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Unique competitive platformer 'Jumpala' adds new stages and it's a huge amount of fun

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2020

Jumpala is a very unique competitive platform covered here on GOL recently and I've fallen a little in love with the idea. It's challenging and a lot of fun to play with others.

Primal Light is an action-platformer that has some seriously good art - releasing on July 9

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2020

Primal Light, built with the free and open source Godot Engine, is an action-platformer with pixel artwork that looks divine like some of the classics on Amiga and it's releasing on July 9.

Ridiculously fun party-platformer 'Ultimate Chicken Horse' has a big update and sale on now

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2020

Ultimate Chicken Horse, an amusing name and a very funny game to play with others locally and online. A big update and sale just went live for this party-platformer where you build the level as you play.

Lazr, the cyberpunk platformer with a love of cloth physics sim has a massive demo update

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2020

Lazr is a cyberpunk platform that's quickly shaping up to be like nothing else, where parts of the level and enemies are made from simulated cloth and a massive demo update is out.

Jumpala could be the next generation of competitive platformers and it's fun already

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2020

Indie developers never cease to amaze me on what they can do with simple settings and Jumpala is another surprise that I've been enjoying.

Dandara gets a big free update with the Trials of Fear Edition

By Liam Dawe, 6 Mar 2020

Dandara was quite a surprise, a metroidvania platformer with a gravity-defying movement mechanic that entirely changed you how play and it just got a big update with the Trials of Fear Edition.

Lair of the Clockwork God blends an adventure game with a platformer - now out on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 4 Mar 2020

After a brief Beta test, Lair of the Clockwork God which blends gameplay between a point and click adventure with a platform from Size Five Games is now officially available on Linux.

Lair of the Clockwork God gains an unofficial Linux build for testing

By Liam Dawe, 27 Feb 2020

Size Five Games (The Swindle, Ben There, Dan That!) recently released Lair of the Clockwork God, a very good looking mix of a point and click adventure with a platformer and they've got a Linux build up.

With clever cloth simulation the cyberpunk platformer 'Lazr' is funded

By Liam Dawe, 25 Feb 2020

With a campaign that had quite a dicey ending, Lazr, an action platformer with some really fun use of cloth physics/simulation has now been funded on Kickstarter.

Children are indestructible weapons in 'Dad Quest' - Linux Beta out now

By Liam Dawe, 20 Feb 2020

Possibly one of the quirkiest platformers I've ever come across, Dad Quest is now officially in Beta for Linux on Steam.

Skul: The Hero Slayer has you swap your skull to gain new powers - now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2020

Skul: The Hero Slayer is an action-packed rogue-lite platformer, where you play as the anti-hero Skul who sets off on a quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his demon King from captivity.

Get ready to eat your enemies in Bite the Bullet - releasing on March 27

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2020

We have it confirmed now that the crazy action-platformer RPG 'Bite the Bullet' where you quite literally eat your enemies is releasing in March.

Mixing 2D and 3D gameplay together - the platformer Neko Ghost, Jump! has a demo up

By Liam Dawe, 10 Feb 2020

Platformers have come a very long way since the days of the Amiga and the Sega Mega Drive and while I still love them, I'm always keen to see how developers can tweak the basic idea. Neko Ghost, Jump! seems like it hits the sweet spot for this.

Something Ate My Alien combines digging, puzzle solving and a little platforming - out in April

By Liam Dawe, 4 Feb 2020

Rokabium Games recently announced that Something Ate My Alien will be releasing this April, with Linux support.

Retro-styled colourful non-linear adventure platformer Alwa's Legacy now has a Steam page

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2020

After a successful crowdfunding campaign in December last year, Elden Pixels explain that progress is going well on their very colourful non-linear adventure platformer Alwa's Legacy.

The Bad Seed DLC releases for Dead Cells on February 11

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2020

One of my absolute favourite action platformers, the "RogueVania" game Dead Cells is getting a first DLC with The Bad Seed and it now has a release date of February 11.

Lazr, an impressive cyberpunk physics-enhanced 2D platformer is on Kickstarter with a big demo

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jan 2020

After an impressive tech demo, then an expanded demo, the physics-enhanced 'clothformer' Lazr is now on Kickstarter to help it cross the development finishing line.

ScourgeBringer - an incredibly stylish mix something between 'Dead Cells and Celeste' arrives soon

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2020

Flying Oak Games and Dear Villagers have announced that ScourgeBringer, their wonderfully stylish rogue-lite platformer is releasing on February 6 in Early Access.

Try the demo for CreatorCrate, a wild roguelike platformer with a curved world and physics fun

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jan 2020

CreatorCrate is currently in development, a little rough around the edges but it's showing a lot of promise to be a very fun roguelike platformer with plenty of uniqueness.

Feeling extra competitive? The creative platformer DASH now has online multiplayer

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jan 2020

DASH (Danger Action Speed Heroes), a platformer that's built for people who love creating and competing across user-made levels just recently expanded with a big new online multiplayer mode.

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