Wheevil

Wheevil 🌸 is a razor-sharp momentum precision platformer with short, mostly one-screen movement puzzles

Jump, dash, hook, maintain momentum (or be slow and careful), and chain actions together to traverse an interconnected world. Gather flowers 🌸 if you feel ready. Watch an endless stream of your deaths on DEATH 🌸 TV, analyze them, and git gud.

Inspired by Celeste (and Celeste Classic ofc), Speedrunners, Super Meat Boy, VVVVVV, and kaizo Mario Maker levels. And some others.

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I write like an LLM now, aren't I? :)

I actively develop the levels right now, and work on proper difficulty progression: the current version does not have a balanced difficulty curve.

The Playtest 1 version has two demo/tutorial loops in the world, as well as multiple optional challenge chambers. It does not teach advanced movement techniques you may be familiar with from other precision platformers, however some flowers would be much easier to get with those.

Graphics is in progress. I have just wired up a proper textures and post-fx pipeline, and haven't textured every level. Trying to find the balance between readability and presentation.

My goal with Playtest 1 is to get some feedback about the game from players other than my friends. Thanks to them by the way: I already made tweaks based on their runs, so there is a chance you will suffer less. Maybe.

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You can watch my recorded runs from the main menu. I recorded those on an earlier version, so some chambers look a bit different, and not textured — but it still may help you to get some hints. Or to see that it is possible to complete the game at all, and gather every flower :D

It supports keyboard and gamepad controls. Check the controls in the main menu.

And have fun 🌸💀