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Geometry Dash 2.209 Released On iOS, Android, & Steam After nearly nine months, Geometry Dash 2.209 has been released. This version adds platformer saving, custom keybinds, death tracking, death markers, editor sounds, custom platformer controls, and much more.
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Geometry Dash 2.208 Released On iOS, Android, & Steam After over a year since the previous update, Geometry Dash 2.208 has been released! This update adds the famous Click Between Frames mod, more leaderboards, new Gauntlets, and more.
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2.21 News
Geometry Dash 2.209 Released On iOS, Android, & Steam After nearly nine months, Geometry Dash 2.209 has been released. This version adds platformer saving, custom keybinds, death tracking, death markers, editor sounds, custom platformer controls, and much more.
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Demon List News
Grief Verified & Placed #1 on Geometry Dash Demon List Top player and streamer Doggie has verified the new hardest Geometry Dash level, Grief, after over 436,000 attempts and 600 hours of playtime. It also came after two 97% fails.
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Demon List News
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Grief Verified & Placed #1 on Geometry Dash Demon List Top player and streamer Doggie has verified the new hardest Geometry Dash level, Grief, after over 436,000 attempts and 600 hours of playtime. It also came after two 97% fails.
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Demon List News
Doggie Dies At 97% On Grief: Upcoming Top 1 Hardest Demon In Geometry Dash Top player and streamer Doggie has died at 97% on the upcoming top 1 hardest level in Geometry Dash "Grief" after over 400,000 attempts and 360+ streams. This comes after an 84% fail back in May.
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How To Install Geometry Dash Shaders & RTX

By Brad on December 4, 2022.
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Geometry Dash shaders and RTX gained traction about a year ago but can still be seen today. Surprisingly, many people are unaware on how to get shaders and RTX.

First things first, this is done with a program called ReShade. This program allows you to apply certain effects to games, including the so-called "shaders" or "RTX" you may have seen some YouTubers use.

So here is a guide on how to install this in only 5 minutes!

How To Install Geometry Dash Shaders & RTX (ReShade)

  1. After closing your game, open your preferred browser and go to https://reshade.me/

  2. Click the Download button and download the latest version

  3. Once downloaded, run the downloaded .exe file and wait for it to load fully

  4. Click Geometry Dash (GeometryDash.exe), select OpenGL, then select Next

  5. Click all the effects (make all the boxes ticked) that you'd like to install, or if you want all of them simply click Uncheck all then Check all

  6. Select Next, wait for all selected effects to install, then select Finished

  7. Open your game and click the Home key on your keyboard (usually near the number pad). You will now have a tab where you can mess around with all the effects. Use the home key to toggle this menu on and off

Not all keyboards have the Home key. If yours does not, you can bind another key to it in your keyboard settings.

The recommended effects used for the shaders and RTX look are called Bloom. Try some of them out and see how it looks!


Geometry Dash shaders and RTX are used a lot on extreme demons from the Demon List, including some of the hardest levels ever made.

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