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Tightrope Theatre
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Link: Pixel Love
Developer Adventure Islands
Released: December 9, 2014
Featured: January 12, 2015
Platform Flash
Control scheme: Keyboard
No. of levels: 24
Data saved: Levels
Genre(s): Platform
Website(s): Stencyl, Newgrounds
Development time: 48 hours

Tightrope Theatre is a platform game created for Ludum Dare 31 by Adventure Islands. It was featured on Pixel Love on January 12, 2015. The player controls a performer who stages acts on a unicycle by landing on the designated spotlight.

Controls[]

  • Left.png Right.png / A_key.png D_key.png Left and right arrow keys/A and D keys - Move left/right
  • Up.png / W_key.png Up arrow/W key - Jump

Levels[]

Tightrope Theater has twenty-four levels.

Level 1[]

Level 1 teaches the player the basics of the game and consists a long platform from which there player spawns, a smaller platform below to the right, a long platform also to the right and slightly higher in elevation, and the spotlight a short distance away. To complete the level, the player simply needs to jump onto each platform while proceeding right.

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_1

Level 2[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_2

Level 3[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_3

Level 4[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_4

Level 5[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_5

Level 6[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_6

Level 7[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_7

Level 8[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_8

Level 9[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_9

Level 10[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_10

Level 11[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_11

Level 12[]

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Level 13[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_13

Level 14[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_14

Level 15[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_15

Level 16[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_16

Level 17[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_17

Level 18[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_18

Level 19[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_19

Level 20[]

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Tightrope_Theatre_Level_20

Ending[]

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The ending depicts, on a tightrope in a large spotlight, the performer throwing up its hands and tossing small amounts of red and yellow confetti. Words above and below, in large golden text, read "Thank you for playing!".

Interactive objects[]

  • Moving platforms - Move horizontally in a set range and make the performer stay in one place while not moving or move slowly when moving.

Hazards[]

  • Spikes - Found on top of platforms and will knock the performer of its unicycle upon contact.
  • Cannons - Shoot cannonballs in a set direction that will knock the performer off its unicycle upon contact.
  • Fireballs - Move vertically back and forth between two crates and will incinerate the performer if touched.
  • Barrels - Fall from the top of the screen in a set pattern and will harm the performer upon contact.
  • Candles - Stationary hazards that will incinerate the performer upon contact.

Soundtrack[]

Menu Game

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