(Originally written February 8, 2025)

BUSSIN is one of the worst Geometry Dash levels I have ever played. It's obnoxious, soulless, derivative, and just obsessed with the idea of chasing "quality". The song is awful and annoying, and the generic gameplay does nothing to help with the level's enjoyability. It's a soulless, bland product of a level.

Which is why I'm shocked that connot's follow-up to BUSSIN is so great. boogie is oozing with fun and whimsy. It's flashy, but its flashiness isn't where the substance of the level lies. The heart of this level is in simple, cute, colorful fun.

A lot of people have called boogie "BUSSIN for girls", and to be honest, that's kind of affirming to me in a way--but the comparison isn't inaccurate. It's definitely possible that I'm being pandered to, but that doesn't make the level not cute. It's over-the-top, but in a way that isn't obnoxious.

And boogie knows where to tone it down. Being a 2 star, there's a lot less pressure to decipher the gameplay--you can just relax and let the level play itself, pretty much. And the places where the level is slightly more involved and requires actually clicking to avoid obstacles (astonishing for a 2 star, honestly), the visuals are chill and so pleasant. Essentially, you can actually see what the fuck is going on, which is a plus.

My favorite part of the level is absolutely the colorful paper craft part. It's a style that's been done many, many times before, but connot takes it to a new level with 2.2 features. It's simply beautiful, and I couldn't hate it if I wanted to.

I'm so surprised to find that boogie is one of my favorite levels of 2.2 so far. Everything comes together to tickle my brain in the perfect way. Are there things I'd change about it? Yeah, absolutely, but I can't ignore everything that's so appealing about it. This level rocks.

Also it helps that the song isn't annoying as fuck like BUSSIN