The game control of Geometry Dash is rather simple. Mobile players only need to touch their device screen to perform a number of motion changes, particularly the frequent jumping and leaping. The game is progressed through the completion of objectives level by level. Although there are 6 official difficulty ranges across the 18 open levels (with 3 levels in each difficulty scope), the basic gameplay and mechanism remain consistent. The game display is horizontal and the running progress can be viewed from left to right. Essentially, players navigate their in-game icon through the running track in correspondence with the beats and rhythms of the music. It is important to control the motions in a way that it seamlessly matches the music with perfect timing. Meanwhile, players also need to avoid various obstacles on their route. Once they bump into any obstacle, they immediately lose the track and have to restart the level all over again. These obstacles vary from level to level and the complicity escalates as the difficulty levels up. Upon successfully completion of each level, players will be given rewards, normally in the form of in-game currencies witch which they can purchase items from 3 shops. Besides, playing through the first 18 official levels also enables players to gather up 3 secret coins that are essential in unlocking the left 3 secret levels. Meanwhile, if players get stuck at certain level and can’t make a progress, they may opt for the practice mode where they can repeat their trails and errors at ease without worrying about the game result. Furthermore, as players level up, they also get to unlock new forms of their gaming icon, known as the “vehicle”. Different types of vehicle can adapt to different landscapes of the running terrain.