"Mindblow" by Namtar | Geometry Dash 2.1
771It's been nearly 5 years since this level came out, and I'm not sure why I didn't upload it back then, but better late than never, right? I think looking back at Namtar's work at this point is pretty cool as well, as I'd say his influence has been quite big. This came out in very early 2.1, but I'm pretty sure he built majority of it in 2.0 and simply added the Spider section and finished it up after the update came out. The visuals looking this good for a level of that update, and so long after, is a testament to its quality. Namtar was one of the first creators to execute glowy design very well, which is often mentioned by people as a style today, 5 years later.
In other words, I'm a big fan of the visuals at display here. Every part has nice designs and decorations, with a good amount of glow on top, and I like how he mixes in yellow in every part. You may know of NecropoliX and Freshery by Namtar, which are both very good design levels, but in terms of colors I find those a bit boring today considering how monochrome they are. This does better in that regard. You can, however, tell that Namtar's inspiration and/or motivation for this level faded somewhat towards the end. It gets a lot lazier, for example at 1:01 with no structures in sight and little air decoration, as well as the final part being quite boring and repetitive for roughly 20 seconds.
Gameplay-wise, I'm not the biggest fan of this level. There's some sudden, blind orbs, particularly around 0:30, and it uses black screen transitions between most parts. At 0:22 this leads to a very sudden, blind transition. This is what we typically criticize megacollabs for doing and not solo levels. It's worth noting that this wasn't really brought up back then, so it's not like I'd expect Namtar to do better in hindsight, but I'm just saying the gameplay hasn't aged too well. These issues make the level feel a lot less fluid when playing it today. Overall, though, this is a very cool solo level by Namtar, which was a part of the foundation of a growing style nowadays.
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Game (version): Geometry Dash (2.11)
Level: Mindblow by Namtar
ID: 28969151
Music: Sonder by Bossfight
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