Sledgehammer

Three stages, one sledgehammer. Crack the rock, shatter the spikes, topple the kings.

Sledgehammer is a pixel-art action platformer about a smith and a very heavy hammer. Swing it to crack rock and knock foes aside. Leap and drop hammer-first to shatter spikes and bounce off whatever is below. Some walls only open for the hammer.

Three stages

• Ember Plains, under the moon: rock to break, a spike corridor, drifting platforms over a wide pit, a cave, and the Burrow King waiting at the end
• Crystal Mines, underground: tunnels to smash through, a floor that is not what it seems, lifts over a pit, and a chest at the end
• Anvil Keep, at a red dawn: battlements, a moat crossed on three moving platforms, the tower climb, and the Anvil Golem and its shockwaves

Features

• Coyote time, a jump buffer and variable jump height
• Hit-stop and screen shake on every blow, checkpoints that light up
• A chiptune score for each stage, each boss and the title
• English and Portuguese · keyboard, mouse and touch (on-screen pad, A and B on phones and tablets) · full screen
• Your best score and your furthest stage are saved: continue from where you stopped

Controls

• ← → or A D move · Z, Space or ↑ jump (hold to go higher)
• X or J hammer swing · ↓ + Z in the air: hammer drop
• Esc or P pause · M sound · F full screen

Every sprite, backdrop and note is drawn and played by the game itself. There are no image or audio files behind it.

A game by Moon Cartridge. Pixel-art games, made by hand under the moon.