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email: clune.nathan@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PREMISE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a world populated by colorful jelly bean people, you are the only citizen who wields two fully-articulated hands (rather large ones at that). This also means you\u2019re well-equipped to do your job of completing minor construction tasks. Truly, you are the handyman in every sense of the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today your job takes place on a colorful playground, with structures made of turf and of wood. At the top of the wooden tower, one area has large nails sticking out of the ground. Since this is obviously a safety hazard, a concerned parent calls upon you to pound the nails all the way in. Pounding the nails is a trivial task, so the objective of the game is essentially to reach the top of the wooden tower. The wooden tower may have the only objective, there are several different routes to get to the top which make use of the entire playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTROLS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from the ARROW KEYS or WASD which are used to move along the ground, there are two other keys which are used to control the character. It doesn\u2019t matter what they are, so I\u2019ll use A and B as placeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: Jump It\u2019s a jump, exactly as you would expect. While grounded, press the A button to set the vertical speed to a fixed positive number. However, the jump height is pathetic, so you\u2019ll mostly have to walk through the environment to make progress. This is also intended to prevent the game from becoming about skill-intensive platforming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B: Pound If the B button is pressed while the handyman is standing still, he pounds the ground in front of him with both hands. This can be used to activate several interactive objects in the level, including the nails which mark the goal. During this animation, the hands scale up even further to emphasize the pounding action. This will look very strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B: Dive If the B button is pressed while the handyman is walking or airborne, he performs a dive. This gives him a large horizontal boost and a slight vertical boost, adding fixed numbers to his vertical and horizontal velocities. Once the dive is used, it cannot be used again until landing on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INTERACTIVE OBJECTS AND NPCS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seesaw Rules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n