running around at the speed of sound
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Sshhh! Here's an explanation of the game rules, if you keep it between us: You’re on the run from the fuzz, and if the blinding police lights reach you then it’s game over. To escape, you gotta run and jump from building to building. If you fall to the ground you'll want to get back up ASAP, cause running into pedestrians will cause you to trip and lose speed! Try dodging them until you reach a platform low enough to jump onto, or try to springboard back up. Oh, and I hear that "The Man" has officers stationed on rooftops to block you!
Here’s what the establishment doesn’t want you to know: You can use the up arrow, W key or south gamepad button to jump! Your jump height depends on how quickly you let go of the input.
Now don't go spilling what I'm about to tell you: Parkour vault over police officers or pedestrians to boost yourself! Right before running into ‘em, you’ll see a purple icon above you. That’s when you hit the right arrow, D key or east gamepad button, but you’ll lose speed if you’re too early or late.
You didn't hear it from me, but peep this info: Hit the jump button right before running into someone and you'll springboard way into the air! It can help you get back up from the ground, and you’ll need to do it to finish later levels. I recommend practicing in the tutorial.
Don't go runnin' your mouth off about this either: You can use the M key to mute the music or the N key to skip to the next song!
The word in the streets is this: You can use the escape key to pause / unpause the game! While paused, you can use the backspace key to return to the main menu.
Keep this under your hat, but my sources say this: You can double tap the R key to restart the level!
Good luck, kid. I was never here, got it?
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CREDITS
Original music by @CryNN
Original 8bit music by @Technomatics
Special thanks to @RaIix for letting me use a pre-release version of his Newgrounds.io Unity Package, as well as providing feedback and generally being super helpful
Short Action Beat track by @Wisealien
Newgrounds preloader by @Aprime
Some audio effects from FreeSFC.co.uk
DEV BLOG
Along with the release of this game, I wrote an in depth blog about it's development here.
BROWSER TROUBLESHOOTING
This game's visual elements (aside from UI) may not display due to your browser settings. This can be fixed by simply setting the "Use hardware acceleration when available" option and restarting the browser.
Chrome: settings > advanced > accessibility
Edge: settings > system
Opera: settings > advanced > system
Brave: Make sure shield is down
Internet Explorer: uninstall, download any other browser
Other troubleshooting:
This game may crash if the browser is blocking cookies or is in incognito mode.
This game's audio doesn't work on Chromium.
running around at the speed of sound
my fav game
GUYS RUN!!! ESCAPE OF THE CITY!
Nice platformer
Wow this was intense especially with the backround effects and police sounds and whatnot really made for a nice game here Here was another fun platformer game you really make it seem fun and the concept and ideas that you bring into this platformer seem to really jump out at you and create a fun experience I was pretty impressed with your work here, and you made a very fun platformer game here, These are the best kinds of platformer type of games hope you make even more like this one.
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4 months of not playing this and it's still good