For swingcopters, I strongly recommend adding something to make sure both balls dont go in the blue orb corridor, as it can lead to skips. Edit: Not thanking anyone for the likes, I just want to add context. In 2.1 people would create ball duals where one ball was stuck in a corridor with blue orbs and it made the other ball act like the swing.
People underestimate layouts, its really hard to make a good one. It can really carry levels with mid decoration. I do struggle when making layouts, thank you very much for this tutorial!
I see so many people that ONLY make gameplay lol The majority of creators I see are layout creators, so I'm not really sure what youre talking about tbh But I do agree, good gameplay could carry bad deco
Before reading - building only demon layouts is not a good idea to start learning making good gameplay, instead, start making easy gameplay, and if you feel comfortable, move on to making harder stuff only if you feel doing that. Pretty good video for begginers. The thing that I would personally recommend is that to play most recent featured and epic rated levels to indicate what mechanics are common these days. Checking levels from top creator's leaderboard is also a very good idea as it shows a ton of creators that are very familiar with most of the things about simple and fun gameplay (as well as decorations). The last thing, but likely most important one is to see how gameplay in levels is made - check what speed the part has, what structures it uses, what gameplay it uses, etc... For that, I recommend checking less difficult levels (nothing above hard demon for the beginning), to see all mentioned above things. Addictional help would also be to check some uploaded layouts or videos on TH-cam, layouts that are not complex and uses small amount of movements. These are very inspiring and probably helped me the most.
yo guys I had the same issue but when registering for an account, make sure the password doesn’t have characters other than letters and numbers. Example: ! or # Hope this helps u bros
11:00 If you want to make a harder/more open swing copter, make a cube go into a one block gap and set a green orb to follow your X and Y position with a Move trigger (put the Green orb and the move trigger on the same Y axis). if you want to stop, use a Toggle trigger. this will delete the orb unless you use an activating Toggle trigger on the same group.
That’s what I did with my levels ball part, I put some platforms and just put spikes on them but some are fake and some are real. I even need the player to PHASE through the platform and hit a invisible orb since I wanted it to be a demon level
You forgot the most notable mistake that people always commit: Trying to make their levels like RobTop's. Main levels are supposed to introduce and showcase mechanics, but when making custom levels you should assume that the people who are gonna play them are already familiar with the game.
Nice video, it teaches well the new creators. And a Word from my point of the view. Dont make layouts for be hard or eazyer, do it for express your creativity and your skills
Now overall, making good layouts is from experience, Testing out gameplay, Testing out effects, Asking yourself "Does this look good, is this sighreadable, is it synced, is it Fun, is it not bland, is it fit to the theme" if not. Fix it. Takes weeks, be patient. Thats it lol.
Thanks for this! If at all possible, could you make something like this, but more focused on Insane and Extreme Demons? I’m working on an Extreme right now that’s largely timing-based, but I also want to incorporate all types of gameplay (except memory and 2-player). I’m not great at making Extreme Demon gameplay, so something like that would help tremendously. Thanks again!
This video was made before 2.2 released, back then, that mode didn't exist as a seperate gamemode and creators had to use that dual ball trick to make swing parts.
Fascinating, great advice, personally i build a level separately of gameplay (split up) e.g first part 5s then i deco that same 5s and move on to the next parts gameplay, so i don't make the full layout at once so this was helpful, thank you.
By the way, the letter blocks actually stand for specific things. Like the D block stands for 'Dart' J block stands for 'Jump' H block stands for 'Hit' S block stands for 'Stop' F block stands for 'Flip'
this tutorial is very usefull since i already make epic layouts now i can make layouts epic which is very epic making a layout is epic because you are epic and making a layout is very epic and cool
I can imagine an extreme demon but with fun song and really fun decoration and not look too intimidating but hard as f, tho like for me slow paced song with fast paced gameplay doesn't feel to work much imo
My gameplay for my lvl "ClubDeath" that's in progress the lights are off but they will flicker before gameplay so you have to remember what the gameplay is then do it completely blind.
Well I do have 2 minigame tutorials (the ultimate minigame tutorial and the platformer tutorial). What mechanics would you like me to explain in another minigame tutorial? :)
also don’t over decorate your level because for people like me it reduces visibility (the most popular demon atm is barely playable because there are vines in the way of the navy seal camouflaged obstacles)
Yo Incidius, I’d love to see Part 2 of the Presidents Rank GD Main Levels. I’ve been waiting for the sequel for a long time since the first part was so damn funny! XD
Oh glad to hear you liked that vid! Unfortunately it didn’t perform very well compared to my other vids so I’m probably not going to make a part 2 sorry. My next meme video will probably be a gd meme awards 2023 :)
This Tutorial is Perfect to Me, I’m a New Creator & Player in Geometry Dash, You Help Me Only With a Video and For This, I follow you. Thanks Really Thanks❤🎉
aa great video i am currently working on a layout and this video will help with gameplay and such thank you! also what is that level in the background? 3:03
Here are some things that I think should also be thought about when making layouts as well as things I disagree with which were stated in the video. Part 1: 1. Making your layouts look good can make it easier to decorate. When you have ugly structures, you may have to completely change them to make something look good when decorating. It depends on how you create though. (1:16) 2. Layouts don't only have to be gameplay, it is the foundation of your level, so if you have any ideas, you can also roughly integrate them into your layout with simple effects, block design, movements, etc. (1:35) 3. You don't have to change EVERYTHING someone says when giving feedback unless it's about bugs. What they say are simply suggestions that you should think about. Your gameplay is your gameplay! (2:16) Part 2: 1. (This is a little more advanced) The game modes and speed you use and how you use them can represent how the song feels and flows. This will make the song feel like part of the level and overall make it a more fun experience. When people in the community give feedback, they will often call this "note representation" or "note rep." (3:10) 2. I wouldn't recommend you sync every single part of the melody to a click. This might get boring after some time. Try to sync to more than just the melody, you can sync to the drums, the bass, or even create an original pattern that fits the song! (3:59) Part 3: 1. Keep in mind that everything should feel like the player's fault when dying. (4:49) 2. (This is a little more advanced) There's nothing wrong with making something that isn't easy to read as long as the player doesn't consistently die to something without knowing why. With memory gameplay, for example, the players will need to practice first to learn the gameplay. This is something that should be reserved for harder levels because people will need to practice hard levels first anyway. (5:11) 3. An easy way to fix a blind jump without having to actually change your gameplay is to make it start on screen and move into position. However, all of this should be visible. (5:11) 4. (This is pretty advanced) It is possible to make portals invisible without making them sightreadable. As well as the player can react to the changes easily and there are no skips, it can be fine. I would only suggest doing this be done in demon difficulty levels however because casual players don't have as much understanding with the game as people who consistently play do. (5:23) 5. Balancing levels and fixing bugs is hard, you can get other people to playtest your level to fix bugs and make the difficulty balanced. As the creator, the level will be easier for you to do because you know exactly what to do and it may work perfectly on your device. (7:05) (7:40) 6. Repetitive gameplay can be fun as long as it fits the song, just don't drag it out for long periperiods make the thing you want to repeat interesting. I wouldn't sugget you do this throughout the entire level though, just through each part. (7:19) 7. No one wants to wait a long time to die. Make it take a short amount of time to die, but enough time for the player to react. (7:57) 8. Note that death effects make it take longer to start the next attempt. (8:20) If you have anything to add or disagree with something I said, feel free to reply. Also, sorry about the length, I usually try to keep things short, but since this is for new players I need to explain a lot more.
whats the rainbow level SONG with the ball part 25% if u know what i mean (u play it everytime u say a tip) I Know the song of the level is walkman but i mean the song ur playing
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thanks incidius
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For swingcopters, I strongly recommend adding something to make sure both balls dont go in the blue orb corridor, as it can lead to skips.
Edit: Not thanking anyone for the likes, I just want to add context. In 2.1 people would create ball duals where one ball was stuck in a corridor with blue orbs and it made the other ball act like the swing.
keys
Trigger orb
Nah just make them die if they don't go to a portal outside of the orb area
Also, make the orbs multi-activate, or just have one multi-activate orb move through the track
Or make it so both balls don't go into the swing section *ahem* Subsystem Scramble
You're literally the best gd mod that had ever been appeared to this game!
Thank you :)
Ua
People underestimate layouts, its really hard to make a good one. It can really carry levels with mid decoration.
I do struggle when making layouts, thank you very much for this tutorial!
I see so many people that ONLY make gameplay lol
The majority of creators I see are layout creators, so I'm not really sure what youre talking about tbh
But I do agree, good gameplay could carry bad deco
Before reading - building only demon layouts is not a good idea to start learning making good gameplay, instead, start making easy gameplay, and if you feel comfortable, move on to making harder stuff only if you feel doing that.
Pretty good video for begginers. The thing that I would personally recommend is that to play most recent featured and epic rated levels to indicate what mechanics are common these days. Checking levels from top creator's leaderboard is also a very good idea as it shows a ton of creators that are very familiar with most of the things about simple and fun gameplay (as well as decorations). The last thing, but likely most important one is to see how gameplay in levels is made - check what speed the part has, what structures it uses, what gameplay it uses, etc... For that, I recommend checking less difficult levels (nothing above hard demon for the beginning), to see all mentioned above things.
Addictional help would also be to check some uploaded layouts or videos on TH-cam, layouts that are not complex and uses small amount of movements. These are very inspiring and probably helped me the most.
Good advice :)
As an expreienced layout maker I agree with almost everything in this video. Thank you for educating the people in a great way!
3:28
Him:avoid long sections where u do nothing
Stereo madness:
But stereo madness is made for the player to start learning about the game
Thanks for this video, Now I can make better minigames!
Also shoutout to Zejoant at 2:19 for collabing with me everytime and getting me CPs
xD
Vesuvius is already amazing at creating minigames; I didn't know it was possible for him to get even better
GETTING YOU WHAT
@@slaxorzzCreater points
@@slaxorzzdam
Fun fact: repetitive gameplay can actually be good at some times just don't overdo it change of scene is a good example of fun repetitive gameplay
Those who don't have gd friends
I don’t have a account and every time I log in it away says log in failed
Can't register
yo guys I had the same issue but when registering for an account, make sure the password doesn’t have characters other than letters and numbers. Example: ! or #
Hope this helps u bros
I have friends
Me
thanks so much for this! your such an amazing mod!!! and thanks for playing my challenge :D
No problem, hope it helps :)
@@Incidius it has !
11:00
If you want to make a harder/more open swing copter, make a cube go into a one block gap and set a green orb to follow your X and Y position with a Move trigger (put the Green orb and the move trigger on the same Y axis). if you want to stop, use a Toggle trigger. this will delete the orb unless you use an activating Toggle trigger on the same group.
Man this video really helped me out and the editing is top tier
Man I kinda wished that I made a tutorial video like this :D
But yours is just so well made and well explained too with important stuff, good job! :)
Good tutorial! I’ve been making layouts for a while now and these tips are definitely stuff I do lol
Incidius: *tells us how to make good gameplay*
Extreme demon creators: Oh, right! Anyways...
JohnathanGD adding a almost frame perfect jump at the end of every 6 minute level he makes: 8:22
5:52 the whole point of memory gameplay is that you have to memorize click patterns in order to pass the section
That’s what I did with my levels ball part, I put some platforms and just put spikes on them but some are fake and some are real. I even need the player to PHASE through the platform and hit a invisible orb since I wanted it to be a demon level
Pretty cool video, pencil at 7:31 was really cool!
Now my layouts look INCREDIBLE!! Thanks to u
'' if you diont have any friends''. 💀
You forgot the most notable mistake that people always commit:
Trying to make their levels like RobTop's. Main levels are supposed to introduce and showcase mechanics, but when making custom levels you should assume that the people who are gonna play them are already familiar with the game.
Thx inci, I'm learning how to GP and this will be a great help!
Extreme demons:
Do I care I will hack your ass off
Bloodbaty
Bloodbath
THANK YOU SO MUCH this was a masterpiece of art you just made and helped me learn new effects and ways to make decorations to a layout!
I needed this, ty man
Love when TH-camrs actually show you gameplay pieces and mechanics u can use. Good video my guy.
I wish the levels in the map packs would follow this 😭
thanks brother, this really helped me
5:16 Icidus: DON'T PUT OFFSCREEN AND BLINDNTRANSTITION AND NO UNEXPECTED MOVEMENTS
Troll Level:Too Late...
Nice video, it teaches well the new creators. And a Word from my point of the view. Dont make layouts for be hard or eazyer, do it for express your creativity and your skills
THAT INTRO I'M LAUGHING SO HARD LMAO btw very nice video :)
Intro: Crazy ass robot, easy ahh spider, ridiculous straightfly
Now overall, making good layouts is from experience, Testing out gameplay, Testing out effects, Asking yourself "Does this look good, is this sighreadable, is it synced, is it Fun, is it not bland, is it fit to the theme" if not. Fix it. Takes weeks, be patient. Thats it lol.
After months you will get a feeling of what works and what doesn’t.
After that, You can maybe get into the parts of deco?
Thanks for this!
If at all possible, could you make something like this, but more focused on Insane and Extreme Demons? I’m working on an Extreme right now that’s largely timing-based, but I also want to incorporate all types of gameplay (except memory and 2-player). I’m not great at making Extreme Demon gameplay, so something like that would help tremendously. Thanks again!
Oo interesting idea, will have to do more research into what top players find fun in extremes :)
For swingcopters, I strongly recommend adding a yellow portal to make sure that you are using the proper game mechanic, as it can lead to confusion.
This video was made before 2.2 released, back then, that mode didn't exist as a seperate gamemode and creators had to use that dual ball trick to make swing parts.
you can also use blue orb in wave but mainly for hard - extreme demons
how do blue orbs work in wave? I haven't gone for extremes yet.
@@tienminhtrang2865 you switch gravity when you tap on it no matter what game mode
@@tienminhtrang2865 if you click blue orb you switch Gravity
@@tienminhtrang2865changes gravity but can only be touched once but idk wait when he responds
Fascinating, great advice, personally i build a level separately of gameplay (split up) e.g first part 5s then i deco that same 5s and move on to the next parts gameplay, so i don't make the full layout at once so this was helpful, thank you.
Thanks for uploading
thank you bro for saving my life with these spams
Your advice is so good❤
I mainly focus on art levels but I am trying to make some actual levels this was very helpful thanks.
This helped me make a great layout! Thanks!
Now I’ve Made A Easy Demon!
Tysm😊
By the way, the letter blocks actually stand for specific things.
Like the D block stands for 'Dart'
J block stands for 'Jump'
H block stands for 'Hit'
S block stands for 'Stop'
F block stands for 'Flip'
The best tutorial I watched! Thanks!
At least 50% of featured level creators don't know any of this
Great job with the video layout and definitely taught me many things I’m gonna need to know! Thank you 🙏
I like the reference at the start of the other layout tutorial
thanks Incidius, as I am now educated on the ways of level creating.
10:29 the spider also dies when hitting ceilings! so H blocks are also useful there
Oh never noticed that!
1:59 Tysm man I always had to start from the beginning
Thanks for the tutorial btw happy New year ❤️
As a player with horrible gameplay, i thoroughly enjoyed this.
This is gonna help me massively,Thank you.
Thanks. I will keep this in mind for the rest of Courtesy and all of Otis and Focus
this tutorial is very usefull since i already make epic layouts now i can make layouts epic which is very epic making a layout is epic because you are epic and making a layout is very epic and cool
I think calm music for extreme demons is funny and ironic. If I were to make a demon level I would use a calm music piece with fast paced gameplay.
I can imagine an extreme demon but with fun song and really fun decoration and not look too intimidating but hard as f, tho like for me slow paced song with fast paced gameplay doesn't feel to work much imo
My gameplay for my lvl "ClubDeath" that's in progress the lights are off but they will flicker before gameplay so you have to remember what the gameplay is then do it completely blind.
You should rename the level to “Unsightreadable”
@@piggygaming3455 bruh that's a good idea
This will definitely help me with the level I'm working on
Really helpful video, thanks a lot!
layouts r rlly fun to make but i get stuck on what to build sometimes, so this helped a lot :D
Thank you for this tutorial
Im making a layout rn and you helped me a lot today…
I love making layouts, it's because of the fact that I know how to make gameplay fun but I can't decorate
thanks, this tutorial helped me a lot, and btw, i love the undertale music vibes
Can you do a tutorial when you help us for minigames mechanics. I know you have already did a video on this. But another one will be super helpful :)
Well I do have 2 minigame tutorials (the ultimate minigame tutorial and the platformer tutorial). What mechanics would you like me to explain in another minigame tutorial? :)
TIP: If you run out of ideas for a part, change the gamemode.
Good .
also don’t over decorate your level because for people like me it reduces visibility (the most popular demon atm is barely playable because there are vines in the way of the navy seal camouflaged obstacles)
Ty for the ideas and things to prevent :) I'm currently making Heartbeat X so ty for ideas
Yo Incidius, I’d love to see Part 2 of the Presidents Rank GD Main Levels. I’ve been waiting for the sequel for a long time since the first part was so damn funny! XD
Oh glad to hear you liked that vid! Unfortunately it didn’t perform very well compared to my other vids so I’m probably not going to make a part 2 sorry. My next meme video will probably be a gd meme awards 2023 :)
Cicada3302 is a clear example of how a fun gameplay should be
It's NOT a layout
@@domestraticgd Bro I also said in another video that CICADA3302 isn't just a layout, I was just saying that it has a very fun gameplay.
@@LiterallyOnix how am i supposed to know what you said in a different video
@@domestraticgd my bad
This Tutorial is Perfect to Me, I’m a New Creator & Player in Geometry Dash, You Help Me Only With a Video and For This, I follow you. Thanks Really Thanks❤🎉
4:00 I usually makes the click sync with the music, but sometimes, i uses click as another music instrument for the song.
I just realised the background music is from undertale 0:54
W tutorial, easy to understand
The start: Do your layouts look like this?
Aaaaaaaahhhhhh
Nice vido, i'm working in a lvl, one of your videos can be useful for me!!!!
aa great video i am currently working on a layout and this video will help with gameplay and such thank you!
also what is that level in the background? 3:03
Thanks! The level is starpunk by ferdefunky :)
@@IncidiusYou really like Starpunk, don't you?
@@IncidiusSTARPUNK IS TRASH
Thank you this helped me make the most epic layout thank you so much
These are actually good tips
"Or, if you don't have any friends"-
got me on the floor
Thank you so much ❤
Thank you this was so useful
Here are some things that I think should also be thought about when making layouts as well as things I disagree with which were stated in the video.
Part 1:
1. Making your layouts look good can make it easier to decorate. When you have ugly structures, you may have to completely change them to make something look good when decorating. It depends on how you create though. (1:16)
2. Layouts don't only have to be gameplay, it is the foundation of your level, so if you have any ideas, you can also roughly integrate them into your layout with simple effects, block design, movements, etc. (1:35)
3. You don't have to change EVERYTHING someone says when giving feedback unless it's about bugs. What they say are simply suggestions that you should think about. Your gameplay is your gameplay! (2:16)
Part 2:
1. (This is a little more advanced) The game modes and speed you use and how you use them can represent how the song feels and flows. This will make the song feel like part of the level and overall make it a more fun experience. When people in the community give feedback, they will often call this "note representation" or "note rep." (3:10)
2. I wouldn't recommend you sync every single part of the melody to a click. This might get boring after some time. Try to sync to more than just the melody, you can sync to the drums, the bass, or even create an original pattern that fits the song! (3:59)
Part 3:
1. Keep in mind that everything should feel like the player's fault when dying. (4:49)
2. (This is a little more advanced) There's nothing wrong with making something that isn't easy to read as long as the player doesn't consistently die to something without knowing why. With memory gameplay, for example, the players will need to practice first to learn the gameplay. This is something that should be reserved for harder levels because people will need to practice hard levels first anyway. (5:11)
3. An easy way to fix a blind jump without having to actually change your gameplay is to make it start on screen and move into position. However, all of this should be visible. (5:11)
4. (This is pretty advanced) It is possible to make portals invisible without making them sightreadable. As well as the player can react to the changes easily and there are no skips, it can be fine. I would only suggest doing this be done in demon difficulty levels however because casual players don't have as much understanding with the game as people who consistently play do. (5:23)
5. Balancing levels and fixing bugs is hard, you can get other people to playtest your level to fix bugs and make the difficulty balanced. As the creator, the level will be easier for you to do because you know exactly what to do and it may work perfectly on your device. (7:05) (7:40)
6. Repetitive gameplay can be fun as long as it fits the song, just don't drag it out for long periperiods make the thing you want to repeat interesting. I wouldn't sugget you do this throughout the entire level though, just through each part. (7:19)
7. No one wants to wait a long time to die. Make it take a short amount of time to die, but enough time for the player to react. (7:57)
8. Note that death effects make it take longer to start the next attempt. (8:20)
If you have anything to add or disagree with something I said, feel free to reply. Also, sorry about the length, I usually try to keep things short, but since this is for new players I need to explain a lot more.
Thanks for the help
TYSM my levels sucked, you helped so much.
2:37 why is the level 12 minutes long
You have a good taste in music!
whats the rainbow level SONG with the ball part 25% if u know what i mean (u play it everytime u say a tip) I Know the song of the level is walkman but i mean the song ur playing
level: STARPUNK but song is not STARPUNK"s song I want is song!!!!
song is an undertale theme song but i forgot which just go through every undertale theme
Thanks for the tutorial
Yo thanks dis really help!
very helpful 🙂
bro. this poped up on my fyp, and this shet is EXACTLY what i need bruh
thanks alot incidius :D
This will help me. Thanks :DDD
Biggest thing in my heart❤
Thank you man❤
2:25, my layout is there, in my friend’s (Tinsnuts’) Twitch thumbnail!!!
2:22 thank you for noticing the people that don't have any friends or at least have friends that don't play gd
you helped me alot!