Editing The Geometry Dash Awards (section)

==Award shows==
There have been eight award shows throughout the history of the awards.

===Geometry Dash 2.0 Awards===
The Geometry Dash 2.0 Awards Nominees and Results premiered on Viprin's channel on 26 November 2016 and 2 December 2016, respectively. As the first official award show, it covered Update 2.0's lifespan and served as a send-off to 2.0, with Update 2.1 set to release soon after. The category list differed significantly from those of future shows, although many categories remained. The event featured a two-part ARG (augmented reality game) that rewarded the community with the 2.1 vault code 'Octocube'.
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===Geometry Dash 2.1 Awards===
An animation titled 'Prelude', created by [[rafer]] with help from Viprin, premiered on 14 December 2019, before the 2.1 awards. It included voice acting by Norcda Childa and [[Colon]], with cameos from prominent community members like [[TrusTa]], GuitarHeroStyles, and [[EricVanWilderman]]. The soundtrack was composed by TheDevon (noveDehT) and included songs by Creo.

The Geometry Dash 2.1 Awards Nominees and Results premiered on 14 December 2019 and 29 December 2019, respectively. The show covered the lifespan of Update 2.1 up to December 2019. Unique categories included ''Best Gauntlet Level'' and ''Best Content Creator''. The results were delayed by one day due to technical issues.
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====ARG====
The show featured a two-part ARG. The first part began during the nominees video, revealing a link to a skiing game by [[Etzer]], leading to a series of puzzles. The second part started during the results video, showcasing a puzzle board that, when solved, revealed 2.2 icons and the vault code 'd4sHg30mE7ry'. Full puzzle details can be found [https://docs.google.com/document/d/18SH39irzsluGdu4jTKPEZau7-RykEzSpnVbzw-rvRE4/edit here] (Part 1) and [https://docs.google.com/document/d/13YeG7vxMk5bwE1Ms1IHWz9Q7EeSRoOD_dOb6MSo1wSY/edit here] (Part 2).

===Geometry Dash 2020 Awards===
The Geometry Dash 2020 Awards Nominees and Results premiered on 19 December 2020 and 2 January 2021, respectively. These awards were the first annual instalment, covering December 2019 to November 2020. New categories included ''Best Modern Level, Best Effect Level, Best Art Level'', and ''Best Extreme Demon''. The ''Best Content Creator'' category was split into ''Best Streamer'' and ''Best YouTuber'', while ''Best Game Recreation'' and ''Best Original Game'' were merged into ''Best Minigame''. The maximum nominees per category increased from four to six.
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===Geometry Dash 2021 Awards===
The Geometry Dash 2021 Awards Nominees premiered on 22 December 2021 (delayed from 18 December). The show covered December 2020 to November 2021 and featured an animation by Rawin and [[rafer]], showcasing iconic levels from Geometry Dash's history. ''Best Story'' was added as a new category, while ''Best Song'' was removed. The nomination process was updated to allow creators to qualify with two minutes of created levels, including collaboration parts.
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===Geometry Dash 2022 Awards===
The Geometry Dash 2022 Awards Nominees premiered on 17 December 2022. The only new category introduced was ''Best Video''.
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===The Geometry Dash Awards 2023 and rework===
On 2 June 2023, Viprin announced a rework of the awards system, shifting from decoration-based to difficulty-based categories.<ref>https://x.com/vipringd/status/1664832941325787136</ref> This change addressed issues like debates over level classifications (e.g., [[White Space]] by [[XG]]) and limitations on category eligibility (e.g., [[LIMBO]] by [[MindCap]]). Creator categories were merged into ''Best Creator'', and ''Best Music Artist'' was removed.

The nominees premiered on 20 January 2024 (delayed due to the release of Update 2.2) on [[Robert Topala|RobTop's]] channel, with the results announced on 3 February 2024.
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===The Geometry Dash Awards 2024 and rework===
Following Update 2.2, the awards system was reworked again to include platformer mode categories, such as platformer levels, creators, and players. To streamline the event, levels were grouped into difficulty intervals (e.g., Easy and Medium Demons merged into one category). The nominees were revealed on 15 February 2025, with the winners announced on 1 March 2025.
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===The Geometry Dash Awards 2025===
The Geometry Dash Awards 2025 Nominees premiered on 14 February 2026, with the winners announced on 28 February 2026. For the first time in the event's history, the list of categories was entirely identical to that of the previous year. However, a jury of 200 specially selected community members was implemented whose combined votes counted for 50% of the total result.
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