High Life

Template:Infobox Level High Life is a 1.9/2.0 Insane 9* level by Migueword. It is known primarily for its length, originality, and its notorious buffed remake by KrmaL called Low Death. Some people have considered it to be worthy of a Demon rating. The song has since been blocked from Newgrounds for its usage of numerous copyrighted songs and has not been replaced by the creator, leaving the level without a currently downloadable song.

Gameplay

High Life begins with a half-speed cube section featuring a few tricky timings and some memorisation. Here, the level shows text displaying, 'High Life by Migueword'. Then there is a moderately hard half-speed ship sequence with a few tight spaces and the text 'Song: Magic Touch by Romos'.Then there is an auto cube part. It displays the text '3', '2', '1', and 'Go!'

Next comes a hard dual-wave segment with numerous speed changes and tight spaces, followed by a ball part with some simple timings. At the end of this part, the text 'One More Time' appears. Then there is an easier ship part with a few obstacles to avoid, followed by a short UFO segment with several sawblades, and then a moderately tight wave segment with some tricky speed changes.

Then there is a very long half-speed cube section with lots of pulsing decoration and some spike jumps, followed by a slow ship with many sawblades. This part displays the lyrics of the song. Then there is a very long auto part. At the end of this part, there is a short flying part where the text '1.9' becomes '2.0', signalling the transition between versions, followed by a memorisation-based ball part. Then there is a UFO section with tricky moving obstacles to avoid, followed by a rather long ship-based boss fight section, separated by two UFO segments.

Then there is a relatively easy robot part, separated by a half-speed ship section with a few tight spaces, followed by a rather long, slow ship with a few tight spaces and gravity portals. Then comes a slow auto cube section, followed by a tricky ball part with some timings. Next is a relatively easy cube section. In the end, it shows 'Almost There... :^)'

Then there is a ship part with numerous scaled obstacles with ground spikes. Near the end, it shows 'Ready?', signalling an intense ship sequence with a series of gravity and teleportation portals. In the end, it shows 'Let's Go M9!' Afterwards, the player enters a difficult wave segment with fast-paced speed changes and lots of mashing, followed by a ball segment with a few tricks that ends with the text 'GG'.

User coins

• The first coin is located at 4% at the ship sequence. To collect it, the player must fly into the aperture without bouncing off the yellow orb.
• The second coin is located at 22% at the wave segment. The player needs to fly into the fake wall, collect the coin and return to the normal route; otherwise, they will crash into the wall.
• The third and final coin is located at 97% at the ball segment. The player needs to land on a platform barely visible from above and change gravity to avoid dying.

Trivia

• High Life was ranked #45 in GDToday's '100 Greatest Levels of All Time' list.
• Like Phobos, High Life was partially made in Update 1.9, while the rest was created in Update 2.0.
  • The pre-drop (except for some text) was made entirely in Update 1.9, and the drop (around 40%) to the end was made in Update 2.0.
• High Life shares its name with a song by Daft Punk.
• KrmaL created and verified a remake called Low Death. Through a complicated history in which the level was abandoned and its verification repeatedly delayed, he ultimately verified and uploaded the level on April Fools' Day.
  • The remake has boosted the popularity of High Life since its announcement.
  • On 5 March 2020, KrmaL legitimately verified Low Death, revealing the verification video and uploading the level on 1 April 2020.
• The song, 'Magic Touch', is a mashup of 31 songs produced by numerous electronic music artists, including Porter Robinson, Daft Punk, Deadmau5, Zedd, Mat Zo, and Madeon.
  • Some videos of High Life (and Low Death) have been blocked due to the song's usage of copyrighted samples.

Video

File:Geometry Dash - High Life (Insane) By- Migueword

A walkthrough of High Life. Credits to TheWaffleName.