Best Geometry Dash Levels of All Time (2024)

0:20 we start off with a horrid take actually. stereo madness is actually pretty good at teaching the games mechanics, from showing how high you jump due to the first spike alone, to the ship part being mostly empty so new players can get a feel for how the ship physics work. also, it was made in the first goddamn version of the game, of course it’s going to look mid by todays standards, and considering that 1.0 levels just unironically sucked ass if they weren’t trying to imitate robtop style, stereo madness is actually one of the better looking levels made in 1.0
0:33 if every part sucks, then why include it in the top 100 best gd levels? there’s over 8 billion gd levels and you’re telling me a level which you explicitly said “every part is horrible” is better than something like demon park or tunnel of despair or literally any other rated level? yes it has charm, but silent clubstep has 1.6 charm, looks better visually (and test tube i’m guessing was made in 2.1), innovative gameplay wise (which went on to inspire the entire genre of impossible levels (which don’t tell me there’s few, there’s an entire three lists and probably more dedicated to different difficulties of impossible levels with precise definitions, and entire subcommunities made around them)), and yet that was never put on the list.
1:18 xxix by spu7nix looks better, is technically more impressive, and only requires 29 objects
1:48 tf if it’s just a regular okay looking level why is it in the top 100 greatest levels of all time. there’s a ton of levels that do the same as this
1:56 concerning because it’s a reference to an old virus
2:07 they’re not real triggers
2:47 no sh*t look at what you’re doing
3:06 first actually influential level here surprised it isn’t higher since salmon garden literally just made it into the top 100
3:18 i believe the spider orb came from a guy making a gd fan game or smth on twitter
3:26 salmon garden looks better than this
3:47 as a gameplay creator myself bossfights (at least to me) are all pretty bad since you can barely do anything with them (and here it looks like nothing really is done special). also if the gameplay mechanics are really clean why not show them
3:59 kid named ground spikes
4:35 wide wave isn’t that original, the rotating gameplay (which people who actually know that one mod call it planet) is literally just cube gameplay
4:42 how do you not say this while laughing
6:57 kid named desert bus (tho ig it’s the longest rated level)
8:17 as a cuber it killed me on the inside to see rubik’s spelled “rubix”
8:45 “ultra realistic” 💀💀
9:15 yes, this level was made entirely with 1.0 objects, but that’s the thing, if you took a look at the id, it was made much more recently. it uses the objects but not the same mindset as a 1.0 creator (a level like this would’ve never existed in 1.0) or object limit, so a level like this existing in 1.0 would be unrealistic (also imo there’s much better levels by skubb that use 1.0 objects)
10:01 as a person with trypophobia, kid named peaceful:
11:03 so original /s
12:29 no shame for not being able to read japanese but you can just read the romanization you literally put the romaji on the screen
12:44 after making half this comment i hate agreeing with waboo
13:16 kids named dim, how, why, and brainfugd by spu7nix:
14:31 kid named sedulous:
15:58 waboo is actually the most inconsiderate person of all time i and a lot of people have trypophobia
17:09 “a bit better” dawg this level is part of the goddamn definition of “memory level”, right next to killbot, no one gives two craps about a fnaf+ remake that used image2gd
18:22 “it doesn’t look that visually appealing” look where edge of destiny is placed on this list (tho ig it is a bit more accessible due to it being a platformer)
18:31 actually good take for once
19:32 pretty much the number 1 rule of game design is to value the gameplay over how it looks, maybe that’s why it only got featured but i can’t imagine what the idea of “not fun to play gameplay” is to someone who has robot staircases in their levels
20:46 yes, the boss animation itself is impressive, but the gameplay just looks like a harder version of -sirius- by funnygame which imo is more influential
21:42 i’m not sure what to say when waboo says “you can’t see the gameplay but who cares” as artist’s intent is definitely something that should be be taken into account when making any form of art, but if it was meant to actually be played, then that’s a pretty bad thing since having brainrot covering 60% of the screen is equivalent to not being able to see 60% of the screen, again, another rule of game design is to make sure that every mistake feels like the player’s fault, but not being able to see something you died to can be extremely frustrating, so unless it was made mostly to just be watched and get brainrot from, it’s not that good. agree with everything else tho
22:20 kid named dim by spu7nix: (imo, dim is more impressive since 1. it uses ray casting instead of gradient triggers 2. it’s made in 2.1 3. it was one of the first levels that legitimately pushed the game to it’s limits
23:30 it’s only perfectly executed if, like, it had a goal to execute (which i’m sure it did, and don’t get me wrong, it looks good, but maybe just even infer what it’s trying to execute directly)
23:56 yessss another good take
25:27 yes, it looks good, but considering it has the word “silent” in it, and was based off an old impossible level, i really REALLY doubt it actually plays nice
25:58 yes, this level is very good, but i’m pretty sure bli made change of scene all by themself, and it literally has multiple paths in it, and (in my opinion) better visuals and gameplay
26:50 again, incredibly good level, one of the best levels imo. but, there’s this level by spu7nix called brainfugd by spu7nix which literally had an entire programming language made for it which emulated another programming language within geometry dash. considering that i believe literally no level ever has gone to that length before, and was made in 2.1, it is just as good as what (this doesn’t mean i think it’s the best level, i said what was *one of* the best level*s*
I FINISHED SCREW YOU 8 YEAR OLD WABOO FANS
conclusion: waboo has more bad takes than good, waboo is a new gen player, waboo’s target audience is people who have barely played gd, waboo doesn’t know what game design is even though he constantly mentioned layouts (which coincidentally all have effects i’m pretty sure), waboo values decoration over actual player experience, waboo’s editing is pretty okay, salmon garden is a peak level /s, and almost all of spu7nix’ levels are mid, unoriginal, and not innovative /s.
finally, waboo and i should go outside
would’ve loved to see cataclysm, bloodbath, zodiac, mastergame, how, dim, brainfugd, grief, apocalyptic trilogy, sonic wave, silent club, forest temple, killbot , slaughterhouse (og), death corridor, silent circles, and silent clubstep all be somewhere on this list but ig old levels that are incredibly original (like cata, zodiac, apocalyptic trilogy, silent club, killbot), especially for their time, innovative (like mastergame, how, dim, brainfugd, cata, killbot), (mostly) beautiful (apocalyptic trilogy, forest temple, how), and sometimes even started completely different genres of levels (like impossible levels and memory levels), are just too bad for waboo’s standards.
imo, this video would be better with a title and script that was more in line with “really cool levels in geometry dash”, without the ranking aspect so you don’t have to bring as much subjectivity into it, and don’t have to deal with innovation and gd veterans (which to be clear, i am NOT) getting angry for not featuring a singular funnygame in it
waboo should probably actually give constructive criticism as to why the levels shown low on the list are there and what they could’ve done better, you can’t just say “it’s low on this list because i said so” you actually have to give a reason why, that was taught in goddamn primary school