VVVVVV

Gravity-flip instead of jumping showed a single mechanical inversion could carry a whole game.

Released 2010 Developer Terry Cavanagh Publisher Nicalis Platform PC Genre Platformer Era Digital storefronts & indie Website thelettervsixtim.es ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas VVVVVV inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Flip-Screen Room Graph ~~1980~~Continuous Scrolling Playfield ~~1980~~Checkpoint Respawn ~~1984~~Momentum-Based Platform Control ~~1985~~

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