SAGDPS

SAGDPS (short for South African Geometry Dash Private Server) is the official Geometry Dash private server, or GDPS, of SAGD. It is owned by AirplaneNiner.

Early concept
The first idea for a spin off Geometry Dash game specifically for SAGD was thought up by AirplaneNiner sometime in August/September 2016, and was called Project X, a name that stuck through development of the GDPS four years later. It allowed SAGD levels to be rated. The rating system was kept in place as SAGD's official rating system.

GirrGDPS
AirplaneNiner discovered GirrGDPS in October 2018. After being promoted to Elder Moderator, he set about bringing change to the server, most notably uploading all the older SAGD levels and rating them. Until its demise in early 2019, GirrGDPS was the official GDPS for SAGD. The GDPS fell to hackers, and YenmasterGDPS was the next designated GDPS. For a brief period of time, MazGDPS was also made one, however, both fell into inactivity.

First attempt
On Airplane's first attempt at a GDPS in mid-2019, 7m.pl went down, forcing him to abandon the project. It was called Project X, and an early logo concept shows the words beneath the GD logo in purple.

Announcement and second attempt
In a poll in November 2020, Airplane asked whether he should start on a special GDPS for SAGD. The poll received five yes and zero no, and Airplane returned to the project along with new SAGD owner CometzCraft to work on a new GDPS. The new GDPS was named SAGDPS. Unfortunately, technical difficulties plagued the project throughout November and December.

Official Levels
Airplane first stumbled upon the idea to make new official levels after finding the song Electron by ForeverBound, the same artist who created Stereo Madness. His idea was that the levels would be named after the practice mode achievements and based off of the RobTop levels. He announced his idea and teased the first song on 12 December. The artist was guessed by GDLavaflameZ and the song was guessed by CometzCraft the next day. Airplane uploaded a short video showing the new level.

Logo
Airplane also changed the logo of Geometry Dash to read SAGDPS, and the RobTop logo to Airplaneguy9. Due to an oversight, the RobTop logo remained on Medium and Low graphics, which was quickly fixed in February 2021.

Third attempt
As the project began to go nowhere, Airplane started the website side of the project again. Within an hour, he finally had a version up and running, using a new website, database and the logo up above. This was on call with CometzCraft and GDLavaflameZ, who both agreed to test the new GDPS. This version is known as v0.1-beta, and was only released to the two above as well as STFuryGMD.

v0.1
This version was the first version of the GDPS. The PC version was privately released to a few select people on February 1, 2021, and was made to test basic functions of the game and server. It did not contain any official levels, and the Airplaneguy9 logo read RobTop (see above).

The Android version was never released, and was tested privately by AirplaneNiner. It was compiled on February 2, and was to test how the GDPS worked on Android.

v0.2
This version was the first version to release to PC and Android simultaneously, on February 2. It released to all staff members in SAGD. Additions included a new app icon, showing the South African flag instead of the normal GD icon, and the first released Android build. Changes included the RobTop oversight being fixed, the daily chest times changed, Stereo Madness' song being changed to Electron, and moderator roles now fixed.

v0.3
This version was privately tested by AirplaneNiner. It was to test the Level Manager for PC. Other changes included a logo change, the Airplaneguy9 name changed to AirplaneNiner, and the Android version now correctly named SAGDPS.

v1.0
1.0 eventually released on February 5, 2021, with three official levels, 50 online levels and others.

v1.01
1.01 was only released for Android, on February 7. It fixed an issue with official levels, and now only the first 3 official levels can be played.

As of January 2022, the latest public version is 1.0 for PC (Feb 5, 2021)/1.01 for Android (Feb 7, 2021), and the latest test version is 1.01, released Feb 7, 2021.

Upcoming features
The next update, v1.1, will release soon.


 * Between one and five new official levels

Trivia

 * The GDPS used to be called Project X
 * It is hosted on sagdpsxclub.7m.pl
 * The first PC version took 45 minutes to create, and the first Android version took nearly 2 hours due to crashes in the app build.
 * It has its own official demonlist