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Geometry Dash's Lost Sides: Exploring Unreleased Levels and Assets
This video focuses on lost or unreleased content in the history of Geometry Dash. It showcases interesting cases such as early levels, unused assets, and community restoration projects.
After the data loss, the current song "Surfaced" was adopted and restarted as a large-scale collaboration project.
Thanks to community efforts, screenshots were discovered and the creator himself rebuilt the level relying on his memory.
Although the save file was found, the level data itself was lost. Thanks to community efforts, the level was rebuilt in 2020 and updates continued until 2022.
1. 🎮 Geometry Dash's Lost Early Level: Ultimate Destruction
- ✅ Ultimate Destruction is an unofficial level used in the first trailer for Geometry Dash.
- ✅ Released under the then game name "Geometry Jump".
- ✅ Some of the level's elements were reused in RobTop's later level, "Bass After Bass".
| Element | Details |
|---|---|
| Misspelled "create" tab | Shows early UI design. |
| Number "3" | Possible level number counter. |
| Unimplemented ceiling | Can fly off-screen in ship mode. |
00:00 - 00:26
1. 🎮 Geometry Dash's Lost Early Level: Ultimate Destruction
- ✅ Ultimate Destruction is an unofficial level used in the first trailer for Geometry Dash.
- ✅ Released under the then game name "Geometry Jump".
- ✅ Some of the level's elements were reused in RobTop's later level, "Bass After Bass".
| Element | Details |
|---|---|
| Misspelled "create" tab | Shows early UI design. |
| Number "3" | Possible level number counter. |
| Unimplemented ceiling | Can fly off-screen in ship mode. |
00:27 - 00:30
2. 🎵 Song Rights Issues and Level Unreleased
- ⚠️ The level was not released because the song's author, TMM43, did not approve the use of the song in Geometry Dash.
00:31 - 00:34
3. 👻 Phantom RobTop Level: Active
- ✅ Active is an unreleased level with its name remaining in the game code, but no footage or screenshots exist.
- ✅ DJVI's song "Active" was supposed to be used.
00:35 - 04:26
4. ⚙️ Early Version of Artificial Ascent: Lost Theme and Song
- ✅ The early version of Artificial Ascent was planned as a remake of Cataclysm.
- ⚠️ The song at the time has been lost and cannot be found on Newgrounds.
- ✅ The initial theme was about invading an abandoned robot factory and it coming to life.
| Element | Details |
|---|---|
| Theme | Abandoned robot factory |
| Gameplay | Transition from slow cube to fast wave similar to Cataclysm |
| Reason for loss | Host data loss |
After the data loss, the current song "Surfaced" was adopted and restarted as a large-scale collaboration project.
04:27 - 05:39
5. 🧊 Ice Carbon Titan X: Deleted Phantom Level and Restoration
- ✅ Ice Carbon Titan X was created as the final level in the Ice Carbon series.
- ⚠️ It was deleted just 3 days after its release, and restoration was difficult due to the lack of original screenshots.
- ✅ Qualiton's 2% attempt video and a trailer video containing the first 30 seconds of the level were the only video records.
Thanks to community efforts, screenshots were discovered and the creator himself rebuilt the level relying on his memory.
05:40 - 06:37
6. 🖼️ Unused Assets: Unreleased Elements
- ✅ There are many unused assets in Geometry Dash.
| Asset | Details |
|---|---|
| Inverted 2x speed portal (yellow) | Appeared in the teaser image for update 1.7 |
| Blue coin | Appeared in the teaser image for update 2.0 |
| Early difficulty faces | No borders or shadows, eerie appearance |
| Unused BPM and auto-checkpoint buttons | Features removed during development |
| Unused editor trigger and start position trigger | Triggers with different functions |
06:38 - 07:54
7. ✨ Element 111RG: Restoration of the Legendary Top 1 Level
- ✅ Element 111RG was supposed to be a Top 1 level.
- ⚠️ It was quickly deleted and lost because it was authenticated in an illegal way.
- ✅ Stormfly and Restoration Union attempted to restore the level based on screenshots and testimonies.
Although the save file was found, the level data itself was lost. Thanks to community efforts, the level was rebuilt in 2020 and updates continued until 2022.