Geometry Dash’s Latest Update Allows Players to Recreate Mario Kart, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and More

Almost 7 years because its last significant material upgrade, Geometry Dash got an enormous upgrade right before the vacations. Now, gamers are utilizing functions recently contributed to the video game’s level editor to recreate video games like Mario Kart, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and Yume Nikki, basically turning the rhythm platformer from 2013 into its own video game engine over night.

Update 2.2, launched by designer RobTop on December 19, includes a brand-new video game mode, a brand-new primary level, and (maybe most notably) brand-new functions to the video game’s level editor, consisting of brand-new shader results, a particle editor, and video camera controls. 2 weeks later on, Geometry Dash gamers are still requiring to social networks to share their developments, and they’ve formulated some quite remarkable leisures of popular video games– consisting of a couple of that relatively should not be possible in Geometry Dash.

A couple of gamers have actually pressed Geometry Dash to its limitation by recreating 3D video games in spite of the level editor being completely 2D. As shared by numerous gamers throughout X/Twitter and Reddit, gamer YaY is presently dealing with a Geometry Dash entertainment of the initial Five Nights at Freddy’s, and they’ve currently included working doors and electronic cameras

— Inex (@InexGD) December 30, 2023

Another gamer has actually recreated Rainbow Road from the initial Super Mario Kart, total with an apparently 3D gamer design of Yoshi.

how is this made in geometry dash brother pic.twitter.com/7G2b5OKNFx

— notkaizoxd(@actuallykaizo ) December 25, 2023

While a couple of gamers have actually pressed Geometry Dash’s 2D editor to its limitations by producing 3D video games, especially more gamers have actually utilized the video game’s brand-new particles and shaders to produce loyal remakes of popular 2D video games. One gamer recreated the initial variation of Celeste, which was produced a video game jam utilizing Pico-8.

i made pico-8 from celeste in geometry rush:3 pic.twitter.com/CysLP3GcwH

— Melissa(@wombt_) December 30, 2023

Another gamer has actually shared her continuous remake of expedition video game Yume Nikki, which looks inseparable from the initial thanks to its usage of the exact same sound impacts and art.

i have the strategy of remaking the whole Yume Nikki in Geometry Dash and we require individuals as 2.2 came out it’s now possible to do pic.twitter.com/CmgdX1UlWV

— Clara(@claaaaaaaraaaa ) December 28, 2023

Oftentimes, the upgrade has actually caused gamers breaking previous Geometry Dash’s constraints as simply a platformer, flaunted by this leisure of a manager battle from Terraria’s Calamity mod by Reddit user u/JustDarkz

geometry dash 2.2 editor is so versatile that a skilled person is currently dealing with recreating supreme calamitas pic.twitter.com/HhPGzSSLjG

— Calamity Mod(@CalamityModTeam) December 26, 2023

Thanks to its newest upgrade, according to Steam ChartsGeometry Dash broke its own record for concurrent gamers the night Update 2.2 was launched, and it’s kept a strong variety of gamers considering that, likely in part thanks to the remakes gamers are crafting. Now, after individuals have actually made Doom playable on basically whatever from Note pad to a pregnancy test (and Doom itselfnaturally, gamers are asking one concern: can Geometry Dash run Doom?

Amelia Zollner is a self-employed author at IGN who enjoys all things indie and Nintendo. Beyond IGN, they’ve added to websites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun. Discover them on Twitter: @ameliazollner