Shifty Sam

Meet Sam Swaggerton, the shiftiest, swankiest guy around! You and your awesome shades and 'stache need to navigate an ever-changing world using a variety of brain-bending mechanics.

Featuring 12 levels and 12 challenge levels, as well as NES-inspired artwork and soundtrack.

Made in 4 days for the GMTK Game Jam 2025 with the theme "Loop."

Coded using https://scratch.mit.edu 

- CONTROLS -

•  WASD or arrow keys to move

•  X or Spacebar to oscillate between two spaces, to help with the tedium of waiting

•  Z or U to undo

•  Q to toggle on/off a ruler to help with planning your moves to line up right

•  H to return to the level select menu

•  N to skip a level

•  M to mute/unmute music

CREDITS

•  All code by @MegaProgramGuy

•  All art by @MegaProgramGuy

•  Font is 04B_30 on DaFont

•  Color palette is PICO-8 Expanded by Lexaloffle Games

•  Music and sound effects by James Stajov- https://soundcloud.com/jamesstajov 

POST JAM BUILD: New win animation, visual polish, and LOADS of bugfixes!

The game got in the top 20% of all entries when averaging the scores, and in the top 5% for audio! This is incredible!