I wanna be the guy
97543536
Orelu
Aless
Original: Native Construct
Replacement: Native Construct (covered by Stormbreaker6404)
Original: The Spark of the Archon
Replacement: The Spark of The Archon (Sinister Silence Cover)
Original: NONG (Not on Newgrounds)
Replacement: 1146972
I wanna be the guy (abbreviated to IWBTG) is a 2.2 Insane Demon platformer level by Orelu, verified and published by Aless on 20 December 2023.[1] It is inspired by the platformer game of the same name. I wanna be the guy is the second rated platformer Demon in the game behind Jet Lag and became the first Extreme Demon platformer level, published just two days after the release of Update 2.2; it was later demoted to an Insane Demon. It is currently the second most-downloaded and liked platformer Insane Demon in Geometry Dash behind How to platformer. The level consists of five stages, each with two checkpoints, navigated with the mini-robot. It was the hardest Platformer Demon for two days, until The Tower XXII was rated.
Description
[edit | edit source]I wanna be the guy consists of five stages, each containing two checkpoints, for a total of ten sections. The level features a 16-bit visual style, extremely tight ledges, and precisely timed jumps.
The only hazard featured in the level is spikes. The level contains no speed changes, game-mode changes, gravity changes, or pads. Gameplay consists entirely of mini-robot sections, with only a few pink orbs and a single red orb appearing in the first stage. Every stage ends with a vertical corridor on its right side, with spikes lining both walls of the corridor. The entire level is played as a mini-robot with normal speed.
Each stage features an increasingly dynamic, psychedelic colour gradient, which is also applied to the block decoration. The final stage uses inverted colours and frequently changing background colours.
A title card reading 'I WANNA BE THE GUY' concludes the level.
Gameplay
[edit | edit source]Trivia
[edit | edit source]- I wanna be the guy was rated on 22 December 2023.
- I wanna be the guy was briefly unrated because RobTop was unsure about rating a level with this difficulty. It was rated again a few hours later.
- I wanna be the guy was formerly an Extreme Demon and got demoted to an Insane Demon on 15 January 2024.
- I wanna be the guy was the first platformer level to obtain the Extreme Demon rating two days after the release of Update 2.2.
- I wanna be the guy has been beaten deathless by multiple players, with the first one probably being lapla on 12 January 2024.[2]
- The fastest TAS time of I wanna be the guy is 38.095 as of 14 July 2026.[3]
- I wanna be the guy's gameplay style is nowadays called 'needle' by many parts of the platforming community. This style refers to platformers in which the player weaves through spike hitboxes even when the spike itself collides with the player.
- I wanna be the guy received criticism for bearing little resemblance to the original game of its namesake.
- I wanna be the guy was in EricVanWilderman's 12 Demons of Christmas 2023 Community Series, as Demon #12, being completed by Eric himself.[4]
- I wanna be the guy is regarded as the second instance of the hardest rated platformer level in the game's history.
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