r/platformer

I've been working on a solo game called Tidebound.
It's a hand-painted watercolor 2D platformer built around the idea that the protagonist's internal state changes the world around her.
Rather than treating the environment as a static backdrop, I'm designing the game so that things like:

• color
• movement
• gravity
• music
• particles
• platforms
• and eventually traversal rules

can change as the protagonist moves through the world.
I'm aiming for a painterly, atmospheric experience with very little visual UI and a continuous world rather than traditional stage transitions.
I'm building it solo and I'm currently figuring out the visual direction and environment pipeline. These are five of the first environments I've created.
I'm particularly interested in whether the visual language communicates the idea of a world that can fundamentally change around the player.

Tidebound ... The world changes with you.

HIIT already has a Steam page!

You were created five minutes ago.
The god who made you is watching your every move.

He's called the Sky King, and he abandons every world he builds the moment something new catches his eye.

You're the first creation he's made with the power to change that. Eight arms, a grappling hook, a sword, ink.

Eight endings, genre-shifting worlds, existential dark humour.

Wishlist Here!
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4767470/INKURSION/

Meet Bonnie & Clyde in Sky Paws Awakening, a handcrafted 16-bit action-adventure made with heart and love coming to MODERN and RETRO platforms!

🎮 PC + original Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
🐾 Switch between both siblings in real time
⚔️ Fast-paced combat, exploration and bosses

The trailer was captured using the RETRO Sega Genesis version!

If you like what you see, wishlist us on Steam! It helps our indie team a lot. ❤️

🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4769990/Sky_Paws_Awakening/

I started development on my latest game (Moonlight Cow: Guardian of the Night) in January and its been a heck of a ride. What started as a small prototype has jumped into an 8 world/64 level adventure. I wanted to make the type of game I would have loved playing when I was a kid. Not super punishing and more about exploration than precision. At its core its a retro 2d platformer but diving into you find all sorts of wacky things as you play.

You play as Luna, but you can also switch to her best friend. Pipkin can fly, carry Luna, pick up objects and help solve parts of levels that Luna can't reach on her own.

I just released an updated demo on Steam where you can play 4 levels across 4 different worlds in the adventure.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4309330/Moonlight_Cow_Guardian_of_the_Night/

We promise: Cool ocean, breezing fans, irritating sand (it gets everywhere), free checkpoints, grass meadows, and new friends to roll with.

This is the main menu so far, I plan on making it more unique but have run out of ideas. If you have ANY ideas on what I could do, LMK!

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE TEAM, LMK! (anything helps!)

game link:
https://primarysuspect.itch.io/slimb

2D steampunk platformer about collecting different blades and unlocking movement mechanics. A lot of the major systems are in place just working on pixel art and level design! A lot of the art is placeholder. Open to game dev tips you wish you new sooner in development!

After a year of development, I finally released Bottle Cracks!

The main idea was to make a game that's ridiculously easy to pick up when you're sitting around with friends.

Every player only needs one button to play, and there’s no player limit for local multiplayer.

Want 4 players? Sure.
8 players? Go for it.
20+ people sharing the same room? Why not? 😅
(Just make sure to disable collisions!)

Some people have suggested adding split-screen, so I’m actually working on an update to add it this week!

Thanks for checking it out!

Weve been playing this game on vacation called paperboy. I told him that its a platformer, while he says otherwise. His argument is that its not a platformer because it doesnt have a jumping mechanic, while i argue that the ladders and rope replace it. What do yall think? (Its a built in LG TV game for anyone wondering 😭)

For best responsivness we made: coyote jump 0.3s, jump buffering 0.2s, allows jump on collision under center of sphere (no faulty raycasts), air control, visual deformation and FOV increase with speed, contact particles.