Video Game / MasterGame

Geometry Dash is a game engine.^note From the left: Pengo, the crewmate, Ping

The ship me and my crew were sailing had been suffering from an undiscovered leak, and I could do nothing but watch as it sank to the depths of the ocean.
I was swept away by the waves, expecting to drown like my crew. But when I opened my eyes again, I was in a place I had never seen before...

—The Captain in the Opening Scroll

MasterGame is a Geometry Dash custom level by Serponge, and a Spin-Off of their Altergame custom level series. Like the series, MasterGame is a complete departure from Geometry Dash's typical music-based platformer gameplay - it transforms the game from a rhythm-based platformer into an Action-Adventure game with a Top-Down View.

The level's story puts the player in control of a treasure hunting crew's captain, who washes ashore after a leak in their ship is left unattended. Having been mysteriousy transformed into a green square, they must explore in order to find a way back to normal.

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MasterGame contains examples of:

• Anti-Frustration Features:
  • The level includes an on-screen meter of how much longer you can play until restarting from a save is required. When it's down to one minute remaining, a warning appears alongside a countdown in seconds.
  • Dying will not immediately send you back to the start like most Geometry Dash levels, but instead will display your most recent save code onscreen for a while until you're forced to start over.
  • The save code required to access the final boss is a more subtle example. Since it forces you to start from a new attempt, it guarantees that you'll have enough time to fight the final boss as you can't begin the fight without a full timer.
• Block Puzzle: One must be completed to unlock the map in Arctika Village.
• Forced Transformation: The captain is transformed from a into a square due to the final boss stealing their appearance.
• From Beyond the Fourth Wall: Reaching the final boss requires using a save code that the crewmate, unaware of what it is, gives you in the room before it. Entering the code puts you at a save point in the same room, but with a new path through the wall at its top.
• Hit Points: Indicated by a row of hearts in the top left of the screen. You start with three, and every time you run into spikes or an enemy you lose one.
• Opening Scroll: A new game starts with one from the perspective of the captain, explaining how they washed ashore near Arctika Village.
• Password Save: Geometry Dash custom levels are limited to a fixed length based on objects placed in the editor, which the player is always approaching due to the game's nature as an auto-scroller. ^note At least when this level was released. The later Update 2.2 introduced the "level end" trigger and Platformer levels with free movement MasterGame gets around this with password saves, letting you continue progressing across multiple attempts at the level.
• Save Point: You can save the game at small statues by walking up to the circle in front of them. This will display a save code after a few seconds.
• Shout-Out: The song used for MasterGame is an arrangement of Hyrule Field from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.