Canabalt is one of those rare games that have a simple premise but gameplay that has you coming back time after time. I first heard of the game through a post on Twitter and in a rare display of how confident the authors are in the game, they have a flash demo you can play [...]
Canabalt is one of those rare games that have a simple premise but gameplay that has you coming back time after time.
I first heard of the game through a post on Twitter and in a rare display of how confident the authors are in the game, they have a flash demo you can play on their web site.
Give it a go, it demonstrates the simple but utterly addictive gameplay better than any description I could give it using mere words. You start as a small pixelated figure in a building being attacked by some rampaging enemy. The side scrolling game has you running along floors and across the roof’s of buildings and the only control you have is a tap of the screen to jump.
And jump you must if you wish to survive. You need to jump obstacles in your path, jump the gaps between buildings and jump explosions etc.
