Slimey, Jump!

Slimey, Jump! is a game published by CarlosPedroso on July 6th, 2019. The game features a simplistic pixel art style accompanied by 8-bit music composed by Bibiki of similar quality. Both the game and the music were designed in the game engine Pico-8. The mechanics are also simple in design; for you only have to press 1 button to play the game.
==Links==
The game can be found here:
*Armor Games
*Kongregate
*Itch.io
== Controls ==
*Z: Jump (press twice to double jump)
*P/Enter: Pause
== Plot ==
Two slime buddies are hanging out, and one of them says it's hungry for cake.  The other slime agrees, so the first slime asks its friend to go to the cake shop and buy a cake.  The second slime agrees, and heads out to the cake shop.  However, the way to the cake shop is filled with all sorts of dangerous obstacles, including some bosses that the slime if forced to fight.  After making its way through many levels of obstacles, the slime arrives at the cake shop but discovers that it left its wallet at home, and the only cake in the cake shop costs ten coins...
== Gameplay ==
Slimey, Jump! features 32 platforming levels.  In each one, the slime automatically moves forward at all times (except when caught in certain obstacles).  Pressing the Z button will make the slime jump, and pressing it again while in midair makes the slime double jump.  The slime can also cling to walls, and jump off of them when the Z key is pressed.  The goal of each level is to get the slime to the portal which leads to the next level while avoiding obstacles.  If the slime touches an obstacle, you start the level over.  Also, every eighth level features a boss that has to be defeated in order to access the portal.
Additionally, certain levels contain a coin to be collected - the game has ten in total.  In order to get the good ending at the end of the game, you have to collect all ten coins.
==Obstacles/Hazards==
*Sticky Tile: Makes you stop moving if you touch it.  Press Z to break free.
*Spike: Kills you on contact.
*Weak Block: Disappears after you touch it.
*Cannon: Shoots projectiles that kill you on contact.
*Retractable Spike: Same as normal Spikes, but it extends and retracts so it can be bypassed if your timing is right.
===Bosses===
*Security Passage: Encountered in level 8, this is a password-guarded room that is programmed to destroy intruders unless they guess the password.  There are spikes at the bottom of the room, and for ten seconds a cannon will fire projectiles upwards, forcing you to do some wall-jumping to avoid getting shot or falling into the spikes.  After the ten seconds are up, the slime accidentally guesses the correct password, deactivating the room and revealing the portal.
*Blobby Dude: Encountered in level 16, this giant pink blob hangs from four ropes and tries to kill the slime using hazards around the room.  The floor has spikes that continuously extend and retract, and there are some cannons at the top of the room.  To defeat Blobby Dude, you have to wall-jump around the room and touch each of the four ropes to cut them.  The fight ends when all four ropes are cut; nothing happens to Blobby Dude, as he's able to levitate and only wears the rope as a fashion statement, but he decides that he likes the slime after it compliments his sense of fashion and lets him pass.
*Big Eye: Encountered in level 24, this giant floating eyeball hates cake and wants to make the slime suffer for liking it.  He attacks by shooting homing projectiles, but you can get them to hit Big Eye by jumping on the walls and maneuvering past him to lure the projectiles into hitting him.  To defeat Big Eye, you have to hit him with his own projectile 3 times, but he makes the room more challenging each time.  After the first hit, he makes a few spikes appear on some of the walls.  After the second hit, he makes more spikes appear and sets retractable spikes across the entire floor.  After the third and final hit, Big Eye finally gives up.  He then explains that he hates cake because he can't eat it due to not having a mouth, and lets the slime leave.
*Guardian of the Cake Shop: Encountered in level 32, this gigantic monster is an employee of the cake shop whose job, for some weird reason, is to fight anyone who wants to enter the cake shop (not even he knows how this is supposed to be good for business).  To win this fight, you simply have to avoid his attacks.  In the first phase, he slides his fists back and forth across the floor a few times, trying to crush you.  In the second phase, he shoots several projectiles from his fists.  In the third phase, he reuses the attacks from the first two phases.  After successfully avoiding all the attacks, the Guardian gives up and lets the slime enter the cake shop.
Category:Retro Games
Category:Auto Runners
Category:Platformers