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The Magic Gauntlet Contest ran from October 6th to December 1st, 2017. Unlike other contests, players did not make full levels, but instead individual sections of two "mega-collaboration" levels that would be the 4th and 5th level in the Gauntlet. There were two sub-contests, the Unknown Creators contest and the Famous Creators contest. The Unknown Creators contest was only open to players with 15 Creator Points or fewer, but the Famous Creators contest was open to anyone.
The Magic Gauntlet Contest ran from October 6th to December 1st, 2017. Unlike other contests, players did not make full levels, but instead individual sections of two "mega-collaboration" levels that would be the 4th and 5th level in the Gauntlet. There were two sub-contests, the Unknown Creators contest and the Famous Creators contest. The Unknown Creators contest was only open to players with 15 Creator Points or fewer, but the Famous Creators contest was open to anyone.


Two levels were uploaded to Etzer's GD account, one for the Unknown Creators contest and one for the Famous Creators contest. The Unknown Creators level was named {{GD Fan|Odyssey}}, and the Famous Creators level was named {{GD Fan|Empyrean}}, both using music of the same name composed by Etzer himself. Both levels were split up into 15-second sections, with speed portals and color channels already set up that any creators must adhere to. Creators could submit gameplay and decoration for as many sections as they wanted, but only one section could be chosen from each creator.
Two levels were uploaded to Etzer's Geometry Dash account, one for the Unknown Creators contest and one for the Famous Creators contest. The Unknown Creators level used the song ''Odyssey'', and the Famous Creators level used the song ''Empyrean'', both songs made by Etzer himself. Both levels were split up into 15-second sections, with speed portals and color channels already set up that any creators must adhere to. Creators could submit gameplay and decoration for as many sections as they wanted, but only one section could be chosen from each creator.


===Rules===
===Rules===

Revision as of 03:11, 17 February 2026

Creator Contests are made by RobTop and the moderators for players to create levels for the game's Gauntlets. There have been nine creator contests, creating levels for 16 different gauntlets.

The first six contests were announced on Elder Moderator Viprin's YouTube channel, and all subsequent contests have been announced on RobTop's channel.

The Crystal Gauntlet Contest ran from June 24th to August 31st, 2017. The five best levels were added to the Crystal Gauntlet, which was released on November 16th. The 1st-place level won $20, 2nd place won $15, and 3rd place won $5.

Rules

  • "Crystal" theming
  • 5 to 7 stars in difficulty
  • Long or XL length
  • Fewer than 80,000 objects
  • Song available on Newgrounds
  • ID of 35000000 or above (to prevent already-released levels from being submitted)

Players could submit multiple levels for the contest, but only one level per player could win a spot in the gauntlet.

Results

Placement Level Creator ID Gauntlet Placement
Winners
1st Place Template:GD Fan G4lvatron 37188385 1st level of Crystal Gauntlet
2nd Place Template:GD Fan ChaSe 36792656 5th level of Crystal Gauntlet
3rd Place Template:GD Fan AbstractDark 37187779 3rd level of Crystal Gauntlet
4th Place Template:GD Fan SirHadoken 36301959 4th level of Crystal Gauntlet
5th Place Template:GD Fan CastriX 35280911 2nd level of Crystal Gauntlet
Honorable Mentions
6th Place Mayan Jewels ZepherGD 37151705 N/A
7th Place Crystal Realm Nicki1202 36832087
8th Place Crystalia JonathanGD 37195776

The Doom Gauntlet Contest ran from August 14th to October 31st, 2017. The five best levels were added to the Doom Gauntlet, which released on November 18th. The 1st-place level won $20, 2nd place won $15, and 3rd place won $5.

Rules

  • "Doom" theming
  • Easy Demon or Medium Demon in difficulty*
  • Long or XL length
  • Fewer than 80,000 objects
  • Song available on Newgrounds
  • ID of 36700000 or above (to prevent already-released levels from being submitted)

Players could submit multiple levels for the contest, but only one level per player could win a spot in the gauntlet.

*Despite this rule, two Hard Demon levels won spots in the gauntlet.

Results

Placement Level Creator ID Gauntlet Placement
Winners
1st Place Template:GD Fan Darwin 38398923 4th level of Doom Gauntlet
2nd Place Template:GD Fan haoN 38427291 1st level of Doom Gauntlet
3rd Place Template:GD Fan AbstractDark 36745142 5th level of Doom Gauntlet
4th Place Template:GD Fan f3lixsram 38514054 2nd level of Doom Gauntlet
5th Place Template:GD Fan Nico99 36966088 3rd level of Doom Gauntlet
Honorable Mentions
6th Place Terminal Void Aquatias 38699394 N/A
7th Place Underworld hfcRed 38674703
8th Place Toccata Nicki1202 38494820

The Magic Gauntlet Contest ran from October 6th to December 1st, 2017. Unlike other contests, players did not make full levels, but instead individual sections of two "mega-collaboration" levels that would be the 4th and 5th level in the Gauntlet. There were two sub-contests, the Unknown Creators contest and the Famous Creators contest. The Unknown Creators contest was only open to players with 15 Creator Points or fewer, but the Famous Creators contest was open to anyone.

Two levels were uploaded to Etzer's Geometry Dash account, one for the Unknown Creators contest and one for the Famous Creators contest. The Unknown Creators level used the song Odyssey, and the Famous Creators level used the song Empyrean, both songs made by Etzer himself. Both levels were split up into 15-second sections, with speed portals and color channels already set up that any creators must adhere to. Creators could submit gameplay and decoration for as many sections as they wanted, but only one section could be chosen from each creator.

Rules

  • "Magic" theming
  • 5 or 6 stars in difficulty for Unknown level, 7 or 8 stars in difficulty for Famous level
  • Fewer than 15,666 objects per section
  • No speed portals or color channels could be changed from how they were placed in the original level
    • In addition, all colors must be placed as triggers, not in settings

Players could submit multiple sections for the contest, but only one section per player could win a spot in the level.

Results

Level Creator Section
Unknown Creators
Template:GD Fan Chromatik 1st Section
Joshenjol 2nd Section
OSIRIS GD 3rd Section
deadlama 4th Section
Elisione (FKA CX Random) 5th Section
rafer Honorable Mention
Rekiii (FKA RekindL)
Famous Creators
Template:GD Fan ChaSe 1st Section
Darwin 2nd Section
Nicki1202 3rd Section
MrKoolTrix 4th Section
Enlex 5th Section
Spu7Nix Honorable Mention
CastriX
Nico99
Mazl
AbstractDark

The Monster Gauntlet Contest ran from January 17th to March 29th, 2018. Due to the large amount of high-quality submissions, the amount of winners was increased from five to eight. Five levels were added to the Monster Gauntlet and three levels were added to the Death Gauntlet, which both released on April 11th. The 1st-place level won $20, 2nd place won $15, and 3rd place won $5.

Rules

  • "Monster" theming
    • Must include a bossfight, but cannot include any violent or realistic art
  • 8 or 9 stars in difficulty*
  • Long or XL length
  • Fewer than 40,000 objects, or fewer than 60,000 objects with an effective Low Detail Mode
  • Song available on Newgrounds
  • ID of 41160000 or above (to prevent already-released levels from being submitted)

Players could submit multiple levels for the contest, but only one level per player could win a spot in the gauntlet.

*Despite this rule, a 7-Star level won a spot in the gauntlet.

Results

Placement Level Creator ID Gauntlet Placement
Winners
1st Place Template:GD Fan rafer 43908596 1st level of Monster Gauntlet
2nd Place Template:GD Fan DesTicY 44121158 1st level of Death Gauntlet
3rd Place Template:GD Fan ChaSe 44131636 5th level of Monster Gauntlet
4th Place Template:GD Fan MrKoolTrix 42843431 3rd level of Monster Gauntlet
5th Place Template:GD Fan Danzmen 41736289 2nd level of Monster Gauntlet
6th Place Template:GD Fan Ferdefunky 43923301 2nd level of Death Gauntlet
7th Place Template:GD Fan haoN 44063088 4th level of Monster Gauntlet
8th Place Template:GD Fan Samoht 43537990 3rd level of Death Gauntlet

The World Gauntlet Contest ran from January 16th, 2021 to September 1st, 2022. Due to the large amount of high-quality submissions, the amount of winners was increased from five to ten, then after the contest concluded, it was decided that five of the honorable mentions would also be included in the gauntlets. The fifteen levels were added to the World, Galaxy, and Universe Gauntlets, which released on December 19th, 2023.

Rules

  • Collaboration made by at least five creators from the same country. All gameplay and decoration must be made by creators from the same country.
    • A player can be either born in or currently live in a country to be considered to be "from" that country.
    • Any people who merged together different sections of the level must also be from the same country, but playtesters and verifiers are not required to be from the same country.
  • 2 stars to Easy Demon in difficulty*
  • Long or XL length
  • Fewer than 110,000 objects
  • Effective Low Detail Mode
  • Song available on Newgrounds

Multiple levels from the same country could win spots in the gauntlets, but each creator could only be featured once.

*Despite this rule, four Medium Demon levels won spots in the gauntlets.

Results

Placement Level Creator ID Country Gauntlet Placement
Winners
1st Place Template:GD Fan TroxxP1 83323273 Peru 1st level of Universe Gauntlet
2nd Place Template:GD Fan Arb 83325083 United States 4th level of World Gauntlet
3rd Place Template:GD Fan Woom 83320529 Germany 3rd level of Galaxy Gauntlet
4th Place Template:GD Fan Seokso 83323659 South Korea 5th level of Universe Gauntlet
5th Place Template:GD Fan AbstractDark 83302544 Chile 3rd level of World Gauntlet
6th Place Template:GD Fan RoyalP 83294687 Italy 1st level of Galaxy Gauntlet
7th Place Template:GD Fan Mangosteen 83324930 China 5th level of Galaxy Gauntlet
8th Place Template:GD Fan NeonDusk 83313115 Spain 1st level of World Gauntlet
9th Place Template:GD Fan Jghost 83323867 United States 2nd level of Galaxy Gauntlet
10th Place Template:GD Fan Danzmen 81451870 Australia 5th level of World Gauntlet
Honorable Mentions
11th Place Template:GD Fan Inex 83025300 Russia 2nd level of Universe Gauntlet
12th Place Template:GD Fan Magpipe 83315343 Vietnam 4th level of Galaxy Gauntlet
13th Place Template:GD Fan LaserSword33 83296274 France 3rd level of Universe Gauntlet
14th Place Template:GD Fan R4NGER 83256789 Indonesia 4th level of Universe Gauntlet
15th Place Template:GD Fan Whirl 83325036 Canada 2nd level of World Gauntlet
16th Place Mil Noches Nikce 83325180 Argentina N/A

The Discord Gauntlet Contest ran from September 4th, 2022 to May 2nd, 2023. Due to the large amount of high-quality submissions, the amount of winners was increased from five to ten. The ten levels were added to the Discord and Split Gauntlets, which released on December 19th, 2023. The 1st-place level won $400, 2nd place won $300, 3rd place won $200, 4th place won $150, and 5th place won $100.

Rules

  • Must have two different modes, a "standard mode" and an "optional mode"
    • Optional mode must be possible to activate within the first five seconds of the level*
    • Optional mode must have different visuals, and is allowed to have different gameplay as long as the difficulty is about the same.
  • No more than two collaborators per level
  • 2 stars to Easy Demon in difficulty
  • Long or XL length
  • Fewer than 120,000 objects
  • Effective Low Detail Mode
  • Song available on Newgrounds

*Despite this rule, a level with an optional mode only available after 15 seconds won a spot in the gauntlet.

Results

Placement Level Creator ID Gauntlet Placement
Winners
1st Place Template:GD Fan bli 90475473 5th level of Split Gauntlet
2nd Place Template:GD Fan nasgubb 89521875 1st level of Discord Gauntlet
3rd Place Template:GD Fan Thomartin 90471222 3rd level of Split Gauntlet
4th Place Template:GD Fan Subwoofer 90117883 3rd level of Discord Gauntlet
5th Place Template:GD Fan Whirl 90251922 4th level of Split Gauntlet
6th Place Template:GD Fan DangerKat 90459731 1st level of Split Gauntlet
7th Place Template:GD Fan GirlyAle02 88266256 4th level of Discord Gauntlet
8th Place Template:GD Fan AbstractDark 90475597 2nd level of Split Gauntlet
9th Place Template:GD Fan DeniPol 90475659 2nd level of Discord Gauntlet
10th Place Template:GD Fan Knots 88775556 5th level of Discord Gauntlet
Honorable Mentions
N/A 3AKAT Inex 88852164 N/A
Anastasia and Koteev MCAASJ 89640947
Flipping a Coin PAHC 83851639
flora Latuka 90422817
Fountain R3XX3R 90475633
Game on Aerid 87115571
HEIST SmitN 89919628
PIX GloryEX 90441518
REGAIN CONTROL Apstrom 90355268
Silhouette Summit Nicki1202 85928041
The Castle matty2003 90475375
Wumpus Island hutnix 90288363

The NCS Gauntlet Contest originally ran from June 1st to September 5th, 2024, before the deadline was extended to October 3rd. The ten best levels were added to the NCS I and NCS II Gauntlets, which released on October 5th. The 1st-place level won $1000, 2nd place won $800, 3rd place won $600, 4th place won $400, 5th place won $200, and 6th through 10th place each won $100. All ten winners were guaranteed at least an Epic rating.

Rules

  • Must use NCS Library songs for at least 80% of the level's duration
  • Classic game type
  • Long or XL length
  • Fewer than 120,000 objects, or fewer than 150,000 objects with an effective Low Detail Mode
  • 2 stars to Easy Demon in difficulty, with borderline Medium Demon levels still able to qualify

Results

Placement Level Creator ID Gauntlet Placement
Winners
1st Place Template:GD Fan Grax 110774313 2nd level of NCS I Gauntlet
2nd Place Template:GD Fan Arclia 110610038 4th level of NCS I Gauntlet
3rd Place Template:GD Fan CHRAPIVA 110473393 4th level of NCS II Gauntlet
4th Place Template:GD Fan kira9999 110774330 5th level of NCS II Gauntlet
5th Place Template:GD Fan meeloz 110774310 2nd level of NCS II Gauntlet
6th Place Template:GD Fan Whirl 110681124 1st level of NCS II Gauntlet
7th Place Template:GD Fan connot 110715909 1st level of NCS I Gauntlet
8th Place Template:GD Fan Debihan 110665441 3rd level of NCS I Gauntlet
9th Place Template:GD Fan F5night 110638716 3rd level of NCS II Gauntlet
10th Place Template:GD Fan vegtam 109432148 5th level of NCS I Gauntlet
Honorable Mentions
11th Place Metamorphosis fawksgdd 110732600 N/A
12th Place Template:GD Fan RadiationV2 110772842 Later chosen as 3rd level of Force Gauntlet
13th Place Exotic Soul Kiriia 110773161 N/A
14th Place Own Display ElMatoSWAG 110724639
15th Place Towerinator Lyal 109138917
16th Place DIOMA Subwoofer 109958348
17th Place Wonderbop MrKoolTrix 110773973
18th Place Electric Algal Bloom ivyteal 110535166
19th Place The Whale Serponge 110741112
20th Place Template:GD Fan Pipenachho 110679874 Later chosen as 1st level of Haunted Gauntlet

The Space Gauntlet Contest ran from November 24th, 2024, to March 19th, 2025. The ten best levels were added to the Space and Cosmos Gauntlets, which released on April 5th. The 1st-place level won $1000, 2nd place won $800, 3rd place won $700, 4th place won $600, 5th place won $500, 6th place won $400, 7th place won $300, 8th through 10th place each won $200, and 11th through 20th place each won $100. The top ten levels were guaranteed at least an Epic rating.

Rules

  • "Space" theming
    • Must be a newly-created level, despite older levels with this theme already existing
  • Classic game type
  • Long or XL length
  • Fewer than 100,000 objects
    • Must have an effective Low Detail Mode if certain parts have performance issues
  • 2 to 9 stars in difficulty

Results

Placement Level Creator ID Gauntlet Placement
Winners
1st Place Template:GD Fan vegtam 116270632 1st level of Space Gauntlet
2nd Place Template:GD Fan empsea 116250952 3rd level of Cosmos Gauntlet
3rd Place Template:GD Fan DesTicY 116285414 2nd level of Cosmos Gauntlet
4th Place Template:GD Fan chunlv1 116284799 4th level of Cosmos Gauntlet
5th Place Template:GD Fan bli 116285948 5th level of Cosmos Gauntlet
6th Place Template:GD Fan kira9999 116285912 5th level of Space Gauntlet
7th Place Template:GD Fan djudjeito 116284755 4th level of Space Gauntlet
8th Place Template:GD Fan Debihan 116203102 3rd level of Space Gauntlet
9th Place Template:GD Fan Lyal 116116117 1st level of Cosmos Gauntlet
10th Place Template:GD Fan Glubfuberz 115688378 2nd level of Space Gauntlet
Honorable Mentions
11th Place space i guess HipVillain 115437198 N/A
12th Place Vulkan PlexifyGD 116285255
13th Place Cats Invasion qMystic 116218096
14th Place Cosmic Jump Apstrom 116257160
15th Place 102 BLUES Paintingorange 115933443
16th Place MISSION ICARUS Darwin 116285335
17th Place GalatikuS denberZ 116020934
18th Place Echo Delta Serponge 116285916
19th Place Hyperastralis 3DADronX 115871983
20th Place COSMIC CRUSH Kazey 116285876

The Random Gauntlet Contest originally ran from July 18th to November 16th, 2025, before the deadline was extended to December 14th. The ten best levels were added to the Random and Chance Gauntlets, which released on January 19th, 2026. The ten winners each won $500, and honorable mentions each won $100. Unlike previous contests, the levels are not ranked, instead simply having 10 winners and 10 honorable mentions. All ten winners were guaranteed at least an Epic rating.

Rules

  • Random Trigger must play a core part in the level's gameplay and visuals
    • Must be a newly-created level, despite older levels using the Random Trigger already existing
  • Classic game type
  • Long or XL length
  • Fewer than 100,000 objects
    • Must have an effective Low Detail Mode if certain parts have performance issues
  • 6 to 9 stars in difficulty

While there were no specific requirements for it, extra emphasis was put on gameplay readability when judging entries.

Results

Level Creator ID Gauntlet Placement
Winners
Template:GD Fan Whirl 129492597 4th level of Random Gauntlet
Template:GD Fan AbstractDark 129492004 1st level of Random Gauntlet
Template:GD Fan galofuf 127896329 3rd level of RandomGauntlet
Template:GD Fan ivyteal 129307974 4th level of Chance Gauntlet
Template:GD Fan Trms01 129456456 2nd level of Chance Gauntlet
Template:GD Fan 7ak 129492629 1st level of Chance Gauntlet
Template:GD Fan LightPotatoDev 128386467 2nd level of Random Gauntlet
Template:GD Fan dolphe 129491597 5th level of Chance Gauntlet
Template:GD Fan MinAY 129408642 5th level of Random Gauntlet
Template:GD Fan DangerousROBOT 129487213 3rd level of Chance Gauntlet
Honorable Mentions
Aethra Zoroa 129492713 N/A
Boundless Dreams GamerKnight750 129443564
Four Color Theorem thexxuser 129428487
FREESIA ONLINE AppleOfDoom 129492664
Limina WistFrost 129492547
M A N I A Darwin 129492561
Procedural Eefy 129092802
Real New Groove KingEggplant987 128372241
Showtime Gambit ElMatoSWAG 129353993
Steamfunk Arcadiac 129390837

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