Verse(us)

This is poetry platforming action!

My submission to Narrative Jam 3! This stormy night is a great time to create some poetry - or is it?

Using typical platforming controls, navigate/create this poem! 

Controls:

Move: A/D, Left/Right Arrows

Flutter: Space bar

Pause: P (Note: There is a known glitch to do with time scaling when you pause, which may cause the game to stutter briefly. I'm working on this now).

Move to last checkpoint: R

In this version of the game, there are no lives/game overs. However, falling off the poem will result in being sent back to the last checkpoint.

The game is best played downloaded, but also runs in browser.

Please let me know what you think! I'll be adding sound to the next version of this game (after the jam is over), as well as tweaking movement and other game feel elements. If you have any feedback at all, I'd love to hear it!

Dig this game? This is my second "poetry platformer", my first being a hypertext/point-and-click game, which you can find here: https://uncanny-machines.itch.io/platforms-dont-float

Thanks for playing!