Starting off this review I want to ask something: when does art-tracing start to be morally questionable for a videogame-looking art platform? I wasn't able to answer this question so I left this review due ever since, but not long ago I got a realisation over an unrelated situation: This piece doesn't try or want to be a level, but rather an edit made in GD.
Boogie is a level made by Connot as an event level for the NCS x GD album track rollouts. Connot, although already being an established creator for a long time now, gained a lot of notoriety and controversy for releasing BUSSIN, a megacollab made for the NCS gauntlet themed about brainrot memes, and certainly one of the levels with the most mixed opinions in the history of the entire game. According to Connot, Boogie was set to be the "girly" version of BUSSIN. You can see this because theres a lot of nerdy references of anime culture and flashier, pinkier colors. The moral discussion regarding this level (and by extension BUSSIN but lets put that level to a side) is it contained a LOT of traced art from other pieces, wether be official anime scenes, fan animations or memes. And you could really make an argument in that subject, but personally, I think this is one of the few exception where this kind of moral question can be abolished. Why? Am I being an asshole? I want to make my point straight and clear so hear me out.
This level doesnt have much gameplay other than the start, where we are in a calm beach with a slight synth tune that evokes the feeling of summer, and a random part in the middle. The rest is just an edit. Usually, when you are making an edit for tiktok or instagram reels, you may take a lot of stuff you like and put it together in some happy or energetic song, say, a nightcore song for example. This is exactly what Connot is doing in this level, with the limitations of the editor. This is barely a level, but a tiktok video. This might be questionable for some players as some of them just like playing the game to its core and really just reject anything that doesnt feel like a "true" geometry dash level, and thats perfectly fine. I personally love this piece, I get a lot of the references and it really stuck on me. Typical of a male to love a girl-oriented artwork. So to sum up, questionable as a level, awesome work as an edit.
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sorry about this gang