A downloadable game for Windows

The Other Guy

Made for GMTK 2021 Game Jam by Poached Studios. Topic : Joined Together

Solve puzzles in this platformer by opening Gates and Bridges to complete levels.
You can always call on the Other Guy to help!

The Other Guy is joined together to the player's movement, but in inverse!!

Don't forget to reunite before exiting.

Controls: 

Movement: A to move left - D to move Right
 Press Space once to Jump
 After Jumping , press space again to double jump.
 You can only single jump if The Other Guy is summoned.

The Other Guy: Press LMB to call the other guy to the character's left side. 
RMB to call the other guy to the character's right side.
Either LMB or RMB to call back the other guy when near him.

Shoutout to our friend Vivek Raman for helping us out with minor issues and bug fixes throughout the jam! If you're coming here from his game, then hello, and we hope you liked both the games! If not, please do check out his game here: Linkstertopia 9000 by Vivek-Raman (itch.io)

Please do give feedback!!

Download

Download
The Other Guy.zip 35 MB

Install instructions

Download, unzip and run "The Other Guy.exe" on windows

Comments

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Fun concept and well executed controls. Great level design with multiple ways to progress.

Fun little brain candy, great concept and well-executed. The levels are fairly challenging but not to the point where it might become frustrating to play.