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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…

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…

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…

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…

CONTROLS: USE THE ARROW KEYS TO MOVE UP AND DOWN LET YOU STRETCH 'Z' TO JUMP 'R' TO RESTART THE LEVEL YOU CAN ATTACH TO CEILINGS! You are Glue Guy! Extend your head to pick things up, Get in sticky situations (with the ceiling) And touch pieces of paper! Reviews "oughhhh I love the the glue!!!" -Gluechugger6000 "I’m in Canada" -Amtrine (Made for GMTK Game Jam 2024) (Also pr…

Follow the incredible adventure of a cute axolotl who decides to explore the world! Jump, run, bump your head on some platforms, but be careful not to fall into the pits, because a scary death awaits.... ...Wait... Did I just got an achievement?! Context This game was made in 72 hours for the Ludum Dare #58 game jam. The theme was: "Collector". Controls Move with WASD, jump with Space and in…

Made for the GMTK 2025 Game Jam Roboloop is a timing-based puzzle game where you play as Cam, a robot with a camera for a head, who is trapped in a factory that loops. Whether it's pistons moving back and forth, a rocket spinning around your key, or more, Roboloop is a game I hope you can enjoy. So then player, can you get past all 23 levels in a game where everything but you is trapped in a loop…