User Levels
Custom Levels are unofficial levels created by Geometry Dash players via the Level Editor. Unlike in Geometry Dash Lite, players have the ability to like or dislike other players' levels, rate them in difficulty (Auto, Easy, Normal, Hard, Harder, Insane, Demon) or stars (from one to ten, depending on the difficulty of the level), and comment on them. Levels can be found in multiple different ways, for example by searching for a specific level, or looking through Map Packs or the featured list.
Search Levels
If you want to find a specific type of level, then it is recommended that the player goes to the search screen. This is accessed by going to the rightmost button on the main menu screen, then the bottom right button with a magnifying glass that says "Search" in the Create menu. By using very specific search options and filters, finding the type of level you want to play is a breeze.
There are many different search options and features, such as:
- Difficulty rating: Do you want to play the hardest demons or just have a nice and easy journey?
- Level length: Levels can have a length of tiny, short, medium, long, and extra-long. Better levels usually are Medium or longer, although sometimes popular creators host "creator contests" in which they create a short beginning of a level and see who can finish it the best.
- Star value: Is the star reward important, or do you just like to play for fun?
- Quick search options: Do you want to follow the trending levels, the most downloaded levels or the most liked ones? Or do you just want to play some of the levels that have recently come out?
- Extra filters: If you tap on the "plus" below the "x" in the top right hand corner, it will bring up a few more search filters, such as what song is in the level and if you've completed it or not.
- Featured levels: Featured levels are levels featured for the game. Their difficulties vary just like less popular levels, although featured levels tend to be hard and up. When you get to the featured levels screen you get to see lots of featured levels made by other people (who are usually also popular on YouTube because people can see their levels, for example Darnoc or Viprin). These levels have to, just like demon levels, get verified by Robert Topala himself. In order to get a featured level, the level must be of high quality and/or have cool effects and decorations.
- Saved levels: Although this option is not in the search menu, it is kind of a search option since it helps find levels easily. Go to this button in the Create menu to view a list of all the levels you've played in Geometry Dash.
Play Levels
Once you've searched for a type of level, a list of levels with the search option(s) you chose will appear, sometimes no levels, sometimes a few, sometimes thousands. You can scroll through the list of levels until you find what you want to play. Tap the blue "Download" (or green "View" if you've already played it) button to open up a menu based on just that level. Then tap the big green button in the middle of the screen that appears with a yellow play arrow to play the level. After you play it, you can rate its difficulty, star value, and like or dislike the level using the buttons on the right side of the menu. There is also a button that allows you to comment on the level. If you put a description on your level, this is where it will appear, as well as a button that allows people to play your other levels. Some levels have custom music which you may have to download using the blue button in the bottom rectangle.
Trivia
- The Extra-Long level length is not in the search menu.
- You may notice that when clicking multiple difficulties in the search menu, then click search, levels off all those difficulties will appear. However clicking Demon, NA, or Auto cancels out all other difficulties...except Auto doesn't cancel NA.
- When rating another person's level, if it already has a difficulty and a star value, the star value rating menu disappears. However, the difficulty rating menu remains.
- Some Map Packs don't have a single level in the pack that matches the difficulty of the pack. This can relate to single levels in that certain Auto levels are rated up to Insane (although they still only award one star).