Robert Topala

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Robert Nicholas Christian Topala (born 23 February 1987), also referred to as RobTop, jokingly as RubRub and as Zhenmuron on Reddit and formerly Newgrounds, is a Swedish game developer and the founder of RobTop Games. He has created the mobile games Rune, Boomlings, Boomlings MatchUp, Memory Mastermind, Forlorn (which was lost, until the TestFlight Terascrape revealed archived beta versions), Geometry Dash and its lite version and expansions, Geometry Dash Meltdown, Geometry Dash World and Geometry Dash SubZero. Geometry Dash was released on 13 August 2013.

Biography

Topala was studying civil engineering when he first started exploring video game development, then with only basic programming knowledge. He described creating his first game Bounce ball thingy as "a fun side project that might even get me a little spending money." It was the experience in developing puzzle games that helped him as he developed Geometry Dash over four months, along with the inspiration from platformer games he grew up playing such as Super Mario Bros. and more recent iOS titles including The Impossible Game, BIT.TRIP RUN! and Super Meat Boy. Topala credited the community following of Geometry Dash as having helped the game grow and evolve through their support and feedback. The level editing and sharing features enabled players many creative opportunities as well as Topala, who used ideas to innovate throughout the game's flow of updates. The integration of the now defunct Everyplay gameplay video sharing service also contributed towards spreading word of the game. Geometry Dash and its lite version and later expansions soon climbed in popularity and achieved millions of downloads around the world. {{#SQuote:

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Trivia

• Topala hosted an Ask Me Anything on r/geometrydash on 16 July 2022, revealing the following among other information:
  • His Newgrounds username Zhenmuron is derived from the name of the character Zenmuron in the fighting game Dark Rift.
  • He changed the game's name to Geometry Dash from Geometry Jump because "Apple said I wasn't allowed to have Geometry Jump".
  • He works all day on Geometry Dash, but says that there are many things part of it outside of developing new updates.
  • He is constantly roasting his community (videos by SikKy)

Music

Guitar music recording

'BoomMenu noFlute' music for Boomlings

Gallery

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  Robert Topala, a widely circulated photo
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  Topala's Geometry Dash account (2024-09-09)
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  Topala as the Geometry Dash character RubRub, appearing in an update sneak peek

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The following photos were shared by Topala on the Geometry Dash Discord server.

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