How to Make Less Annoying Gameplay in Geometry Dash

Have you ever played a Geometry Dash level that just felt... unfair? Maybe the gameplay is super buggy... or maybe it has bad transitions that make it annoyingly hard to sightread. In this video, I try to go over ten easy ways that you can make your gameplay more enjoyable and fair to the player.
This video was such a trip to make. I was hoping to get it out in January but because of procrastination and schoolwork I ended up pushing it back. While the editing may seem pretty mediocre, keep in mind I had to play through OVER ONE HUNDRED featured levels just to find enough instances of things I mentioned in the video. I know I said I don't play much GD but honestly I think this video actually got me back into the game. I've also developed tons of respect for GD creators and the community-- some of the levels people make are nothing short of incredible. Next time you find a level you like be sure to show creators some love by dropping a like or leaving a friendly comment.
Special thanks to SpKale, ShadowWizard, Lake, and everyone else who helped me come up with ideas and fix up the script (and JordanTRS for the demon gameplay)
Music used: In Stasis from Celeste, Wii Shop Channel, Snowy from Undertale, March of the Spoons by Kevin MacLeod, Portabellohead from Crypto of the Necrodancer, Tutorial from Rhythm Doctor
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If you're reading this, why do so many creators use that weird ⬩❯ arrow seriously I need answers

[@envya4174]

‘Make sure your moving objects are predictable’ 80% Deadlocked:

[@Ohmwise]

the levels already a medium demon so just let it be

[@GUADIACALDERON]

level easy is annoying

[@myself8637]

I died there 3 times

[@Topunito]

I died to the transition at the beginning a lot because wave-ship transition sucks, but once I got lucky and got past the transition I did it first try

[@myself8637]

@@Topunito emm

[@sdslayer100]

I didn't even know it was possible to make a fun GD level in 2021

[@elijah44gd79]

first'nt

[@RHoskote]

Sdslayerrrr

[@sasquatch884]

Hello there

[@Literatez]

True

[@shadowspeak]

lol yeah

[@bettercalldelta]

This is exactly why I like 1.9 levels so much. Their gameplay is fair and readable, and the decorations are already very beatiful, and unlike most modern levels, the two don't hurt each other in 1.9 levels

[@staringcorgi6475]

I agree despite there still being trash in 1.9 but that is inevitable in gd

[@XTheScarX]

@@staringcorgi6475 yep but at least it was sight readable trash

[@staringcorgi6475]

@@XTheScarX mostly if ignoring levels like xyz step infinity or can’t let troll

[@chillfrosted2670]

fire aura:

[@17thstellation]

You forgot the most extremely important and amazing tip: Always place very large text saying "HOLD!!!" next to every single dash orb.

[@Dexzler]

Fun fact text limit or abuse scaleness secretly has alpha trigger

[@fedwin4694]

I can't tell if you're joking or not, but I hope you are.

[@OfficialYo9966]

@@fedwin4694 Its very obvious satire

[@Chessplayer1719]

This also applies to robot gameplay but do this IF ● The level is below normal difficulty ● 1 Star rating with 25 orbs

[@Ruzzzz57]

what i would do: Checkpoint at transition

[@NapkinDictator]

YES FINALLY, SOMEONE CALLING OUT THE BAD GAME DESIGN PLAGUING THIS GODFORSAKEN GAME

[@kaigamesoficial6426]

yeah

[@ZphyZphyer]

Agreed

[@CrazyDash9]

Let’s also not talk about the “Layout” trend. Rated layouts do not deserve to get rated. Most people who make layouts just add flashy stuff just to cover up how bad their gameplay actually is

[@labannackros]

yes yes

[@lordhelix1705]

ive started to grow a bad taste from geometry dash, because at this point, flashly decoration is the only real requirment to get rated, and gameplay is often tossed to the side

[@blitzkek2055]

finally, someone rant about prioritize gameplay rather than design. nowadays, their basis of "good" levels are based from their level design.

[@fieryflame1299]

Honestly, yeah this is a game not an art show. (Not saying decor should be ignored, just gameplay prioritised)

[@JF1prodz]

Most times I die cuz the creators use custom spikes

[@gb5164]

Right? And they all look the fucking same, every time I scroll thru the featured levels it’s just over decorated with shitty gameplay. I miss 2.0 and before, he’ll even the beginning of 2.1 wasn’t like this. Not sure what happened but every level just feels unoriginal and boring to play.

[@gb5164]

@@JF1prodz I hate when creators use custom spikes.

[@yusufthecatwithagun]

And thats stupid :)

[@BLENDEDBEANZ]

I completely agree that your level should be sight readable. I hate so many custom levels because they have way too much decoration and I have no idea what anything is, I get making your level look nice but at least make good visual difference between the ground, spikes, and empty space.

[@hibacilacle2609]

I’m not gonna lie, what you just said is one of the reasons I quit playing Geometry Dash, I just couldn’t do dailies or weeklies since it was so hard for me to tell the foreground from the background and what was dangerous. That and I only had bluetooth headphones, so the desync between gameplay and music was unbearable.

[@DccToon]

dash spider part

[@bodemackie4237]

6:56 “Essentially it’s a level that looks like it was designed by a 4-year-old. And they exist in geometry dash as well, usually with demon layouts.” Recent levels: *Am i a joke to you?*

[@TheCaregiverSITMOB]

He’s actually explaining why recent levels flop.

[@cherrychip_]

"Make sure your moving objects are predictable." Recent Levels: Oh no! Anyway...

[@cymar]

well, they are recent levels.

[@smurphas6119]

hahhahaha i laughed so hard at this

[@RubyPiec]

My recent tab l3vels dont even use move triggers

[@ep1k_4]

i make the objects move before you arrive to them so its a little bit predictable

[@zt3853]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@goofballcartoonist7848]

"don't use triangle decorations" oh sir, i have the perfect level where i ALWAYS DIE IN THE SAME SPOT every time i try playing it because all the spikes look exactly like arrows. it's so annoying. thank you for pointing it out.

[@darthvader5399]

My nemesis level that uses triangle decorations is called 'victim'

[@providenceannahtafirei4143]

Do a mini gd level

[@savagemarkery]

@@darthvader5399 me too

[@aradia9726]

homestuck

[@Phoenixgaming-zf4tu]

space battle intensifies

[@arshpreetsingh4469]

You forgot to mention LDM mode. Sometimes, LDM doesn't change the level at all, such as Flax by Thomartin. Other times it changes the background and maybe flashes, such as Thought Process from Enlex(I think). Other times it just changes the whole level into a layout

[@carameleoncookieee]

melodic travel

[@liuskking_alt]

like WHAT by Spu7nix

[@hhhh82user]

@@liuskking_altit also kinda changes the gameplay, like the kinda jump near the end being turned into normal gameplay

[@devourerofgods7047]

Telegraphing attacks from "Boss Levels" could be creative and fun, but it might be mistaken for a laser if you do it that way

[@JamAttack]

the absolute worst thing people do with transitions, is when you go into a ball part, and then they knock you down with a blue pad thinking you don't have enough time to realize you need to make an input there, but 90% of the time, what happens is that the player notices that they should make an input right as they're hitting the blue pad before they notice the blue pad, and then end up making the input after the blue pad, killing them. like please, why can't you just not have the gameplay of that part start right away? or maybe have it be Auto for a second at the very least.

[@RetrOHeaD5805]

Yeah blue pads in ball parts are so RARELY useful

[@JamAttack]

@@RetrOHeaD5805 yeah like the only time you'd want to use them is as a fake, and that should be either obvious, or intentionally memory heavy, and not just some annoying thing that's supposed to be """helpful"""

[@lazolvguy9577]

Yea it is better to place gravity portal than blue pads

[@nitrothekid2323]

Just make a good transition lol the only reason why a creator would have to do that is if the transition makes it hard to read what’s coming up

[@JamAttack]

@@nitrothekid2323 EXACTLY

[@henrygamingnguyen]

"don't be a jerk in demon levels" krmal: "sorry, we don't do that here"

[@quentintose]

lmao

[@petethecateyy2125]

@@quentintose E

[@fgrey-]

I still find his levels fun tho

[@fgrey-]

I like the first part in lit fuse

[@ZVLIAN]

@@fgrey- lit fuse is hella fun

[@TheWagonroast]

5:36 Made even more true if you realize that size, speed, gravity, and gamemode portals all have different hitboxes, so even if you placed them on top of eachother, you’ll touch them at different times.

[@beanmann000]

I like to make my levels more “dynamic”. An object first seen as an obstacle can actually be a useful platform you can jump on to go forward a different way than usual.

[@red80gmd]

dorabae chooseway

[@GDColon]

I know I said it in the description but... this video was a really really really interesting one to make. I spent weeks playing more than ONE HUNDRED featured levels in order to find the exact points I was looking for. And although I rant a lot about levels being "bad", I have to point out that I've honestly gained so much more respect for GD creators. Although playing through 100+ levels sounds like torture, the truth is that it was an incredible experience where I got to play through some of the most beautiful and well designed levels I've seen in a while. I mentioned that stopped playing GD levels a while ago but I honestly think making this video got me back into the game. Definitely gonna start playing more levels and leaving friendly comments on them. And I encourage you to support creators by doing the same!

[@baulvicork5199]

Hi

[@lioncaat7961]

Honestly, it's really fun to have someone famous comment on your level (NOT from personal experience) so by doing so, you probably made someone's day. Those are the little things that matter in life, so it's a good thing to do. ^^

[@treborsnave76]

Well done Colon

[@GDColon]

@@lioncaat7961 Honestly I just wish people left more friendly comments in GD. Usually I'll just play through a level then comment on everything I enjoyed about it (and maybe some steps for next time). Along with being meaningful it's also a nice break from the constant toxicity and like begging so... it's a win-win in my book

[@MuSicBlock5774]

It was, bc there are some things that actually bother me too.

[@pixelator5312]

"this isn't hacked i just ate a whole pack of flintstones vitamins" made me nearly spit out my drink

[@filipt9931]

actually the flintstone gummies did only 50% of that the other 50% is from his gaming chair

[@creativeusernam]

@yur ono bruh

[@instansyx9917]

Same xd

[@kd4n347]

Bruh the wave wasn't even hard lol the hacks were just unnecessary

[@sarcastic_much]

@izuku39 what are you smoking?

[@kour3l]

"This isn't hacked i just ate a pack of flintstone vitamins." 💀 7:23 btw

[@creapeys]

One suggestion I’d also consider is making rhythms/patterns for sync. I find it’s easier to learn a level’s gameplay if there’s a specific click patterns made for specific parts.

[@Orincaby]

7:27 "demon levels should be readable" demons after 2.0: *i'm going to pretend i didn't hear that*

[@lithi3_]

when you see it

[@sixsta_r]

@@lithi3_ lmao

[@JonathanGomez-ys4ou]

WYSI

[@galliumn8684]

@@sxneze wrong community

[@lastlyhi]

oh god... blue zenith intensifies*

[@Melotaku]

I've always wondered why I like playing levels made before 2.0. Now I know why.

[@Rayan-West]

I like 1.0 style, as I don't mind about block design ad much as gameplay.

[@snowie591]

@@Rayan-West same

[@Gerbert67]

yeah, the map packs are cool

[@Woomy42231]

@@Gerbert67 that might be too far. They too contain bad gameplay like blind jumps. A lot of blind jumps.

[@goodgamesguy4]

@@Rayan-West me too

[@The_Knight_IsTheVillain]

Extra tips: Don't put blind clicks. If you're gonna surprise the player with an orb/obstacle that was offscreen at least put an indicator (an exclamation mark for example), but I mostly recommend you to not put blind offscreen clicks at all. Make sure to balance the gameplay properly. Too much precision on a simple level can just make it unfair and sometimes buggy. Sync up the level with the music you're using. Even doing this a little bit can help because this can give the player an idea of where it should click, and it feels better than just random obstacles mashed together which results in a messy feeling gameplay that requires pure sightreading. (If I made any mistakes please tell me)

[@cowrocks3630]

This is exactly why I absolutely dread old demons. There wasn't a good way to scale up the difficulty back then (there were barely any triggers), so most people's idea was to put blind jumps and 5 million trilple spikes to get that beautiful demon rating.

[@SomeCowguy]

​@@cowrocks3630**ahem** CLUTTERFUNK. I absolutely despise that blind triple spike at around 70% and its the reason i refuse to do the level. Its 100% the most unfair jump in any non-demon main level

[@SoshJam]

finally someone gets it. GOOD DECORATION DOES NOT MAKE A GOOD LEVEL. nowadays in most featured/daily levels, sight reading is meaningless and you just have to try to look for the arrows that tell you where to go. there's no way you'll be able to actually read the level and figure it out for yourself.

[@smallw1991]

7:34 obama calmly smashing a level with harder gameplay than bloodlust

[@itisi2042]

Well, it’s obama

[@lailoutherand]

With colon's icons lol

[@thattower0w0]

@@lailoutherand Colon is actually Obama. Change my mind

[@wilderduran8427]

“I have to confess, I’m very good at video games.” -Barack Obama

[@salt2862]

7:15 More Obama skills

[@theaceofspades8871]

"Make sure your moving objects are predictable." %90 of demons: *Sweats nervously*

[@Boldorx]

Geometrical Dominator : *sweats even harder*

[@user-pr6gn2un8z]

90%

[@UselessAccountt]

Deadlocked: *makes a whole river with sweat*

[@Dexzler]

Deadlocked: ▫@@Boldorx Geometrical Dominator doesn't use move triggers.

[@CrazyKevin22]

@@Dexzler im sorry WHAT????? i hope that you're joking

[@WTIF2024]

"creators should strive to make their levels as fair and sight-readable as possible" robtop: i'm gonna pretend i didn't hear that

[@meloneill13]

rob shouldve kept the old spider part (the leaked layout)

[@stevenr.rodriguez9997]

Dude I literally came back to GD for 2.2 and when playing the regular mode I had these exact thoughts, down to the Mario Maker comparison.

[@coffeduck9014]

Bonus tip: Don't overflow the level with decoration There's often levels online which end up being harder than they actually are due to decoration being very distracting or blocking vision Edit: It's been 2 years and I STILL get replies mentioning ISpy, I GET IT.

[@aismasta]

Tow faced agony: did you say something?

[@alduinfr]

Mr CrazyHands transiton was so bad, i can barely see what is coming up next.

[@echonomad94]

This is why I hate Glowy by rob buck.

[@cayben8865]

Vsc the golden trueffet arcturus renevant

[@amgx9670]

extreme demons often try to blur the level to make it even harder

[@aiming2game55]

1:31 ok so am i the only one who used to think gravity portals by themselves would automatically stop a dash orb?

[@ricememes]

No

[@inactivechannel2965]

Nope i used to think that before 2.1 was released

[@aiming2game55]

@@inactivechannel2965 bruh dash orbs didnt even exist till 2.1

[@inactivechannel2965]

@@aiming2game55 theres a hacked version of gd world thats allows access to the editor when 2.1 wasn't released yet

[@Kobe_Abogutal]

no me too

[@laackofpaack8255]

Colon: Make sure your moving objects are predictable. Annoying creators: *Your powerless to stop me.*

[@madnesscg]

No that’s what we call every 2.0 demon EVER.

[@12Relic]

6:51 fingerdash in mario?

[@AvalancheTV]

Knew I wasn’t the only one who saw that

[@ItsHydraRBLX]

Instead of making a meme I’m giving my own thoughts on this video. I actually agree a lot with the “Decoration that looks like spikes” part. It’s really annoying when playing Featured and Daily levels to have these types of decoration since it makes the gameplay feel like it’s the creator’s fault when it is. I also agree with everything else in the video. Overall, good video!

[@GDColon]

Haha thank you!

[@user-qx1ui8wz3o]

I hate it when there are arrows on a platform which looks like you are supposed to jump but when you get to the platform you are not supposed to jump

[@miltonescobar5181]

When I saw the Little Timmy part, I understood why most of your advices sounded like Mario Maker ones

[@drawingtimelapse5434]

Im so glad someone is talking about this, because its not hard to make a fun and fair level, but its like all feature creators don't care because they know the levels don't get featured for gameplay, it gets featured for decoration. So its basically a bunch of really nice looking pieces of shit. This is why I only play robtop levels, my own levels, or just specific creators that I know make good levels.

[@HyperX755]

the transition one is so true, an example is the annoying ufo to ship transition in electroman adventures

[@valacejo]

I feel like a great tool for creators would be a graphic showing the percentages where the players die the most in a level, so they can fix that part of the gameplay. Public playtesting basically (edit: clarity)

[@FilmBucket]

amazing idea!

[@ziwuri]

I feel like it shouldn't be that hard to figure out before uploading the level. Edit: OC's edit did indeed clarify this a bit, I like the idea now lol

[@Indivinity]

@@ziwuri you'd be surprised

[@bkeating7228]

@@ziwuri the thing is, as the creator, you've playtested the level to oblivion, so it's basically muscle memory. as someone who's made a few layouts, it is actually really hard to tell

[@somerandomdude4665]

@@ziwurithe player is always better at playtesting for bugs than you

[@theemperorofmemes3523]

In my opinion, you shouldn’t have a long cutscene at the start. Yeah, it’s nice and all, but when you die, it’s boring to wait through that 10-20% of the level. At least in 2.2, you’ll be able to create a sort of “Skip Cutscene” button by using teleporters and the song trigger.

[@Dexzler]

???

[@Exencia]

I mean one good thing about it is you can get more orbs.

[@dannyrpt]

Against The God💀💀

[@staringcorgi6475]

Or maybe instead have a long cutscene with gameplay

[@randomcookie2706]

@@Dexzler what

[@sammakesmusic1]

I swear 90% of demons would be so much easier if there wasn't an insane amount of decoration blocking the view

[@Randomtoatie]

Fr

[@zanmolecules4105]

Castle levels that feel like putting pillars in the foreground that block your vision

[@fruitful6139]

5:21 Idk why, but the zoom-in on the portal amalgamation was hilarious to me

[@bayuww]

The decoration on most levels these days is outstanding. That being said, the gameplay isn't improving. It's surprisingly hard to find a level with good decoration and gameplay. I hope this video will help future creators

[@CrazyDash9]

There are some. But most actual good gameplay creators are very unnoticed.

[@bayuww]

@@CrazyDash9 Yes exactly

[@porple4430]

I respectfully disagree. Gameplay has 100% improved a lot since the first demon levels. With more gamemodes and orbs to work with, gameplay has become ever more complex, and there are even dedicated gameplay creators, who can create the most enjoyable and synced gameplay in the history of Geometry Dash. Just look at old 1.9 levels compared to newer ones, most people would agree that Thanatophobia has far better gameplay than Supersonic by ZenthicAlpha. Although I do somewhat agree with you about non-demon levels.

[@bayuww]

@@porple4430 It's cool it's cool. With the added mechanics such as dash orb, 4x speed, spin trigger etc, there is for sure an improvement when compared to the 1.9 levels. The levels nowadays are way more complex than what it used to be.

[@bayuww]

But it has been around 3 years since we get a new update, new gameplay mechanics. Many creators can innovate their decorating skills as much as they want. However there isn't much that they can do to innovate gameplay (unless you are someone like Serponge).

[@brombeer2359]

"Make sure your moving objects are predictable" Geometrical Dominator:

[@ValeraDX]

i were about to say that

[@adrianfernandezroyano200]

Xd

[@ahmadasfour6715]

There are levels that require memorization. Geometrical dominator is not too hard. It's a pattern which makes it fun. Some levels though...

[@goodgamesguy4]

69 LIKES WHAT THE HELL

[@dabigfish]

Deadlocked

[@EzeeLife304]

thank you for actually putting the level info on the bottom. It's very helpful!

[@trafficown]

00:46 I understand how people cannot do this part in hexagon force, but for me, I kinda got into a rhythm where now I can just do it, along with the second dual with the ball

[@Lucashallal]

Please tell me how

[@trafficown]

words cannot describe how hard of a task it was 😔 [ this was a joke i am not that bad at the game lol ]

[@Lucashallal]

Now I beat clubstep and am on my way to beat toe 2 lol

[@petrikhorr]

it is so fucking easy

[@astronix1499]

exactly, i just click to the music and its very consistent

[@alexislondon139]

The fact he thought that we have friends is sooo funny

[@GDColon]

:(

[@sonetagu1337]

>:)

[@sharkbitesback2749]

@@GDColon well, i have friends so...

[@JKBDTS]

@Aris Van de Moortel Like most of us.

[@monsieurassembling6139]

@Aris Van de Moortel try asking them to play

[@coellito]

Oh yes, most important: Make LDM real for phones.

[@ytsharpenhead]

but that doesn't have to do with gp

[@GDColon]

i tried my best to make LDM for my rhythm doctor level (which never even lagged on my phone) but i've concluded that you guys are just playing on calculators

[@chanjay11]

@@GDColon lol

[@noahfrankel7966]

Am I the only one who has absolutely NO problems on my phone

[@xodiax3990]

Just don’t have a bad phone (joke)

[@bettercalldelta]

2:29 If the level truly was easy, there would be no need for these slopes

[@MrOliveKing]

I like this video having sync. I saw it once and then started seeing more and more. Very cool, I’m rewatching to see the sync that i missed.

[@sirmant1651]

"tapping right as you enter the ball mode making you crash into spikes on the ceiling since you can't see what is actually there"

[@kushinasonlypans]

OH MY GOD THE PORTAL JUMP PADS FINALLY SOMEONE HAS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE FKN PORTAL JUMP PADS

[@WoodpekazYT]

5:40 The only problem with this is that it creates swag routes, like for this example, if you were ship and touched the top of the ufo portal, you can go over the size portal, so there should also be no way for anything like that to happen

[@ivanych6231]

You can just scale up this portal, problem?

[@WoodpekazYT]

@@ivanych6231 Oh yeah I guess you can do that

[@Aplays996]

I will use this advice for my next level. Thanks colon.

[@hamham1495]

Colon : Make sure your level is sight-readable Every Memory Level : What??

[@uwuslayer4602]

Lol thats why us memory lol

[@Boldorx]

Dorabae choose way : should i add spikes?

[@trn1446]

killbot: no thanks im fine

[@mynameisjeffgd9491]

Requiem:Nah I'm Fine Primary Maze:I'm A Memory Level And I Am Still Not Fine HOWCONFUSINGISTHELVL:Are You Questioning Me?

[@hello_i_exist_uwu]

The beginning of The Process 4: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that

[@doodoo2065]

I wanted to make a video like this someday. I really love that you made this, the amount of just wrong stuff in levels nowadays it's insane, the worst part it's that most ppl just repeat them because they saw them on other levels. Unfair jumps. Difficulty spikes for no reason. Fast unreadable gameplay. Portal spam. I think a gameplay it's good when it is: Fun to play -> Sight readable -> Memorable A memorable level doesn't need deco for you to remember it. Take Astral Divinity as an example. I'm pretty sure that you remember at least 80% of the entire level. Even if it didn't have any deco. As a creator, i think that the best way to make a level it's letting the player know exactly what they have to do. Example: instead of making an annoying timing orb to force sinc with the music, you could put a fake orb in front of the first orb (clearly marked of course). It is just a fake out tho, since the objective of that orb isn't to be a trap, but to make the player, without even knowing, to use the next orb with timing. If you want the player to use the orb instantly, then put the orb a bit inside of an object that kills you, dying from that object will feel much more fair than dying because you didn't reach the platform you were supposed to land on even after using that orb. The whole objective of this it's that the player KNOWS what they have to do before dying.

[@GDColon]

I totally agree! Thanks for commenting on this

[@doodoo2065]

@@GDColon I can't believe you replied to my comment! :D Luv ur vids ♡

[@thedriestpuddle3560]

I remember playing a level, and there were tons of spikes that I would crash to because I thought it was an arrow 💀 I think it was a gauntlet

[@thedriestpuddle3560]

it was victim in the spike gauntlet

[@McSkellyHo]

I often struggled with lower difficulty levels because of ridiculously over decorated they were. So while the main path wasn’t too difficult to go through, it was impossible to see where it was and what was part of it

[@hoosfire4270]

petition for colon to only use the thud sound effect for all of his list videos

[@GDColon]

C:\Users\Craig\Music\Sound Effects\vine boom.mp3

[@Windoweeza]

OMG IM NEXT TO YOU

[@noahrivera5545]

Ello!

[@dominica5360]

I'm close to colon

[@ferricacid2564]

colon tried 21st century humor

[@stuffzwithaz8351]

“What the player sees up ahead should always be what’s there.” Apostrophe:

[@deiwoah]

i love this video, i was curious if my level making ways were fair, but since i play online levels regularly, of course i knew these flaws and def agree with most. great list^^

[@tma240cass]

8:05 colon wifu moment

[@maxikd]

Here is some corrections I would make to your video: 1) Pads in portals depend on what the gamemode is. If you are a cube and you put a gravity change portal with a pad in it, it can serve as a nice auto alternative to a green orb. The key in putting pads in portals and making them work is making them readable and intuitive, which is why pads in portals such as UFO don’t work well because the first instinct is to jump. 2) Off screen jumps shouldn’t have a time to be able to adapt to them, but they shouldn’t be done in the first place. If the camera changes drastically, there shouldn’t be any gameplay following it until the eye has adjusted to it. 3) Putting a ceiling in a ship transition can cause you to hit it and plummet down before you notice what’s going on. I would personally just make sure the movement is almost stopped or smoothened before entering a ship. 4) When you space portals out, it’s better to make the size or gravity portal 0.25 size smaller and move it to the front of the portal. That way, when you hit it, you will always be centered into the portal, it doesn’t change the jump after the portal has been entered and it still maintains good readability. Apart from all that this was a very good video, and very necessary. Good stuff :)

[@tyronium2]

Killbot be like: “As fair and sight readable as possible”

[@baldman261]

Lmao

[@staringcorgi6475]

What about fake a doom

[@tyronium2]

@@staringcorgi6475 indeed

[@kelly7378]

Ah, yes

[@lovelymayapop]

its meant to be memory

[@Tyvototuo]

you can explainin literary anything and it will sound like rocket science. I love it

[@Ben-pf9wx]

1 more tip: get rid of black orbs There is a bug on black orbs where they make you jump when you hit the ground, even if you don’t press anything. This is subtle, but just enough to throw someone off.

[@octaneuro]

That happens if you hold for *slightly* too long, so when u hit the ground, even if u were holding for just a millisecond, it counts as a jump. However, creators should insted use J Blocks, if you put them on a surface, it will not let u jump if you were holding from an orb. So, it solves the problem.

[@firstletterx10]

its not a bug, its only if you hold your click for longer after hitting the black orb

[@Shibe.]

RIP Michigun. Your godlike ability to do triple spikes will stay in our hearts

[@matthewramirez4678]

Who’s Michigun?

[@nil8659]

@@matthewramirez4678 you don't know him???? go away from the gd community please Edit: Okay,I am really sorry for telling someone to go away from the GD community because they did not know Michigun. I will never do this again.

[@EliteHimself]

@@nil8659 Don't gotta be rude about it :/. Not everyone knows.

[@Pixelacatt]

@@nil8659 You can't just kick someone out from not knowing someone, or something

[@Parulsharma-zr7nu]

@@nil8659 why would he? Michigun won't like you if he saw you saying this.

[@dawn.sol.]

3:59 Feels bad for people doing the extreme demon roulette

[@erner_wisal]

@Intimidator ruined it

[@SubscriberStats]

@@erner_wisal *_It's Still At 70 Likes After 4 Weeks_* *_Oh, Wait It's Not Because I Ruined The Streak._*

[@Malachi-hehehehaw]

0:00 Start 1:05 (1) Be careful with S blocks 1:59 (2) Invisible blocks kind of suck 2:40 (3) Transitions can be deadly 3:23 (4) Just let them jump 4:02 (5) Use triangles responsibly 4:41 (6) Liftoff isn’t necessary 5:11 (7) Avoid portal stacking 5:52 (8) Handholding is boring 6:21 (9) Moving objects are wack Secret: (10) Stop making the last 10% auto like why do people do that I’m confused 6:50 (10) Don’t be a jerk in demon levels 7:41 end

[@Chessplayer1719]

6:28 is the timestamp for the secret

[@solarrecordsroblox]

Thanks for these tips gd cologne! They’re really helpful for making a level

[@jackveedock4893]

this is actually the most accurate video of all time. this is literally every single problem with GD levels.

[@emuliusv]

Yes!

[@no-one-1]

69th like

[@user-hm2uw1qt1s]

100% agreed... This is why I miss the pre 2.0 era

[@Manny_OG]

why was there a fingerdash spider part in mario maker

[@cowrocks3630]

@@Manny_OGkaizo

[@Inga8]

Hey mom that's me! :) lol sorry for the bad gameplay in my level it was made a long time ago I can assure you I can make better gameplay now

[@raiseddd]

What do you mean?

[@Nyluere]

@@raiseddd ikr

[@croissantpg3d655]

@@raiseddd He says that one of his levels was in the video, but it had bad gameplay. He pointed that out by saying: Hey mom that's me. And he says sorry for bad gameplay, my levels are better now. By that he means that his levels where used in the bad gameplay example on the video, but they have better gameplay nowdays.

[@xb1ack140]

'and creators should strive to make their level as fair and sight readable as possible' every extreme demon creator: and I took that personally

[@arxeonop]

There is a level called vitality, and before the first ship part, you touch a one block wide platform before falling one block onto a much wider platform with a jump pad that throws you up into the first ship section. I had two gripes with this. One is after you go through the ship portal the floor immediately stops and you may drop significantly before clicking, which can lead to a death that you will not expect. The second is that if you jump onto the second wider platform with the jump pad at the end, you will fall victim to a gear of which whoms black colour is almost impossible to see till you die, then you retry, forget it’s there and die again, a bit like jump pads inside portals.

[@xcaedes]

My favorite levels are usually ones that are pre 2.0. Honestly, the crazy amount of deco levels have these days make even hard or harder levels feel like insanes. Easy demons are also so impossible to read, and feel like hard demons all over again. design from 1.3 or 1.5 is honesty some of my favorite in the game.

[@sergalmaster5130]

No one cares about what you like.

[@xcaedes]

@@sergalmaster5130 diddly darn

[@n6rt9s]

@@sergalmaster5130 I do

[@worldprops333]

it was easier to get levels rated and popular back then, because there wasn't nearly as much effort you needed to get a level that met quality standards for a rate, and the community was smaller, so you could get recognition easily for making good levels that are fun to play. also glow style exists now, big L.

[@LoquatJuice_]

Unless it's X.

[@leoftine]

7:41 Thankyu, that was unexpected lmao

[@GDColon]

Yoooo it's probably one of my new favorite GD levels, all the visuals and details are absolutely INCREDIBLE. -All that's missing is a tantrum from Phil Fish- either way easy 11/10

[@leoftine]

hshahha, Phil destroyed FEZ 2? ok so I had to recreate it in GD lol

[@theprinceandthewitch]

the level looks so cooool imma go play that 😎

[@VantaLightYT]

I agree, people spend too much time on making it look nice. Some decoration is fine, but not at the cost of decent gameplay.

[@BladesOfJustice]

3:30 “no objects” no objects, 1 second

[@jggaming7506]

Colon has good opinions that are reasonable he did the IMPOSSIBLE!

[@RHoskote]

7:51 Oh my god, a cameo from the best GD player in the world, GMD Tubular9!

[@GDColon]

Fun fact: I was actually gonna get AeonAir to do that part but he didn't have time. I wasn't able to wait because it was quite literally the last thing I recorded in the video (I literally shot it a few hours ago)

[@BucketHeadKing]

I think we all prefer the holy lord that is GMD Tubular9 anyways

[@Ohmwise]

@@GDColon good jk

[@Dodobirdth]

@@GDColon U MISSS ONE WRONG pasab Colon u have done

[@RHoskote]

Wow thanks for the heart, I think you're the most subscribed-to KZbinr I've gotten a heart from lol

[@thecoolerhive6460]

thank you for the help i really needed that

[@alexcornflow]

The most annoying part in hexagon force is that dual cube jump right before the dual ship part, just like what's shown in the video for a short time. It took me about a hundred attempts in practice mode just to get it right, but finally, I've done it, gg. Lol

[@Azekk_8]

5:32 I'm really glad my level got used as one of the GOOD examples since my friends who playtest my levels often tell me my gameplay is annoying. Also, thanks for showing my level

[@GDColon]

ahaha truth be told I thought all the levels were good, I just had to be nitpicky for the video. Really fun level!

[@Azekk_8]

@@GDColon :)

[@LeonsFriends]

@@GDColon Me subscribed 😎

[@kgratia4748]

@@GDColon don’t you mean: ‘Really fu nlevel!’

[@prototype_11]

Friends can be annoying at times.

[@flooku987]

7:51 *¨Bold of you to assume i have friends.¨*

[@angeb2756]

7:51 if you don't have a friend to play test your level, wait as long as you need to mostly forget the layout and then play it and where ever you die fix it

[@JohnnyH-om3yx]

This'll be super for if/when I make a level! Thnx!!

[@glareeedowotb]

7:14 Obama plays gd

[@Whataburgerwithcheese2366]

Bro produced the president plays shorts

[@nobodyknows3242]

"just make sure your moving objects are predictable" 80% deadlocked: no

[@ahmadasfour6715]

The other comment you recommended is still pretty high, you don't really need to recommend

[@pandathebagel8391]

There are arrows, which is better than 90% of what he's calling out

[@zonafortier]

That hexagon force one kills me every time

[@chaos_enjoyer528]

this is good. I needed help with my level design.

[@gieloc2358]

‘Demon levels should still be fair and readable’ Killbot: Allow me to introduce myself

[@croissantpg3d655]

The reason that people put auto parts at the last 10% is to stretch the level out so that it would be at long length instead of medium. As Vipirin stated some time back, in order for a level to be rated it needs to be at least at long length (with some exceptions). Anyways, nice video.

[@FoxSlyme]

I hate the first level of the Chaos gauntlet because it has a spike directly above the UFO portal so you end up dying if you were flying on a ship too precisely and tapped as you were going into the portal, launching yourself directly into the spike

[@Fancypantsvr]

One of my favorite transitions is the cube transition in flight II

[@KriszGD]

Never gonna sleep anymore so I can see your premiere

[@theneonbuster]

hi krisz do u like water

[@GDColon]

NONONONONO BAD KRISZ BAD KRISZ kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipmmpJeCnLNogtU

[@Gracechild600]

It's him....

[@square6422]

@@GDColon hahaha

[@scroomers]

I'm so glad that you put the transitions point in, the amount of times I've died because of how fast a ship falls as soon as you go through the portal is unnecessary.

[@envar1]

I love that you used Celeste Farewell music in the beginning

[@calvinaccount1339]

Also, this video has convinced me that I should have my friends play test my levels

[@oceandash]

Thank you Colon, a larger community member actually talking about the importance of good gameplay. This is why I quit GD so long ago, creators started looking to decoration too much and forgot about people playing their level.

[@cosmic0808]

6:04 that level is called Emily blunt and the only part in that level that isnt auto is the ufo witch is like ~15% of the level

[@cosmic0808]

Oh hey a heart. Tysm

[@Mainoxe]

Im a Beginner at doing levels and im thankful for this video its like a tip on what to do and on what NOT to do.

[@diicensmusic]

As a layout creator, i like to make fast paste gameplay because it feels cool. If you make the gameplay a little bit harder and put saws everywhere for it to be impossible to cheese the level, chances are that you do not have ANY space for spacing out anything in general, plus, if done wrong, it looks atrocious and doesn’t sync to the music (which is my main focus when i make a level in general), so nice one, Semicolon