double jumps

Extra aerial leaps

Double jumps is a video game mechanic allowing a character to jump a second time while airborne, defying real-world physics.

The technique appears across platformers and action games: You need to double jump to reach that ledge.

The term also describes performing this action: She double jumps over the gap.

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lift · videogames · platform games · triple · controllers · gamers · consoles · sequence · arcades · kinging · combination · combo moves · fighting games · platform · checkerboard · draughts · dash · Metroidvania

Opposites
movement realism

double jumpswalking

Locomotion on foot

running · climbing · parkour

jump multiplicity

double jumpsgrounded

Stable and realistic

standing still · flight

movement type

double jumpscrawling

Moving on hands, knees

crouching · sliding · standing · falling · sinking

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G