platformer
Leap-and-land genre
A platformer is a video game genre where players guide a character across platforms—jumping between ledges, avoiding obstacles, and navigating terrain.
The term comes from the platform-hopping gameplay that defines classics like Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong.
I've been playing a new indie platformer.
Something blocking the way
- difficultyState of being hard
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- timingArt of choosing moments
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
Propel oneself airborne
- bounceSpring back after impact
- leapSudden springing movement
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
airborne · midair · glide · dash · sprint · crouch · slide · climb
Horizontal-movement video game
- MarioItalian masculine name
- SonicBlue gaming icon
- CupheadVessel-headed game character
- MetroidvaniaPlatformer requiring backtracking with upgrades
run-and-gun · indie · retro · 2D · 3D · side-scrolling
Horizontal or uniform position
- stageRaised performance platform
- worldPlanet or realm
- zoneBounded area designation
- areaExtent of surface
map · environment · background · foreground · ladder · bridge · castle · dungeon
Floating hands protagonist
- SpyroGaming's purple dragon
- KirbyPink spherical game protagonist
- CastlevaniaGothic action game series
obstacle
Something blocking the way
- difficultyState of being hard
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- timingArt of choosing moments
dexterity · spike · pit · hazard · trap · enemy · boss · death · retry · speedrun
jump
Propel oneself airborne
momentum · airborne · midair · glide · dash · sprint · crouch · slide · climb · swing
sidescroller
Horizontal-movement video game
Metroidvania · run-and-gun · indie · retro · 2D · 3D · side-scrolling
level
Horizontal or uniform position
area · map · environment · background · foreground · ladder · bridge · castle · dungeon · forest
Rayman
Floating hands protagonist
- SpyroGaming's purple dragon
- KirbyPink spherical game protagonist
- CastlevaniaGothic action game series
- game developmentgame engine, game design, game engines, game designer, rendering
- video gamesvideo games, gameplay, Fortnite, mobile game, arcade
- arcadesarcade, arcade games, video games, joystick, joysticks
- platformersMario, jump, Sonic, platforms, Super Mario Bros
- retro gamingretro gaming, 8-bit, NES, SNES, 16-bit
- gamesboard games, card games, board game, card game, video games
platformershooter
One who fires weapons
first-person shooter · FPS · visual novel · idle game · text adventure
platformervisual novel
Choice-driven illustrated narrative
interactive fiction · walking simulator · grand strategy · idle game · clicker game
- platform shoesShoes with elevated soles
- trading platformSystem for buying and selling
- streaming platformDigital media subscription service
- platform bootsThick-soled elevated footwear
- subway platformUnderground transit waiting area
- train platformStation boarding surface
platform, platformed, platforming, cross-platform, platformers, deplatform, deplatforming, multiplatform