The Day Geometry Dash Almost Died...

This documentary is an interesting story about how the community of a once popular mobile game almost vanished overnight. The creator of GD, Robtop had trouble with Update 2.1 and 2.2 sneak peeks leading to Extreme Demons (the games hardest levels) having to save the day. Watch all the way through, because you WILL NOT want to miss this one...
#geometrydash #documentary #gd
Chapters (sorta)
0:00 Suspenseful Start
1:36 BACK TO BASICS
2:27 MANIX
4:13 BLOODLUST
5:57 KNOBBELBOY
8:17 BLADE OF JUSTICE
12:03 FUSION Z
13:57 DARK AGE
16:12 EPILOGUE
PERSONAL
Membership: / @matmart
Discord: / discord
Twitter: / matmartm
Links
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Music and Credits: pastebin.com/3cnK4q9s

[@manix648]

Very well made video! I will be showing my kids one day as a retelling of the past

[@MatMart]

Thank you Manix! (obsidian when tho)

[@Galacticlays]

manix, you are amazing

[@notmoe3527]

Hello Manix

[@arcadius7640]

xinam yrev gop

[@sandwich-plays]

bru

[@IkorEq]

i remember theese times so much... the fact that knobbelboy was the one who brought up the GD community for a certain time was really amazing.

[@Kbxbigbro808]

Yet knobbelboy isn’t even that popular lol

[@IkorEq]

@@Kbxbigbro808 he isnt popular only nowadays. At the time he was considered a legend

[@IlIlIlIIlIIllII]

@@Kbxbigbro808 l

[@Kbxbigbro808]

@@IlIlIlIIlIIllII Go sleep

[@Kbxbigbro808]

@@IkorEq lol at the time he was barely even known

[@tonyearlgd]

can we appreciate how much effort he put into syncing the levels in the background? 1:37 piano syncs with the pulse in the back 2:16 the unity circles in the bg go up when he says "lifted" 2:20 the fading piano syncs with the fading comment 6:11 drums synced with the cut man puts so much effort into little details 🙏

[@levv-baksteenjongen8742]

I think the unity one was on accudent

[@balloonboy7041]

@@levv-baksteenjongen8742 doubt

[@mikedavis1208]

I think these are just accidents.

[@ixkyu]

@@mikedavis1208 we'd like to believe that these are intentional even if they were accidents

[@ch_eck.]

im pretty sure all of these besides the last one and maybe the comment piano thing

[@MikalIkal]

This is an amazing documentary style video for Geometry Dash. The editing, storytelling, and history behind this is incredible and I’m sure it took ages to make. It’s also really cool to hear a few voices from other Geometry Dash players such as lemoncake reading comments as a bit of diversity. This was amazing and your videos keep making me more and more impressed with this community after all this time!

[@MatMart]

took around 4 weeks

[@MikalIkal]

@@MatMart that’s really impressive! Nice work, and keep up the awesome content!

[@CesarTorres-ne2je]

No

[@MatMart]

If this video gets 10K likes I will instantly release a new documentary...

[@qrain__]

nice fitmc title ripoff

[@gabrieldesmedt3376]

fair

[@TryNiceGT]

3th omg

[@uyscience6336]

lol

[@namlin]

Cool

[@EREnder]

yo this video is awesome! Love the storytelling and it's nice to reexperience the events that happened back then

[@kippyxdd]

endur

[@iinhalegfuel]

I'm subbed to u

[@EREnder]

@@iinhalegfuel thank you :)

[@TheCreatorPilot]

Enderman my boi

[@EREnder]

@@TheCreatorPilot yo hi creatorpilot it's been a while

[@Lemoncak3]

🔥🔥🔥documentary man, thanks for having me on!

[@MatMart]

Any time!

[@TheTerraria_World678]

Did I Dislike the hardest?

[@XEAZUR]

yoooooo lemonvak i subcrib and i 6

[@SophiaDennise]

Lemoncak3 followed in GD

[@SonXo1]

Love the vid!

[@fakeblast]

In my honest opinion Bloodlust was the best top 1 we've ever had, such cool history, the time it took to come out, the decoration and how difficult the level was for the time it came out, it was insane

[@salomonthefish]

Nah it has to be bloodbath. It was insane how much harder it was than anything else, and the race to beat it went on for literal months. The demon list only had like 2 or 3 modern day extremes at the time, the rest was all insane demons.

[@farewell418]

Probably Cataclysm, it put the most popular GD song on the radar, it inspired levels such as Artificial Ascent, Bloodbath, and Aftermath. It was peak difficulty for the time, and it showed the game the worlds best players: Cyclic, GironDavid, and Riot. It was just all around revolutionary

[@deanmark3636]

@@salomonthefish And it proved that Riot was one of the best of all time at that time

[@Doyouknowwho]

Zodiac?

[@Mewtwo557]

ah yes, I remember this time. I was still shit at the game, but literally everything I saw from Manix blew my socks off to the other side of the world. Blade of Justice and Bloodlust still stand toe to toe as my favorite extreme demons in the game. Absolutely excellent work here. Also, I really appreciate how you approached "he who shall not be named". I find it very funny.

[@Dullsonic3]

You mean the evil wizard Voldemort?

[@ElysiumGD]

Even if Crazen has done wrong, I don't think it was it was a necessarily good idea to censor him out of the story completely tho :/ But yes, gud vid and 3 Manix levels :)

[@Dullsonic3]

@@ElysiumGD Let me guess, another predator?

[@angelogaray8019]

@@ElysiumGD Uh... who's Crazen?

[@xastava7516]

@@angelogaray8019 who gon tell him💀

[@EchoGD]

Thanks for letting me edit part of the video! Your script writing, music choice and raw amount of effort you put into these videos is genuinely inspiring. Amazing work :)

[@dashingclasher]

can we talk about how much of an unsung hero knobbelboy is? he went from the unlikely challenger to the overworked intern to the community's scapegoat to a replaceable dummy, and he still pulled through and beat bloodlust. a toast to knobbelboy's sheer willpower

[@mr_dinosaur9271]

4:01 man had a heart attack, stroke, and got new about his cancer all in one go

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

after watching 5 minutes into the video you already forgot the thing which you came for, the exact date which geometry dash was gonna die

[@MiArblys]

What can I say,except that this video is one,if not your best ! The story told is very interesting,the narration is on point,the editing is epic and gives me very good vibes :) This video is excellent,to say the least👍 It's an obvious Like+Subscribe for this work

[@MatMart]

thank you!

[@thisisanaccount6215]

@THE PAC IS BACK it will not come out D:

[@MiArblys]

@THE PAC IS BACK Where is the part one ?

[@richi3035]

7:50 that's so iconic

[@ZesilinaNewborn]

Amazing video dude, and honestly i get more and more impressed by how the creators in the community keep pushing the editor again and again, as someone who's been here since 1.3, i'm amazed at how far we've gotten and look forward to the future and i hope gd grows even more

[@A_Dog_Named_Vox]

Amazing video! The storytelling was great and the editing was smooth as well. I loved how everything came together in the end. Also, the part at 14:45 gave me another idea. Can you imagine what will happen if [REDACTED] (Crazen) successfully stole and verified Bloodlust? In an alternate timeline, he would be the one to replace Knobbelboy as the top 1 most respected player of the time, be the one to bring GD out of its dark age and bring vitality into the game, potentially take on numerous more projects due to his fame, and influence GD like nobody ever could. His name will be engraved in GD history... But then, he would be exposed as a groomer. What would happen to the community at that point? How would they react to one of the most respected and loved people being exposed as a horrible person? It can even potentially be worse than the GHS situation since Crazen will probably delete Bloodlust and all of his other projects before leaving, so there would be huge damages done to the demon list. People would need to find numerous new verifiers to rebeat Crazen's levels and come up with a way to deal with the emotional impact. Maybe even more things will happen. Large players leaving? Civil wars between supporters and enemies of Crazen? Even a return? Now I really want to see a GD theory video about this topic. It will probably be super controversial and be demonetized tho :(

[@YodeePlayzGD]

big brain

[@WorkableGoldmanv2]

An interesting what if story can come out of this

[@carkitten67]

he wouldnt get fame and it would be like another blade of justice as his version was a lot easier than knobbelboys meaning it wouldnt place at top 1

[@omcogaming50]

FitMC wants to know your location Edit:The fun fact is that the Redacted player is Crazen

[@b48292]

you just ruined the whole point of redacting

[@dominatemc983]

@@b48292 Wow, my stupid self thought the players name was actually "redacted"

[@ISuckOffCops]

I like how the clip at 1:50 is just you deleting the level backwards

[@quandaledingle305]

4:10 bro got the camera that his grandpa used in WW2

[@mycx8809]

Incredibly good commentary! You are an underrated creator.

[@DSMister]

It's kind of ironic that you mention that early 2018 was the dark time for Geometry Dash. Personally, I remember during that time that because of the lack of notable events happening, the gameplay community had started forming, especially with the advent of Ocular Miracle back in November 2017. Even from a dark place, a spark had already formed and the small flames of creativity had started from another corner that would roar into an inferno that it is today.

[@deznut5]

highjump's part

[@filenotfound_2416]

It’s silly to me that people really thought 2.0 was hurtful to the game. Every update to Geometry Dash since it released has been nothing but beneficial to the game and the community. RobTop, as far as I know, has never implemented super controversial features or changes except for the physics changes in 2.2 which is incredibly recent. I know early 2.0 levels were kind of a mess but of course it’s gonna take the community awhile to learn new features in the editor, and guess what? Creators eventually did get a grasp on them and the game ended up fine.

[@gy6v380]

Amazing video! I been playing gd since 2.0 but quitted the game multiple times... Watching this types of documentary video are very fun and really makes me have hope on the community. Im hightlly convinced im not going to quit again at this point, this game has trully one of the most interesting stories of a community

[@GDDNID]

anyone else noticed how everything is synced?

[@emmanuelgaming101]

This video was insanely interesting and had me hooked the whole way, incredible work Mat!

[@MatMart]

Glad to hear it!

[@Mythical_8]

I started playing the game right before Bloodlust was verified. I never knew that all this was happening before I joined. It’s really interesting to hear this story so many years later. Great job on this video!

[@ybd]

Change the title to "the day world peace was almost achieved"

[@thepkxx6356]

underrated comment

[@ThatFunnyGD]

lol

[@smurtzii]

This is such an amazing video. You put so much into this video, and I love it so so much. One of my favorite parts is when you were switching between bloodlust and keeping the suspense for it while talking about other levels that were being rooted for Top 1. You executed that perfectly! I also love the ending when you made that smooth transition into getting people to play Geometry Dash. 10/10 content right here, thank you for this masterpiece

[@x_Snowfall]

10:41 the ꋬꋬꋬꋬꋬꋬꋬꋬꋬ got me 💀

[@LoverGoose]

AAÆAAAAAA

[@llamason7044]

Excellent video! I think this was around the time I started to distance myself from the community personally before coming back later on.

[@progCan]

10:00 OMG THAT IS DA UNDERTALE DEATH SOUND!

[@20Claud1]

“Everything changed when 2.0 was released.” Why does this remind me of ATLA?

[@XcreatorGoal]

Amazing video, super interesting topic and well done edit! 2.2 will def. revolutionize the Game and hopefully it will bring back old players to compete again and bring back the amazing feelings we had when people were verifying extremely hard levels

[@MatMart]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ItsCyclonic]

Hello XcreatorGoal! I watch your vids.

[@manixtheweirdo7059]

@@MatMart I really love it :)

[@Not_interestEd-]

2.2 finally got announced! We shall see if this statement holds true.

[@zMysticat]

1M VIEWS! Congrats legend. This was such a good video :D love your content!

[@MarkUnderMark]

Thanks for letting me do the intro! Because I really really wanted to do that xD

[@debajyotidas1]

This is amazing dude, keep up the good work :)

[@MatMart]

Thanks a ton!

[@Gusi8898]

My gosh, for someone who doesn't play gd much (myself), it's crazy how long I've been invested in this community. I think your video really captures the essence of what makes it such a fascinating community. Thank you MatMart!

[@SmallLightning_Splash]

16:04 i felt that

[@marshalllin1758]

The amazing explaining I love it! It’s insane! Ur very talented

[@uyscience6336]

nice video about the history of geometry dash. this matmart documentary is probably your best

[@OszlTM]

1:41 trackmania had a track editor and it was made in 2005

[@azivine7]

this is up there with samifying's documentaries. so cool

[@ideac.]

i absolutely love that editing and documentary styled video nice to see you grow that much i remember when you had like 200 subs and i found your channel incredibly underrated nice to see it getting the recognition that it deserves!

[@MatMart]

Thanks a ton! Whats ur favorite video from me?

[@O00v00OGD]

Where is the bloodlust moon

[@Therealjimpter]

Gru stole it

[@hertz5477]

i thought this man had AT LEAST half a million subscribers, I just realised he only has 30k. This man NEEDS more subscribers.

[@MatMart]

ty!

[@patriotseangd]

It’s ironic how out of all the levels Manix made that he would fear for having bad gp it would be Blade Of Justice, one of the few levels he’s made without bad gp.

[@219tecblu]

I like your videos and editing, good job ,keep it up !

[@izyne2090]

One of the best if not the best gd documentaries I’ve ever seen!

[@GDDNID]

Insane and interesting commentary video, GG

[@moorcum]

Haven't watched a GD video in a while, this one was really fun, I don't really enjoy just watching players beat levels that's gotten old for me but this video was pretty sick, thanks.

[@CM.25]

I love me some gd documentaries, and damn this was really well made! Nice job :)

[@TheLudicrousLuv]

As someone who wasnt active on the community even on the times like these, the editing in this video is amazing! Although im not all too familiar with the GD community lore, knobbelboys victory on bloodlust will never be forgotten

[@AriLAng11]

Video is really nice! Reminds me of a Maximum video. The intro was really interesting and visually impressive. I like that you explained how Geometry Dash works at the beginning however my one piece of criticism is at 0:44 when you were showing how “it gets way worse”. Felt a bit cringy and out of place. And for new players who have never heard of BloodBath, they wouldn’t know how that gameplay you shown would be hard anyways.

[@MatMart]

Thanks for the critiques someguy. Imo the new players would know how it would be hard as I show footage of Riot failing. This was the only segment in the video more primarily meant to appeal to newcomers rather then veterans. I tried to keep it short for viewers like you though.

[@The3arthquake]

I like that you explained things for people who don't play the game or know the community's history. Nice :)

[@zEliazar]

This video is actually amazing. Nice work dude

[@cedrillion581]

This video is built like a murder mystery 💀💀💀💀5:52 but still , good video

[@saidoof9369]

Fr lmao

[@MatPlayz]

This is actually a really well made video. I can watch this like 10 times over and I wouldn't get bored at all. Good job :D

[@patriotseangd]

It’s crazy because until a month ago I never realized Plasma Pulse Finale was verified before Bloodlust, that only shows how I like others started becoming inactive during that time of the game.

[@Z-101-G]

This video is amazing, keep up the good work!

[@CliveHQ]

9:10 lemoncake voice xDDDD

[@superslago2028]

0:29 man just explained the entirety of the game

[@octosation]

This is a very amazingly explained video. It deserves you 100k subs

[@That_Blamed_guy...]

Well made video i like these kind of vids man gg keep it up 💯

[@MoldyGD]

Idk what to say but epic doc yes, you should make some more

[@CliveHQ]

Very interesting and informative!

[@MishaG4mer]

40K subscribers, all for this quality! This is horrific! You deserve more subs!

[@killersharkgamingyt3746]

I keep watching this over and over again it’s way too good do more stuff like this

[@Geckofallinga]

as long as at the speed of light exists geometry dash will remain

[@charliepagel3611]

That ending was so wholesome

[@PokSson]

This video was insane... So many memories. Well done!

[@WhitePythor]

I began my GD journey in 2014 and usually nostalgize pre 2.0 era in 2014-2015 but this video made me remember some cool moments from 2016-2018

[@Onvil_]

my man mat is recruiting new members to the gd cult, i mean fandom

[@SkulltexWasTaken]

as a gamer once said, "Take a break, and youll come back better" 15:41

[@jayarr211]

on 3:47 he said get rekt son" (or surv) that line... looks familiar... it was in a song named "fun dance" by Sharks.

[@Antam372]

i remember back in 2015, i downloaded gd for the first time, i couldnt even beat stereo madness, so i quickly gave it up, i thought it was some hard random mobile game with 10 levels or something (i was on gd lite), when i stopped playing the game i completely forgot about it, i saw this video 4 months ago, and i decided to start again, i had many friends who played gd, since i got the full version now, i explored the search tab, i saw something i hadnt seen before, Demons? tons of times i wanted to quit the game, my friends told me that no matter how many times i died, i could always restart, i am still preety bad at gd, but now it seems extremely fun, and this video is the one that made me replay that "hard random mobile game" very well made, good job man

[@inserthandsomefacehere9401]

Yes when my icon touches a spike the run dose end in any level 0:37

[@geiboi77]

the hitbox for a spike is a bit smaller than the visual

[@ImranAhmed-hj1gl]

3:12 Matmart: in a era that most bossfights are some stupid dumb monster that ca-- Robtop joined the stream Matmart:Frick

[@Puffman]

This might actually be the best gd video I’ve watched. Thank you

[@YourTruemonkE]

I LOVE these documentaries and I will never stop watching these

[@tmsh_]

Brilliantly made documentary. Editing, audio and storytelling all on point! Good job!

[@MatMart]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NovaaZR]

7:57 i felt that jesus

[@enplixedy]

Bro 0:50 is gold I’ve never heard a more straight forward “damn” ever

[@WerrorWolf]

A really well-made video, I can feel emotional as well as nostalgic when watching this.

[@Prometheus_Alt]

I remember being so hyped, so exhilarated when bloodlust was verified. I know my hardest was like ToE 2 back then but to see that monstrosity of a level verified was a big feat

[@eternalvoid974]

What next after 2.2 comes out?

[@arandomstragnger2807]

Awsome epilogue btw keep up the great work (btw witch one is harder fusion z or bloodlust

[@channelofstuff512]

Bloodlust is harder

[@channelofstuff512]

Bloodlust is harder

[@PancakeCamilo]

really well made video, nice job

[@aiapihud4344]

14:52 man I love not wanting to mention Crazens name! As if we can't all acknowledge the sea of scummy shit he did before the thing that he's most known for

[@monkeeeeyt]

i joined gd almost 1 year ago and look at me i almost got a full hard demon layout ready and my hardest is a medium demon B

[@MatMart]

good job

[@Bushes21]

Good job insane storytelling and entertainment 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ARAGAMINGALOK07]

The intro, it's actually one of the best I had ever seen. It tells a small summary of the documentary of how a mobile game rose to glory and fame, becoming a symbol of extremely hard games, eventually falling into the hands of the community who will decide the fate of this, and it's near death experience.

[@akramabbar684]

12:48 well that was a potato PC

[@F4anz]

Bloodbath has fallen down

[@Trees6790]

Watching that video did something great to me… it made me want to play geometry dash more and more, thank you MatMart

[@velocitygmd]

Amazing video! Keep it up (:

[@reinhad]

3:35 playing gd with ADHD be like

[@andremckenna2007]

Only more for the player levels and the official demon levels

[@danraja_75]

absolutely amazing video, I really can't believe this silly little game's community has people making incredibly detailed documentaries like this.

[@Zakrusta]

i remember vividly when Knobbelboy verified Bloodlust, but at that time i also had to take a break with GD because of boarding school, quitting in the process. I've gotten back to the game, and i really thought the game had died already, but it evolved beyond my expectations. It's hard to explain to people why we dropped the game back then, because the amount of things to do now is significantly different than back then. There was no GDDP, the hype behind new hardests started to dwindle, and overall it was just tiring to keep playing at that point. When I came back in mid 2020, i didn't even try to play the new levels, but instead went for Takeoff by Nasgubb. Such levels like it were more or less we're the standard back in 2017-2018 and that's where i found my interest back. It took a couple of weeks for me to see what had happened since i left and i gotta say, i'm immensely happy with how much progress we've had since then. Sad to see that Bloodlust was overthrown by Zodiac, but at least the hype for hardests started to climb back up, and with that, a new standard to levels. I'm doing Acu at the moment, and honestly it's one of the best levels i've played.

[@user-jd1mn3ur2j]

I remember I first started playing back when zodiac was top one, I got so excited when bloodlust got verified, crazy that now it's barely top 30 I think