Darnoc
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TheRealDarnoc, Darnoc703, Darnoc2, DarnocBlue
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Conrad Hellman, better known as Darnoc (TheRealDarnoc in-game), is a former American player and one of the first creators in Geometry Dash, who created the first-rated level. He had one of the most famous level styles, which led many people to try to copy it. Many of his levels, especially his early ones, appear in Map Packs.
Darnoc had two other accounts; one was 'darnoc2', an unregistered account on his school iPad, where he also made many levels. Unfortunately, Darnoc lost that account when everyone at his school had to delete non-school-related games. He also had an unregistered Bluestacks account, 'DarnocBlue'.
History
[edit | edit source]Darnoc started playing Geometry Dash in 2013, during version 1.0.
He quit the game in October 2015 after creating the level 'Okiba Crackdown 3'. He was also inactive on his YouTube account.[1] On 15 October 2016, he became active by posting a video of playing a VR game. In the description, he said, 'Sorry for no Geometry Dash videos kids.'
Out of nowhere, he returned to Geometry Dash on 1 February 2017, with the level Blacklights, a detailed 2.1 level that also received an Epic rating. Even RobTop was shocked, as he said in the comment section of Blacklights, 'He is alive?... :o'. Many other creators were shocked by his comeback, such as Partition, Serponge, Viprin, etc. He also made a level called Bonus Level, but he got bored with it and has not uploaded a level since. He uploaded his last Geometry Dash video on 9 February 2017.
When asked by player Krisz whether or not he would return to Geometry Dash, Darnoc stated that he would likely not, although he wants to play the new 2.2 level if the update is released.[2]
Darnoc continues to upload videos of various rhythm games on his YouTube channel, such as Spin Rhythm XD and Synth Riders. However, he has not uploaded any new videos for nine months.
At the beginning of 2024, Darnoc temporarily returned to Geometry Dash and made a few posts on his account, sharing his thoughts on Update 2.2.
Achievements
[edit | edit source]Darnoc inspired RobTop to create the UFO game-mode with the test level 'gravity field'. The gameplay is a field of yellow orbs with obstacles in the form of cube blocks. The gravity and obstacles also change in the middle of the level. They revert to normal at the end.
Another of Darnoc's achievements was creating the level 'Wave Wave', inspired by an arcade game of the same name. This level also inspired RobTop to create the wave game-mode. This level uses a UFO with many blue orbs as gravity switches.
Levels
[edit | edit source]- Unrated levels
- A Walk In The Park
- Automatic Level
- blackout
- Bonus Level
- Bonus Level Copiable
- cant stop
- Castle and Courtyard
- Combo Breaker
- Crackdown Draft
- CycleStream (DarnocBlue)
- Double Track (darnoc2)
- Drop Dead (darnoc2)
- Electric Jungle
- Gratify (darnoc2)
- gravity field
- Hedgehog Run (darnoc2)
- Holy Flipperoni
- insert name here
- Mayonnaise Run V2
- Partyt Ar IGang
- shattered
- StreamDynamix (DarnocBlue)
- Streetlights
- Theory of Clubstep (darnoc2)
- Triaxis Collab
- Wave Challenge - The most downloaded Tiny level.
- Auto levels
- Auto 7Step (Star-rated)
- Easy levels
- Stageix (Star-rated) - The most-downloaded Short level.
- Hard levels
- Breeze (Featured, darnoc2)
- smooth jumper (Featured, darnoc2) - The first level in the 'Smooth Series'.
- Utopia Dash (Featured) - The first level in the Challenge Pack.
- Harder levels
- 4000 Blocks to Go (Featured, darnoc2)
- A Tribute (Star-rated) - A mixture of levels from The Impossible Game.
- bouncer (Featured, darnoc2)
- chill out (Star-rated) - The first rated level in Geometry Dash, with the level ID 146.
- Chill Out Remake (Featured, darnoc2)
- Cytic Flow (Featured) - The third level in the Challenge Pack.
- Dont stop believin (Star-rated)
- FlipFunk (Star-rated)
- Grab Bag (Featured) - A collaboration with Findexi and Minesap.
- jumpin jam (Star-rated)
- No Deaths Allowed (Featured)
- Okiba Crackdown 3 (Featured)
- Rainbow Road (Featured)
- Rapid Switch (Featured, darnoc2)
- reach for the skies (Featured, darnoc2)
- red yahooey (Featured, darnoc2)
- Smooth Bouncer (Featured, darnoc2) - The third and final level in the 'Smooth Series'.
- Smooth Caverns (Featured, darnoc2) - The second level in the 'Smooth Series'.
- Sunny End (Featured)
- Time CrAcK (Featured)
- Time Lapse (Featured) - A collaboration with Juffin.
- Insane levels
- 7Step (Featured)
- Arus Madness (Featured)
- Blacklights (Epic)
- BladePark (Featured)
- ChillFunk (Featured)
- Clash (Featured) - The first level in the Fusion Pack.
- Clutterdunk (Star-rated) - Formerly Demon 10*.
- TimeStream (Featured, DarnocBlue)
- Disco Chip (Featured)
- Dizzier Run (Featured) - A level made for DrDizzier.
- Dream (Featured) - The second level in the Paradox Pack.
- Electric Freeze (Featured) - The first level in Turbo Pack 1.
- Fantasy Base (Featured)
- Final Step (Featured) - Darnoc's last 1.5 level, the third level in the Chaos Pack.
- FLAPPY BIRD (Featured)
- Fuzzy (Featured)
- Easy and Hard (Featured)
- Ice and curves (Featured) - Darnoc's first 1.6 level.
- Just Another Level (Featured)
- Mind the Gap (Featured)
- MindDrop (Featured)
- Mystic Jumper (Featured) - The third level in the Shatter Pack.
- Perkz of a Square (Featured)
- Scene Machine (Featured) - The second level in the Twisted Pack.
- SewerStep (Featured)
- Shocked (Featured)
- Something Funky (Featured)
- Theory of Nothing (Featured)
- TimeLapse (Featured)
- Wave Wave (Featured) - The level that inspired the wave game-mode.
- Easy Demon levels
- Beautiful Chaos (Featured, darnoc2) - The third level in Demon Pack 4.
- Bionic Button (Featured)
- Chaoz Impact (Featured) - Darnoc's first 1.9 level.
- Clubdrop (Featured) - The first level in Demon Pack 6.
- Crunchy Apple (Featured) - Often considered to be one of the most difficult Easy Demon levels.
- Dark Tramuia (Featured)
- DarnocDynamix (Featured) - The first level in Demon Pack 10.
- Hextec Flow (Featured) - The third level in Demon Pack 2.
- IceStream (Featured, DarnocBlue)
- Sky Realm (Featured) - The second level in Demon Pack 4.
- Steam Chamber (Featured) - A level made in honour of Geometry Dash coming to Steam; the first level in Demon Pack 16.
- To the Grave (Featured, darnoc2) - The second-rated Demon level in Geometry Dash.
- yStep (Featured) - The first level in Demon Pack 1.
- Medium Demon levels
- Hexagon Road (Featured)
Nominations and awards
[edit | edit source]- Awards
- Placed 5th in Viprin's Creator Contest 5 with Okiba Crackdown
Trivia
[edit | edit source]- Darnoc has another YouTube channel called Darnoc703, but he did not post anything on it.
- Darnoc also had a different Geometry Dash account on his school iPad called darnoc2; however, he lost it as his school required everyone to delete any apps unrelated to school.
- Darnoc was one of the first three players to be promoted to a moderator, alongside Rob Buck and Viprin in August 2014. Before Update 2.0, he sent levels to RobTop in a private Skype group chat with top creators at the time. He was demoted in October 2015 due to inactivity.
- Darnoc has a Newgrounds account, on which he posted music in 2015.[3]
- In the description of DarnocDynamix, Darnoc revealed that he is partially colourblind and that his mother helped him with the colours of the levels he built.
- Many of Darnoc's old levels are quite buggy.
- Darnoc is currently the only player to release a level in every update; however, this may change if he does not upload a level in Update 2.2.
Gallery
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Darnoc's profile picture evolution (chronologically).
