[Tutorial] How to Create EPIC Backgrounds - Geometry Dash 2.1

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This tutorial goes over the steps involved in creating a custom background, tips to make it easier and how to make your background epic! I hope you find this useful, enjoy :D
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:24 The Basics
1:28 Planning
2:14 Focus of the BG
2:55 Textures
3:59 More Layers
5:09 Making it Feel Alive
7:29 Extra Tips
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  • @edooox8916
    @edooox8916 Жыл бұрын

    Backgrounds are always an important part in a level. Even simple bgs are usefull to make a level interesting

  • @cartoonz_hydermations
    @cartoonz_hydermations10 ай бұрын

    I miss those days where you didn’t need a lot of decoration to make a featured level.

  • @SolGatoMan

    @SolGatoMan

    4 ай бұрын

    late reply but I think its because building is progressing and each update there is new things for builders which increase the feature worthiness of a level

  • @jackawesomeness6168

    @jackawesomeness6168

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah

  • @GreatestNate888

    @GreatestNate888

    Ай бұрын

    So true

  • @rustygamer6235

    @rustygamer6235

    Ай бұрын

    @@SolGatoMan allowing more creative freedom is the best thing they can do imo

  • @RTGPlayz

    @RTGPlayz

    Ай бұрын

    Fr

  • @GDvesuvius88
    @GDvesuvius88 Жыл бұрын

    Now I can make an amogus wallpaper neodesign in my next mastergame ripoff??? COOOOL. TY INCI FOR ANOTHER AWESOME TUTORIAL BY WHICH I CAN COPY MASTERGAME AND EDIT TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE ORIGINAL.

  • @halutena

    @halutena

    Жыл бұрын

    put in Shoe textures, it'll make your level epic worthy.

  • @falkeborg9432

    @falkeborg9432

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @alvalger

    @alvalger

    Жыл бұрын

    Fr

  • @komung

    @komung

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah lol

  • @deletedchannel9610

    @deletedchannel9610

    Жыл бұрын

    make sure the shoes are boots

  • @noobier9790
    @noobier9790 Жыл бұрын

    do not use black glow for shadows, use the base color and shift the saturation up and lower the brightness.

  • @NemripNGC

    @NemripNGC

    Ай бұрын

    50th like

  • @TiKlxrTimxr
    @TiKlxrTimxr Жыл бұрын

    This is the best out of all tutorials

  • @sudasu23
    @sudasu23 Жыл бұрын

    Glad to see another banger video coming out from Incidius, keep it up big man

  • @gdneofar8427
    @gdneofar8427 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tutorial again incidius!

  • @Manatee_888
    @Manatee_888 Жыл бұрын

    Tip: you can use black or white lines (depending on bg) to counter blocks and spikes

  • @NemripNGC

    @NemripNGC

    Ай бұрын

    20th like

  • @sm0ll
    @sm0ll Жыл бұрын

    Bro thanx this is the most clear bg tutorial I’ve ever seen I’m making a level that is a bit more nature ish and I wanna make trees and like a sky in the bg but no other tutorials were as clear and I will definitely be joining the discord for help thanks

  • @Yesysysgyagyuagaaaw

    @Yesysysgyagyuagaaaw

    Жыл бұрын

    Sadly i made my level without backround and now i dont know how to make it a higher layer 😢

  • @sm0ll

    @sm0ll

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Yesysysgyagyuagaaaw oof

  • @AhmGD
    @AhmGD Жыл бұрын

    got a new channel btw, this is a really good example video and it helps me out a lot!, at the moment im almost done with a big project, so i hope it doesn't end of terrible near the end, and i want to keep background ideas flowing :)

  • @_GojoGamePlay_
    @_GojoGamePlay_ Жыл бұрын

    This my favorite video going to my playlist!

  • @nguyenduyphuc952
    @nguyenduyphuc9525 ай бұрын

    That so cool ❤ Thanks!

  • @DramelGD
    @DramelGD Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial!

  • @surr3al756
    @surr3al7566 ай бұрын

    Your videos have really made me realize that level creation, even at a high level, can be very simple to do. I always assumed it was very complex, and it really isn't! Thank you for this video, and the playlist "Geometry Dash Tutorials"!

  • @20ThomasQ

    @20ThomasQ

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah you just have to make some backgrounds and some simple block design and it already looks great!

  • @monke3403

    @monke3403

    21 күн бұрын

    its kinda like with drawing in a way if you look at somthing complex it looks extremely hard but if you watch a youtube video on it showing step by step guides on how to make it, it actually isnt as hard as it looks

  • @surr3al756

    @surr3al756

    21 күн бұрын

    @@monke3403 Yeah, and that way you learn basic fundamentals to make other different drawings!

  • @naamikas
    @naamikas6 ай бұрын

    This is awesome, thank you now I can make my custom backgrounds

  • @Not_a_Madridista_
    @Not_a_Madridista_ Жыл бұрын

    0:23 Part 1 The Basics. 1:28 Part 2 Planning. 2:15 Part 3 Focus Of The BG. 2:56 Part 4 Textures. 4:00 Part 5 More Layers. 5:10 Part 6 Making It Feel Alive. 7:31 Part 7 Extra tips.

  • @NameNotLoaded

    @NameNotLoaded

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks lad

  • @Not_a_Madridista_

    @Not_a_Madridista_

    Жыл бұрын

    Np

  • @StrikeFlightGD
    @StrikeFlightGD Жыл бұрын

    Thank for tutorial!

  • @Stepdownjesuschristmockers
    @Stepdownjesuschristmockers2 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your contribution. :D

  • @piyulifecake
    @piyulifecake Жыл бұрын

    tysm this is helping

  • @Gus_the_goober
    @Gus_the_goober5 ай бұрын

    thanks man very usefull video!

  • @ypreal_ypgamezzz_E
    @ypreal_ypgamezzz_E Жыл бұрын

    Very useful indeed.

  • @mischellequibot6063
    @mischellequibot60635 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much it's helpfull❤❤

  • @MINOS_PRIME-JUDGEMENT-
    @MINOS_PRIME-JUDGEMENT-5 ай бұрын

    Thanks, now I can finally continue work on a level I'm making

  • @SuperstarStudioGD
    @SuperstarStudioGD Жыл бұрын

    Just what I needed! Thanks! RoadToCP

  • @teresitasomoza19
    @teresitasomoza1910 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @andreearamona3171
    @andreearamona3171 Жыл бұрын

    I love this, now I can make a ketchup bottle spinning with some glow and oversized pulse blocks thx 😂

  • @klaudiakalwa3041
    @klaudiakalwa30415 ай бұрын

    Bro You just motivated me to make a level

  • @user-gz4ub3gt5r
    @user-gz4ub3gt5r Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @Grablot
    @Grablot3 ай бұрын

    The to you love helped me understand to become better now I make demon levels wich are very quality of thanks so much

  • @iidokigdii8129
    @iidokigdii8129 Жыл бұрын

    Good Tutorial Incidius

  • @NkGDq
    @NkGDq Жыл бұрын

    Thanks bro...im good at decorating but bad at bg :)

  • @stepansvejkovsky5906
    @stepansvejkovsky5906 Жыл бұрын

    Wow... that's really cool video. I will try it. Like

  • @Crazy8cube
    @Crazy8cube7 ай бұрын

    This issue with people not being able to make custom backgrounds will be solved in 2.2, since there will be almost double the amount of good looking bg’s for any kind of style. And that could bring the high standard power for more creators to appear.

  • @solelak
    @solelak Жыл бұрын

    Cool vid. Probs wont use it as a design creator, but good and well made!

  • @halutena
    @halutena Жыл бұрын

    Awesome tutorial mate! :) A tip from me to arts general: AVOID HIGHLY using black or white. Using a lighter or darker color than the base color looks MUCH MORE clean. ;) Another tip: Try using scale hack as much as possible for e.g. plain objects. If you have no scale hack, you can save scale hacked objects from others in the Custom-Objects Tab in the editor. My levels btw have a lot of those objects. Name same as here (Halutena). ;)

  • @hybridevil.

    @hybridevil.

    Жыл бұрын

    id pls

  • @finsavz7020

    @finsavz7020

    Жыл бұрын

    Mobile: :(

  • @robianny

    @robianny

    11 ай бұрын

    most objs look grainy asf when scalehacking, and scalehacking an object too much (like 10x scale) would make it as laggy as multiple objects so use scalehack sparingly

  • @halutena

    @halutena

    11 ай бұрын

    @@robianny honestly, I never experienced that scale hacked objects feels same as multiple. Had optimised levels already this way and they can be played now with more fps. Can U tell how U experience that or from where U get that?

  • @robianny

    @robianny

    11 ай бұрын

    @@halutena pocke's low object level can be a good example. as the title suggests, it uses very few objects, but some of them are scaled so much it just messed up with my game and that makes it as laggy as a high object level to me

  • @TerrariumGMD
    @TerrariumGMD Жыл бұрын

    yes amazing

  • @darkthor894
    @darkthor8945 күн бұрын

    Background Extra And better than the classic backgrounds

  • @Kemav_
    @Kemav_11 ай бұрын

    Thanks!!! New sub

  • @blackdashh433
    @blackdashh433 Жыл бұрын

    You always the best :3

  • @Yesysysgyagyuagaaaw

    @Yesysysgyagyuagaaaw

    Жыл бұрын

    Bro he doesnt explain how he changes the color of the blocks without changing the other one in the backround

  • @blackdashh433

    @blackdashh433

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Yesysysgyagyuagaaaw he sticks different colors to the blocks he changes color than the blocks that he doesnt.

  • @DaizyRaisinghani
    @DaizyRaisinghani Жыл бұрын

    ty

  • @p37ar_xd
    @p37ar_xd Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for tutorial i am so bad at making bg!

  • @ignorantvideos8420
    @ignorantvideos842011 ай бұрын

    I am making a doodley like level and i used outlines to make the A4 paper. The outlines kept killling me. I am also a new creator. Can u tell me what i should use to make the lines and stuff?

  • @JoaquinAntonioOSALES
    @JoaquinAntonioOSALES9 ай бұрын

    He prob says this later on but use a non moving bg and make different design every time the player moves or just make it stay and u make the background template so ur background has different stuff

  • @zavisakmardy
    @zavisakmardy11 ай бұрын

    thx sm

  • @GdJosh-kd6fr
    @GdJosh-kd6fr11 ай бұрын

    This will be usefull

  • @EggcellentYT
    @EggcellentYT7 ай бұрын

    This is...fast

  • @tomyy9472
    @tomyy9472 Жыл бұрын

    tysm

  • @ClemDuranx-xt8gi
    @ClemDuranx-xt8gi4 ай бұрын

    What are the names of the first level in the background and the one at 4 minutes ?

  • @lasWorstes
    @lasWorstes11 ай бұрын

    To make it work for mobile you want it to be 24 blocks wide with the move trigger 9 blocks in

  • @milesbrandon399
    @milesbrandon39911 ай бұрын

    how do i make stuff different color because it keeps changing all the other blocks if i change the same block

  • @bintangfurger4746
    @bintangfurger47462 ай бұрын

    i honestly have no idea cause im stupid new to gd i have decent skill [insane to easy demon] and really wanna be a creator ig this gave me a lil info on the game thx alot.

  • @16lord
    @16lord Жыл бұрын

    I do more or less the same when im making a level, but on a different way

  • @TridentTrist
    @TridentTrist10 ай бұрын

    Hey can i have a copyable level of this? With the layers of mountains and stars (I’m struggling and i cant get it to work)

  • @Hd_Ofical
    @Hd_Ofical8 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @sharooafham6654
    @sharooafham66544 ай бұрын

    ᴛʜɪs ʜᴇʟᴘᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ! ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs!

  • @ItzGabYoMan
    @ItzGabYoMan Жыл бұрын

    Where is the rectangle and glow block located? I checked everyway but couldn’t find it.

  • @JACHXH
    @JACHXH Жыл бұрын

    Hey I have a question, so when I was setting the move block to 1000 and tapped done It made it into a 100 and it keeps doing it, idk if it's bc I'm on mobile or what

  • @Matylan1

    @Matylan1

    Жыл бұрын

    Ye i have the same problem

  • @youmustspecifyaname.
    @youmustspecifyaname.11 ай бұрын

    what do you do if you already made the gameplay

  • @user-qg4dm9vd2n
    @user-qg4dm9vd2n Жыл бұрын

    Cool :)

  • @Movedchanelssss
    @Movedchanelssss Жыл бұрын

    I’m trying to create a simple background but the objects i’m using keep overlapping and going in front or behind eachother

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    Жыл бұрын

    Press edit group and look at the z layer and z order, this is what determines what objects will be above or below other objects. Try to avoid different objects having the same z layer and order as this causes them to overlap. Z order determines the order of objects on the same z layer, objects on higher z layers will always layer above lower layer objects no matter the z order. The only exceptions are text objects and objects with blending colours which seem to ignore z order and are at the z layer below the one you select for some reason.

  • @GreatestNate888
    @GreatestNate888Ай бұрын

    How do I fix the bg disappearing near the edge?

  • @Le_Hurricane
    @Le_Hurricane6 ай бұрын

    its weird. I made a tree background but sometimes pats of it go into the background (dark blue) and are gone, it's inconsistent, in editor blocks show up darker and its all annoying.

  • @filesaved365
    @filesaved36511 ай бұрын

    It covers my entire level... any tips on working that out?

  • @treyclervi7686

    @treyclervi7686

    10 ай бұрын

    put it in the last z layer

  • @Crazy8cube
    @Crazy8cube7 ай бұрын

    Step 1: be Viprin! Step 2: make custom background And you’re done!

  • @VuuV1233
    @VuuV1233 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Incidius can you make a tutorial on how to create deco like Cosmic Cyclone/Sonic Wave Infinity it would rlly mean a lot

  • @User67878

    @User67878

    Жыл бұрын

    Just defecate at editor.

  • @shadowphoenix2514
    @shadowphoenix251411 ай бұрын

    avoid forests *proceeds to make a background with a tree*

  • @TheGreatMacoronie
    @TheGreatMacoronieАй бұрын

    Does this not work in mobile because I’ve been trying for like an hour and a half today trying to figure this out but it just won’t work.

  • @litreyal4348
    @litreyal43485 ай бұрын

    how do i make it natural when it follows the camera

  • @satufiqi2866
    @satufiqi28662 ай бұрын

    how to make the item tab bigger

  • @Jacob.s-ee2so
    @Jacob.s-ee2soАй бұрын

    I know this was made a year ago but I'm saving it in my things so I don't forget

  • @KaelHitchcock
    @KaelHitchcock7 ай бұрын

    - Base - Main focus - Detailing - Shading - Background - Layers - Pulses and Movement

  • @0Sp2
    @0Sp210 ай бұрын

    whats the level called in 7:32

  • @IQUILIYAZ3R
    @IQUILIYAZ3R2 ай бұрын

    What is the name of the level in the backround???

  • @CallMeConor_09
    @CallMeConor_096 ай бұрын

    i followed the steps but i cant see my icon when the plain white bg is infront of me

  • @mohamedbenamara327
    @mohamedbenamara32710 ай бұрын

    but how do we select blocks

  • @WhiteYT123
    @WhiteYT123 Жыл бұрын

    What if you don want the pulse

  • @_GojoGamePlay_
    @_GojoGamePlay_ Жыл бұрын

    My brother wanted to know how to make backgrounds also I sent this to him

  • @Jommo213
    @Jommo213 Жыл бұрын

    1:14 how do you get the move trigger to be like that

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    Жыл бұрын

    What in particular? In the editor press pause then the settings button, turn on the duration lines and effect lines option to add those trigger lines :)

  • @Skinner173
    @Skinner1732 ай бұрын

    The 1st song name?

  • @cosled
    @cosled10 ай бұрын

    Is there a way to make one giant spinning ball

  • @user-qx4vs7ne8w
    @user-qx4vs7ne8w11 ай бұрын

    I have a question, how would I make the background cover my screen at the start of the level instead of having to wait for my icon to reach it?

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    11 ай бұрын

    Hmm so you could do that by at the start of the level having a move with x trigger and a move left trigger (so that it moves the bg to the start of the lvl)

  • @user-qx4vs7ne8w

    @user-qx4vs7ne8w

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Incidius thank you so much. That worked.

  • @Raxxon_
    @Raxxon_ Жыл бұрын

    Tysm for the tutorial but it only let's me set the move seconds to 100 does mobile do that?

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    Жыл бұрын

    not sure, I haven't created on mobile in years. Can't you try 999 seconds? 100 seconds should be enough in most cases anyways

  • @Raxxon_

    @Raxxon_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Incidius yea it works thanks

  • @GooberMans
    @GooberMans5 ай бұрын

    how do you make circles actually high quality? every time i scale circles they get blurry.

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    5 ай бұрын

    use squares and rotate them around a group parent at the circle centre. Copy paste and rotate each square to form a ring then fill it in

  • @decastar2819

    @decastar2819

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@Incidiusthat looks like it'll take a lot of objects though

  • @TheGreatMacoronie
    @TheGreatMacoronie2 ай бұрын

    The first part won’t work. Any tips?

  • @vitonigd1903
    @vitonigd19036 ай бұрын

    Whys there a paimon at 8:44

  • @user-tv5vx9pg4i
    @user-tv5vx9pg4i5 ай бұрын

    whats that level name

  • @vascogoncalves4427
    @vascogoncalves4427 Жыл бұрын

    What is the level 7:35

  • @NotTheLuckiestGuy
    @NotTheLuckiestGuy Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial but whenever I die in my level my background like glitches out and idk how to fix it

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    Жыл бұрын

    hmm how does it glitch exactly?

  • @NotTheLuckiestGuy

    @NotTheLuckiestGuy

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s fine now all I had to do was set it to a dif layer

  • @sillyTorvald
    @sillyTorvald5 ай бұрын

    tip instead of clicking copy + paste just click on your keyboard Ctrl + D on windows idk about mac or linux or ANYTHING ELSE OK

  • @4bn3r_jr78
    @4bn3r_jr78 Жыл бұрын

    3:59, i need the name of that level

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    Жыл бұрын

    Neowise by IlBuzdi

  • @th3at0m1zer4
    @th3at0m1zer48 ай бұрын

    The background is still white, what do I do to change it?

  • @Crazy8cube

    @Crazy8cube

    7 ай бұрын

    Go to the settings. Press more, and then choose any color channel you want for your custom color. After you have your custom color, select all the object of the bg, and edit object, then select the color you want. Or just go watch a video😊

  • @Q-U-O-T-E-VEVO
    @Q-U-O-T-E-VEVO3 ай бұрын

    2:23 what is that levels name?

  • @DoritoEmpire979

    @DoritoEmpire979

    3 ай бұрын

    Moonlight by unzor

  • @Q-U-O-T-E-VEVO

    @Q-U-O-T-E-VEVO

    2 ай бұрын

    @@DoritoEmpire979omg tysm

  • @napoleonicgeese5223
    @napoleonicgeese5223 Жыл бұрын

    How do I set it to move for 1000 seconds, it's only letting me set a max of 100, is that a mobile issue?

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    Жыл бұрын

    Try 999 instead. 100 should be enough in most cases anyways

  • @napoleonicgeese5223

    @napoleonicgeese5223

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Incidius yeah, I realised how dumb of a question that was about an hour after I asked it

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    Жыл бұрын

    @@napoleonicgeese5223 no worries haha

  • @pikkock728
    @pikkock728 Жыл бұрын

    8:44 What's the name of this level?

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    Жыл бұрын

    Shinnen by xVicoGD

  • @pikkock728

    @pikkock728

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Incidius Thanks

  • @King_Oasis
    @King_Oasis8 ай бұрын

    I was watching this and then Robtops sneak peak AD popped out LOL

  • @grouchyguy
    @grouchyguy11 ай бұрын

    how do i make the bg follow me when i go upward

  • @Incidius

    @Incidius

    11 ай бұрын

    Hmm you should just use a move up trigger when the player goes upwards

  • @user-cm5rq7wv2h
    @user-cm5rq7wv2h2 ай бұрын

    What is a pinwheel?

  • @NemripNGC

    @NemripNGC

    Ай бұрын

    it's that rotating thing u can find when playing "wheel of names"

  • @lopoke2417
    @lopoke24176 ай бұрын

    There is something i never understood: What are layers and how the hell do you use them

  • @FootBallEditSTP
    @FootBallEditSTP4 ай бұрын

    How do u do it on mobile 🙃

  • @yohanaquino2786
    @yohanaquino27868 ай бұрын

    What if no discord?

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