About Badland

Badland is an award-winning atmospheric side-scrolling action platformer set in a beautiful yet dangerous forest. You control Clony, a small, flying forest creature, guiding him through a maze of complex physics-based puzzles, giant whirring gears, falling rocks, and deadly traps. As you fly through the silhouetted landscape, the screen constantly scrolls forward, forcing you to think fast and react even faster to survive.

One of the game's core features is the ability to rescue and clone your creature. Collecting power-ups allows you to multiply your numbers, growing a massive swarm of clones that fly in unison. Power-ups also alter your physical properties, making your clones grow giant, shrink tiny, speed up, or become bouncy and sticky. You will need to sacrifice parts of your clone swarm to navigate narrow passages, activate switches, and ensure at least one survivor reaches the end of each level.

Controls

Guide your creature through the hazardous forest using simple touch or keyboard inputs:

  • Press and hold Left Mouse Button or Spacebar: Fly upward.
  • Release Left Mouse Button or Spacebar: Descend.

Tips to Survive the Forest

  • Manage Your Swarm: Having more clones makes it easier to trigger pressure plates and survive traps, but a large crowd is harder to navigate through tight areas. Sacrifice clones when necessary to keep at least one alive.
  • Adapt to Size Changes: Growing larger helps you push heavy boulders and break obstacles, while shrinking makes it easier to sneak through narrow, winding pipes. Pay attention to upcoming obstacles to use your size power-ups effectively.
  • Keep Moving: The screen never stops scrolling. Getting stuck behind a wall or caught in a trap will quickly push you off-screen, leading to an immediate game over.

This browser version offers a quick-to-play, highly atmospheric session perfect for testing your reflexes and puzzle-solving skills directly in your web browser.

Badland FAQ

How do you control the creature in Badland?
You can control the creature's flight by clicking and holding the left mouse button or pressing the spacebar to fly upward, and releasing to float down.
What is the main goal in each level of Badland?
The goal is to navigate the scrolling level, avoid traps, and guide at least one creature safely to the portal pipe at the end.
How do the clone power-ups work?
Power-ups can multiply your creature into a swarm, or change their characteristics by making them larger, smaller, speedier, or sticky to solve environmental puzzles.

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