Canjump

Distributed by GamePix. This game is embedded from its publisher and remains their property.

About Canjump

A one-verb game. Jumping is the only thing you can do, so the entire design lives in the timing of it. That narrowness is the appeal rather than a limitation: there are no systems to learn and nothing to optimise except the moment you commit.

How to play

  • Jumping is your only available action; the game is built entirely around when you use it.
  • Time each jump to the obstacle in front of you.
  • A mistimed jump ends the attempt and sends you back to try again.

Tips

  • Count the rhythm instead of watching the gap. Timing games are easier to hold in your head as a beat than as a distance.
  • Resist jumping early when you are nervous. Panic failures outnumber late failures by a wide margin in games like this.

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