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A platformer made for the 2021 GMTK Game Jam. Arrow keys to move, R to Restart Level It's not a boulder, it's a rock.

Inspired by Tenet, The Entropy Centre, and The Talos Principle, Retrograde is a mind-bending puzzle platformer where you turn back time and collaborate with your past selves to solve puzzles. Controls Arrows/WASD - Move C/Space - Jump X/E - Interact with objects R - Restart level (hold) Enter/Escape - Pause Inversion Mechanic When you use the Inverter, you the player begin travelling bac…

Death Loop– Escape the Loop by Dying A 2D Platformer Puzzle Game for GMTK Game Jam 2025 Theme: "Loop" You are trapped in a looping dream. The only way out? Die... again and again. In DeathLoop, death is not the end — it's your only escape. Solve puzzles not to survive, but to find creative ways to intentionally die and shatter the dream layer you're stuck in. With every death, a new versi…

Help the Sisyphus, the cursed mythology king! "Ascent from the Depths" is a puzzle/platformer game in which you will have to push a bolder to the summit of the mountain.  This video game is based on the famous Greek/Roman Myth of Sisyphus. He angered the gods by tricking them and trying to escape death. As punishment, he was sentenced to push a boulder up a mountain in hell. But every time he g…

Made for GMTK Game Jam 2025 In this game, you control a little blue square. A little orb known as an "Orb-bit" orbits around you in a loop. The orb can both help and hinder you depending on the situation. There are only four levels. I had other levels and mechanics in mind, but I didn't get around to doing them. With that said, I hope you enjoy what I made so far. CONTROLS Arrow Keys - MoveU…

Key Loop is a short 2D puzzle-platformer about keys, doors, and clever interactions. Explore compact test chambers where each room is a small logic puzzle. Pick up keys, activate switches, and discover the correct sequence to move forward. Think ahead... or find yourself stuck in a loop of trial and error. Audio & Licensing All sound effects used in this game are royalty-free and listed in t…

Welcome to LoopBox: a puzzle platformer about looping boxes! To get the key that unlocks each chamber's door, you must pick-up and move some boxes. But beware: these boxes are equipped with strange recording devices. It seems that once a box is moved, they will repeat their movements in an endless loop. Welcome to LoopBox: a puzzle platformer about looping boxes! To get the key that Submission fo…

Instructions: Press A,D or Arrow keys to move Press Space to jump Press R to restart the level ALEA JACTA EST is a puzzle platformer in which you must reunite with your fellow acolytes to be able to ROLL THE DICE that blocks your way to the exit portal. Now that Julius Caesar has crossed the Rubicon, all Rome is about to fall. As the Head Acolyte of the goddess Fortune's Temple, reunite your fel…

There's a bug in a certain room in the Audience Engagement Update that can lead to a game softlock. 1.1.1 fixes the problem and is now active on browser builds and being uploaded to downloadable builds as we speak. Sorry for the inconvenience! Presenting Friday Night Death Slot, the only TV game show where our participants die for realsies! Play through six-second platforming challenges, while…

If you had the power to grow or shrink to any size (with the help of some strange purple blocks), what would you do? If the answer is a series of short puzzle rooms, this is the game for you! In Shape Shift, a short puzzle platformer, you'll squeeze, squish, and stretch yourself to find a path towards the end of each level. By swapping places with blocks found throughout the game, you'll be seein…