Edgar’s Mission is a platformer game. Unlike most such games there are two points of contact. While you are on the ground or a platform, you have complete control over your movements. But when you only partially touch them you have less control, and while you are in the air you can control your movements only slightly.
\nFor controls you can use the arrow keys or WASD/ZQSD, for jumping you can alternatively also use the spacebar. Press M to mute/unmute the music and sounds.
\nHelp Edgar on his mission to find his kidnapped owner and guide the black cat through 13 levels filled with diverse challenges (the first five levels will introduce you into the different elements of the game). Don’t worry, you have more than nine lives, actually, you have as many as you need to finish the game.
\nYour progress is automatically saved, allowing you to return later and pick up at the level where you left off.
\nThe README file in the GitHub repository has some hints on how to solve the levels in the case you need some help.
\nIn the rare event that you experience performance issues (this should only happen on old hardware) try resizing your browser window to a smaller size.
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\n","games":["Ashes of Ulthar"]},{"at":410411738,"author":"Andrew Higson-Smith","login":"ElementalSystems","gh":4255763,"url":"www.elementalsystems.co.za","text":"Good fun - I liked the cat animations and the bendy body. Good progression through this fun game.
\n","games":["Wake the Cat"]},{"at":410420448,"author":"Emre Guneyler","login":"eguneys","gh":3844764,"url":"https://eguneys.github.io/jsgames/","text":"You win (after having died 44 times) after 25:05!
\nEventually I got really good and beat the game, thanks to well put tight visual design, I got mad because, you can’t put up a precision platformer, with these poor controls.
\n","games":["Mor Chess 2","Mor Chess"]},{"at":410424142,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"I liked the animation of the cat which is smooth and funny. I did not like the drones that wanted to kill me :) I had fun to play this platformer and I found the music very cute. The gravity sounds a little bit strange to me with a kind of “flying” cat, but I think that’s part of the fun :) Well done!
\n","games":["Wash the cat"]},{"at":410469537,"author":"Zang0l0tino","login":"Zang0l0tino","gh":167128079,"text":"The game is pretty fun, and the cat animation was pretty well done too. The evil drones are a good element in your game, though I feel like the game was a bit hard past a moment (I believe level 9 or so), where the water got me in the end various times. So yeah, the controls could be a little better in my opinion but it’s also part of the game. Congratulations and good luck!
\n","games":["The Black Cat's Escape"]},{"at":410485725,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"Really enjoy the art style
\nThe cat animation is pretty cool and how it reacts to the terrain, the movements are fluid yet require pretty accurate timings to avoid obstacles
\nThe sound was ok, but I preferred to act under the veil of silence
\nI was shot by a drone through a tree so not sure how big the “safety shadow” was
\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"at":410487913,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"Very good graphics, animation, music and sound. Congrats for fitting all this and the 13 levels in your zip. The cat’s orientation during certain jumps is a bit odd but it’s more funny than annoying. It could walk a bit faster on the ground and have a bit more gravity when falling, but it’s still fine.
\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"at":410510170,"author":"Rémi Vansteelandt","login":"remvst","gh":3472387,"url":"http://www.remvst.com/","text":"I like what you did with the cat animations, and making the whole thing very smooth. Using curved platforms is also a nice touch.
\nI do wish the cat was a bit faster, had less inertia, and jumping was more snappy. I got to a level with 3 drones and it felt a bit like a drag when I died to get back to the same point. Sometimes even trying to jump over spikes felt difficult because I had to accumulate momentum first.
\n","games":["CLAWSTRIKE"]},{"at":410522156,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"This was a lot of fun to play! Having to plan each jump felt a lot like an NES platformer. Cool animations.
\nOnce thru: 13 deaths in 12:07 (shoot, I should have stalled for 53 seconds)
\n","games":["Nine Lives"]},{"at":410548692,"author":"Cliff Earl","login":"Antix-Development","gh":17822130,"text":"I really liked the smooth animation of the cat.
\n","games":["Black Cat - Nine Lives, No Mercy"]},{"at":410592296,"author":"smhaaker","login":"smhaaker","gh":10542292,"text":"I enjoyed this game. And for some reason I really liked the audio. Its different, but also challenging. Thanks!
\n","games":["CatNFish"]},{"at":410665805,"author":"Mezriss","login":"Mezriss","gh":615453,"text":"Elasto Mania with a four legged creature is an intriguing idea. Not sure if it really works, but this was an interesting experience. Nice animations on the cat!
\n","games":["Onamazu"]},{"at":410673251,"author":"qufakuz","login":"qufakuz","gh":157382081,"text":"i really enjoyed playing this game, smooth movement and very well theme
\n","games":["Cat and Spikes"]},{"at":410687119,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"Starts easy, and gets harder with each added mechanic. Nice.
\nAt first i found the cats movements (or more the angle) during jumps rather strange, especially the landing with the front paws only. But later at the level with the huge lakes, it makes sense.
\nAlso the cats animations are super fluid, a least the paws, and when turning around.
\nSometimes i wish, the speed ramp-up would have been faster, but i guess that is intended/matching the level designs.
\nGood job, overall!
\n","games":["Miami Mice"]},{"at":410781377,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"Cool game! I really liked the cat’s physics – it’s such a great touch that you can see the little guy breathing, and all the details are so well done. Thanks for your work
\n","games":["Cat Survivors"]},{"at":410782134,"author":"Jake Turner","login":"JakeTurner616","gh":88468353,"url":"serverboi.org","twitter":"jek92090056","text":"Well done! I noticed the physics got very glitchy at higher resolutions and refresh rates. (I see your message about scaling the browser window but that feels like a last resort). I messed with my resolution and refresh rate and the game feels more fluid and collisions work more reliably like you said, but maybe there’s a better way to get everything running smoother by fixing the programming issues in the code. The game is heavily struggling with per-frame main thread work on my machine whereas most games run just fine even at high refresh rate, scale, and resolution. This game is worth adjusting my settings to enjoy, although simple it does a lot in 12kb. Great job it was a lot of fun :)
\n","games":["FLYKT"]},{"at":410854283,"author":"Brian Hambley","login":"Hambo3","gh":10634997,"text":"Liked the noise the cat makes when jumping. Reminds me of a time when a cat used to come into my garden.\nBeing able to search as I play is a nice touch.
\n"},{"at":410912398,"author":"Gleb Volkov","login":"malec-palec","gh":2181873,"twitter":"volkov_ayyy","text":"I played Edgar’s Mission and I’m seriously impressed - the gameplay feels tight and fun, with cool mechanics that keep me hooked. The art and design are clean and appealing, the world feels well made. And hell, the procedural animation is amazing - it really adds life and unpredictability in the best way.
\n","games":["Catapoolt"]},{"at":411029456,"author":"Feenposhleen","login":"Feenposhleen","gh":7203381,"text":"Some very cool things in this. The smooth vector animations of the legs and the cat in general are really nice. The physics are also interesting. It’s like a cross between SMB and Trials, only instead of wheels: legs. Rest of the game is pretty rough, but the core idea is fun.
\n","games":["Dinner for Two"]},{"typ":2,"at":411160891,"author":"Ania Kubów","login":"kubowania","gh":51362610,"url":"javascriptgames.online","twitter":"ania_kubow","text":"A very smooth game that is very relaxing, whilst also providing the right amount of challenge to pass the levels. The added sound effects and music complement the look and feel perfectly.
\nHaving saved progress is a nice feature that I would not have expected from a gam entry - well done!
\nMy only bit of feedback is that perhaps the jump speed could be a bit quicker for my personal taste - but this is subjective.
\nNice work!
\n"},{"at":411170274,"author":"Noumisyifa Nabila","login":"numshv","gh":149067096,"twitter":"numshv","text":"Really like how the cat moves and somehow feels really chill and cozy for a platformer with laser drone. Sometimes the waiting part kinda testing my patience but that aside cool game!
\n","games":["Clawstruck"]},{"at":411196082,"author":"Johan Åhlgren","login":"skanejohan","gh":4025939,"url":"www.johanahlgren.se","text":"A nice game, with cute graphics and good sound. Easy up to the 13th level where it became a bit repetitive. Well done!
\n","games":["Tower of Terror"]},{"at":411279826,"author":"Mohammed Saud","login":"rottencandy","gh":20013884,"url":"saud.wtf","twitter":"rotttencandy","text":"Lovely art style and animations, with pleasant music. I died a lot of times, but it was enjoyable!
\n","games":["Non-Mewtonian Cat"]},{"typ":2,"at":411834852,"author":"Noël Meudec","login":"Noel-FB","gh":71314518,"url":"https://facebook.com/instantgames","text":"I finished this game in 28 minutes. I spent 25 minutes on the last jump of the penultimate level. Until that point, I thought it was a good looking game, with a relaxing background music and unique physics. But that last jump completely ruined the experience for me; I am not relaxed anymore, just relieved that I got lucky once and could pass that jump and finish the game. Overall, it is a fine little game, but ruined by a sudden pick of difficulty right before the end.
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