Editing Glossary

<!-- Additions to this page are subject to staff review, and a case must be made for an inclusion if a term's relevance is disputed. -->This page is a '''glossary''' of [[Geometry Dash]] terminology and jargon commonly used by its online community.
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<span id='term-asymmetrical%20dual'></span>
<div id='asymmetrical_dual' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>asymmetrical dual</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a section in Dual mode in which the two icons have distinct gameplay.
#:<i>'Adding jump indicators to an asymmetrical dual lowered its learning curve.'</i>

<span id='term-auto'></span>
<div id='auto' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>auto</div>

#<small>''adjective''</small> — (of a level or section of gameplay) automatically completed; requires no input to complete.
#:<i>'Most auto transitions are marked with text objects.'</i>
#<small>''noun''</small> — a [[User Levels|user-made level]] typically requiring no player input to complete.
#:<i>'[[Geass|Geass's]] Easy rating was re-classified as Auto in [[Update 1.6]].'</i>
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<span id='term-bot'></span>
<div id='bot' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>bot</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — an external tool or modification that automatically performs and/or records inputs, commonly used to create showcases, test gameplay, or cheat.
#:<i>'I downloaded a bot to track my inputs and replay them for a showcase.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — to play or record a level using an external tool or modification that automatically plays a level.
#:<i>'The level was botted past 42%, as evidenced by a cut in the recording.'</i>
#<small>''noun''</small> — short form of ''Robot'', a game-mode.
#:<i>'[[Goober Rage Stage]] tests your bot handling skills.'</i>

<span id='term-buff'></span>
<div id='buff' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>buff</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — an edit made to a level that makes it harder.
#:<i>'The level received a buff that made several of its previous sections more difficult.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — the act of editing a level to make it harder.
#:<i>'At the host's request, the chokepoint was buffed further.'</i>

<span id='term-buffer'></span>
<div id='buffer' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>buffer</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a held input made before it can take effect and is registered in the frame that the game permits it.
#:<i>'If you're struggling with landing on the jump pad, try to avoid buffers.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — to perform and hold an input while in mid-air that can only take place after landing.
#:<i>'Buffer the first orb to reach the coin.'</i>
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<span id='term-chokepoint'></span>
<div id='chokepoint' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>chokepoint</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a specific point or section in a level considered exceptionally easy to fail at; usually more difficult than the remainder of the level.
#:<i>'I've only passed that chokepoint once, and then crashed immediately afterward!'</i>

<span id='term-click%20sync'></span>
<div id='click_sync' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>click sync</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — synchronisation between required player inputs and elements of a level's music, such as its rhythm, beats, or melody.
#:<i>'JamAttack uses click sync so that most inputs coincide with prominent beats in the song.'</i>

<span id='term-crash%20trigger'></span>
<div id='crash_trigger' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>crash trigger</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a malformed trigger setup engineered to crash the game when activated.
#:<i>'It appeared as though I'd found a [[#secret way|secret way]], but the level activated a crash trigger at 99%.'</i>
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<span id='term-derated'></span>
<div id='derated' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>derated</div>
alt: de-rated

#<small>''adjective''</small> — (of a level) stripped of its awarded status.
#:<i>'Derated levels are usually deleted from the servers.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — (past participle) to revoke a [[User Levels|user level's]] rated status.
#:<i>'The developer elected to derate all levels that were found to contain stolen assets.'</i>

<span id='term-difficulty%20spike'></span>
<div id='difficulty_spike' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>difficulty spike</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a sudden and unprecedented increase in difficulty. May be between levels in a series or parts in a single level.
#:<i>'A massive difficulty spike at 70%? What could go wrong?'</i>
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<span id='term-first%20victor'></span>
<div id='first_victor' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>first victor</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — (of a level) the first player, other than its [[#verifier|verifier]], to legitimately complete a level.
#:<i>'[[Zoink]] became the first victor of [[Society]] on 13 July 2026.'</i>

<span id='term-flow20%gameplay'></span>
<div id='flow_gameplay' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>flow gameplay</div>
#<small>''noun''</small> — a gameplay style that involves brief sections, rapid game-mode switching, high speeds, and learny gameplay. Commonplace in Demon levels.
#:<i>'[[Kyouki]] has flow gameplay, which makes it difficult to sight-read.'</i>

<span id='term-frame%20alignment'></span>
<div id='frame_alignment' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>frame alignment</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — the player's temporal position relative to the game's frames or physics steps, which can affect which frames are available for performing an input.
#:<i>'Entering the Robot portal with a different frame alignment can make the following timing impossible.'</i>

<span id='term-frame-perfect'></span>
<div id='frame-perfect' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>frame-perfect</div>

#<small>''adjective''</small> — (of an input) requiring execution within a single-frame window to be performed successfully.
#:<i>'OniLink's frame-perfect clicks halted her progress.'</i>
#<small>''noun''</small> — an input requiring execution within a single-frame window to be performed successfully; shortened form of 'frame-perfect input'.
#:<i>'Six consecutive frame-perfects at 240 FPS are required to beat the level.'</i>

<span id='term-full%20solo'></span>
<div id='full_solo' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>full solo</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a level fully created, verified, and published by a single player.
#:<i>'Your contest entry must be a full solo; collaborations are not allowed.'</i>
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<span id='term-icon'></span>
<div id='icon' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>icon</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — the player character in a level, or one of its customisable appearances corresponding to a particular game-mode.
#:<i>'The three mainline Demon levels each reward an icon for collecting all three of their secret coins.'</i>
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<span id='term-jump'></span>
<div id='jump' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>jump</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — an upward movement performed by a Cube or Robot.
#:<i>'You only have a few frames to clear the triple-spike jump.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — to cause an applicable game-mode to temporarily move upward by pressing an input.
#:<i>'The player must jump immediately after landing on the platform.'</i>
#<small>''noun''</small> — a single obstacle or sequence requiring a temporary upward movement.
#:<i>'The final jump is a common chokepoint in [[Bloodbath]].'</i>
#<small>''noun''</small> — a progression from one level to another of significantly greater difficulty.
#:<i>'Going from an Easy Demon to an Extreme Demon is a considerable jump in difficulty.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — to progress directly from one level to another of significantly greater difficulty, usually without completing levels of intermediate difficulty.
#:<i>'She jumped from [[Acu]] to [[Acheron]] in four months.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — synonym of [[#difficulty spike|difficulty spike]].
#:<i>'The coin's difficulty jumps from Insane to Medium Demon.'</i>
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<span id='term-minigame'></span>
<div id='minigame' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>minigame</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a level in which the gameplay does not use the normal game-modes and instead uses triggers to simulate an entirely different game experience.
#:<i>'Incidius won two of three awards for Best Minigame.'</i>

<span id='term-mixed%20dual'></span>
<div id='mixed_dual' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>mixed dual</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — an [[#asymmetrical dual|asymmetrical dual]] section that uses two separate game-modes.
#:<i>'The mixed dual section disrupted the level's balancing.'</i>

<span id='term-muscle%20memory'></span>
<div id='muscle_memory' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>muscle memory</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — unconscious memorisation and retention of gameplay via many repeated attempts.
#:<i>'Muscle memory is required to consistently clear frame-perfects.'</i>
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<span id='term-nerf'></span>
<div id='nerf' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>nerf</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — an edit made to a level that makes it easier.
#:<i>'The level received a significant nerf following community backlash.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — the act of editing a level to make it easier.
#:<i>'The level was nerfed to the point that it could no longer be consider an Insane Demon.'</i>

<span id='term-NoNG'></span>
<div id='NoNG' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>NoNG</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — abbreviation of 'Not on Newgrounds', referring to a music track that cannot be selected for use in [[Geometry Dash]]. Excluding the Music Library, it must be downloaded and implemented using external means or tools.
#:<i>'A level with a NoNG is significantly less likely to be rated.'</i>
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<span id='term-open%20verification'></span>
<div id='open_verification' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>open verification</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a level lacking an assigned verifier which anyone may attempt to verify.
#:<i>'When the verifier's progress came to a halt, the host elected to make the level an open verification.'</i>
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<span id='term-pause-buffer'></span>
<div id='pause-buffer' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>pause-buffer</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a method of rapidly pausing and unpausing the game to allow inputs to be timed on a nearly frame-by-frame basis. Often banned in top play as of [[Update 2.2]].
#:<i>'As of February 2024, the [[Demonlist (Pointercrate)|Demonlist]] banned the use of pause-buffering to time inputs.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — rapidly pausing and unpausing the game to allow inputs to be timed on a nearly frame-by-frame basis.
#:<i>'Players can pause-buffer difficult inputs to execute them more precisely.'</i>

<span id='term-playtester'></span>
<div id='playtester' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>playtester</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a confidant who is given a copy of an unreleased level to check for bugs and suggest changes.
#:<i>'Soliciting a playtester will significantly improve your level's reception.'</i>
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<span id='term-rate-worthy'></span>
<div id='rate-worthy' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>rate-worthy</div>
#<small>''adjective''</small> — an unrated [[User Levels|user level]] that is considered to meet the general quality standards required to receive a 'rate' from the game's developer, [[Robert Topala]]. Such levels typically have suitable gameplay, clean decoration, and polish.
#:<i>'This level I found in the magic tab is surprisingly rate-worthy.'</i>

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<span id='term-ship%20corridor'></span>
<div id='ship_corridor' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>ship corridor</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a passage in a Ship section through which a player must fly without colliding with its upper or lower boundaries. Typically a narrow passage lined with spikes.
#:<i>'Straight-fly skills are required to pass the ship corridor at the start of the drop.'</i>

<span id='term-showcase'></span>
<div id='showcase' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>showcase</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a recording of a level intended to demonstrate its gameplay, decoration, or other features, without necessarily representing a legitimate completion.
#:<i>'[[Nexus]] was criticised for frequently uploading showcases of new List Demons.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — to record or display a level for the purpose of demonstrating its gameplay, decoration, or other features.
#:<i>'The final preview of the level was a full showcase.'</i>

<span id='term-slope%20boosting'></span>
<div id='slope_boosting' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>slope boosting</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a technique in Platformer mode, in which the player gains additional speed with timed jumps while moving upward along a steep slope.
#:<i>'The highest slope-boost climb is believed to be 116 blocks high.'</i>
#<small>''verb''</small> — the act of precisely timing a directional change and a jump the exact moment a player hits a slope in Platformer Mode to gain a sudden burst of speed or height.
#:<i>'Slope boosting is required to complete Speedtek.'</i>

<span id='term-spawn%20loop'></span>
<div id='spawn_loop' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>spawn loop</div>

#<small>''noun''</small> — a repeated trigger setup in which Spawn Triggers repeatedly activate one another, allowing a sequence of triggers to loop infinitely.
#:<i>'By clicking the 'Create Loop' button, creators will automatically generate an empty, two-step spawn loop.'</i>

<span id='term-SPWN'></span>
<div id='SPWN' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>SPWN</div>

#<small>''proper noun''</small> — an abstracted programming language created by [[Spu7Nix]] that compiles text-based code to create triggers directly in Geometry Dash levels.
#:<i>'[[Brainfugd]] was near-universally created using SPWN.'</i>
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<span id='term-XXL'></span>
<div id='XXL' role='heading' aria-level='3' style='font-size:1.3em;font-weight:bold;margin-top:1em;'>XXL</div>

#<small>''adjective''</small> — (of a level, typically Classic mode) longer than five minutes in length.
#:<i>'[[JonathanGD]] is well-known for his XXL Demon levels.'</i>
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