Editing Colon

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'''Colon''' (also known as '''GD Colon''') is a Canadian player, level creator, and YouTuber. He is well known for uploading unique non-level videos, playing copies of [[Geometry Dash]] on several platforms, creating (usually 1.0-style) levels revolving around an original concept, and analysing features within the game. His current hardest Demon is [[Magma Bound]], beaten on 2 February 2026.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ0ZX9iTeuc</ref>

Colon also has five other accounts: Colon2ndAccount, where he posts previews, RobsVault, where he rips [[Robert Topala|RobTop's]] levels directly from the game to allow copying and using them, RobsBasement, where he ports levels from GD rip-offs and copies, tubular9, a joke account, and theworldmachine, a bot that posted randomly-generated levels from 2019-2021.

==Levels==
;Unrated (Colon account)
Unrated levels on Colon's main account.
*3 clicks only - A level that requires only three clicks to clear. If the player clicks four times, the floor will turn into coins, resulting in death.
*A New Geometry Dash
*All Items V2
*Apostrophe - The second level in the Punctuation series. It is a memory Demon, verified by FreezeFlare.
*Auto Clubstep - An auto version of Clubstep.
*BackTrack
*Bad Apple - A recreation of the black-and-white video for ''Bad Apple!!''.
*Beautiful Night
*BLACK AND WHITE
*Bonus Auto
*boss test
*Calculator
*Calculator V2
*Camera Trigger vid
*Challenge 2
*Challenge 3
*Challenge 4
*Challenge 5
*Challenge 6
*Chaos - Colon's first level, which he built in December 2014. The level was hack-verified and uploaded by him in November 2019, after it was legitimately completed by players such as Chillius, [[npesta]] and JordanTRS.
*Choose Your Xas - A level made for the 'Geometry (Xmas) Dash' game on Scratch.
*clubstep but better - A copy of Clubstep with all monsters removed.
*Coin Rush
*cointest123 - Colon's first boss-fight level.
*Colonclysm
*Comma - The first level in the Punctuation series.
*Dash but i edited it - The level Dash with fixes based on Colon's feedback on the level, released alongside his video review of the level.
*Decorless challenge
*demon prev
*Disco
*do the mario
*DVD
*Easy Clubstep - Clubstep but heavily nerfed.
*ED Reverse Auto
*Every Level Ever
*Excite - The oldest level uploaded to Colon's account.
*Extreme Auto
*Fanart 1
*Fantasy X
*FingerDash Orb - A copy of Fingerdash, but the player can complete the level by holding the first dash orb until the end.
*finna woke - A second preview of Hyphen.
*Flappy Bird 420 - A recreation of ''Flappy Bird'' containing several memes.
*Flare
*Floating Island
*Game Over - A level Colon previewed and later finished in 2015, but it could not be verified. He released it in 2025 after finding that he still had a copy of the finished level.
*GD Tier List - A 'tier list' of objects in Geometry Dash.
*Heaven Road - A traditional 1.0-styled level, following the same general layout as Base After Base and Cant Let Go.
*Hehehehehe
*Hurry Hurry (platformer)
*Hyphen - The third level in the Punctuation series.
*Hyphen 2 - A sequel to Hyphen based on a style of mobile game ads released for April Fools' Day 2023.
*i fixed the coins - Base After Base with reworked coins, made after he gave all three coins an F tier in his Ranking Every Coin in Geometry Dash video.
*Icons
*idk - A preview of Hyphen.
*Impossible Game RM1
*Map Maze
*Most Popular Objects
*Most Popular Objs v2
*no peeking
*Nostalgia - A level made solely of objects from update 1.2.
*nyoom
*Object IDs - A level built by a script containing every object as of 2.1, along with their ID.
*Object IDs New (platformer) - An updated version of 'Object IDs' containing every object as of 2.2, along with their ID.
*ok
*One Screen Puzzle
*Pacer Test - A twenty-minute-long recreation of the FitnessGram PACER test.
*Polargeist but fixed - The level Polargeist but with some parts of gameplay being the same as the third coin's gameplay in the original one.
*Preview 002
*Preview 003
*Preview 004
*Preview 005
*Preview 006
*Preview 007 - An unfinished ''Undertale''-style boss-fight against [[Partition]].
*quiz preview
*Retro Dash - The sequel to Retro Rush.
*Retro Rush
*Slash - The fourth level in the Punctuation series.
*Spider Challenge
*Start Flipped - A copyable level that had the then-inaccessible 'Start Flipped' setting (now called Flip Gravity) checked, allowing other players to use it in their levels.
*Sunrise
*thats really hot tbh
*Theory Of Nothing
*thing - A preview of Comma.
*thing 2 - A second preview of Comma.
*this could be neat
*ToE but its cursed - Theory of Everything with many iconic parts of the level changed.
*too lazy to finish - A level with unfinished decoration.
*Toxic Sewers - A collaboration with Ninja167.
*Untitled spreadsheet - A level made entirely using Google Sheets.
*Wobbly Tooth - Colon's first animation level.

;Unrated (RobsVault account)
Levels on the RobsVault account, including all existing main levels plus some notable earlier revisions.
*Airborne Robots
*Back on Track
*Base After Base
*Beast Mode
*Blast Processing
*Cant Let Go
*Clubstep
*Clutterfunk
*Cycles
*Dash
*Deadlocked
*Dry Out
*Electrodynamix
*Electrodynamix beta - A leaked beta version of Electrodynamix.
*Electroman Adventures
*Embers
*Fingerdash
*Fingerdash Beta - A leaked beta version of Fingerdash.
*Frontlines
*Geometrical Dominator
*geometrydashdotcom - The slightly modified version of Stereo Madness used in geometrydash.com.
*Hexagon Force
*Jumper
*Machina
*Monster Dance Off
*Nock Em
*Nock Em Old - The original version of Nock Em from before the coins were reworked in July 2022.
*Payload
*Polargeist
*Power Trip
*Power Trip Old - The original version of Power Trip from before the coins were reworked in July 2022.
*Press Start
*Press Start Old - The original version of Press Start from before the coins were reworked in July 2022.
*Round 1
*Secret Hollow Old (platformer) - The original version of The Secret Hollow from before the boss's health was reduced from 14 to 10 in April 2024.
*Space Pirates
*Stereo Madness
*Striker
*The Cellar (platformer)
*The Challenge
*The Secret Hollow (platformer)
*The Seven Seas
*The Sewers (platformer)
*The Tower (platformer)
*Theory of Everything
*Theory of Everyth 2
*Time Machine
*Viking Arena
*xStep
*Years

;Unrated (RobsBasement account)
Levels on the RobsBasement account include levels ripped and ported from several Geometry Dash rip-off games.
*Bloodbath Dot Com
*Cracked Up
*Cyclestep
*Drought
*Geometrical Dash Lv1
*Geometrical Dash Lv2
*Geometrical Dash Lv3
*Geometrical Dash Lv4
*Geometrical Dash Lv5
*Geometrical Dash Lv6
*Gravitational
*Hells Maw
*Howl Haven
*Lets Go
*Never Give Up
*Perfect Pixels
*Preamble
*Shell Shock
*Solar Wind
*Spooky
*Step After Step
*Step Jump
*Stereo Dash
*Teleporter
*The Core
*xAdventures
*Xmas
*Yolky Joys

;Unrated (Other accounts)
Levels on other accounts that don't have enough levels on their own to justify their own section.
*Preview (Colon2ndAccount)
*The Challenge but (tubular9)
*1,702 randomly-generated levels (theworldmachine)

;Normal levels
*Rhythm Doctor (Featured) - A recreation of the level 'Battleworn Insomniac' from Rhythm Doctor.
*Shoot Em Up (Featured) - A recreation of the minigame 'Shoot-'Em-Up' from Rhythm Heaven.

;Hard levels
*Bounce Ball Thingy (Featured) - A recreation of RobTop's old game of the same name. The original game can be played on [https://newgrounds.com/portal/view/538433 Newgrounds]. It is Colon's oldest rated level.
*The Foolish Tower (Featured, platformer) - The first level of [[The Tower Secret Ending]] and an alternate route of [[The Tower]]. Created in collaboration with [[16lord]].

;Harder levels
*The Deep Sewers (Featured, platformer) - The second level of The Tower Secret Ending and an alternate route of [[The Sewers]]. Created in collaboration with tricipital and galofuf.
*The Lost Cellar (Featured, platformer) - The third level of The Tower Secret Ending and an alternate route of [[The Cellar]]. Created in collaboration with 16lord.
*[[Impossible Quiz GD]] (Star-rated) - A Geometry Dash-themed recreation of ''The Impossible Quiz''.
*The World Machine (Featured) - A level which randomises each section's gameplay based on the player's inputs.

;Insane levels
*SUPER GD GEM HUNT 64 (Featured, platformer) - A nod to old Mario platformers on Newgrounds made with Adobe Flash. It is Colon's first level uploaded in 2.2. It was initially rated Harder 7 [[File:Moon.png|20px]] before being changed to Insane 9 [[File:Moon.png|20px]].
*[[The Sneaky Hollow]] (Legendary, platformer) - The fourth and final level of The Tower Secret Ending and an alternate route of [[The Secret Hollow]]. Created in collaboration with galofuf, 16lord, connot, and [[Subwoofer]].

;Easy Demon levels
*4 clicks only (Epic) - The sequel to 3 clicks only, a puzzle level that requires activating four switches to unlock the path to beat the level. As the name suggests, only four clicks are allowed per attempt; once the player lets go on the fourth click, they explode. The level loops after each death, and switches are saved across attempts in a single session.

;Hard Demon levels
*Zip Lash (Epic, platformer) - A level inspired by Celeste. It is Colon's first level to be rated either Demon or Epic.

==Nominations and awards==
;The Geometry Dash Awards
''Received 5 nominations and 3 awards in [[The Geometry Dash Awards]]''

*Nominated in the 2.1 Awards for ''Best Content Creator''
*Nominated in the 2023 Awards for ''Best Video'' with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q30cC7K21cQ How Geometry Dash Teaches its Mechanics]
*Nominated in the 2024 Awards for ''Best Video'' with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BRMCTCRb_8 The Secrets of Fake Geometry Dash]
*Nominated in the 2025 Awards for ''Best Intermediate Platformer'' with The Sneaky Hollow
*Nominated in the 2025 Awards for ''Best Video'' with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjb_b8EmXCM How to get the SECRET ENDING in The Tower (Geometry Dash 2.2) <nowiki>[April Fools]</nowiki>]
*Awarded in the 2023 Awards for ''Best YouTuber''
*Awarded in the 2024 Awards for ''Best YouTuber''
*Awarded in the 2025 Awards for ''Best YouTuber''

;Other honours
*Placed 2nd in the ''Favorite Content Creator'' category in the 10th Anniversary awards

==Trivia==
*Colon has over 945,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.
*Colon was the 19th guest of The Dasher Podcast.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDZaWX9keYc</ref>
**Colon was also the third guest of the Secret Way interviews.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw5bu4L9MUI</ref>
**Colon was also the 32nd guest of the Vernosis interviews.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7CHh0ZyyaI</ref>
**Similarly, Colon interviewed RobTop.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGSFQQJFE5c</ref>
*Colon's YouTube channel rose in fame after uploading '[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg5FDT6fjtc What NOT to put in your custom level]', a poorly made Windows Movie Maker video with over 1.8 million views. It remained his most popular video for several years until it was beaten by '[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2uE051de0U Making Terrible Geometry Dash Ads]' in 2019.
**Colon released a complete remake of this video on 18 December 2017. However, it had poor quality due to an overlooked rendering error.
***The video title had been changed to 'really old bad video' for a long time, but it was changed to 'Geometry Dash - What NOT to put in your Level [OLD]'.
***It was later changed to '[OLD VIDEO, DO NOT WATCH] Geometry Dash - What NOT to put in your level'.
***It was then changed again and currently is called '[OLD/BAD VIDEO] Geometry Dash- What NOT to put in your Level'.
****A higher-quality reupload was released on 4 September 2018, and after this version had received enough views, the original was unlisted on 19 January 2019.
*Upon reaching 100,000 subscribers, Colon posted a face reveal. The video was one hour long and covered the entire history of his channel.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmOdgNWFsUs</ref>
*Colon edits his videos with PowerDirector.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2uE051de0U</ref>
**Colon once tried to use Premiere Pro in one of his videos ('Every Geometry Dash Youtuber Is Hacking...') but did not like the experience and publicly said, 'and will not continue using it' in his community tab.
*Colon is experienced in JavaScript and created [https://gdbrowser.com gdbrowser.com], a website that allows access to most of Geometry Dash's online features. The GitHub repository is available [https://github.com/GDColon/GDBrowser here].
*Colon voiced a green cube in [[rafer|rafer's]] Prelude animation for the [[The Geometry Dash Awards|Geometry Dash 2.1 Awards]] and [[FUNHOUSE]] animation.
**This cube is officially named Prelude Guy as shown in the credits of FUNHOUSE. Colon's actual cube also appears in that animation.
*Wikipedia had initially used a voice recording of Colon reading the Wikipedia article on Geometry Dash as an audio reading of the page.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En-Geometry-dash-article.ogg</ref>
*A voice recording of Colon reading some replies to an AskReddit-styled post on r/geometrydash was uploaded to Newgrounds as [https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1239194 CRAZY GEOMETRY DASH STORIES #shorts #gd R/GEOMETRYDASH #geometry dash #2.2 #gdcolon]. This audio is used in the rated level Shorts by Kanati.
*Colon's rant video about [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sQk1lIDxws Geometry Dash Subzero's coins] quickly prompted RobTop to change almost all the coins in a new update.
*Colon is known to dislike the second spider part in Dash, and his video about it created many memes that extended well beyond the reach of the game.<ref>https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dash-spider-this-isnt-sightreadable</ref>
**Other things that Colon dislikes are wall coins (and the secret coins that involve randomly falling), the Poison Gauntlet level [[Generation Retro]], and formerly the old wrong Pusab font (last mentioned in his video 'Old Geometry Dash Fangames' explaining that he is past this now).
***Colon created the subreddit r/PusabPolice dedicated to 'shaming those who use the old version of the main Pusab font'. He regretted creating it, stating: 'I accidentally dragged it out too far and dented the entire GD community. I'm really sorry for everything.'<ref>https://x.com/TheRealGDColon/status/1113193794663587841</ref>
****The subreddit was privatised on 2 April 2019.<ref>https://reddit.com/r/PusabPolice/</ref>
*Colon has another YouTube channel named 'GMD Tubular9', a joke channel made for one of his videos.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOKWzzQ0Zxg</ref>
*Colon was featured in '[[GD GANGSTER RAP|GEOMETRY DASH GANGSTER RAP]]' by Boom Kitty.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxGBF7Qn7SQ</ref>
*Colon was promoted to [[Moderators|Moderator]] status on 7 April 2025.
**Prior to his promotion, Colon had publicly requested that RobTop not promote him to a moderator.
**On 14 September 2026, Colon, along with 42 other moderators, got demoted due to RobTop making changes to the game's moderation system.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
Colonf.png|Colon's face reveal taken from his 100,000 subscriber special
Prelude Colon.png|Colon as the Prelude Guy
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Players]]