*UPDATE* : Replaced the song at the end because of copyright © issues. Anyways, I really hope you enjoyed this video :) Because this video is really long and let's suppose you want to come back to see the video, I made a timeline of each part in it. 0:28 The Basics 1:01 Song 1:35 Gameplay 2:04 Sync 2:27 Visuals + Structures 2:58 Tricks 4:43 Gameplay tips and tricks 8:25 Speedbuild 15:24 Final Result

“No straight fly” Riot: about that...

what not to do: spam KrmaL: nervous sweating

This guy: *lists things you shouldn't do when making levels* Extreme Demon creators: "Oh no...anyway"

"Don't use blue pads as pre-drop" Every single rated level: bruh

Deverel: dont copy and paste too much Viprin: *angry noises*

*Important tips to start well:* - No UFO spams - Don't use so much of the floor - Don't copy and paste - Don't care about everything else that makes it look *aWesome* but focus on your gameplay

- don’t make decorations look like spikes

The absolute most important thing about layouts is having good transitions imo, especially on easier levels. Nothing is as frustrating as being thrown into a spike the moment you enter a portal on a 6 star.

Another tip: If you are adding bg effects in your layout make sure you add these effects to the ground. It makes your layout look better !

featured levels be like: 99% decor skills 1% random terrible layouts

Half of these “what not to do”s are just my first level

A tip for structuring: Don't do too many floating structures next to each other. Of course, if you do a cloud level for example, then that's ok. But if you make a factory or a forest, it just looks weird when there are many floating structures. (And I'm not saying floating structures are bad, I'm just saying, don't put too many in the level!)

7:52 "Too many triple spikes in a row" Michigun: Hmm...

Dev's brain: how many hearts do you want to give to people Dev: *Y E S*

Devrel: avoid cancerous gameplay Krazyman50: nervous sweating

One more tip: Avoid using Teleport Portals for Transitions, as they don't give enough time for people to react and makes it annoying. Even if you want to use Teleport Portals, give a little break (just enough to react for the next jump) after teleporting the player. Hope this helps! :)

it's funny how KrmaL breaks the "no spamming" rule while making his levels, but his levels are still enjoyable lol

“dont do ‘the stairs’” 15:53 *allow me to introduce myself.*

Little tip on making cool gameplay in general: - Cube: Black orbs with blocks under it so you jump can be cool. If you want to make a demon layout, you can make this a timing as well. Edit: I would like to add to the cube that this game mode is very diverse in gameplay. Don't keep making the same kinds of jumps, but change it once every time, so the gameplay feels fresh to play and not like something that got copy-pasted. - Ship: Long straight flies are not fun, but if you do short straight flies with like a few different clicks between the straight flies (orbs or slopes), it can make interesting gameplay, which can be seen as fun as well. - Ball: Just do as mentioned in the video. You might also want to experiment with slopes and how you think they can work well. - Unidentified flying object: Gimmicks, they make interesting gameplay. UFO gameplay is most of the times pretty boring to my experience, so if you manage to make a gimmick, it should make the gameplay more interesting. - Wave: This type of gameplay can be hard to build (also ship gameplay, but I have more experience with that lol), so it might be good to learn how to make wave gameplay on fast and slow speed. Good wave gameplay needs a lot of variety, and since NC levels deco/gameplay is pretty overused at the moment, it might be good to think of other type of gameplay. I like to sometimes do a lot of hard wave slide spike controlled spam / partially spam, since I enjoy it, so click consistency really. - Robot: I edited this in a year later, so idk what the video exactly said, but my tip is to just make similar gameplay to cube gameplay if it's about pads and orbs, but since you can make the jumps low or high with the robot game mode, you should play around with that. - Spider: Use orbs and pads in your advantage. Without these, It's hard to make good and fun gameplay with the spider game mode. You can make so many combinations of clicks and patterns with pads and orbs instead of just making it go from platform to platform. I made a pretty fast challenge where I think I made one of my best spider gameplay yet. The ID is 104050091 in case you want to play it for yourself (also have some spammy wave gameplay, but don't use that as an example since it's too spammy ngl).

This probably is the most helpful gd building tips video I've ever seen

“avoid straight fly” boyofthecones: *chuckles* “i’m in danger”

Deverel: dont copy and paste too much Me who has found a song that loops: you wouldn't get it Love this vid btw

The ideas are actually really good and the info is complete. Top tier tutorial video imo

this was actually really helpful. when i make layouts i have so many ideas but soon start getting repetitive. I also didnt use alot of triggers besides color and move trigger. ty for the help

A bit of straight fly is ok (like 2-3 blocks wide) combined with some curved ship gameplay can actually make some fun demon gameplay. Just throwin that out there. Overall great tutorial 👍👍

This is actually pretty helpful, TY deverel! :D

Thanks! This helped a lot, and I am personally working on a layout using inspiration from these ideas.

Levels be like: 99% With good deco, song, and gameplay 1% *Krmal*

4:30 Vocabulary has entered the chat

Timestamps: Honourable mentions: 2:58 Ball (What not to do): 4:49 Ball (What to do): 5:05 Ship (What not to do): 5:15 Ship (What to do): 5:29 UFO (What not to do): 5:47 UFO (Gameplay/What to do): 6:03 Spider (What not to do): 6:17 Spider (What to do): 6:30 Wave (What not to do): 6:43 Wave (What to do): 6:54 Robot (What not to do): 70:2 Robot (What to do): 7:25 Cube (What not to do): 7:35 Cube (What to do): 7:56 Warning: 8:10 P1: 8:27 P2: 11:47 That's it I spent over like 25 minutes on this because I wanted a more straight forward timestamp section also to get me to specific spots so yeah.

That's a great layout! I enjoyed watching it :))

'No straight fly' me: *Knobbelboy mode activated*

A few things I feel should also be mentioned: STAY ORGANISED. I'd recommend putting all D, S, J, H blocks, or triggers on a separate editor layer to keep your layout from being too cluttered in the editor. Also, give your structures and obstacles some variety. If all you're doing is putting long, thin, vertical rectangles in with the same size spikes everywhere, it's gonna get boring and repetitive. Experiment with different shapes and sizes. Another thing: make sure there are no secret ways. I should not have to say this, but there are SO MANY LEVELS that let you fly out of the level and die or hit the ground and beat the level. Every crevasse must be covered somehow to keep the player in the level. DO NOT PUT OFF-SCREEN CLICKS IN YOUR LEVEL! Make sure you can see where to click before you click there. Clicking to avoid/activate something out-of-frame is NOT a fun way to add an element of memory to your level. In fact, if your layout is not already memory-based, don't suddenly switch to memory and call it a "memory demon". Stop that. Next, make sure your levels are balanced. By that, I mean make sure every section is roughly the same difficulty as every other. If one part of the level is significantly harder than the others, it acts as a wall to keep players from getting consistent at it, which can damage its overall quality. Finally, put gameplay in your ship sections. Many layouts simply neglect ship sections because they don't know how to make good ship gameplay. I'll admit, it is difficult to figure out. I've struggled to make good ship parts myself. A good way to force the player to click at a certain spot is to switch gravity. This makes your gameplay a tad bit more interesting, and it improves sync greatly. But of course, don't do this over and over, as it gets repetitive and annoying after a little while. Hope these tips help. They definitely seem a little nitpicky, but trust me, they can boost the enjoyment you get from your layouts. Obviously, you don't have to do these, as you can do whatever you want with your own level, but I STRONGLY advise that you do.

thanks man. i was really struggling with making wave gameplay and this helped out a lot!

Thank you! My creating skills have improved because of this!

Here, another tip: Don't use gamemodes for a very long time unless you decide to mix it up a bit with your current gamemode! Edit: Thanks for all the likes! my 'like' record has been broken!

DeVeReL: no straight fly His Godzilla layout: breaks the rules

Omg nice this inspire me I'm gonna start making a layout now! Ty for these tips they are gonna help alot :)

4 years and i still need it, thank you very much. The gameplay is very cleen :)

Also something to mention don’t make “you need to rest” parts that take up 10% of the level it’s just boring and shows you ran out of ideas. For example in Exasperation (lol) there is a part that last about 30-35 seconds of doing absolutely nothing. Yes the slopes sync but it is boring and should only be at the end of the level. Yes I know Exasperation is a joke. Just needed an example.

DeVeRaL: make sure to have no ufo spam! Leyak:Wat

Thx for adding what difficulties it should be in! This can help a lot! New sub!

6:10 That sync was amazing

DeVeReL Saved me!, I was making a layout and almost quit cuz I’m rusty af and I saw this and instantly clicked on it, thanks DeVeReL!

This is a good tutorial on how to make a layout. This helps a lot people that are bad at layouts it shows them what not to make and what to make :)

This video helped me a lot! Tysm! :3

thank you alotttt now i can make nice layouts, i love your content, your in good spirits mate (:

You know all that stuff about layouts? No wonder you make great ones!

This is the best GD tutorial I have ever seen :000

Thanks a lot! Nice and helpful video!

Helps alot, and my access to 2.2 makes it better!

I find some of the "tips" given were a little questionable, honestly, but most were solid advice and the layout at the end was pretty good :) Nice video

You’re so epic, found you in my comments and I am just so satisfied by your edit. Keep up the good work :)

This tutorial really helped me out. Big thanks to you. :D

Nice video! Thanks for the tutorial.

There's also other important criterias as well, such as balance, consistency, a fun click rate, enjoyable gameplay, and sightreadabiliy If you want to release your layout as it is and not deco it, I'd recomend adding arrows for where you need to jump. This makes it easier to sightread. Either way good video overall, you showed some pretty good points that I as a layout creator agree with. Defenetily earned a new sub :)

Honestly, I tend to keep gameplay straightforward. When I mean by straightforward, the gameplay tends to stay straight without having to move the camera up and down as you are entering certain transitions. This makes cleaner, sight-readable gameplay if you are willing to put many gamemodes in a section of the level (anywhere close to 10 seconds or more).

Thanks, because I was making a level that I hope would go to the new gauntlets in 2.2, and this video helped me! :)

Great video helped me alot!

I like this! I can now improve some of my levels! Level list: -Reckless Resumption -Unnamed 0

Not that i don't know how to make good layouts but this helped me make a better synced and more enjoyable level. Thanks!

I’m actually inspired now! Thanks!

Very thx,with the layout example too,because in my levels I always repeat a same patron of jumps,but I wanted to do it generic,and tye example helped me a lot with that

Really nice and complete video, I like it a lot! You made a really nice job with the explanation and gameplay tips, I like to see how your videos are nice! Nice video, keep up the good work

0:07 Every Demon layout

Can I like this a thousand times? Bro so well explained, I have a project, I want to build a hard demon (I cannot verify insane and extreme demons)You inspired me so much. I'll comeback with the level!

Thanks, It was very helpful!

0:29 - Basics 1:03 - Song 1:36 - Gameplay 2:05 - Sync 2:28 - visuals and structures 15:26 - final result of the layout

5:20 this ship is little bit synched with by song xD

This is seriously such a good guide

When I was newer to GD, this video inspired me to build my own layout and it's still pretty good. I now made a lot of them. I wached this video again and it's awesome.

Tip: If u really want to use blue pads as pre drop (bruh) try to not use *only* pads try add gravity change, dash orbs and normal orbs

This helped me out so much.

Thank you! It was very helpful to me!

Thank you soo much dude u really helped me, i needed to see good layouts to make mine good, your layout is really cool ;)

Nice tutorial! I'm sure this will help beginners to improve :D

Useful tips, you really did an amazing job. Keep it up bro! :D

thanks. i always struggled making really good gameplay and the spider section helped me a lot.

Nice intro to the video, It got my attention and overall made the video look even more legit.

What an amazing video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge to us all :D

Another Tip: Never Overuse Mirror Portal Its evil

In my opinion, creators MUST focus more in creating good gameplay instead of good decoration. A lot of featured levels looks great, but the gameplay isn't that good.

Thank you for the tips they really helped

Yo, you helped me a lot with this video, You made my layout x10 times better. Thanks!

This is such an amazing tutorial for new and advanced players! I will definitely make my layouts using these tips and show the video to my friend, who started GD a few months ago.

After a long time without playing this game, I'm trying to make a level and this is so helpful!

I was actually starting to make a layout! Thanks for helping me!

6:20 Sync👌

For a moment I thought I was watching an AliasGD video. Your voices are so alike. XD Btw, thanks for the tips! Now I can improve my layouts a whole lot!! :D

Thanks! Thei helped a lot, im currently making a level right now. Your tips are so much appreciated

Extremely helpful! 😍😍😍

Thanks For This Guide, I Interested From These Tips, Thank You :heart:

deverel: dont copy and paste to much viprin: about that......

I never actually knew how to build layout but this actually helps alot

This video helped me out SO MUCH

I recommend using a couple orbs in ufo sections, and also invincibility dash orbs like at 4:22

another thing: always use a creo song

Thank you so much for this tutorial being made. I’m making a level and it’s going really good! It helped me out a lot.

Thanks, finally I found the principal mistake in my layouts: Robot does the job that cube can do. I don't know why, but I didn't ever notice lol