Pogo Pilgrim
A pilgrim on a spring-loaded pogo stick crosses ruined ledges to a shrine. The stick stores your landing energy: springy pads chain higher hops, mud stops you dead, ice slides, spikes bite. One button, real momentum.
- Year
- 1993
- Era
- 16-Bit
- Genre
- Platform / Physics
Free, no sign-up. Keyboard, touch or gamepad.
How to play
- Hold Space/Up to compress, release to launch, Left/Right to lean.
- Touch: press and hold to compress, drag sideways to lean, release to launch.
- P to pause.
On touch
- Press and hold to compress, drag sideways to lean, release to launch.
Every run starts on the title screen. Pause any time with P or the pause button; calm mode removes flashes and screen shake.
Designer’s note
One button and a spring is not much of a control scheme, which is exactly why it works. The stick keeps the energy of every landing, so a good chain of hops is something you build up, not something you are handed. Every gap is generated to be crossable, because nothing sours a platformer like an unfair jump.
The 16-Bit era, 1990–1996
Dithered sunsets, parallax hills and more colours than anyone knew what to do with.
High scores
The top ten runs are saved in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded, so clearing site data clears the table.
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