other ppl in 6 years: i got moderator! This guy: i got a level idea!

99% of GD creators quit right before they hit it big😦

I just listen to the song I want to make a level to 500 times, visualizing the level every time down to the tiniest detail like a normal person

Oh my god this is the solution to my problem i stated on earlier comments.

My problem is, the best stuff I've ever made has always been from out of the blue sparks of creativity with no planning ahead. and the times i give up are always when ive been thinking about the level a lot. WHYY

These are exactly the reasons why I've scrapped 6 of my solos in the past. Tysm for this video ❤️. I'll definitely use these tips to finish my current solo for real this time.

Here are some real tips from a creator - accept 15 collabs and make 1 block for each (liu method) - don’t even try and do art (hard and look bad) - do NOT send progress or reply to hosts - have extremely high standards (you will never make anything good ) Serious advice ^

we need more videos like this. people need to understand creating isnt just, making a level that you had in mind and uploading it. you need to put time and effort into your levels so you are happy with it and it is what you wanted it to be. although i knew almost all of this, this video is helpful for the other creators who struggle with stuff like this. love ur content :)

6:50 A lot of people forget about the concept of ‘diminishing returns’, and you explained it really well

I feel like a lot of the stuff like planning just comes with experience, I never really watched editor tips when I was just starting up but over time my planning has become subconsciously more and more detailed

I tried doing this for years, and dropped all the projects i had taken so long to plan, because it gave me stress, demotivation and absolutely no inspiration. Thus, ill stick to what i usually do, improvise. I have so much more fun experimenting, even if the result looks bad, i just have to build something different, cant blame myself to have bad ideas sometimes. (8 years non stop creating and im happy of everything i make)

This is a REALLY great video, all the points and ideas you've shared are valuable and will definitely help a lot of aspiring creators, myself included. Awesome content! My biggest problem as a 7 year GD creator has always been the bane of all - Overambition. I like to think that I'm pretty creative, and I had been having insanely cool ideas for Geometry Dash levels for *YEARS.* Things so grand and epic that simply imagining them gave me awe. But whenever 13 year old me would grab his phone to start making a level, I'd realize _''Oh shit. I don't even know how a spawn trigger works!''_ And I'd immediately scrap whatever I was working on. The second biggest problem I've always faced, which stems from the same problem of having too many great ideas far beyond your creating cappability, was an overbearing amount of ongoing projects. Even right now I have 5-6 projects that I'm either working on or _would_ like to work on, like a train-themed heist platformer, an animated short story, or a level completely built out of 1.0 objects. I had to intentionally scrap a lot of projects just to help myself focus on the highest priority ones *only.* And the third, lesser problem that _ALSO_ stems form this problem of good imagination, has been what I like to call the *''overcompletion effect.''* When I picture a level in my head, I always imagine it complete, with all the cool decorations, majestic setpieces, fun little details and so on, which would lead me to start decorating the level before finishing the darn layout, which would cause the triggerwork and Z-layers to get EXTREMELY messy and hard to manage, which would eventually lead to burnout on a specific project. Out of the three problems you listed in this video, even if these definitely _ARE_ extremely important, none of them have ever applied to me. I have always had my vision very concrete and set in stone _(Heck, I'd even draw sketches and concepts of how my GD levels might have looked like even BEFORE I ever downloaded the full version that had the editor),_ I would always approach making the level step-by-step and I'd constantly mess around and practice creating. Yet I still always failed and most my projects would get scrapped 1% to 10% into their completion. Because they were always so gosh darn grandiose! The fact that I would frequently lose progress thanks to a miryad of atrocious account problems didn't help my case either... And even with all these issues I've faced over the course of nearly 7 years, taken into consideration, I've still stuck on with this game and I am still trying. Recently, I participated in a small 2.1 platformer minigame contest hosted by YoReid, which was an extremely fun and helpful creating process for me. It helped me develop my own personal building style, helped me get much better at trigger and layer management and finally taught me the Layout culture _(Making a rough gameplay of a project before decorating it)_ that I had always been lacking. For those who wish to get better at creating and having a fun environment to work in, I would really advice trying your hands at small unofficial creator contests hosted by lesser known creators. It is a very fun, unique and interesting creating experience, and on top of that, it usually has a small, less toxic and more dedicated community than the bigger stuff, thus there's a very helpful environment in case you need feedback as well.

I usually draw the details on paper so i can look at them visually without needing to make the deco yet.

i have to appreciate how well put this video is, its a topic people complain about and theres barely any good tutorials on how to overcome this, so thank you so much for making this

The struggle I face with feedback is that I feel discouraged when I get criticized. I know most of the time they’re trying to help me improve, but that doesn’t stop me from feeling discouraged and losing motivation. I have no idea how to overcome this, if I even can overcome it

Once again, masterful scriptwriting in being able to tackle and explain everything effectively! These sort of mindset issues crop up a ton, even for me. I still struggle trying to be consistent when practicing despite building for years with lots of experience under my belt. Thank you so much for covering these topics and offering suggestions rather than straight up giving solutions! Goes to show your flexibility in tackling things as well as being good reminders creating is more hinged on a mindset than just having skills and a vision.

I’ve made lots of layouts, maybe 30 total, and every time I delete one thinking it isn’t good enough… I start a new one, I just can’t quit this awesome level editor. Now with these tips… maybe, just maybe I could devote my first rated level… *Thanks!*

Thanks, I was making a level when I was watching this, and I felt like scrapping the level, since it didn't look "good enough". Thank you for the tips :D

3:20 - 4:20 resonated with me so much. you can always change your vision to adapt to your current mindset without making it disjointed, but rather safely turning or pivoting without making your creation inconsistent.

when i make levels i enjoy it but then its boring and its just demotivating to work on and i just dont really make much progress in the creating scene, idk what to do

The hardest part is definitely coming up with an idea. This is certaintly harder for platformers in my opinion since you need to plan out the entire level ahead of time usually.

its kinda funny how 99% of the tips you've shared over the course of this channel apply more broadly than just geometry dash. this video by itself got me off my ass and had me inspired to start 3d modeling again.

Man I feel you with the quest of trying to make a perfect level. I have had the mindset for the past two years (basically my entire creating career) of trying to make a perfect level that pleased everybody and was at the same level as dream flower or behold. And that quest for perfectionism has made me progress very fast for the little amount of time i put in the game(~100h per year) but it has burned me out for a long time, made building unfun and it has made me deny a lot of colabs from cool people that that i will never be able to know them better since in me eyes they were people worse than me so they didn't help me for the quest of making a perfect level/getting better. So I have been trying to change my mindset to just making cool levels once I get a cool idea. But im still subconsciously trying to push for the idea of making a level with the same quality as Well rested or change of scene someday even though is a surrealistic goal and is actively shooting me in the foot. Also unrelated I think you nailed the pace with this video, I can't put my finger on what it is but the quality of this video feels higher quality than the others. Gj!

The only mistake I make is touching the editor.

Okay, i'll try to create a level again

I dont quite agree with setting a time goal for the level you are working on. Unless you have a very good idea of when you should be done with the level, then you can set time goals, and even then do not be specific. Making a broad assumption like "im gonna try getting this done in june" is better than "im gonna have this finished by june 20th". It's more of a phycological thing, but i find it helps more.

Tips : create your journey My journey :

2:06 thought he said “goals erected” lol

I feel like a lot of people don't feel like they're creative enough to build a successful project in GD. But most people are creative, they just need the proper guidance. This video, along with all of the advice that this channel provides, is the perfect way for people to start working with the editor.

i love the abstract art at 1:26

i always had this weird old style deco i’ve been doing for years and i dont really be specific as i just mess around with 1.6 objects

Ngl I feel like this video is super narrow minded and can be misleading to some. You don't always need a plan, vision, and experience to be a successful creator, only whichever approach works for you. Sure if you want to build like Komatic and similar creators then I'm sure this is valid but his approach isn't universal. I've seen so many different approaches to creating. Like just look at someone like Wulzy who just throws a bunch of stuff at a wall and sees what sticks. I just hope new creators won't feel the need to do all this extra work if they don't want to as it could be intimidating to some

This video is great. I've found myself in more than one situations mentioned here. Creating is a very difficult task when you're doing it without a plan or with a bad one (which could be worse). Thank you for making this, it gave me a much needed insight on my task and time managing. Keep it up! Also, the Discord link isn't working

The reason I fail is because there is a super annoying bug that causes my particles not to generate after I have placed only a few, if someone knows how to fix this please tell me.

Love the hollow knight music in bg

maybe i could actually make something if i didnt drop whatever im doing to make a new layout because i heard a cool song that i want to use for a level

the problem is i dont know what objects to place down to make things

Never knew that Geometry Dash of all things would teach me to make goals

hollow knight and ori music in the first two minutes, instant like

I have started a level where I simply make block designs in varying styles and themes to experiment

Dude your desk thing is like JamAttacks thing

6:40 The main thing I realised is that after uploading my second level and spending a couple hours in different mod rating twitch streams I realised there was a very small chance that I would actually get a level rate. This made me a little sad knowing that all my time spent was basically for nothing, however negative emotions are a great motivator, and so I used that to make more levels knowing they wouldn't get rated so that getting rate wasn't the main goal of making the level, because it shouldn't be, its about making a level you are proud of, or at least being experimental with design or effect ideas.

Honestly, all I want is 1 creator point, so I dont try to make anything perfect, yet I still fail. Most of the time its cuz I cant even start making the level because I dont have a song.

4:04 ...I definitely need to touch grass

my biggest problem is that i think that im going to make a full level and finish it in a day and have amazing designs and amazing transitions, but i never know how to build those amazing designs. Plus i lose motivation to build anything good, i make 15 seconds of gameplay and just get bored and demotivated then try to make another level, and because of that "motivation loss" and "creating more levels" i have over 500 levels i never finished that were supposed to be masterpieces, idk what to do :(

I started decorating my levels with the new pixel blocks. And I don't know if pixel blocks are good looking enough

I have 30 or more scrapped levels, watching this made me want to finish them, even if it takes long

thank you for the tips, I'll try some of these to help create one of my more interesting levels :>

My big problem is that i take such a long time to build gameplay, and way longer to build deco, that i get bored of what im making. So i gotta work on that.

Like I took 7 months to get to what I like but I still can’t be rated! I also plan what each part will look like.

1:47 we need komatic5 singing the full version of popular

I’ve been playing this game for almost a decade. I’m only good at making really fun gameplay. I can’t think of designs and even when I do I don’t know how to create what I’m thinking. I don’t know how to make certain colors look good either

W soundtrack choices 🔥🔥🔥

I LOVE HOW CUT DEEP IS IN THIS VIDEO IM CRYING

That helped so much, thank you :D.

I don't know if you will respond but I have problem with glow, Can you give me some tips on how to balance glow?I would appreciate it

I like how the video is first unlisted like the people in the discord server are supporters :P

Btw it's working in any other stuff, like drawing. And it's even more fun n good cuz of it

99% of creators fail because they didnt have that xenocosm competition 🤩

Cool vid koma

thank you for this you have helped a lot 😊

ok but i like having fun

7:18 at least it still looks good

Well, now i'm ready to be Culuc

already moving onto skills with my second level

Hello, Ive been trying to learn how to decorate on this game for a looong time probably like 8 years and i dont feel like ive gotten any better. One question I have is how do I know if one project I made today is any better than something I made years ago? How am I supposed to see progress? Another question I have is pretty specific and might not make sense, but sometimes Ill make a part that looks good when the level isn't being played, but once I test the level and I actually move past it, it doesn't look as good anymore, do you have any tips to get over this? thank you

The hollow knight music 🔥🔥

Remember, if you can't get anyone to give you feedback, try doing it yourself!

Bro i can’t finish a level, i’m never motivated to

99% creators fail before they hit big

5:01 but I only have so much time before I have to get a job :(

This video should be sent to Waboo

Yo i improved so much thanks to your advices but evdrything feels boring and i lack on making effects,you have advices?

This guy is underrated

I never fail, i just have learning experiences

I like the background of ori 😊

1:59 hey THATS my birthday!

I’m not trying to make something good, just one single rated level so I can get my stupid badge

yo what is the song at the beginning of the video?

словил жесткую мотивацию после просмотра видео пойду что-то строить

thanks for 1000 likes on the vid btw lol

great! now i lost even more motivation to create!

It might just be me, but I find making platformer levels easier

Just uninstalled GD today. I have lost so much motivation because whenever I build something I’m proud of the game crashes no matter what

I've struck gold

Thanks for the vid, could help with my solo platformer

skills issues

I made a level for the first time!

This school is the best

What level is this

ah yes, cuz i cannot make an looking Old-Russia block design like in the thumbnail

hollow knight community rise!

Not true

so

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360 like!

Привет!!!

:(

Koma didn’t u get salty cause u lost ur mythical role and left firs gallery lmao

Also Creatir is Sp4c3. 🎉