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Multiple factors play into this, really.

How much time a day you spend on it is a major one involving YOUR input, but there are other factors that are unchangeable like the style, the decoration, what you want to do with it, and how detailed you want it to look.

I've created several differnet levels, each with a slightly different style, and I can tell you all about how various the elapsed time can be.

If you're making a simple level, like Fantasy by Adiale, then you could roughly get 5 seconds done in 15-30 minutes.It could take longer depending on how much detail you're adding. So that could add up to a good 9 or 10 hours, depending on how long you want the level to be.

If you're making a design level, like Electron by Desticy or something by Goose, it'll probably take you a good hour and a half to get one segment done, and maybe even an added 15-20 minute repolishing phase. Levels like these could take around a week or two to finish.

If you're making an effect level, then it really depends on the effect. If it's something simple like a parallax or something, it'll only take you 30-40 minutes to complete a whole 10 second segment, give or take, depending on the song. Added detail comes with added time, mind you. If you're making super complex effects, like G4lvatron's levels, you'll need maybe even 2 hours to do the same 10 second segment, again, with added detail varying that. These levels can take anywhere from 6 hours to 2 weeks to finish.

Demons typically take a frickin' long time. Both of my featured demons took 4-5 weeks to build. Again, it depends on the style, but it'll typically take a while to work around complex gameplay and stuff like that.

Art levels like Destination Utopia by Gibbon765 take a LONG time to make. Art itself is really complex, and figuring it out in GD is half the battle. Actually making it is incredibly time consuming, and a small part could take you several hours to complete. Depending on how efficient you are, these levels could take anywhere from a week to a month to finish.

''Depending on how professional you make things look and what style you want to use, levels can take anywhere from 2 hours to 2 months to build, really. There are too many variables to narrow it down any further.''