Jelly Star

Jelly Star is a 3D and 2.5D platformer about a small jelly star on a reef in the sky.

Hold the button and the star plants its feet and pulls itself back like a slingshot. Let go and it launches along the dotted arc. It sticks to walls like a starfish, so you can aim and launch again from there, and it gets one more launch in mid-air while time slows down.

Fly into the little murks to pop them, slam down onto gold caps to bounce high, and chain floating drifts across the gaps.

Some stretches turn the camera side-on and play as a side-scroller. In the dark you find light crystals: touch one and the star swallows it, and you can see it glowing inside the jelly. Its light weaves platforms out of nothing. Carry each crystal to where it belongs to open gates, raise a bridge of light, bend a beam through the star, and finally relight the beacon.

Everything you see and hear is made by code when the game loads. There are no texture, model or sound files.

Controls: WASD move · mouse look and aim · hold click to pull back, let go to launch · Space jump (and hop off walls) · right click or Shift in the air to slam · E takes a crystal back out · R returns to the last checkpoint. A gamepad also works.

Best on a desktop or laptop with a mouse.