Jump, Teleport, Jump

March 10, 2022 5:50 PM

To A Starling Is a cute, free PICO-8 physics-y jumpy platformer puzzle game by peteksi where you play a bird who can walk, hop, and teleport that should feel pleasantly familiar to anyone who has played Celeste, Portal, Super Meat Boy, etc.
John Walker’s review at Buried Treasure
posted by Going To Maine (5 comments total)

This looks great. I hope it's not as hard as he says - I loved Celeste but precision platforming is definitely not my strong suit.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 9:03 PM on March 10, 2022

Probe, Think, Link: if you dig solitaire space-trade-route puzzling more than precision physics jumping, check out Slipways . The original PICO-8 version is a gem, and there's a full PC game version on steam as well.
posted by are-coral-made at 1:43 AM on March 11, 2022 [2 favorites]

It found it quite tricky, but each individual screen is small. I won with 7 berries in 41:30.
posted by reynaert at 2:39 AM on March 11, 2022

I got farther than I thought I would before giving up. I enjoyed how the puzzles were mostly on that envelope of being not apparently obvious but also not being ridiculously difficult. A couple times I had some happy accidents where fumbling with the keyboard yielded useful insights, which I think is the sweet spot for this kind of platformer.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 4:33 AM on March 11, 2022

Eight berries (did I miss any??), 46:17. Really nice balance of puzzling + reflex to beat each level. Data point: I enjoyed Celeste but gave up on it well before the end.
posted by solotoro at 2:35 PM on March 12, 2022