Editing Update 2.0

{{IB-Update
 |image       =
<gallery>
GeometricalDominator.png|Geometrical Dominator
Deadlocked.png|Deadlocked
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 |update      = v2.0
 |updates     = 
*v2.01
 |steamdate   = 27-08-2015
 |androiddate = 27-08-2015
 |iosdate     = 27-08-2015
 |levels      =
*[[Geometrical Dominator|Geomet&shy;rical Domin&shy;ator]]
*[[Deadlocked|Deadlock&shy;ed]]
 |portals     =
*[[Portals#Robot|Robot]]
*[[Portals#Teleportation|Teleport&shy;ation]]
 |icons       =
*14 (+2) cubes 
*7 ships
*8 balls
*8 UFOs
*11 + 1 waves
*6 robots
*2 trails
*4 colours
 |precededby  = [[Update 1.9]]
 |followedby  = [[Update 2.1]]
}}
'''Update 2.0''' was the tenth major update to [[Geometry Dash]]. It was released on 27 August 2015. This update introduced two new levels, [[Geometrical Dominator]] and [[Deadlocked]], user coins, a secret vault, lots of new editor features, friending, following and messaging on user account systems.

==Introductions==
*New level "Geometrical Dominator"!
*New Demon level "Deadlocked"!
*Robot gamemode
*Moving objects
*Toggle, Alpha, Pulse, and Spawn triggers
*Object groups (up to 999)
*Custom Z layering
*Custom objects
*Teleportation portals
*User Coins system
*Keys
*User profile pages
*Friend and messaging systems
*Friend leaderboards
*Over 50 new achievements and rewards
*Lots and lots of new art
*Animated monsters and level objects
*Drastically improved save and load times
*Editor preview mode
*Lots of editor improvements
*Unlimited colour channels
*Lots of bug fixes
*Secrets...
*...and more!

===2.01===
*Bugfixes and tweaks.
*Added 2 new Cubes and 1 wave icon.
*Anti-cheat engine on Steam.

==Geometry Dash Lite introductions==
On 24 October 2015, [[Geometry Dash Lite]] was updated to 2.0 with the following:
*New level "[[Cycles]]"!
*New achievements and rewards!
*Bugfixes and tweaks

==Trivia==
*The song in the Editor Preview is Stereo Madness 2 by ForeverBound.
*The song in the Example is Random Song 01 by RobTop himself. It is now currently used as the soundtrack in the [[Vault]].
*In the Editor Preview, the example level used in the preview mode is [[Blast Processing]].
*The blue coin in the third WIP image was never seen in the game. It was probably an earlier design of the user coin. It has been replaced with a silver coin with the letter 'C' in it.
*In Update 2.0, the wave was briefly renamed to a "dart" in the icon select menu. This was changed back to the familiar "wave" in Update 2.01, after receiving much criticism from the community.
*In Update 2.01, RobTop attempted to make it impossible to cheat on Steam by slowing down the game (speedhacking).
*The 'Mushroom' icon had some changes from the one in the sneak peak before Update 2.0 was released.
*Although the update added unlimited colour channels, the game crashes when 1000 different colour channels are reached.
*The "Nice Shot!" icon used in the Geometrical Dominator sneak peek appears to have a shaded part around it. It was updated on 27 August  2015.
*On 16 June 2017, Viprin tweeted some images of early concept art for Geometry Dash.<ref>https://twitter.com/vipringd/status/875738661316329473</ref> The fourth image, which revolves around 2.0's early development, shows early concept art for the robot gamemode which is also shown on the Robot button in the Icon Kit. A new ground based on the Deadlocked tileset was also originally planned for the update.
**On 18 May 2021, Robert Topala shared more concept art related to 2.0. The art showcases some unused monster designs, such as two different floating monsters and a witch. Other pickups were seemingly planned for 2.0 as well, but were scrapped at first before ending up in 2.1.
*The blue and orange colours on the teleportation portals are likely based on the portals from Portal.
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*'''18 October 2014:''' Robert Topala makes his first, brief mention of Update 2.0 through Facebook, in the Update 1.9 release notes. When touching on the user accounts system that was introduced in 1.9, he says, ''"Will include more in update 2.0."''
*'''15 December 2014:''' Topala announces on the official Geometry Dash Facebook page that he would begin sharing information about Update 2.0. He writes, ''"Highscore system is back online and should be a lot faster than before. More info about the Steam version and Update 2.0 coming in the next few days. Thanks for waiting!".''
*'''21 December 2014:''' Topala posts his first preview image for the update. The figures on either sides of the picture resemble monsters, and a cube is included in the centre. Written above is "The INVASION has begun", and there is also text reading "Update 2.0 W.I.P" in the lower right hand corner. This image caused much hype around the network, and rumours of one of the new songs being Invaders, a song by Waterflame, started to expand.
*'''26 December 2014:''' Topala posts his second preview image, showing a Super Mario Bros-like stage, with a background that resembles to the video game Super Mario World. The cube that is included is similar to the 1-up mushroom found in the Super Mario series. It has shading, and is pixelated, hinting the possibility of new icons. It also shows new ground, and background patterns. Also, the 1-up mushroom has 3 colours from the shading, alike the Steamstep, and Companion Cube icons.
*'''13 January 2015:''' Topala posts another preview picture, confirming the existence of blue coins, an upcoming feature that was first discovered on the GJ_GameSheet file from Update 1.9 and in the GJ_GameSheet-uhd file from the Steam version. The blue coin closely resemble the regular, yellow coins, which were added in Update 1.6. While no information has officially been released on them, it is widely believed that they will be used for coins in the level editor, due to his post saying ''"I will add this maybe as user coins..."'' . The preview image also introduces two new wave icons, and new portals that were discovered to teleport the player to the nearest teleport portal. The colours of the portals are blue, and orange, confirming a Portal reference. About this, he also confirmed for 2.0 unlockable versions for the robot, and a chance for some of Etzer, and Viprin's Utopia texture pack Icons/Balls/Ships/Waves/UFOs to come in future updates.
*'''February 5, 2015:''' Topala hints that he will post an Update 2.0 promo on the Geometry Dash Lite Update 1.9 release notes.  He writes, "I will be posting another Update 2.0 promo later today or tomorrow."
*'''6 February 2015:''' Topala posts the fourth preview picture, which shows a newer thick gray portal, making way for theories of a game mode in between two sets of new blocks: Embossed metal blocks, and "factory" style blocks.
*'''13 February 2015:''' Topala posts a fifth preview picture, which hints the soundtrack for the upcoming level. It depicts "B + D," an airplane, a skull with a lock on its forehead, a flame rising out of water, and a question mark. It was most agreed on that the next level would be "Deadlocked," by F-777, as B + D = F, the airplane refers to the Boeing 777, and the skull and lock refer to the song name itself. The soundtrack was also not available in the custom music selection. The other song would be an unknown song by Waterflame as the picture of a flame rising out of water hinted.
*'''3 March 2015:''' Topala posts a sixth preview picture, showing two new types of blocks, and three new backgrounds. The second picture from the left had already been shown, and the blocks from the first picture had already been shown.
*'''24 March 2015:''' Topala answers a few questions on TouchArcade in which he mentions there's a vast amount of colour channels coming up, and the copying between levels is mentioned, and that he's working on it. Other than that, better browsing options, and songs saving in the SD card.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=200268&page=1548</ref>
*'''30 March 2015:''' Topala confirms new colours, trails & new creator options. On the other hand, the idea of allowing the copy of stuff between the levels are still in discussion due to people saying it would end up in levels looking the same, and Topala isn't yet sure about adding this feature.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=200268&page=1556</ref>
*'''2 April 2015:''' Topala confirms that the sneak peek will be out soon. Also he confirms the sneak peek will show some features but not all, and he is sure that the creators will definitely love it.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=200268&page=1558</ref>
*'''6 April 2015:''' Topala confirms that the sneak peek will be out very soon. Also he wrote, "''After that I might make a walkthrough video that shows some new editor features, lots of things to cover!".''<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=200268&page=1569</ref>
*'''9 April 2015:''' Topala posts a sneak peek on YouTube that introduces a new robot-like vehicle, new moving blocks, moving spikes, in game text, moving monster-like obstacles, changeable background, ground colours, new background, and new decorations.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVNhHf4yHBc</ref>
*'''17 April 2015:''' Topala posts a reaction video about Geometry Dash in the official Facebook page <ref>https://www.facebook.com/geometrydash</ref> in which he says: ''"Will be posting more info on 2.0 in a day or so, until then check this out :D (oh the rage)".''
*'''19 April 2015:''' Topala posts a second sneak peek on YouTube that covers new level editor features, such as the ability to create, and save for copying custom objects, preview mode, layering objects, unlimited colours, and object scaling.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLIUo65PbWQ</ref> Also, the object limit will be increased to 25,000.
*'''11 May 2015:''' Topala posts a third sneak peek on YouTube that confirms the level Deadlocked, along with new green jump rings (which combine the blue ring gravity switch with the yellow ring bounce), the teleportation portals, a new icon, a new wave, a new background, new colour effects, and new designs.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnkePuBng3I</ref>
*'''13 May 2015:''' Topala posts on TouchArcade that there will be new filters for levels, in which you can now use a creator name as a filter to search for their levels. He also keeps the Deadlocked level difficulty as a secret saying: "''Secrets secrets secrets... :)''".<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?s=031a499a134ac383af7c8f55155809de&t=200268&page=1681</ref> Topala has provided information for the blue coins that are confirmed to be user coins, he says: ''"Separate. Blue coins = user coins = separate achievements and rewards". ''He has also mentioned an upcoming collaboration system, and following creators. In fact, There will be only three per level, and more obtainable than yellow ones. This also means a higher number for this specific coin achievements.
*'''26 May 2015:''' Topala makes his first mention of [[Update 2.1]] on TouchArcade, saying "''I wanted to mix up the art style a bit, keep things fresh. More craziness in 2.1!''"<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=200268&page=1943</ref> He also mentions the release notes which describes the new features of Update 2.0. With the post, he confirmed that the release notes are coming very soon, and he also said that keeping updates smaller with only 1-2 months of development will be better in the future. He also said that 2.1 will be smaller, but faster because 2.0 "took too long". This statement turned out to be false, as 2.1 ended up taking considerably longer than 2.0 did.
*'''29 May 2015:''' Topala answers a few questions on  TouchArcade, confirming that Update 2.0 will introduce some space-related objects, along with several other new ones.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=200268&page=1986</ref> He also mentions improving the Level Review system.
*'''7 June 2015:''' In a shoutbox conversation revealed on  TouchArcade, Topala confirms that Deadlocked is a demon level.<ref>http://pastebin.com/0jvJCN8T</ref><ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=200268&highlight=pastebin&page=2094</ref> He also mentions a new trigger called "pulse trigger" which is related to colour effects, and he discusses improving the level review system . In addition, he had this to say about the release of the update: ''"It's very very close to being done. I just don't say any dates because I'm not 100% sure."''
*'''12 June 2015:''' Topala posts on Twitter that the update is close to release, so close that no videos will be made to tide people over. Although he will make some tutorials later for new additions.
*'''18 June 2015:''' Topala posts on TouchArcade that users with accounts will have their own profile page.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3577244&postcount=22662</ref>
*'''19 June 2015:''' Topala posts on TouchArcade that the performance in 2.0 will be better: "''You shouldn't really see any performance issues compared to 1.9. I test a lot on mobile and optimize with that in mind. If anything you should see performance being better in 2.0.''"<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=3578242#post3578242</ref> He also confirmed that the moving obstacles have an option to change the speed at which they move. He also confirmed that he is adding an option which allows users to have up to 100 saved levels: "''Hmm, well with the new improvement in save/load times it shouldn't be a problem. I will add an option that you can toggle to allow 100 saved levels (currently the limit is 20)''".
*'''1 July 2015:''' During a conversation on TouchArcade RobTop said that "''Hopefully I will be able to give some more info in a few days. The update is pretty much done, just fixing bugs. When adding many new systems like this there are a lot of things that can break. Trying to make sure you won't have any nasty bugs when 2.0 is released.''"<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=3587415#post3587415</ref>
*'''6 July 2015:''' Robtop posted on TouchArcade that performance of 2.0 is a lot better than 1.90 because of the implementation of 64-bit architecture on iOS: "''Things are going well, still not 100% ready though. Keep finding and fixing bugs, also needed to implement Apple's new requirement for 64-bit support, which required some testing.''"
*'''6/7 July 2015:''' RobTop posts on Facebook and YouTube a testing video showing off new keys which corresponds to locked blocks and how they function with the moving feature which was mainly a test as mentioned by himself: "''Just a random test I made while checking for bugs. Thought it looked pretty fun :)''".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssRy9WKhCOk</ref> He also mentions that the update is almost done, and that he is working in game bugs by saying: "''The update is more or less done, just fixing bugs right now. Trying to get it done as fast as I can. Thanks for waiting so long, I know it sucks :)''"
**The keys are nothing else but decorations, they actually do not work for anything for the game experience. They work as triggers and are mainly a visual help for the player.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3591875&postcount=25772</ref>
**The flames visible at both sides of the first wall of blocks are fully customizable for the user, and were animated by hand for various usages.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3591871&postcount=25768</ref>
**The song playing in the background was made by RobTop himself. It can be found on Newgrounds.<ref>http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/633206</ref><ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3592119&postcount=25847</ref>
*'''8 July 2015:''' During a conversation on TouchArcade, RobTop mentioned that players can now place blocks from the very start of the level to give players more freedom when designing their levels: "''I even removed the limit where you couldn't place blocks too early in a level, now you can place them at x:0.''"<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=3593203#post3593203</ref>. In response to a question made regarding the new Robot mode, Topala gave details about the screen limitation of the new vehicle.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3593763&postcount=26225</ref>
*'''10 July 2015:''' Topala mentioned on TouchArcade that you can now customize the amount of blocks to be viewable through the level creator.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3595479&postcount=26583</ref> It's possible to see in the picture how each row of objects is comprised of 12 object icons, opposed to the default 6 in Update 1.9.
*'''19 July 2015:''' Topala confirms that the new robot mode will be in the new "Deadlocked" level. He also said that every object can be resized (0.5 minimum and 2.0 as maximum resizing scale). RobTop made a mention about the ''Swingcopters'' mode (which can be used as a trick in dual mode in Update 1.9), and said that he might add it on future updates, which eventually came true with it being [[Update 2.2]]'s added vehicle. Finally, he mentioned a new 45 degree rotation button in the level editor.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=3602068&postcount=28042</ref>
;Post-release
*'''2 August 2015:''' Topala posts big release notes.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/geometrydash/posts/505991676219261</ref> Among things, it mentions the social system, new editor features, and a hint at the unknown level name.
*'''8 August 2015:''' Topala announced on Riot's stream that the update has been submitted to Apple and is being reviewed.
*'''20 August 2015:''' Robert confirms that Deadlocked has a 30-coin lock, and that the cost of unlocking the other demon levels will be reduced. He also posts an eighth image explaining how to copy different colour channels.<ref>http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=3647158#post3647158</ref>
*'''26 August 2015:''' 2.0 is released on Steam, Android, and the App Store. Topala also posts one last image upon the release of Update 2.0.<ref>https://fbcdn-photos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/11898550_514583005360128_3207460797110707044_n.png?oh=d6ababc8e7e5159c32ed55966c63da1a&oe=5669B8B8&__gda__=1449960709_8642696780a537907bc56cfa4e6e2c26</ref>
*'''27 August 2015:''' 2.0 is released on all Amazon devices.
*'''28 August 2015:''' Topala announces on Facebook that a quick bugfix update should be ready in a few days.
*'''23 September 2015:''' Topala releases 2.01 on Steam with a few bug fixes.
*'''26 September 2015:''' Topala announces on Facebook that Update 2.01 will be out on iOS, Google Play, Windows, Amazon and Windows Phone in a few days. He also mentioned new map packs coming in a few days, and the first 2.1 promo in a day or two.
*'''28 September 2015:''' 2.01 is released on Android.
*'''1 October 2015:''' 2.01 is released on Windows Phone.
*'''7 October 2015:''' 2.01 is released on iOS.
*'''10 October 2015:''' 2.0 users now cannot browse online levels. This feature was added to force users to update to the latest version, in this case, 2.01. If a user is not playing in the most current version, they cannot browse online levels.
*'''11 October 2015:''' 2.01 is released for Apple.
*'''15 October 2015:''' The first new Map Pack is added.
*'''23 October 2015:''' The Lite version for all platforms has been updated to 2.0.
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==Sneak peeks==
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==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
Update2.0Teaser01.png|The first 2.0 WIP image released by RobTop, which shows some new monsters (and also shows that they used to have tongues)
Update2.0Teaser02.png|The second 2.0 WIP image released by RobTop, making a reference to the Super Mario series
Update2.0Teaser03.jpg|The third 2.0 WIP picture featuring new wave icons, a blue coin and a new portal, which were later designated as teleportation portals
Update2.0Teaser04.png|The fourth WIP image that appears to show some more blocks, a new vehicle portal (which now officially serves as the robot portal) and new decorations
Update2.0Teaser05.png|The fifth WIP image which hints to the new levels containing the song Deadlocked by F-777, and an unknown song (which is now known as Geometrical Dominator) by Waterflame
Update2.0Teaser06.png|The sixth sneak peek image showing some new background and ground designs, with some more blocks and monsters
Update2.0FormConcept.png|[https://twitter.com/vipringd/status/875738661316329473 Posted by Viprin 16 July 2017] 
File:Update2.0Abandoned.png|Idea for abandoned 2.0 monsters shown by RobTop on Discord. Besides the used ones, the image also shows a monster that looks like a stereotypical witch and another that looks like the ones to their right except airborne. This may have inspired the Spikeball/Thorn monster in 2.2.<ref>https://discordapp.com/channels/398627612299362304/398627612299362306/844302727064584212</ref>
</gallery>

==References==
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