You Have 99 Lives
Minimalistic precision platformer. ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT
An independent, vanilla remake of an original game that used to run on Construct, built from scratch, with no dependency on the old engine.
- Precision platformer
- 9 levels + New Game Plus
- Clean-room remake
- PWA, desktop and mobile
- 100% browser, no install
ABOUT THE GAME
99 chances, zero decoration
You Have 99 Lives started as a game in Construct, and got left behind as the original engine fell out of use. This version is an honest, independent remake: it's not a Construct export, it doesn't use the original runtime, it's vanilla HTML/CSS/JavaScript built from scratch, looking at the original game as a reference, not a dependency.
Nine levels take you from the intro to the finish, testing movement precision, timing, and reflex against spikes, moving blocks, and pits, all with a black-and-white aesthetic that never distracts from any of it. After winning, a harder, non-linear New Game Plus opens up, still under construction.
SCREENSHOTS
Level 3: Motion
HOW TO PLAY
Controls
Arrows or WASD: move · Space: jump. Designed to work well on desktop and mobile.
TECH SHEET
Credits
Music by Kevin MacLeod. Sound effects by Freesound.org artists. Special thanks to Paula Martins and to David, the first player to finish the game.
NOTE FROM IDEABOB
Why I made this
This original game was mine, built in Construct, and it got left behind as the project became hard to maintain. I rebuilt it from scratch to give a second life to an idea I didn't want to let die, and "You Have 99 Lives" ended up with a somewhat literal meaning in all of that.