THE ORB must be kept contained. Fly, bounce, leap, and teleport across the tower with whatever magic you can get your hands on to stymie THE ORB's chaos! How many laps, before you Lapse?

Each round, a number of the Checkpoints around the tower are marked as unstable (top-left icons). Platform to each of them and stabilize them all before the round timer runs out! Clear as many rounds as you can before THE ORB's Stability runs out!

CONTROLS

A/D: LEFT/RIGHT

W: JUMP

S: DROP THROUGH PLATFORMS

E: INTERACT

SPACE: USE SPELL

(EXPERIMENTAL: USE AT OWN RISK) ESCAPE: PAUSE


SPELLS (Swapped out at checkpoints)

FLOAT (BOOK, WEST WING): Hover through the air and cross large gaps.

BLAST JUMP (BOILER, BASEMENT): Rocket through the air at high speeds (movement keys to aim)

SLIME BOUNCE (CAULDRON, EAST WING): Slam down, then jump higher than you started.

TELEPORT (SKYLIGHT, TOWER): Hold to charge distance, aim with movement keys. Release to teleport. 


TIPS:

-Before starting, take some time to explore the tower and try out the different Spells. Mastering them is key to surviving the later rounds.

-The first four rounds each activate a different checkpoint: use this time to plan out your routes between them!

-Once you've cleared all checkpoints, return to THE ORB and press E to fast-forward to the next round.

-To regain stability, return to THE ORB with the BONUS spell once all checkpoints are clear.

-ENDLESS MODE scales until round 30: I don't know if it's even possible to get that far. Someone, prove me wrong! You won't get anything, but you'll feel really cool.


KNOWN BUGS

-The UI marker for the starry window checkpoint doesn't disable properly when interacted with. If the actual window has stars in it, you hit it, I promise.

-TELEPORT can occasionally get you stuck inside blocks (especially at high speeds). On waves 1-5, this softlocks the game.
-BLAST JUMP sometimes shoots you into the void, even bypassing kill planes. 

-Use the PAUSE button at your own risk. I didn't have time to get it to stop reading inputs, so you can build up infinite jump velocity. Whoops!

Please leave any other bugs or issues you find in the comments! I'd love to polish this game up and make it the best it can be once the jam's over.

Updated 20 hours ago
Published 4 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
AuthorMatt Makes Stuff
GenrePlatformer
Tags2D, High Score, No AI, Pixel Art
ContentNo generative AI was used

Comments

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WOW!!!! Lots going on in there to keep us entertained and locked in! The diff abilities were SO cool to incorporate into this game making it a solid puzzle/platformer. Well done! 

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Thanks so much for playing, and for hosting such a fun stream ^^ I’ve got lots of direction on how to improve the game, so now I can get started on that and hopefully put out a version more people can enjoy!