Norkbork: thanking his viewers for like 30 seconds Me: clicking to the gameplay in the background

@devv9501

4 жыл бұрын

too relatable

@norkbork

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@cirnolurk

4 жыл бұрын

k

@gdstyliz5086

4 жыл бұрын

I’m on my phone :(

@beepduck

4 жыл бұрын

Mum Has a mum as well then just tap the parts of your phone that aren’t the screen

i feel like people only feel that an extreme/insane demon layout is good when it is a speedcore layout

@CrazyDash9

4 жыл бұрын

Speedcore died like a year ago

@nell076

4 жыл бұрын

yea that ain’t tru bud

@lucidmlem

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sad no one has made a Holy Macaroni layout yet

@retaliqtor542

4 жыл бұрын

thats totally wrong

@rndmbs

3 жыл бұрын

speedcore layouts are trash

"The visions that you see in your head are your style; your way of perceiving music." - norkbork 8:37 I think your the most powerful influence under my layout making. I cannot thank you enough.

@norkbork

Жыл бұрын

:D

@skilless935

10 ай бұрын

I guess my style is eating children

@Destrixio

3 ай бұрын

That is such a hard line

I've gotten some pretty dumb complaints about my gameplay, its kinda annoying, glad to see someone else agrees that you shouldn't just change things because someone else says you should. I've had this problem a lot tbh.

@neutro1538

4 жыл бұрын

Same lol, ppl say that my gameplay is annoying without saying why

@Lunaticboi956

3 жыл бұрын

@Spacious250 [GD] except that what may seem like everyone is really just a vocal minority. not all criticism is valid

@RalveXly

3 жыл бұрын

the thing i hate about most of the feedback is that they did't even say what they think crearly, i've seen people asking "what can i do to make this better" and responses like "structures are weird" HAHAHA

@liamshaw3971

2 жыл бұрын

Lunaticboi IMO it should always feel like the players fault when they die. As long as this is true then it’s good gameplay.

@anomaly3215

2 жыл бұрын

@@liamshaw3971 not always

"I believe that you show never be afraid to drop a layout if you aren't feeling it" I'm never able to finish layouts even if I _want_ to get it done, I lose motivation way too easily lol

@truebino

4 жыл бұрын

Same tbh

@bloxyyt

3 жыл бұрын

i just get bored lmao

@Macat004

3 жыл бұрын

True: I be like... let's build an incredible level!!!! After I made 30 seconds gameplay.... I'm out of ideas I'm not finishing it

@porple4430

2 жыл бұрын

low attention span

@Leetransform25

2 жыл бұрын

@@porple4430 Or maybe it's called lacking motivation like the comment says, no one said this was an attention span issue

"I hope you guys are as excited for the future as I am," he says in a the most monotone voice ever.

Soon enough I’ll be flexing that I was here before 1k once norkbork hits 100k lmao

@LINK-is3oc

4 жыл бұрын

I was here before 400 subs lmao

@xcvb9201

4 жыл бұрын

i was here when he had 700 or 800

@ong3995

4 жыл бұрын

Idk when I found nork

@solarean

3 жыл бұрын

i was 4011 sub ‘=.=‘

@your_fathers

3 жыл бұрын

I've watched this guy since 1.5k ish but I've never actually subbed lol

What a great video tbh. All the information was organized and well explained, the information itself was beyond useful, and the only complain I have is your voice (it made me sleepy), so it's not that big of a complain at all. I wish I had discovered your channel sooner, 'cause you seem like the kind of guy that knows what he's talking about, and more than that, talks with passion about what he knows about. I'm also an avid Layout maker, love to experiment with new stuff all the time, have gotten into Duals lately and have been having a blast with them. I could've only gotten here building whatever I like with these tips tbh, this new generation of creators has it easy with videos like this detailing each and every step of the way to becoming a great "Layouter". Thank you for this video, as it will help a lot of people that need it. Also, why the hell not, I'm subbing.

@norkbork

4 жыл бұрын

UnluckyClover aww ty

@chazzerine7650

4 ай бұрын

@@norkbork The way you speak is how you perceive words. Don't change something just because someone tells you to ;) (If you couldn't tell, I'm using the context of this video to point towards a different topic. Primarily in a humorous way)

I'm gonna get discord just for this Also very interesting take on improving gameplay

yes I HAVE invited you to join

@alanbecomesastar

4 жыл бұрын

HE HAS

@b6oy1004

4 жыл бұрын

HE HAS THO 👊👳🏿‍♂️

@account1a

4 жыл бұрын

HE DID

@cirnolurk

4 жыл бұрын

PRO

@atomandanine

4 жыл бұрын

funny cat

This is one of the best channels for Geometry Dash commentary. Unlike other people, you speak genuinely and actually explain stuff very clearly. :)

I’m super happy to see one of these tutorials that isn’t just a list of do’s and don’ts. I actually found quite a bit of this advice helpful myself, props for making such a well written and thought out video!

Ey man. Thanks for the 5 tips. Hopefully my layout's gameplay style change to look more interesting.

I wish I could like this a hundred times. This was so useful, thank you so much, I needed this.

@lucidmlem

4 жыл бұрын

Just have over 2 hours of free time and put the video on loop.

@bloxyyt

3 жыл бұрын

AALB .__.

I am also a layout creator. I've dropped few of my layouts because that didn't looked good to me but when I made my latest layout, I've seen that I was improving. For structuring I used slopes,rectangular blocks and normal blocks and that went nice! I also made couple of assymetrical duals and they were amazing! I was really glad by my improvement and my inspiration was DeVeRel GD. Still I'm not that good at making gameplays but I will improve more and try to keep this up...

Thanks for making this video. I knew most of these tips already, but you expanded upon those with more of your thoughts, examples, and information, which is unlike most other KZreadrs!

Thank you for the tips It will show in my levels. Congrats for 2k you really do deserve it.

Amazing video, extremely informative and entertaining! GG on 2k man, you deserve every bit of attention you have!

What a great video! This changed my view completely and I’m exited to start creating

awesome video and gg for 2k, those subs are well deserved ;D

Congrats on 2k subs :) you deserve it

Big congrats on 2k subs!! Also I love these tips, they can definitely help :D

@norkbork

4 жыл бұрын

thank you!!!

I really needed this because I want to be happy with my gameplay style before I start fully creating or atleast trying to

I can confirm that working with music that you like and vibe with, the layout will just make itsself. I used my favourite song for a layout once, an dhad no problem making it longer than 2 minutes

Great job on 2k! Keep up the amazing geometry dash videos! :D

@gd_verily9548

4 жыл бұрын

ayyy thanks for the heart!

This is so true! People need to explore their own style. There are a handful of things that I think shouldn't be used, but they're pretty insignificant.

I came across this in my recommendations, all though I already do all these things you said I can still appreciate people like you taking time out of your day and helping people understand what gameplay is. Now days people just say use jump pads and portals to sync layout add a few parts where you click and that’s your layout, I think that it is not very good the way people teach gameplay and I can agree with what you are saying, you really need to take time and build layouts how you imagine them and go from there don’t be afraid to make 10’s of unfinished layouts, all you are doing is learning what works and doesn’t work. This video is gonna help a lot of people :) Good luck on 3k I’m gonna have to join the server.

Omg. When you turned on the music at 7:34, i was having so much nostalgia. I played pokemon x too much when i was little

thank you norkbork for this amazing video. i have always thought that creating tutorials which tells you what gameplay not to make and to make didnt help because it limited what you could build.

this actually really helped. thanks a lot!

8:15 I thought that was just ym ADHD; It's nice to hear that i'm not alone.

i just subbed. im pretty new but i love your content so far. keep it up :)

This is exactly the video I needed :O Thaaanks!!!

this is an amazing tutorial tbh, I'm gonna be a supporter

Bro is the most honest, the calmest and the most gentle person I know.👍💪💯💯

Wow thank you! Congrats! :D

THANK you for mentioning the thing about how if you don't conform to the basic and boring layout style that everyone else uses, I typically build extremely fast and portal intensive GP that gets heavily criticised and I seem to consistently recieve the phrase: "Looks unfun." I also tend to use size portals and dual portals to add extra effects and flavour to my level without changing the gameplay and yet for some reason people seem to hate that, and call me lazy for using them to sync to the song, it's like they want me to make every note an input or something.

Very useful. Just subbed

Thank you for this video c: this helped me a lot when it first came out

Thank you! I finished one layout i was proud of and liked. ❤

Found your content awhile ago, and although they're a little too doom and gloom sometimes, I really love your content :)

@norkbork

4 жыл бұрын

wdym doom and gloom :c but thank you!

@heinzmustard7267

4 жыл бұрын

@@norkbork you're monotone

@norkbork

4 жыл бұрын

Heinz Mustard fu

Norkbork: explains his very helpful tips Me: that gameplay is sick

this is the first tutorial i have seen that isn't mindlessly telling you to build something. Great job man.

8:37 that is the best explanation that I could never speak about, my mind is so much more advanced than my levels and I could never get it on there like I saw it

The songs that work best for my GP style are Fast and Upbeat songs, as my GP style is Fast-Clicking / Tapping based, and you need to focus a lot. An example of a level that doesn't use my style of GP is Leyak, where once you learn the duals, you can pass them most of the time.

@setablazee3570

2 жыл бұрын

Same! literally almost every cYsmix song just fits perfectly into my style

@jasoninirllife

Жыл бұрын

My gameplay style is sync, it can be fast or slow. For this reason songs like the Africa circles song work best for be

aaaaaaa you surpassed me in subs xD. Congrats though, very well deserved! Great video as always btw

Most informative gameplay related KZread video thankyou

A few comments on the tips: 1. I think an often overlooked thing is sure, you can set no boundaries for yourself, but I find it more interesting if you set yourself interesting (non-community defined) boundaries such as only being able to work with one gamemode. This challenges you to think about what song fits the gamemode you're using and you can figure out all sorts of interesting mechanics that help you discover your gameplay style with that gamemode 2. Avoiding conformity is something the GD community I feel like is struggling with in general. Just like it used to be that we had so many levels that a lot of them looked same-y, we're now going through that same phase but with layouts. I don't think that any video, no matter how popular, is going to be able to influence that at this stage, it's like making videos about generic levels Also I'm definitely not jealous of the fact that it took you six months to achieve double of what I've done in a year and a half... nope... not at all...

Bruh, you deserve way more subs, for these type of tips and work you put into this, it’s just dumb how you don’t have a lot of subscribers. But you definitely got a subscriber +1. :D - A random person.

Just found your channel, great content man!

This is the best gameplay video I have ever seen.

Thanks. This was really helpful to me.

my layouts usually have simple gameplay but i feel like its too empty thi is inspiring me to make harder gameplay thanks

Best geometry dash how to video :D

So I watched this in terms of trying to make a good, Harder or Insane layout for the level, and when I heard about Second Opinions, I feel like my friends give good input. One plays the game semi casually, one doesn't play, and the other one hunts demons. The one that doesn't play told me to "Play it in 16:9, and see if you can still easily sightread." I play in 4:3 btw. Few orbs were more offscreen than I wanted them to be.

thanks for the tips, now my plane and ufo parts now are great.

honestly the best mic of any youtuber

Tysm! You encourage me to keep making my terrible gameplays🙃

I really didn't need to make too many layouts to make my gameplay better xD I just did a level focused on Gameplay and that's it :v Also even if PARA it's pretty creative with his Layouts, the enjoyability of his gameplay it's horrible, I think it's better having Enjoyability over Creativity even if it's pretty generic or maybe repetitive

8:16 , a good timestamp to leave it here

I havent watched the video yet,but you really deserve 2k subs :)

Very helpful video! I Subbed and I'm also watching this at midnight bc why not? I'll join ur discord server later!

I really like this very well done!

@norkbork

4 жыл бұрын

thank you!

the thing you said about music is the key point to make gameplay we like, in the series of know your editor by samyfying, he said that song is the basement of the gameplay, without it everything that comes after the song will fall apart, and i've seen this my self, when i've posted on my youtube channel that is Wyltoon all the differents gameplay i made, the one that were the most watch and liked was the one i've enjoyed the most building on. if you post on youtube regularly gameplay, the statistic can be for the majority of the time a very good indicator of if the peoples like what you've made.

me: makes extreme demon layout everyone: *_looks like an insane demon to me...._* bruh how good are you

@bloxyyt

3 жыл бұрын

@DynaXiasT oofity

Subscribed!

Hey! You are really good and profesional youtuber. I hope you will be much more popular in the future.

Dude, thank you so much

Thank you for this tutorial! I agree with everything you said in this tutorial, especially with boundaries. I feel like the community is setting up a list of rules to how to make good gameplay and deco. Like, the community will disapprove of certain aspects like invisible portals or outdated decoration (like 1.0 deco). Although, there are several levels with outdated deco and/or invisible portals and end up being really good. It’s like saying “you have to create what the community expects you to create”, and that just isn’t right at all! I mean, there should be some guidelines telling you what you should and shouldn’t do, and you should always ask for feedback if needed, but 95% of the time everything should be done your way and not what the community expects. If you don’t like the feedback you’re provided with, then that should be your decision. That’s how creating is more fun. I feel like the community is making level creating harder and less fun imo. Thank you for this video, because this definitely helps more than most GD tutorials.

yes I sometimes do fall into those traps sometimes... An actual video that respects our creativity :)

I have been making a flow style layout, when all my other ones have been overly precise and technical and I actually have lots of motivation to finish it!

congrats :D

Very spot on! I take inspirations but mostly copy some of the gameplay from other layout creator when i first joined in But yeah after making around 200+ unfinished layouts, i finally found my taste Anyways Can you do a review on the hardest upcoming extreme demons? Like giving your thoughts on them one by one (Ps there is a new hardest upcoming extreme demon called sentient space and it aims for no.1 in the demons list, its currently worked on but the layout should be 3 minutes long) Edit: Sentient space is harder than galaxy collapse and unnerfed orochi

@norkbork

4 жыл бұрын

mayb ill think about it :p

had you had not started creating videos only a year ago I would’ve questioned why you haven’t gotten your silver play button yet nonetheless congrats on 2k and amazing video

tbh this legit helped me improve my layouts because of the advice and tips

@norkbork

4 жыл бұрын

i’m glad

my new fav youtuber lmao

Cool video :)

not a level builder but damn i could watch these videos from you for hours :D

Really cool video, I didn’t expect to like this as much as I did, but good stuff. I agree with quite a lot of these things. However, I don’t think you’re giving the gp community as much credit as I feel they deserve. I think that conformity is a problem with some people definitely, and sometimes I feel like I’m watching the most generic collab part ever, but I think a unique style comes with technical skill. Very talented people who have really refined and well executed gameplay are the ones that have unique styles. You can tell the difference between people like R3ul and Lagnugg and Convie and Sequex etc, even when their stuff is decorated. I don’t think that you need to be someone like th31 or para to be incredibly unique. I might’ve misinterpreted the length to that you felt this though. Also while there isn’t one way to make gameplay, I think there certainly some fundamentals that if people don’t do well or choose to ignore, the gameplay in terms of the quality of production is a lot worse. I don’t think you specifically disagreed with this, just thought it’d be worth mentioning.

Because I make a lot of layouts, and they tend to be fast paced. The songs that tend to work best for me, are songs that have a good beat that makes you stomp your feet to the rhythm. (Electronic genres like Eurodance, Dance, Trance. And metal genres like Heavy Metal and Power Metal) I usually structure after I finish the gameplay, but some portions may have structure before that. I use a lot of different types of gameplay to see what fits with my style. My favorite gameplay creators is Chase, Alkali, Hinds and a few others (I've been compared to those 3 at different times, but I usually just do my own thing) I get valid opinions from friends and also sometimes from other people I may not know very well, but they may come with a less biased view.

I have been building for years and have two features. I've published probably 10 complete levels in my many years, but I've gone through HUNDREDS of unnamed levels. If your creativity is flowing, that momentum will get the level done. If it isn't meant to be, you'll know because you hit a block in creativity. Your first tip is so accurate and extremely important

most levels i play i can tell in the first few seconds if its gonna be worth my time to beat it just by how the gameplay is

This was so good what

8:16 I felt that so badly! I used to make a layout of almost every single instrumental music that I heard!

I thought myself the first tip and let me tell you ITS AMAZING. you know that you would dislike the gameplay when you can say "whatever i'll delete it" and then start a new one

thanks dude :)

based video, I agree with literally everything here even though I've already figured out how to develop my style on my own, this really helps put things into perspective for me for the future

Him: "Never not use something because the community as a whole looks down upon it" Mirror portals: 👀

I actually already do all of the points said in the video, so I would say that yes, these points do work.

Thank you :)

Finally, a layout video that doesn't encourage the same flow type style i see in every megacollab montage ever

8:16 Ok, what the hell you just said exactely what it's like for me. Finally someone understands how it is!!! :O :D

Choosing a song you enjoy makes it more fun and you are less likely to get bored

Very nice video and very agreeable. A layout is a form of artistic expression. There are no real rules or techniques that will make a layout objectively good. As well as not feeling forced to finish a layout just like a drawing. You can creat just to practice or experiment. Although I disagree that gameplay has homogenised in recent times. It's been a thing since like forever. Look back at early 1.9 and every level was trying to look like ToE2 with ball mazes and invisible sawblade spam. And don't forget what happened after Nine Circles was created.

the biggest tip ive ever heard for new level creators, make bad levels to understand the mechanics then make a passion project of a level

I make ''simple'' gp and the people around me say it's not that good (the fact that it's simple) and that I shouldtry more ''complex'' things. Now I think that it's fine being as it is, and that the way to improve is to make more and better of those simple lay outs (also it's true that the vairety is cutting short and it sucks a lot). Also, loved this vid! Really needed something like this and not another (make this type of layout 'cause everyone makes it like that) type of thing.

@norkbork

4 жыл бұрын

hey, if you’re content with your gameplay style, it doesn’t really matter too much if other people like it or not :o

0:00 No problem man

about the using lots of songs part, sometimes I just get attached to a song and picture a fully decorated masterpiece with my layout and the song so it would be pretty heartbreaking to throw it away even though I always do

I like the Pokemon soundtrack in the back 😎

after many hours of creating garbage layouts that none will get to see the light of day, and watching this video, i have realized that i'm too braindead and i have no clue how i could ever stand a chance in making great gameplay, i've played for long enough to know what's good or bad when it comes to gameplay, though cooking something up yourself is a completely different ball game, i have a lot of ideas on the many levels i'd love to create for the community, as you said, visualizing the gameplay that plays out, however doing it all on your own, gameplay, structures and facing the behemoth that is decoration, very easy to give up and just drop pretty much everything. i suppose my perception holds me back, honestly i don't even know if i'll ever get to the point of truly putting in the work, not to mention i don't even know how to do all of it, especially since 2.2 is out, how to make so that i love my own level, what im good at is just polishing what exists, not making things come into existence :/