Etzer (etzr on Twitch) was a popular American player and level creator in Geometry Dash. His levels were known for their design and art. He also collaborated very often with other players. He often streamed on YouTube. His live streams were not limited to Geometry Dash; he played Team Fortress 2 and sometimes other games.
History[]
Conflicts[]
- Etzer Fraud Situation - Around July 2018, th31, and S3rios collaborated to make a video exposing over $6,000-worth of fraudulent chargebacks to Etzer's PayPal account.[1] He eventually paid back all of the victims.
Levels[]
Unrated levels[]
- GContest3 FAMOUS
- GContest3 UNKNOWN
Easy levels[]
- Cosmic Dolphin (starred) - A dolphin-themed level.
- Determination (featured) - An Undertale-styled level created for Viprin's Creator Contest 5.
Normal levels[]
- Bitpop (featured)
- Disco Dynasty (featured)
- hyperdrive (starred) - His first level ever created.
- HyperFantasy (featured)
Hard levels[]
- Digital Death (featured)
- Duality (starred) - A collaboration with Nocturne.
- Emerald Brine (featured) - A collaboration with DemonMker.
- hyperflow (featured)
- Poltergeist (featured)
- the fallen (starred) - A collaboration with Lugunium.
- Uprise (featured)
Harder levels[]
- 5000 STRONG (featured) - A level created for Viprin's Creator Contest 1.
- A New Dawn (featured) - His first 2.0 level and the first rated level of Update 2.0.
- AEVUS (featured)
- BossFight (featured) - A collaboration with Dashfire, JUFFIN, and CraftySteve.
- Cane Swinger (featured)
- Crisp Circuits (featured) - A collaboration with TriAxis.
- Cursed Chasm (featured) - A collaboration with Samifying.
- Dreamy Caverns (featured) - A collaboration with HyperFlame and StarShip.
- Electr2nic Super Joy (featured) - The sequel to Electronic Super Joy.
- Electronic Super Joy (featured) - An exact game replica of Electronic Super Joy.
- Envision (featured) - A collaboration with TriAxis and MisterM.
- GANON (featured) - A collaboration with DemonMker.
- HyperArcade (featured)
- HyperArcade II (featured) - The sequel to HyperArcade.
- HyperAura (featured) - A hexagon-themed level. It is his entry into Rek3dge's Creator Contest.
- HyperBattle (featured)
- HyperCosmos (featured) - A collaboration with TriAxis.
- hyperimpact (featured)
- Indigo (featured)
- insomniac (featured)
- Leaving Leafwood (featured) - A level inspired by Darnoc.
- Maze of Haze (featured) - A collaboration with Xcy7.
- Motivation (starred)
- nirvana (featured)
- Star Captain (featured)
- systEm eRr0r (featured)
- taken (featured) - A level inspired by Toxic Ruins.
- the journey (featured)
- The Science Rocket (featured) - A collaboration with ASonicMen.
- timelapse (featured) - A Darnoc-styled level.
- Treasure Map (starred)
Insane levels[]
- chaoz nightmare (featured)
- Chinese Dance (featured) - A collaboration with JoarZ.
- cZ (featured)
- Nirvana 2 (featured) - His entry to Viprin's 3rd Creator Contest.
- The Ultimate Show (featured)
- Unnamed 7 (featured)
Demon levels[]
Easy Demon levels[]
- ELECTRODISE (featured)
Medium Demon levels[]
- INSERT COIN (featured)
- winterbliss (featured)
Hard Demon levels[]
- Hypers End (featured)
Insane Demon levels[]
- Doomsday X (featured)
Collaborations participated in[]
- 2 1 1
- 8o - A collaboration with Zobros.
- Allure - A collaboration with Viprin.
- Artificial Ascent
- Blitz Vortex - A collaboration with Glittershroom.
- Bloodbath
- Digital Descent
- Fallen Dynasty - A collaboration with Viprin.
- Grind District - A collaboration with TriAxis.
- HyperSonic
- Shadowed Jewel - A collaboration with TriAxis and Axcle.
- Star Jumper - A collaboration with Viprin.
Nominations and awards[]
Received 1 award in the Geometry Dash Awards
Awards[]
- Awarded in the 2.0 Awards for Best Game Recreation with Electronic Super Joy
Trivia[]
- Etzer scammed at least 6,000 dollars in Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, discovered by two people, th31 and S3rios, where they found evidence, contacted victims, and put it in a long exposing video.[2] He eventually paid back all the victims.
- A new fad has started involving him singing awkwardly during his livestreams, causing a lot of attention and humor.[3]
- Etzer quit for roughly twelve hours in October when his level "Aevus" was destroyed.
- Etzer potentially saved TriAxis' life by making her reconsider her decision to commit suicide.
- His Newgrounds account is EtzerGD, on which he composes numerous different songs, such as "Emerald Brine" and "Requiem (Feat. Xtrullor)".
- He seemed to scream a lot and has done that with 8o/Eighto by Jomekka, Ludicrous Speed by F-777, Deadlocked by F-777, Time Leaper by Hinkik, Flawless Wings of Yatagarasu by GLS, etc.
- He also screamed at 2:29 in Zelda II: Palace Theme (Xtrullor Remix).
- Etzer's "8)" logo appears in the community credits in the community shop, as he helped run the icon contest.
- He occasionally joked about how bad his Easy-rated level, Cosmic Dolphin, is.
- Etzer's part in Bloodbath has been referred to as one of the most difficult parts of the level.
- After leaving the Geometry Dash community, Etzer would go on to develop games and publish them to his Itch.io. As well as this, he also went on to post art to his Instagram.
- Etzer's last appearance online was when he replied to a comment on one of his games on Itch.io in 2023. He currently works full-time as a Unity developer for a private company in New York.
