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The main page of the website has gotten a new overhaul, and I added a new item: the diagonal spring. Also a new space themed background has been added.



Can be a lot of fun to use in your level designs

Platformania update: New graphics, a new enemies and new objects such as one way platforms and the donuts that still have a placeholder graphic! And the Level Studio also had some work done! Here is a level I made: https://platformania.com/695a8308115d4/

Happy new year everyone!

Finally got the new tilesets from my designer! Platformania now has a fresh new look.

If you are interested, you may join the Platformania discord right here: https://discord.gg/3T3CVCJ3

I was hoping you would still be here, I remember you helping me a lot with this game back then.

https://platformania.com/res/images/levels/l69414c204fa60.png

Update 21 dec 2025
A LOT of items have been added, stuff that was missing, but also new things. Switch blocks (does it remind you of the ones in Commander Keen 4?) A lot of work on the Level Studio has been done, making it easier to ...

I've been using KDEnlive for years now and it does everything I need, and is very stable. It produces good quality 4K output files. I run in on Linux but I believe there is also a Windows version.

It's beautiful!

Some of you may remember me working on this thing back in 2018, and I re-bought the domain name, scaled up a few graphics and now it's time to start building levels again!

https://platformania.com/

http://www.platformania.com/res/images/canvas.png

Platformania is a sidescroller where everybody ...

Wait... is that the 'item got' sound from Jazz Jackrabbit?


It's designed to sound a lot like the Jazz Jackrabbit sound, but entirely created from scratch. (It's got a stereo effect to proove this.)

Latest update:


Platformania is now widescreen
The editor has been given a huge update ...

Roobar wrote:Shouldn't these goplats be one-way up platforms?

They are now one-way. Also I did more work to make the Ice Physics better.

Get your jump physics straight. Oh Dear Lord the terrible jump physics... And for crying out loud get people to test the character control regularly New people who haven't had time to get used to the weird way you do things; that way you can be sure they move intuitively.

Great advise, this is ...

Shouldn't these goplats be one-way up platforms?

That is something I need to work on ASAP!

Now I think with these ice platforms it's probably possible to remake almost the entire Keen 1 levels. Only if you implement pogo stick as a pick-up item... But more importantly, are you planning on ...

New things! You can now build Goplats with predefined paths, taking the player anywhere you go!



Also: Ice Blocks! Create slippery worlds with these new blocks!