geometry dash 2.2 and letting go of childhood
a short blog post about this game and how it relates to me
today, after several years, the 2.2 update to geometry dash has finally been released. i heard about it through some of the musicians i follow on newgrounds, and the news inspired me to think about how the wait and the game relates to my life as a whole. this blog post is about what i’ve discovered from this event
i haven’t played geometry dash in earnest since about 2018. i did mess around with it during 2019 and 2020, but since then i have not played the game. i don’t plan to play it again, because i have no need for it anymore. however, during 2017 and 2018, i was obsessed with it; i became fairly skilled at the game and downloaded a lot of the music that was featured in it. i made some good memories with the game, and geometry dash is certainly the reason why i joined newgrounds and later began making music
i don’t know what the community or catalog of levels is like now, and i have no desire to catch up on what i’ve missed. over the wait for 2.2, i gradually became more and more distanced from the game, until it no longer became a factor in my life. now that 2.2 is out, i do not intend to start playing the game again. sometimes i check colon’s gd browser to see how people are using my music in the game, but other than that i have no involvement with the game. i don’t need geometry dash anymore
i think this acts as a good metaphor for my childhood interests and how they relate to me now; my childhood shaped me, but who i am now is so different from who i was then that my previous interests and i are fundamentally incompatible. consequently, i have no interest in reliving my previous experiences either. i have always been averse to overt nostalgic indulgence, and i’ve always believed that the best direction to look in our lives is forward - not blindly forward, so that we don’t learn from our mistakes, but rather forward in a way that we can build ourselves and each other. i’m not afraid of letting go of my childhood, if i can build off of it and create something great
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i don’t know, i just felt inspired to reflect on my life because of this event. hopefully what i’ve said makes sense and maybe resonates with you