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Tightrope Theatre
Information
Link:	Pixel Love
Developer	Adventure Islands
Released:	December 9, 2014
Featured:	January 12, 2015
Platform	Flash
Control scheme:	Keyboard
No. of levels:	24
Data saved:	Levels
Genre(s):	Platform
Website(s):	Stencyl, Newgrounds
Development time:	48 hours

Credits
Graphics Adventure Islands Music CGMusic Sound effects Bfxr.net

Tightrope Theatre is a platform game created for Ludum Dare 31 by Adventure Islands. It was featured on Pixel Love on January 12, 2015. The player controls a performer who stages acts on a unicycle by landing on the designated spotlight.

Controls

• / Left and right arrow keys/A and D keys - Move left/right
• / Up arrow/W key - Jump

Levels

Tightrope Theater has twenty-four levels.

Level 1

Level 1 teaches the player the basics of the game and consists a long platform from which there player spawns, a smaller platform below to the right, a long platform also to the right and slightly higher in elevation, and the spotlight a short distance away. To complete the level, the player simply needs to jump onto each platform while proceeding right.

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Level 2

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Level 3

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Level 4

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Level 5

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Level 6

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Level 7

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Level 8

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Level 9

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Level 10

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Level 11

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Level 12

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Level 13

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Level 14

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Level 15

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Level 16

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Level 17

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Level 18

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Level 19

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Level 20

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Ending

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The ending depicts, on a tightrope in a large spotlight, the performer throwing up its hands and tossing small amounts of red and yellow confetti. Words above and below, in large golden text, read "Thank you for playing!".

Interactive objects

• Moving platforms - Move horizontally in a set range and make the performer stay in one place while not moving or move slowly when moving.

Hazards

• Spikes - Found on top of platforms and will knock the performer of its unicycle upon contact.
• Cannons - Shoot cannonballs in a set direction that will knock the performer off its unicycle upon contact.
• Fireballs - Move vertically back and forth between two crates and will incinerate the performer if touched.
• Barrels - Fall from the top of the screen in a set pattern and will harm the performer upon contact.
• Candles - Stationary hazards that will incinerate the performer upon contact.

Soundtrack

Menu	Game

External links

• Tightrope Theatre blog post feature on Pixel Love