levels look similar, they aren't generic, but just different takes on the same style, if each levels used the same block design and the same gameplay, THAT would be generic, but the design style has so many varying block designs and gameplay usage that it just isn't the same. Also NEUTRA is a design level, is that a bad level????

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@thearmyants. Oh boy, you can name a whole three good design levels! It’s not like there are hundreds of bad design levels!

[@thearmyants.]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 There are also hundreds of bad glow levels, art levels, minigames, any other category. There will always be bad ones of each category. There is no category that has 0 bad levels. All of them have a ton of bad levels. But there are also a ton of good ones.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@thearmyants. You don’t seem to have payed close attention to this video. Potential for good is only part of the equation for which styles are better than others. I’m also taking into account the average quality of levels in a certain trend. And no, not every trend has the exact same amount and magnitude of good and bad levels. Some styles TYPICALLY produce better levels, and others TYPICALLY produce weaker levels. Design falls into the latter category.

[@markiod]

layout creators after hearing someone call 1.0 stuff bad: *insert that one spongebob meme here*

[@spookypuky2439]

I agree with most of these! But I don’t agree with the #1, the reason is because it’s not geometry dash it’s just something else! I will say it’s very cool to have those levels though! Not saying it’s not impressive to make those, very hard to make good mini games, but if I want to play some type of mini games I’m not gonna go in geometry dash. Nice list👍🔥

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Yes they are Geometry Dash! They were made in the GD editor, so they are GD. But I’m glad you liked the video!

[@ShuttersYT]

1.9 style is mostly agreed but there are a lot of special 1.9 styled levels including tartarus.

[@petarblazevic1954]

Personally glow is 1

[@whatdoiputhere224]

4:52 i knew you were gonna use... that one level

[@esbeydy153]

Love the Undertale Ost backround music 🎉❤

[@i67dash]

I havent decided on the rankings except for the top 3: 1. effect 2. art 3. minigames

[@MasterHKS]

Love me or hate me but i'm still in love with hell themed levels

[@TherealDDS6482]

Triple six is also a really cool hell themed level

[@fredmolopo]

bruh why all the hate it’s actually a good video, it’s his opinion also it’s kinda sad that effect layouts have really good effects, sometimes better than effect levels, so they could’ve just decorated them

[@CrispyDaFrog]

I don't care about the style of the level as long as its creative. I always hate on glow and modern levels for being unoriginal, but they can actually be done right, but nobody ever does which bothers me

[@IvanGD-iw3vo]

rootbearfloathaspop3301 :ranks hell / death theme at 12th Bloodlust : "Am I a joke to you"

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Idk what you're trying to say, please elaborate.

[@TheIdleonEnthusiast]

​@rootbeerfloathas pop I think he means that bloodlust is one of the better hell themed levels

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@TheIdleonEnthusiast Not sure why they think one level makes the theme good tho

[@BoomCatOfficial805]

You should've added the bossfight style. I personally would put it between art and tech or art and minigame.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

I don’t consider boss fight to be a style.

[@BoomCatOfficial805]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 ok

[@DexterWolf-ds7nz]

That was the least enthusiastic intro I’ve ever seen lmao

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Wrong!

[@Bobbydhopp16CONTINUED]

1:47 I would rank the limited objects separately from the other “1.0” styles and with an actual 1.0 level.

[@Bliger29]

In my opinion the best type of levels are space theme for decoration, and nine circles levels for gameplay. Nine circles level are strange, cuz you can make really fun levels like Jawbreaker or Supernova, or make completly garbage, unfun and unbalance gameplay ( Crimson clutter, sakupen circles, Poltergeist)

[@wayoflifefr]

Bro just angered 80% of the world’s population with that glow ranking 💀💀💀

[@yammez1]

Art levels will always be be too of the charts in my eyes as they, more often than most levels, are trying to tell a story. This means parts that might not look the best are elevated by their dedication to the theme or story progression of the level, leading to an experience that can be best described as greater than the sum of it's parts.

[@nebula_star14]

Now theres 17, the newest is lobotomy.

[@themetalmario77]

i will NOT accept effect slander

[@Amexy-mr6lw]

Where would you put neodesign? Also can’t believe you didn’t mention omorfia as one of the “great” effect layouts it’s one of the only ones that isn’t just searching free undeserved popularity and a nexus upload. Also autopilot, communication and transtellar are probably the best space levels out there.

[@DuskerHu]

5:52 Counterpoint: Goldcrest Palace.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

It’s kinda cool I guess, tho I still don’t think it’s very special

[@Gravy248]

I cant lie, but, the modern style looks really cool

[@Aespha2]

This video feels like it was made in 2018

[@ghiahrim248]

We can't make a tier list like that, because there are too many variables that are changing the result.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

I didn’t make a tier list

[@ghiahrim248]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 so what is it? (I just try to understand)

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@ghiahrim248 Ranking from worst to best.

[@n0ir261]

Im sad to see the hell theme get so fucking overused and then get all the hate that they can while it's my favorite

[@Prolol1233-0]

I really like the space theme from kocmoc, really cool

[@nahyanakmal6619]

This dude is really underrated

[@Pgpxd]

Sorry for commenting twice but my favourites are: 5 - Nine Circles 4 - Glow 3 - Space Theme (the cold colors look so cool, specially in levels like SWI) 2 - Art Honorable mention - Effect 1 - MaJackO Core

[@gdfuzion]

I just think effect levels are the best. No doubt about it. I’m not really talking about the low-effort “effect” levels. I mean the boundary-pushing, how-the-heck-did-they-even-make-that kinds of levels

[@lonely3752]

I would include like an experimental style

[@rorza169]

Next video is gonna be “every gd custom level ranked in order”

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Yeah for sure

[@kambuntschki6314]

I think you should have added a nature/realistic theme lvl to the list. They are often very cool

[@DarkSparkYT]

Mini game is t really a theme, it’s a gameplay style. Nonetheless, I agree and think these are great

[@calipergd]

I love how you used demonic hell for hell style. Gotta live flaaroni Broo you cant just represent tech with one on zenderwars worst levels, that is CRAZY

[@Phoenix-y8d]

The style I like most is glow I struggle with it a lot but the result is amazing 🤩

[@Toby135]

I feel like you can't combine style and theme into one list. A theme is when a level has an idea or concept that spans across the whole level or a significant portion of it. A style is just how the artist/decorator chooses to represent their level. You can have modern-hell levels, core-space levels, and even 1.0-art levels, so putting them in the same list kind of doesn't make sense to me. As a plus, I wouldn't include the "game style", or minigames, in this list. It's not a style or necessarily a theme, and completely changes how a level plays.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

I don’t have a problem with your opinion on combining style and theme, but your objection to my inclusion of Minigames makes zero sense

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

Like, so what if it changes how a level plays on a fundamental level? It is still a type of Geometry Dash level

[@Toby135]

​@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301The difference between "Game Style" and literally every other style/theme is that it isn't a style, or even a theme. It's entirely dependent on what the creator wants to make. You can make a minigame with the theme of space and core decoration, or the theme of hell with modern decoration. The theme of a minigame is entirely dependent on what the creator wants to make, and it doesn't have to stick to a specific style. It's like putting platformer levels on the list because they require you to take a different approach to creating, it makes zero sense to put it on the list.

[@rootbeerfloathaspop3301]

@@Toby135 Bruh, they are a completely different style of level from the others, how can it not be a different style?

[@Toby135]

@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 Because your list ranks decoration styles, not level styles?

[@ydo5641]

Why did you mix themes and styles? There are SO many themes you can have so its just kinda stupid, same for styles just on a smaller level.

[@hydrx9421]

terraria music goes hard, underground truly underrated fr