Geometry Dash facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Geometry Dash
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Developer(s)	RobTop Games
Publisher(s)	RobTop Games
Designer(s)	Robert Topala
Programmer(s)	Robert Topala
Composer(s)	Robert Topala
Engine	Cocos2d-X
Platform(s)	iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Microsoft Windows, macOS
Release date(s)	iOS, Android 13 August 2013 Windows Phone 12 June 2014 Microsoft Windows, macOS 22 December 2014
Genre(s)	Runner, music, platformer
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer (upcoming)

Geometry Dash is a super popular video game released in 2013. It was created by Robert Topala, a game developer from Sweden. You can play it on mobile phones (iOS and Android) and computers (Windows and macOS). In this game, you guide a customizable icon through levels filled with catchy music and challenging obstacles like spikes.

The main game has 26 levels designed by Robert Topala. Most levels scroll forward automatically. However, 4 levels are special "platformer" levels where you control your icon's movement more freely. A really cool feature of Geometry Dash is its built-in level editor. This tool lets you create your own levels! You can share your creations with other players and try out levels they've made. As you play, you can collect items like stars, moons, coins, mana orbs, and diamonds.

There are also a few other games in the Geometry Dash family. These include Geometry Dash Meltdown, Geometry Dash World, and Geometry Dash SubZero. If you want to try the game for free, you can download Geometry Dash Lite. This free version has fewer levels and features, and it includes some ads.

Players love Geometry Dash because it's tough but also very fun and addictive. It has a huge community of fans who enjoy playing and creating levels together.

How to Play Geometry Dash

This image shows the start of 'Electroman Adventures', which is the 13th level in the game.

You can play Geometry Dash using a touchscreen on your phone. On a computer, you can use a keyboard, mouse, or controller. You control a player icon, which you can change to look how you want. The main goal is to tap or hold to make your icon jump and fly through levels. These levels scroll forward by themselves. If your icon hits an obstacle, like a spike or a wall, you have to start the level over!

The game has a helpful 'practice mode'. In this mode, you can place checkpoints. This lets you learn the difficult parts of a level without restarting from the very beginning each time. However, you cannot officially complete the level in practice mode. The music in the game is very important! Your jumps and moves often match the beat of the song. In the 'platformer' mode, the screen does not scroll automatically. This means you can move your icon left or right freely.

Game Features and Modes

Obstacles and Power-ups

Levels have more than just spikes and walls. Other objects change how your icon moves:

• Portals: These can change your icon's gravity (making it go upside down!). They can also change your speed, size, or even the type of vehicle your icon becomes.
• Pads and Orbs: These can make you jump higher or change gravity too. Pads work automatically when you touch them. Orbs require you to tap the screen while touching them.

Different Ways to Play (Game Modes)

Your icon can change into different "vehicles" or game modes. Each one moves in a unique way:

• Cube: This is the first mode you use. You tap to make it jump a set height.
• Ship: You hold the screen to fly up and release to go down.
• Ball: Tapping makes the ball switch gravity, so it can roll on the ceiling!
• UFO: You tap to make small jumps while in the air.
• Wave: Your icon moves in a zig-zag pattern. You tap to make it go up or down sharply.
• Robot: Similar to the cube, but the jump height depends on how long you hold the tap.
• Spider: Tapping makes it instantly teleport to the floor or ceiling, switching gravity.
• Swing: Similar to the ball, but it's attached and swings when you tap.

Levels and Challenges

The full Geometry Dash game has 26 main levels. Four of these are platformer levels. Each level has a difficulty rating, such as "Easy," "Normal," "Hard," "Harder," "Insane," or "Demon." Demon levels are the most challenging!

In each main level, three secret coins are hidden. You need to find different paths to collect them. To unlock and play the three official Demon levels, you must collect a certain number of these secret coins. Beating levels also gives you rewards!

Make Your Icon Unique

You can change how your player icon looks! You can choose different designs, colors, cool effects for when you crash (called death explosions), and trails for your ship. You unlock these cool customizations by:

• Beating main levels.
• Collecting enough secret coins.
• Earning achievements (special goals).
• Buying them in the game's shop with currency you earn.

Create and Play Your Own Levels

One of the best features of the full Geometry Dash game is that you can make your own levels! You can then upload them for other people to play. The free Lite version and the Geometry Dash World spin-off game also let you play some of these player-made levels.

When making levels, you can use music from the official game levels. You can even add custom songs from a website called Newgrounds.

Super Tough Player-Made Levels

Players have created some incredibly hard "Demon" levels. These are even tougher than the official Demon levels! Since 2017, these player-made Demon levels have their own difficulty ratings:

• Easy Demon
• Medium Demon
• Hard Demon
• Insane Demon
• Extreme Demon (the hardest of them all!)

Some player-made levels also have "user coins." These are like the secret coins found in the main levels.

Getting Your Level "Rated"

If you make a really good level, Robert Topala (the game's creator) might officially "rate" it. When you play a rated level, you can earn orbs and diamonds. These are types of in-game money you can use to buy more icons for your character.

When you beat a rated level, you also get 'stars'. The number of stars depends on how hard the level is. Stars show off your skill, but you cannot use them to buy things in the shop.

Explore in Platformer Mode

A big update (Update 2.2) added a new way to play called 'platformer' mode. In these levels, the screen does not scroll automatically. This means you can move your character left or right, similar to classic platformer games.

When you beat a rated platformer level, you get 'moons' instead of stars. Like stars, moons show your achievements and cannot be used to buy items.

Platformer mode uses most of the same game modes (like the cube and ball) as regular Geometry Dash. However, the wave and swing modes are not in platformer. Also, instead of the ship, you get a 'jetpack' which works in a similar way. There are four official platformer levels to try out. You can find them in a special area of the game called 'The Tower'.

How Geometry Dash Was Made

The logo for RobTop Games, the company behind Geometry Dash.

The Creator and Early Ideas

Geometry Dash was made by Robert Topala, a game developer from Sweden. He is known by his company name, RobTop. Before Geometry Dash, he was studying to be a civil engineer. This is someone who designs and builds things like roads and bridges. But he loved making games more, so he started his own game company, RobTop Games, in 2012.

Robert Topala said that Geometry Dash started as a very simple idea. It was just a cube that could jump and crash. He didn't have a big plan at first! He was inspired by another game called The Impossible Game. It took him about four months to create Geometry Dash. He released it on the App Store for iPhones and the Google Play Store for Android phones.

Did you know? The game was first going to be called Geometry Jump. But he changed it to Geometry Dash before it came out. When it was first released, Geometry Dash only had seven levels and two game modes. But it quickly became super popular all over the world!

Updates and New Features

After the game came out, Robert Topala kept adding new things to it. He released regular updates with new levels, new game modes, more icons for players, and other cool features. He would often show sneak peeks of these updates on YouTube.

To get players excited for big updates, he sometimes released smaller spin-off games. These included Geometry Dash Meltdown, Geometry Dash World, and Geometry Dash SubZero. These games showed off features that would later come to the main Geometry Dash game.

The Big Update 2.2

One of the most awaited updates was Update 2.2. It took over six years to make and finally came out on December 19, 2023. This update was huge! It added the brand-new platformer mode. In this mode, you can control your character's movement more freely. When Update 2.2 was released, so many people started playing Geometry Dash on Steam (a platform for PC games). It set a new record for the game with 80,000 players at once! The level editor also got tons of new tools. Players started making amazing things, even recreating other games like Super Mario Kart inside Geometry Dash!

The Music of Geometry Dash

The music in Geometry Dash is a big part of what makes it fun. The songs come from different music artists. Some songs were made just for the game, including some by Robert Topala himself! You'll also hear music by Kevin MacLeod in some of the game's menus. Most of the level music is EDM (Electronic Dance Music) and other types of electronic music. The songs are usually cut to fit the length of the levels, which are often about 1 to 2 minutes long.

Other Geometry Dash Games

Besides the main Geometry Dash game, there are a few other versions and spin-off games you can play. These often give you a taste of new features before they come to the main game.

Geometry Dash Lite

If you want to try Geometry Dash for free, you can get Geometry Dash Lite. This version has ads and some limits.

• You can play the first 19 main levels and all the tower levels.
• You can also play some special featured levels, daily levels, weekly levels, or event levels.
• However, you cannot create your own levels or play most of the levels made by other players.
• There are also fewer options to customize your character compared to the full game.

Geometry Dash Meltdown

Released in December 2015, Geometry Dash Meltdown is a spin-off game for iOS and Android.

• It has three unique levels with songs by an artist named F-777.
• This game showed off new icons and level features that were later added in Update 2.0 of the main game.

Geometry Dash World

Another spin-off, Geometry Dash World, came out in December 2016.

• It includes two worlds, each with five levels.
• It introduced features that later appeared in Update 2.1 of the main game.
• You can also play some levels created by other players in this version.

Some reviewers liked how fun Geometry Dash World was to play. Others said it was a great game that mixed cool graphics and sound really well.

Geometry Dash SubZero

The third spin-off, Geometry Dash SubZero, was released in December 2017.

• The levels in Geometry Dash SubZero include features that were planned for the big Update 2.2, even though that update came out much later!

See also

In Spanish: Geometry Dash para niños