The Case of JIKL & WASD
This game was created for the Beginner's Jam March 2025 with the theme "Reflection".
Join JIKL and WASD in a frantic dash through the unraveling streets of London, pursued by an unstoppable wave of Madness. As chaos closes in, your grip on reality begins to slip. Dodge corrupted purple figures to keep your Chaos meter in check — or succumb to increasingly bizarre and disorienting effects. Hurry… you must reach the cure!
Comment your best time below!
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Keyboard and mouse-only game. Touch and controller not supported.
Keyboard Controls*
W = up
A = left
S = down
D = right
Space = Boost speed
* ;)
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Game Credits
Programming - Slydog123123
Art - nowayjosay
Sound Credits
Title Music, Theme Music, Game Over, Confused, Bird Puff, Crow-ambience, Madness, Click, Swap, Checkpoint
Comments
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Oh, this was really fun! The way u used the reflections was super original
This game is REALLY NICE and ORIGINAL! This was actually really fun and refreshing, and it had the perfect difficulty and mechanics to accompany it! The art and the cutscenes and really nice, as well as the animation! Everything looks clean, the tittle plays around with the main mechanic as a joke, and the sounds and music choice also fit in a way! I love how stuff don't kill you right away but make you "insane" or have "madness"? Really cool if you ask me!
Great work!
My time: 4:17
damn , that's a really good game , i liked the creativity of the reflection where the controls are inverted , it's polished and has a unique vibe.one of my best games so far
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
The style and general vibe of the game is really neat, and the gameplay is also engaging, constantly keeping you on your toes. One issue I did have, however, was how when you touch the green things, it turns the character around, which is just kind of disorienting.
Thanks, we had a fun time developing the vibe, and thanks for the feedback! :)
Really great game, quite stressing, and just to ask, is it normal that nothing more happens when the corruption bar is full (like death or a bigger drawback), or maybe did i miss it. Anyway, it's a 4.5/5 for me, once i find how to rate games
Haha thanks! Yeah, the chaos meter makes the screen tilt more and darkens the screen to make it harder to see what's in front of you. It also acts as a limit to how much you can boost. It generally makes the game harder if you're hitting a bunch of things/boosting a lot. Thanks for playing!
I like the art! The chaos meter should have more of an impact of impeding the player though. Overall, still had fun!
Time: 6:11
Hey there shrimp! Made some final adjustments before submitting to a jam and updated the meter to have more impact. Thanks for the feedback and for playing!