Slow Mole Jr.
About
Platformer designed around a unique checkpoint mechanic that will only award a checkpoint when the player proves their mastery of a screen. Spinoff of speedrunner favourite Slow Mole for the NES (free on Itch.io).
You don't have to speedrun, but you'll want to...
The game is free to download while in beta. It is essentially finished but still missing most music and there will likely be some tweaks to the sound design.
Play in browser:
slowmole.chiplife.art
100% coded in lua for the Pico 8 game engine. Playable as a standalone app for Windows/Mac/Linux and Rasberry Pi.