EricVanWilderman
EVW, EricWilderman
Canada
South Korea
Moderator
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EricVanWilderman, often abbreviated as EVW, is a Canadian player, moderator, and YouTuber based in South Korea. Eric creates various types of content around Geometry Dash, with some of his most popular series being the 'Recent Tab', 'Impossible or Not', '100 Lives to Beat a Level of Each Difficulty' and 'The 12 Demons of Christmas'. The latter has become a community-collaborated series since 2022, in which Eric invites different content creators to play a level for each of the 12, with Eric completing the first and last entries.
Eric has also beaten several Extreme Demons and verified several levels. Eric's hardest Demon is currently Sonic Wave, beaten on 19 October 2025 after 30,148 attempts.[1] He beat Yatagarasu on 3 May 2025 as his hardest at the time and Erebus as his second hardest Demon on 18 July 2025.
Eric is now attempting to beat Cybernetic Crescent as a new hardest Extreme Demon, which he started streaming on 15 April 2026.
History
EricVanWilderman has had a long history in Geometry Dash. Starting in early Update 1.9 on 24 December 2014, he began playing Geometry Dash. His first video was completing Stereo Madness, Back On Track and Polargeist with a hot sauce challenge.[2] After this, he started to complete all the main RobTop levels, concluding with Theory of Everything 2 on 5 February 2015.[3] After completing v2's of the title levels by Neptune, he started to play easier Demons such as Problematic. As his following grew, he attempted more difficult Demons such as Toxin Lab II and The Robotic Rush, and his popularity as a Geometry Dash player rose as well.
On 11 April 2017, Eric completed Old Cataclysm, becoming the first non-Geometry Dash-oriented YouTuber to have beaten an Extreme Demon. Only a month later, he then completed New Cataclysm and was on the Top 50 Demonlist.[4] In September 2017, he completed ICE Carbon Diablo X. Players like Riot, AeonAir and TrusTa started to take notice of Eric's rapid rise in fame and Geometry Dash gameplay, so they collaborated with him in videos to welcome him into the community.
In 2018, Eric started a series called The Twelve Demons of Christmas and played 12 Demons every day. He beat his fourth Extreme Demon, Quest For Perfection (which was rated as the aforementioned difficulty at that time but is now an Insane Demon), on 26 December 2018. In the Twelve Demons of Christmas 2019, he beat his fifth Extreme Demon (which was rated as the aforementioned difficulty at that time but is now an Insane Demon), Temple of Destiny.
In 2020, Eric beat three new hardest Demons. The 1st one was HyperSonic, the 2nd one was AcropoliX, and for the third one, he beat Bloodbath on a copyable version because he crashed due to a 240Hz bug on the original. On 9 October 2020, he beat aftermath, thereby completing the Apocalyptic Trilogy.
In the Twelve Demons of Christmas 2020, Eric beat his next Extreme Demon, The Lost Existence, on the first day of Christmas. In the same series, he beat some other Extremes as well, such as Acu and Red World Rebirth, the latter being an Extreme Demon that he tried to beat around a year ago but dropped. These achievements brought EVW's total to 10 Extreme Demons completed by the end of 2020.
For 2021, Eric set a goal to beat at least one Extreme Demon per month, and for January, he beat NecropoliX after 3,411 attempts. On 29 January 2021, he began practising Phobos, which he beat as his new hardest on 25 March 2021. He also started practising Down Bass, which he beat on 22 April 2021. On 31 May 2021, he began practising Artificial Ascent for his new hardest Demon. He beat the level on 12 August 2021. On 2 September 2021, he started practising Heartbeat, which he beat ten days later on 12 September 2021.
In the Twelve Demons of Christmas 2021, Eric beat the Extreme Demons Falling Up, Misty Mountains, Dark Odyssey and The Ultimate Phase.
On 25 September 2021, Eric announced that his next Extreme Demon would be Sakupen Hell, which he beat on 26 March 2022.
Eric announced his next hardest Extreme Demon, Digital Descent, on 4 May 2022. He beat it on 12 October 2022.
In the Twelve Demons of Christmas 2022, Eric beat the Extreme Demon Reanimate.
Eric beat Black Blizzard on 3 February 2023, marking his third-hardest Demon.
On 13 August 2023, Eric won the Geometry Dash 10-Year Anniversary award for Best YouTuber.
On 3 May 2025, Eric beat Yatagarasu as his new hardest for the first time in over two years. Soon after, he revealed his plans to beat the remainder of the RGB; first Erebus as a second hardest, which he completed on 18 July 2025, then Sonic Wave as his second new hardest in one year, which he completed on 19 October 2025.
On 6 February 2026, Eric announced that he would be aiming to beat Bloodlust in the future, and began to stream Quantum Processing as the first in a series of completions aimed to improve his skill at the game in preparation, which he beat on 30 March 2026.[5]
Equipment
EricVanWilderman used a PS4 controller until 3 June 2018,[6] and beat his first three Extreme Demons with it. He switched to a mouse on 3 June 2018. He broke his mouse (Logitech G502) on 28 August 2020, while trying to complete Blast Processing Full by LuneraGD,[7] and posted on YouTube on 1 September 2020, that he bought a Basilisk V2, following AeonAir's advice on Twitter.
Status
EricVanWilderman is currently active and shows no signs of retiring anytime soon.
Icons
EricVanWilderman uses the 800-star cube, the 75-secret coin ship, the Path of Blood Rank 10 ball, a 100-key chest UFO, a 100-key chest wave, a robot purchased from the Diamond Shop for 500 Diamond Shards, a 50-key chest spider, and a 25-key chest swing. He also uses the 200-moon jetpack.
Colours
EricVanWilderman did not always use the red-and-white icon colours he is known for. He used green and blue from Stereo Madness to Base After Base. He briefly used red and green on Can't Let Go but quickly switched to red and yellow soon after. He used red and yellow from Jumper to xStep, then changed the colours again. He could not make up his mind about which colours to use. He used blue and white for Clutterfunk and purple and pink for Theory of Everything and Electroman Adventures. He used blue and grey for Hexagon Force and Blast Processing and then grey and white for Electrodynamix. For Clubstep, he used orange and blue, and for Theory of Everything 2 and Chicken Techno, he used red and green again. From stereo madness v2 to Cycles v2 R, he used black and white but switched once more. For Xstep v2, he used red and blue, then green and yellow, for Clutterfunk v2. He eventually settled on black and green and used it from Theory of every v2 to Laser Room. He finally chose the famous red and white on 22 June 2015, when he attempted Problematic. On 13 March 2019, he switched to blue and white after obtaining 100 Ice Shards, but he has since returned to his red and white colour scheme and still uses it today. For his Red World Rebirth completion, he changed his colours to red and green because they fit the Christmas theme, but he switched back after the video's release on Christmas of 2020.
He briefly used white along with reddish pink as his icon colours, but he is currently using his original colours.
While grinding Yatagarasu in April or May 2025, Eric changed it from red to blue to make his icon easier to see. He ended up beating the level with blue icons.
12 Demons of Christmas
1st generation (2018-2021)
EricVanWilderman started a series called 'The 12 Demons of Christmas' and played 12 Demons every day; it sometimes began on December 14 or 15. On 2 December 2021, the series was started early.
Every video in the series begins with a parody of the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' song, with the lyrics being replaced by the level names and creators.
2018
| Name | Creator(s) | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| LastStep | Nashii |  Medium Demon
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| Deep Travel | BlueLite | Medium Demon
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| The Death Moon | Akame GD |  Easy Demon
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| Against the God | 1374 | Medium Demon
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| DeCodeX | Rek3dge |  Hard Demon
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| The Caverns | Pasiblitz | Hard Demon
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| Red Belly | Danzmen | Easy Demon
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| The Realistic | Softable | Medium Demon
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| Fusion | Manix648 | Hard Demon
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| dudeXmas | Pan | Easy Demon
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| Dark Travel | JonathanGD |  Insane Demon
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| Quest For Perfection | LazerBlitz | Insane Demon
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2019
| Name | Creator(s) | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| BuTiTi II | JonathanGD | Insane Demon
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| Acid Rush III | Serponge | Hard Demon
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| Nantendo | Im Fernando | Medium Demon
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| Astronaut 13 | Minesap | Hard Demon
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| hi | KrmaL | Insane Demon
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| Deadlocked v2 | iID4sh3rIi | Medium Demon
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| Magma Bound | ScorchVX | Insane Demon
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| Hey rob rate this | Danzmen | Easy Demon
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| The Eschaton | Xender Game | Hard Demon
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| Bloodbath Z | Zyzyx | Medium Demon
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| White Ice | YakobNugget | Medium Demon
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| Temple of Destiny | Drakeghast | Insane Demon
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2020
| Name | Creator(s) | Difficulty | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lost Existence | JonathanGD |  Extreme Demon
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| A New Cataclysm | Ryder | Insane Demon
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| Sharp Minor | Giron | Hard Demon
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| Ultra violence | Xender Game | Medium Demon
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| Leyak | EnZore | Insane Demon
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| Thanatophobia | ARtu | Insane Demon
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| CastleMania | Serponge | Medium Demon
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| UltraSonic | ZenthicAlpha | Insane Demon
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| Acu | neigefeu | Extreme Demon
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| Zap | Darwin | Hard Demon
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| Snowblind | YakobNugget | Medium Demon
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Verification |
| Red World Rebirth | Riot | Extreme Demon
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2021
| Name | Creator(s) | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Falling Up | KrmaL | Extreme Demon
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| Temple of Time | DavJT | Insane Demon
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| 4 Matilda | Jeyzor | Insane Demon
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| Misty Mountains | We4therman | Extreme Demon
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| Arcane Ascent | Alkali | Insane Demon
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| Deadly Games | DaminosKabanos | Medium Demon
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| Sonic Boom | SirHadoken | Insane Demon
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| Dark Odyssey | JonathanGD | Extreme Demon
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| Scorpius | Proxima | Hard Demon
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| Zacarius | Vit12 | Insane Demon
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| Jam Factory | JamAttack | Medium Demon
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| The Ultimate Phase | andromeda | Extreme Demon
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2nd generation (2022-present)
Starting with this generation, EricVanWilderman invited other players to his series through their videos. However, due to the interruption with Update 2.2 coming out during the 2023 series, everything after Day 6 was pushed back by two days.
2022
| Name | Creator(s) | Difficulty | Completed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reanimate | ilnm | Extreme Demon
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EricVanWilderman | |
| Wintertime | VigorousGard3n | Extreme Demon
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AeonAir | |
| Eko | PureDinomight | Extreme Demon
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SiKky | |
| RUST | neigefeu | Extreme Demon
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Zeronium | |
| arcturus | maxfs | Extreme Demon
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Doggie | Doggie started singing from the start to his completion: Reanimate to arcturus. |
| Fairydust | mkComic | Hard Demon
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Stallion | Stallion made a joke about this level, copying it, changing colours to red, green, and white, referencing a Christmas theme. |
| Retention | WOOGI1411 | Extreme Demon
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Tride | |
| Frozen | Ratquesadilla | Extreme Demon
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LastPrismAlex | |
| Stalemate | Nox | Insane Demon
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Wulzy & Juniper | First duo-completion in the series. |
| Ethereal Artifice | Zeroya | Extreme Demon
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npesta | |
| Arctic Lights | Metalface221 | Extreme Demon
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AeonAir | |
| Hyper Space | LazerBlitz | Insane Demon
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EricVanWilderman | First LazerBlitz completion since Quest For Perfection. Additionally, Black Blizzard was originally going to be in the 2022 Community series as Demon #12. However, because he could not complete it in time, it was replaced with this level, making it the only final level that was not Extreme Demon at the time. |
2023
| Name | Creator(s) | Difficulty | Completed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Funk II | JonathanGD | Insane Demon
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EricVanWilderman | |
| lodin da fish washer | Koko43 | Extreme Demon
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AeonAir | |
| Red World | SaRy | Extreme Demon
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SiKky | |
| Kenos | npesta (referred sometimes as Bianox) | Extreme Demon
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Zeronium | |
| Ithacropolis | Bigmac77 | Extreme Demon
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Tride | |
| Frozen Cave | TrueParadoxTeam | Extreme Demon
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npesta | |
| Sonic Wave | APTeam | Extreme Demon
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Doggie | The video date was interrupted due to his Geometry Dash Update 2.2 video reveal. |
| GD10 | Floppy | Hard Demon
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Wulzy & Juniper | |
| Court Circuit | Fafenel | Extreme Demon
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LastPrismAlex | |
| Black Blizzard | KrmaL | Extreme Demon
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Brandon Larkin | Originally meant to be EricVanWilderman's final in the 2022 Community Series, later completed by Brandon Larkin instead. |
| Cognition | EndLevel | Extreme Demon
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AeonAir | |
| I wanna be the guy | Aless50 | Insane Demon
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EricVanWilderman | First 2.2 completion and first platformer level in the series. Additionally, Stereo Extremeness was originally going to be his final 12th Demon of Christmas 2023, but he switched levels due to 2.2 changing the level's physics. |
2024
| Name | Creator(s) | Difficulty | Completed by | Notes |
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| Throat of the World | TheJShadow | Extreme Demon
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EricVanWilderman | |
| Trueffet | SyQual | Extreme Demon
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PersonHuman42 | |
| Artifice | f3lixsram | Extreme Demon
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SiKky | |
| The Yangire | Dorami | Extreme Demon
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Zeronium | This is the first classic level in the series to include 2.2 features. |
| shimmer | Amplitron | Extreme Demon
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Doggie & Zoink | Completed via Globed using DeathLink. |
| Buddy Trials | Wolvyyy | Medium Demon
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Stallion & Contra | First non-Geometry Dash player to be involved in the series. Also, the first 2-player level in the series. |
| Snowfall Storm | NotGed25 | Extreme Demon
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LastPrismAlex | |
| Escape Room | SleyGD | Extreme Demon
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npesta | npesta forgot to sing in his video, marking the first time in the series that the intro song was not included. |
| The Hell Factory | Team N2 | Extreme Demon
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Tride | |
| Multition | Partition and Mulpan | Insane Demon
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Wulzy & Juniper | |
| Astral Divinity | Knobbelboy | Extreme Demon
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AeonAir | |
| Conical Depression | KrmaL | Extreme Demon
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EricVanWilderman | First final Demon to be Extreme Demon since The Ultimate Phase in 2021. |
2025
| Name | Creator(s) | Difficulty | Completed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The End is Here | Doggie | Insane Demon
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EricVanWilderman | Initial practice run was done with the creator Doggie in a voice call. |
| Ykds1479ymdppr | Kapycta999 | Extreme Demon
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AeonAir | Intentionally chosen to make the intro song as hard to sing as possible. |
| limbo but uwu ig idk | Akunakunn | Extreme Demon
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PersonHuman42 | Same as above. |
| Frost Spirit | Quaybus | Extreme Demon
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Zeronium | |
| Starlit Stroll | Enfur | Extreme Demon
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Technical | |
| Flamewall | Narwall | Extreme Demon
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Zoink | Highest-ranked Demon on the Demonlist ever done for the 12 Demons of Christmas at #3 (raised to #2 during the premiere of Zoink's video), surpassing arcturus (which was #7 when Doggie completed it for 12 Demons of Christmas 2022) |
| Solar Flare | Linear2 | Extreme Demon
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Doggie | |
| ORDINARY | Vit12 | Extreme Demon
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npesta | |
| Athanatos | Exenity | Extreme Demon
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Vortrox | |
| Napalm | Marwec | Extreme Demon
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SiKky | Tride helped SiKky to sing the hard parts of the intro song. |
| in this together | Frostbite564 | Insane Demon
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Juniper & Wulzy | |
| Astral Divinity | knobbelboy | Extreme Demon
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EricVanWilderman | First repeat completion in the 12 Demons of Christmas, with AeonAir previously having completed Astral Divinity as the 11th Demon of Christmas in 2024. |
Levels
Collaborations with other creators not on EVW's account are italicised.
- Unrated levels
- BALD - Made during his level swap with Wulzy.
- Dash click is faster
- drop kick
- electroman buffed - A buffed version of Electroman Adventures.
- hi 240hz bugfix - A bug-fixed version of the Insane Demon hi meant for 240Hz users. He completed it as the fifth Demon in the 12 Demons of Christmas 2019.
- I ship it
- juniper PLAY THIS - A swing-copter challenge level for Juniper.
- larkin copter
- make your video evw
- maximum dash - A superbuffed version of Dash, verified by Esoteric Hydra on 21 September 2024.
- one click ball
- one click cube
- one click robot
- one click ship
- one click spider
- one click ufo
- one click wave
- nightmare but fast - Same concept as sm 1 click is faster, but with The Nightmare
- sm 1 click is faster
- Taylor Wave Challen
- the wilder van - Made during his level swap with Wulzy.
- Worlds hardest swing
- ZOINK CANT SEEEEEEEE
- Insane Demon levels
- Astral Nebula - A mega-collaboration with ZinkZeta, Zenith, Awzer, Elisione, Hynra, Gachristian1, Metalface221, GDEetuUT, BlakeJM, GDIntrepid and Hexhammer.
- Subterranean Animism (featured) - A mega-collaboration with Aquatias, JacobRoso, Zak, Snowbally, Dudex, Speed, Hinds, Darwin, knobbelboy, Vlacc and Rustam. It was verified and published by EricVanWilderman himself. It is the first level published to his account.
- Verified levels
- Beauty Underneath - A Medium Demon by kDarko, and the sequel to Angel of Music.
- Betelgeuse - A Team Proxima mega-collaboration.
- Cosmic Festival
- Snowblind - A Medium Demon mega-collaboration hosted by YakobNugget, verified for the 12 Demons of Christmas 2020.
- Level cameos
Nominations and awards
The Geometry Dash Awards
Received 6 nominations in The Geometry Dash Awards
- Nominations
- Nominated in the 2.1 Awards for Best Content Creator
- Nominated in the 2020 Awards for Best YouTuber
- Nominated in the 2021 Awards for Best YouTuber
- Nominated in the 2022 Awards for Best YouTuber
- Nominated in the 2023 Awards for Best YouTuber
- Nominated in the 2025 Awards for Best YouTuber
Other honours
- Placed 1st in the 'Favorite Content Creator' category in the 10th Anniversary Awards
Quotes
- 'Are you ready for some badassery?' (before the completion attempt on a Demon level)
- 'And as always, peace!' (his outro)
- 'THE RECENT TAB!' (included in his intros in the 'Recent Tab' series)
- 'IMPOSSIBLE/POSSIBLE.' (when a level is impossible/possible in his 'Impossible or Not' series)
Trivia
- EricVanWilderman reached 1,000,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel on 28 April 2024.
- Eric has garnered over 1,300,000 subscribers as of 5 June 2026.
- Eric's worst fails include 98% on Bloodbath (due to a 240Hz bug), 97% on Ultimate Demon Mix, 98% on Spacelocked, 98% on Jawbreaker, 98% on hi, 99% on HexaForce, 99% on BuTiTi II, 98% on AcropoliX, 95% on ICE Carbon Diablo X, 85% on Thanatophobia twice, once to the last input and once to the last green orb (which he referred to as a 99% death because the rest is auto), 98% on Acu, 95% on Artificial Ascent, 99% on Heartbeat, 93% on Sakupen Hell and Erebus, 94% on Stereo Extremeness and 92% on Yatagarasu, and three times for Sonic Wave.
- Eric does commentary videos, like Brandon Larkin and Merg.
- Eric also has a few different series of Geometry Dash episodes on YouTube. For example, a series of going into the recent tab, a series of completing five Easy Demons in one video, a series of beating buffed versions of levels, a series where people send him levels and he decides if they deserve a star rating, and a series of looking up 'impossible' levels to determine whether they are impossible or not.
- Some of the hardest Demons Eric has beaten include Red World Rebirth, NecropoliX, Heartbeat, aftermath, Down Bass, Bloodbath, Sakupen Hell, Phobos, Black Blizzard, Artificial Ascent, Digital Descent, Erebus, Yatagarasu, and his current hardest, Sonic Wave.
- Eric has also done practice runs on Bloodlust and The Yandere, although for fun, as he does not plan on beating those anytime soon.
- Eric is the second-oldest well-known Geometry Dash player, next to DashieGames.
- Eric created his channel in November of 2012 and kicked off his Let's Play career with the game Okami HD, followed by Knytt Underground. He ultimately deleted the Let's Plays from both games.
- Eric was the seventh player ever to beat 50/20 mode in Five Nights at Freddy's: Ultimate Custom Night.
- Eric owns a stuffed animal bunny named Benson, known for being a bully to Eric. He also has a stuffed Bulbasaur, which he won in a claw machine.
- Eric owned multiple other channels, such as EricVanWildermanTOO (used mainly for Mario Maker and other gaming content), EricWilderman (used for horror video game content), and EricVanWilderman (used to post tutorial videos on Geometry Dash levels).
- Eric used to run three other YouTube channels: EricVanAnime, for anime-related content (now removed and discontinued); EricWilderman, where he posted videos of himself playing horror games; and EricVanWildermanToo, where he posted videos of himself playing Super Mario Maker 2, Fall Guys and other games.
- As of 11 April 2020, Eric is a father to a boy named Taylor. Taylor has appeared in a few videos, including his completion of A New Cataclysm and one of his Impossible or Not videos. Taylor has also appeared on his Mario Maker channel.
- Eric is an in-game moderator.
- Eric has done a Geometry Dash 'manhunt' with AeonAir, in which both players must play through the entire official level list; however, the 'hunted' player begins at Polargeist, and the 'hunter' begins at Stereo Madness. The goal is for the hunter to catch up to the hunted's progress before the hunted finishes all official levels.
- Eric is a former member of GeoStorm.
- Eric has completed two Extreme Demons immediately after saying words around the lines of: 'This is gonna be my last attempt before I gotta go' twice in a row, the first being with Down Bass and the second being Artificial Ascent.
- Eric's favorite level is Forest Temple.
- Eric was nominated in the Best YouTuber category in the Geometry Dash 2021 Awards. He got second place with 29.9% of the votes, behind Doggie.
- In the Geometry Dash 10th Anniversary, Eric won the vote for 'Who is your favorite content creator of all time?' with 3,717 votes from the form results.
- Eric beat the original RGB trilogy on 19 October 2025 with his completion of Sonic Wave.
- Eric was featured in 'GEOMETRY DASH GANGSTER RAP' by Boom Kitty.[9]
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw1MlAa8PIY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NexmrVnigAE
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajknPmnf1Ig
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDAeB562vq4
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkFo1VLj53s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlIUMqVrNvY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF6DGqvNnmI
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w3YJng7UcAM
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxGBF7Qn7SQ