Arrow keys to move!
Spacebar to jump!

Balance yourself on the rotating gears, bounceables, go forth.
(there are some secrets in the music that follows your movement... can you hear them?)

Submission for thatgamejam 2026-2

I wanted to see how far I could make on my very own for 2 weeks, when there's no restriction on structure. I learned a lot while learning Unreal Engine, and this was a good practice applying structure in another engine.

Also this was the first time "properly" trying 2D animation, I already have been using Krita for 2D art, it's intriguing to see how a creative project with just the right amount of interest from the participant, with a deadline, can sprout so many new abilities for oneself that one wouldn't normally attempt to do in a deliberately experimental way and new-things-attempting like this otherwise.

I wanted to implement much more, for example unlocking more abilities, adding a sprite animation of a dormant dancer that housed the facility, as well as adding more depth to the music for players to be able to connect it better with the theme track, but I ran out of time oh well

also this is the first time trying Musescore Studio and making a practical use case music for myself, until now I've used Musescore 3 and only to try and recreate video game musics that I liked to study each intricate detail inside a music piece

it was so hard coming up with the piece but then there came a random melody inside my head and the main track of this game came from there, though slightly sad that i couldn't have the time to integrate the initial melody i had when listening to the jam track for the first time

i like that if a jam theme clicks well, it can allow me to try many new things and open new creative possibilities

Made with Unity 2022.3.62 LTS,
Blender 4.5 LTS,
Krita 5.2,
MuseScore Studio

All art (including 2d, 3d, animation, materials), music, game code made by myself

"glass shattering" sfx from Dragon Studio on pixabay