Lost and Unused Features in Geometry Dash [April Fools]

You would think that after Geometry Dash 2.1 being out for five years, we would know everything about the game by now. However, in this video I cover 10 interesting but unused/removed/lost features that you might not have known about!
Post April Fools stuff:
THIS IS AN APRIL FOOLS VIDEO, PRETTY MUCH ALL FACTS ARE FAKE!! Honestly, I don't like this video nearly as much as last year's (the 150th coin one). Much lower effort and a lot less creative, I feel guilty since it's just nine minutes of me spreading misinformation then going "haha april fools!!" at the end. And it's not because I was demotivated or anything, really I just struggled to come up with a new interesting idea. I know I can't top last year's video so I'm not going to try to, and I absolutely refuse to clickbait 2.2 again. So I ended up settling on this wacky idea. The final product came out fine, I just wouldn't call it my best work. Some facts ARE real, which just makes things more confusing. I'll go into more detail in a future second channel video.
Contributors!
Reverse engineering + code screenshots + lots more: / thewyliemaster
Diabolical monster screenshot: / radleymct
Custom dialogue box mod: / figmentboy
Secret coin help: / hjfod
More Games fact idea: The Commenter (channel member)
Behind the scenes / commentary about what was real in this video: • What was real in my Ap...
Music:
"sans." from Undertale (Toby Fox)
"Wall Is Stop" from Baba is You (Arvi Teikari)
"Scarlet Forest" from Deltarune (Toby Fox)
"March of the Spoons" by Kevin MacLeod
"Let's Get Together Now!" from Omori (Pedro Silva)
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🎮 Second Channel - @GDSemicolon
🐦 Twitter - / therealgdcolon
💻 Website - gdcolon.com
If you're reading this, hire more devs Rob it's a good thing to do

[@GDColon]

April Fools!! almost every fact is fake, trickster fox boy strikes again (yes i will gladly spoil this because misinformation is bad) I know this video definitely isn't as good as last year's but I really wanted to try something new instead of copying an old idea or clickbaiting 2.2 yet again. Speaking of 2.2, hopefully it brings more interesting ideas for the next few years. This video definitely isn't my proudest but I think it still came out fine, but I feel guilty since in the grand scheme of things it's just me telling lies for 9 minutes then going "haha jk" at the end. If you're wondering which facts are actually real (some are real, some are false but based on a real discovery), I'll be uploading a video to my second channel later. Edit: I forgot about this but it's up now! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gInPeGlof5qCjZY Also, I showed the wrong Fingerdash footage at 7:48, here's a screenshot of the portal I was actually talking about: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/461575285364752386/959548063054176266/portal.jpg Special thanks to Wylie (@TheWylieMaster) for supplying the code screenshots and helping with pretty much every part of the video! Full credits in the video description.

[@MiguelSucksAtUrbanism]

My disappointment is immesurable and my day is ruined.

[@ImWaffleSheep]

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[@catlogs5107]

My dissappinted is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@lioncaat7961]

GD Colon is it True that you Played my last GD Level and Loved it so much you Made it Into a Poster!

[@cloverlovania]

nearly everything before the potbor confession sounded so true wtf, and even if it wasnt realistic you worded it in a way that made it sound legit

[@virtualdash]

The best part about this is that not everything is made up, like the unused transition trigger. Also that rickroll was very creative

[@huskiegaming_]

True, I had to rewatch that part to get it lol

[@mangaprofilepicture5820]

There was a rick roll??

[@_notabee]

@@mangaprofilepicture5820 its at 8:36

[@calory_consumr1355]

I am unsubscribing after this 8:32 Why must you hurt me in this way 😢

[@jake7435]

NOOOOOOOOOOP

[@Magenitech]

i like how it’s going to be an april fools video but still has the blue coins and the broken transition thing in the thumbnail edit: for the blue coin i was talking about an early design for the user coin

[@amir12789]

The block with a green circle is a broken version of a fade type

[@amir12789]

Blue coin is also a early version of the user coin

[@TVAProject]

@@amir12789 yea I use it bc it's pretty silly as it throws a party sometimes when it exits your screen lmao

[@Fafr]

@@amir12789 It also has a block hitbox for some reason

[@Nie72]

edit: it was april fools joke

[@Real_Potato_Man]

The "Diabolical Monstore" Is a direct reference to Scrupulous Fingore, an unused enemy in Super Mario. Even the reaction of Robtop was the exact same as it was with the Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Nintendo.

[@Lunarcreeper]

scrupulous fingore was actually fake too

[@scottcaramel]

@@Lunarcreepernah I don’t think so

[@hiimswitch]

@@Lunarcreeperthat’s the joke lol

[@MelodyLumina]

scripulous* also i was rewatching this video and it FINALLY hit me and then i opened the comments and saw this

[@heart_locket2]

Scripulous_Fingore.png

[@theotherdashmelted]

Fun Fact: The game had an anti piracy in its beta versions. It would pop up when it detected you pirated the game and would disable all online features. It also asks to buy the full game because it supports RobTop. There is a screen shot online. I can't remember the link though.

[@DolphinII_]

real

[@OctagonalCerealYumy]

nu uh i doxxed robtop and then it stopped appearing

[@ShupidRayn]

When i purposely spread misinformation

[@ALaMadrenmms]

If you ignore the message, you will be teleported to bloodlust in real life, so you got to escape in one attempt

[@ZmacRavioli]

Colon does April Fools so well. I already knew it was April 1st but he still sort of convinced me to the point to think this was a combo of actual unused features and April Fools jokes.

[@yoro__33]

i wouldve completely believed this if he didnt say it at the end and i literally got upset when i read colons tweet about how he wont make an april fools this year today

[@requiem165]

Ikr and then ending it with a godamn rickroll, legend.

[@ikilledaman]

I know

[@goldenboy86gd]

it was cuz the unused start pos and the trigger that he showed that wulzy uses a lot are real

[@tdubmorris5757]

I'm pretty sure it is, the green transition and start pos are actually real objects and levels have been made with them

[@LuniFoxo]

The hidden rickroll was so clever I was genuinely confused for a sec until i remembered what April Fools' anthem was Also the Ultra Low Detail Mode sounds like a genuinely great feature, deffo could help with beating modern demons where you can't see the level at all

[@para7554]

The ULDM could be used to make some memory levels too easy

[@sonetagu1337]

uldm is added to the lite version along with some more 2.2 stuff It say it will only remove glow though, that could mean the particles, subtle glow from blocks, and glow objects itself It's name is also changed to ELDM

[@gabegaming28]

I knew that was a rickroll when I first heard it 8:36

[@gamergod_yt3053]

I detected It in the first time ._.

[@MFNLY]

I've never even listened to Firebird, so I thought that's what it sounded like, although it was so familiar but I just never got it.

[@DrCosz]

Bro this looks so real I actually thought it was real until I saw the April Fools, GG Colon, well played

[@LowBudgetGaming_]

8:45 Nice RickRoll there

[@fratzentoaster]

8:36 this has to be the most big brain rickroll of all times

[@fxliciq-a]

Whyyyyyy

[@hellishbrogaming3643]

colon pin this

[@paulineyt1933]

same but still 8:36 get rickrolled by rick alstey by the song never gonna give you up >:D

[@Kobe_Abogutal]

OH WAIT YES IT IS

[@Eldudiogrande]

It’s been done hundreds of times in this format it’s not funny

[@Pixelcraftian]

I don't know enough GD to know what's real and what's not, and by the time I found out it was all fake, I still believe some of these are real lol Awesome video :)

[@AccursedFir]

Hi pixelcraftian. Didnt know you watch gd content

[@AbduShu]

The tap to jump on stereo madness is real after you die twice.

[@arkfr]

hi pc

[@kingklasherz4834]

Same

[@undercoverashe1]

A few of these are real

[@dabois012]

0:07 spaceuk lol

[@itzadam_]

lol he hacked

[@2.21GD]

The fact this is a April fool's video is still funny

[@bhagyashrikhambre7251]

The rickroll at 8:35 was clean 👌 and kinda secretive i almost didn't notice it.

[@PixelatedStudios-lw9ll]

i wish i didnt hear this thanks bro

[@vladloukine2813]

Even after reading this comment it still caught me off guard

[@LemonAid_osc]

Never gonna give you 2.2 Always gonna let you down You're not gonna run around I'll desert you And I'll gonna make you cry Gd will tell you "goodbye" All because i was telling lies 'Bout 2.2 -RubRub

[@Kit-kat604]

Noice

[@dabean4403]

“and i’ll gonna make you cry”

[@HaukePlayz4763]

😂

[@kalebplayz125]

Otober 2023

[@mychannel583]

@@kalebplayz125 decenbebrrrr toOtotee

[@GriffinHelabiski]

Shame we’re not getting an April Fools’ video from Colon this year, but this will still be amazing! Edit 12/31/23: You can stop fighting in the comments now 😭 Colon said before the premiere that he didnt have an April Fools video planned for 2022 and I knew he was joking I just wanted to play along

[@maxxgd7639]

Yeah it's sad

[@therealgdx]

Just imagine April Fools vid comes out on May 1st

[@terrapin6826]

:(

[@annettemaldonado3373]

I think it is?

[@BluE68_]

Yeah, the 2.2 and the user coin ones were amazing, sad he’s not doing anything this year

[@gamerkidc.j.7975]

I have a theory that in 2.2 they will add blue coins that are practice mode coins that will still give you icons but not the same icons that you’ll get whenever you get normal coins.

[@TheSugarCherryDev]

4:35 fun fact, when he talks about the incredible functionality that the robtop had in mind for the More Games button, this was ported to the Geode mod loader as a mod, with coins and everything working

[@stanislavmihalas1345]

The "hold to dash!" (It actually says "hold to dash" without the "!") actually appears if you don't hold the first dash orb Or probably it's the mobile version

[@molybd3num823]

ye

[@BouncingKetchup]

it's just a text object in the level, not a hard coded message

[@kris_something]

@@BouncingKetchup yea, it’s just an on death triggerp

[@therealpoppachuz]

The text is not hardcoded but it is a text object linked to a death trigger

[@asynced15]

8:36 This guy, he got us well by rickrolling us... Well done Colon, well done.

[@veganmeatball6780]

i was doing something else while watching, and i only noticed it was a troll when you said the breakable blocks were removed lol

[@isaacho7775]

Fire bird what are you doing is I never mind is the one in every TikTok video for falls?

[@hicalebih8902]

I love how reasonable some of these are, you can’t even tell it’s an April fools joke until near the end… Great job!!!

[@lefrog4893]

that's because everything in the first 2 minutes is real, probably to convince you that the rest are real too.

[@avg15yrold]

Sorry but if you actually thought that the potbor dialogue was real then you’re a lost cause

[@minimalpower]

8:35 this is the most clever rickroll ever made

[@jaciramonterio8097]

LOL 😂🤣

[@ketraice_]

50th like

[@RankyTev]

I thought it was megalovania

[@thisguy.-.]

Damnit, I remember watching this months ago and knowing it was fake then, but I just rewatched it today and didn't remember until the potbor section. Damn you and your funny little misinformations lmao

[@DuckCraft2]

my Bluetooth headphone just shut down exactly right in 1:36 when GD crash

[@cythism8106]

I messed around with the level edit hack on megahack to get the secret coins to work. I found out that if you click Edit Object, it uses the old Edit Object UI. It also can not be copy pasted or saved as a custom object. They can also be placed in custom levels, but reloading causes them to disappear. You can also place infinite of them.

[@GDColon]

THAT'S SO COOL

[@void.z]

@@GDColon epic

[@Cavereous]

Yo wait thats actually really cool

[@caramelcupcakes]

you little you used actual secrets to trick me into believing the fake ones that's genius and horrendous at the same time

[@alanthecody]

On figerdash, if you dont dash, it will also appear the message(only on the first dash orb)

[@adriansanchezaguirre4376]

ID 55 was actually added in 2.2 and is an object you can use, but it is not solid

[@Ascension721]

4:10 I see the scripulous_fingore reference. Sneaky. Not sure if anyone else noticed it. Thank you for making me realise indirectly that the actual scripulous_fingore was fake lol. Nice references to the og tweet too.

[@RealSirMikay]

Hoenstly, I would've loved to actually see scripulous_fingore in a Mario title. Something like a finger gun attack would have been genius. But seeing as how Miyamoto was upset when asked about it, I doubt we'll be seeing it officially...

[@rachaelfalcone8640]

Is the firebird song you made seriously a rick roll...because I love it!🤣

[@SiriusFrostalite]

I can't believe I understood the tapping of the firebird fact as rickroll bruh. This is clever though and funny to realize what it was

[@VTB_GD]

I need the Potbor and Scratch story to finish 😭 im too invested

[@yoro__33]

same someone get real drunk and complete it pls

[@El-Meme-Boi-3]

I want a full version so bad! If only we got Topala to do it...

[@thewinner4378]

I was convinced that everything before Potbor’s confession was real. I can’t believe you. Thanks for the rickroll, it was the golden

[@aid3nxr_editz]

Fast portal

[@want-diversecontent3887]

@@aid3nxr_editz Fast portal

[@cloverlovania]

same

[@Ronicalter]

diabolical monstore

[@yoro__33]

that one was actually the one i was most disappointed about.

[@RX_GL]

My birthday is April 2nd, which is the exact time you uploaded this video. How convenient.

[@robloxuniverses9912]

I think the transition trigger was a thing in like 1.0-1.5

[@amongus_pvp]

8:31 just realised he rickrolled us

[@SADO-9]

I realised instantly

[@orrinpants]

1:17 - When I scrolled into the comment section to type this, I found out this is an April Fools' video. I recognize this block as I've played 2.2 before. In the 2.2 editor, it appears next to the blue teleport portal. But it's unused, you put the blue portal in platformer mode and you can freely move the yellow one.

[@molybd3num823]

you can get it in 2.11 as well

[@TheGrassKid]

im pretty sure the blue coins were a placeholder for the user coins when rubrub was inplementing them, I also belive they were in a teaser for the secret or user coins.

[@lukatolstov5598]

3:24 I know this secret "Hold to dash!". It is in level, when you forget or don't hold first dash orb. Then text appears.

[@TheKingOfDominoes]

I always look forward to your April fool's videos because they always are a lot of fun to watch, and this one was no exception, but this time you made most of it sound legit. The only truly outlandish part I felt was when you were talking about potbor's cut dialogue, but aside from that, you did a good job of making this video look legit, good job :)

[@ActuallyFunnerL]

@@aidanrmorphis5857 not all of them

[@DaddyLebron]

Every GD Colon video I see makes my heart warm

[@Rafah2112gd]

Imagine replying a 2 years old comment

[@CNTRLTimothy]

Fun fact: fingerdash actually says “Hold To Dash!”

[@MayGDwastaken]

5 likes and i will mod diabolical monstor into gd

[@mightbefrostie]

Colon: Makes joke video on April 1st People in Australia and New Zealand:

[@ThirstQuencher4]

8:50 OH MY GOD I GET THE JOKE NOW

[@bluegoatfanclickyes1825]

NOOOOOOO I CANT UNHEAR IT

[@Just_two832]

I just got rickroll

[@69cringee]

AHH

[@voyageridk_]

ngl the object id 35 looks like a really cool transition, we need it in the game skskskdkkd

[@Yellowcat98]

the fingerdash one uses the “on death” trigger you could’ve said “fingerdash doesn’t have one because “hold to dash” was made using a trigger in the editor” that way you could’ve made it look more real

[@Zarmids]

The second I heard "I might be falling for scratch" I immediately became skeptical.

[@mimig298]

Okay, honestly, this was a MUCH better prank than the other years. When I first saw the video, i thought "wait, is colon ACTUALLY not doing an april fools video this year?". Yeah, turns out colon just gost really good at lying.

[@allywood7838]

3:24 that one actually does happen every time you miss the dash orb sometimes I’m really dumb and think it’s a black orb I mean a black orb but like the green one and then they would just send me to the bottom until I realize that that short bike hold your dash!

[@WPvangaurd]

Aw man I got rickrolled by colon tapping his loud mouse

[@blokvader8283]

Lmao I was legit jamming out to the tapping for Firebird's grid lines thinking "Of course MDK made another good song, I love the beat of it" Goddammit Colon, you're too good... we will never give you up.

[@ghostlydude6478]

…And we’ll hopefully never let Colon down :)

[@the_masked6individua]

And we wont desert him​@@ghostlydude6478

[@tranquilityy73]

I can’t wait to see the amount of pure effort he puts into this, especially after last years banger!!!!!!!!!!! Edit: I though this was real and was so hyped about the tweaks in the main levels I’m gonna go cry now

[@vessymink]

Oops it seems orange furry boi lied to you uh oh!

[@yoro__33]

SAME

[@vincent1023]

Orrange furri boi is actually potbor being an animal

[@mmmzarael]

Its amazing how believable these videos are

[@stingraii]

6:38 5 MONTHS AGO I BELIEVED THIS WAS CANON FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES UNTIL I SAW THE UPLOAD DATE BIGGEST HEARTBREAK OF MY LIFE

[@anillwed]

real

[@viktordash1204]

6:53 i dont know why but this joke is so hilarious to me

[@rufflesntruffles2]

you have no idea i would sit and listen to colon lying to my face for 1 hour straight and i'd still find it entertaining

[@Yaroslav_kot3181]

8:37 This is the new level of rickrolling people

[@ytaligames1960]

The one about the more games button having songs in it could technically could be counted as true as those songs are present in the game files for geometry dash on steam

[@s_w_i_s_s_c_h_e_e_s_e]

i've watched colon long enough to know that I shouldn't always trust him on April fools

[@slavicmonke]

Out of the video, this part is probably the most comedy gold: 6:37

[@justaspoon1912]

8:35 is also a reasonable timestamp (it's a rick roll)

[@schaffs2]

Loved the diabolical monstore reference

[@icantseeyouyoucanrseeme]

the unused transition actually got added back in 2.2 and the unused color triggers are now just color triggers

[@tobysuren]

8:55 this was the point I realised. Some of the stuff in this were *actually true* so I genuinely believed it despite april fools day (thinking the joke was that there wasn't one) up until I replayed never gonna give you up in my head

[@jakerussell135]

you didn't even hear the never gonna give you up beat at 8:38

[@tobysuren]

@@jakerussell135 I didn't hear it at first ngl

[@yoro__33]

yeah same i legit didnt think anything about the beat until colon said the vid was fake and i realized its supposed to be never gonna give you up

[@ketraice_]

You’ll need to watch it more then once to notice it

[@zenith686]

0:41 This is not misinformation. If you look at stereo madness copya (ble) you can see some of these triggers 1:13 This also may have been used in Deadlocked

[@morganmcnally6314]

facts

[@chilsie]

For the 1:13 thing, that’s not actually the case. It’s a normal version of the teleport portal outside that level

[@MT153.69]

You really got me with the rickroll in the end

[@ericktheclown5032]

Its annoying at this point seeing a cool video idea wasted in april fools 💀

[@VantasiaGD]

Gay Potbor and Scratch would have been the best thing in existance

[@Ye3TuS_Gaming]

😅

[@amino-acid]

... i literally didn't even realise until the rickroll

[@gefecedordj5838]

I had not read the april fools in brakets and thought it was real. Very great made. It felt a little weird that electroman adventures had the breakable blocks removed from lite.

[@hyperthetical]

i like how colon mixed in some actually true things in there to make it extra confusing.

[@JediPlays0309]

Nooooo it's not an April fool's day video lol, alright this works too haha

[@An1hony]

watch the last minute of the video

[@Teqiola1413]

8:36

[@FoxSlyme]

3:08 I would say it's blank, not empty - a space character means there's something so it's not empty, but the lack of anything visible makes it blank.

[@mrkiwiplayz]

8:36 Didn’t even realise it was a rickroll at first

[@sovoho7502]

So professionally made, as in like if it wasn't for the date i would have fallen for some of them. Also, how dare you rick roll us in the most convoluted way ever.

[@d1kgaws12]

0:45 for the default slab, I wish the inner glow was set to black by default.

[@deltagotgroceries8155]

god i wasn’t expecting the potbor and scratch fanfic when i first watched this video

[@mystic_pizza]

We need more potbor and scratch lore (I thought robtop actually nerfed the toe 2 ship part but i looked at the comments)

[@kvvoya]

this is a good representation of how people trust anyone on the Internet and don't check the information! nice work, colon, this is deep.

[@dR_83_]

You are the only person I know that puts so much effort into an april fools video. Great job, you're always getting me at the beginning of the video and then at the end I think "of course, it's so obvious". Love it

[@aid3nxr_editz]

Fast portal

[@thaihon9822]

The song of the firebird at the end of the video is actaully "never give you up" by keyboard ⌨ ⌨

[@UNKNOWNPACKER566]

That rickroll was creative damn 😂

[@WiiUFan-jj3is]

4:20 SCRIPULOUS FINGORE?!!!!

[@DangerNator]

Opinions on the possible 2.2 changes of old levels: BAB/Electrody spike fix: Good change. HF duel change: I liked the difficulty of it and I figured out how to do it every time. Bad change. BP mini ship: Neutral change. EA blocks removed: Probably won't happen because that's the thing EA is known for. Bad change. SM coin rebuff: I don't know why Rob thinks a coin in the easiest level has to be this difficult but I like it. Good change. TOE2 ship nerf: I really hope this doesn't happen because then it would be boring to play. Bad change. Fingerdash gravity portal: If Rob put S blocks there, which I assume he did, it's awful. Bad change.

[@sirusjohnson109]

I glad that at least you understand that there is *literally* nothing wrong with the Hexagon Force dual part. People act like it's "buggy" and "doesn't make sense", when all you have to do is know when to click. And for the people who need it explained in detail, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, is click two times quickly to hit the orb as the bottom cube BEFORE the top cube lands on the ground.

[@sirusjohnson109]

I even checked it just now to see how hard it is. And WOW. Not only do you not even have to click two times quickly at all (just don't hold long enough for the top cube to jump), but it EVEN GOES TO THE SONG.

[@DangerNator]

@@sirusjohnson109 Lol yeah sometimes people can't understand basic things.

[@Memerath]

The funniest possible thing robtop could do is release 2.2 with the potbor x scratch dialogue

[@LeonDeon8Official7631]

fun fact: ID 55 is not solid anymore and it's now added in the editor but the hitbox is still there

[@junker5461]

Makes up for no april fool video! Colon’s content always cheers me up!

[@Arch-bx8wz]

it is

[@xeno4785]

8:00 the thing is Rick roll xd

[@palmossi]

?

[@Santiaram]

1:13 that actually I don’t know how but in the editor, that object auto-selected without no reason.

[@owenbuckleywfb]

Man firebird sounds really familiar... I think its made by RA, right?

[@Tuesmort]

This man only uploads on april 1rst but when he does it's so golden.

[@citrusseason2340]

Colon this is really cool. I know it was mostly fake, but i appreciated the actual things that exist in the game that people might not know about (the removed blocks and the advice messages for fingerdash, polargeist and stereo madness). You make this game interesting even when its literally fake

[@kerridavis1889]

Theres an actual used one in this, in fingerdash there is an nessage related to that hold to dash

[@TWGG4EVER]

Just as an experiment, I used hacks to edit the main levels, and the secret coins just aren’t there when you enter the editor

[@ZeroPan9759]

“Check the upload date: “April 2, 2022” Yup, april fools is finished in my area 😭

[@OmegaFalcon]

I don't believe you. I recognized when some of the things were fake, but EVERYTHING? I thought this was a mostly serious video with a few jokes sprinkled in 😭

[@terramarc]

If firebird was real I would make sure to never give up, so as to not let Robtop down. I would do a lot of running around though, not sure if I’d desert it

[@pdavenyc]

8:40 I knew something was fishie because the April fools title rickrolled Whyyyyyyyyyy

[@-Lucake-]

I probably sound like some comment bot now, but I find it unironically stunning how much effort he puts into this just for an April fools video Awesome!