Avabranch Platformer: a close look, tips and whether it is worth your time

If you enjoy short sessions that are hard to walk away from, give this one a look. Below is everything you need before the first launch: the gist, the controls and some working techniques.

What this game is

Avabranch is a line-drawing platformer-puzzle: draw lines and guide your hero to safety. Control four colored lines, each moving left and right on its own keys. If a line hits the screen edge or a falling block, it dies; when all four are gone, the game is over. Grab power-ups to revive dead lines or speed up and slow down the game. Space branches the lines, P pauses, Enter starts a new game.

How to play, in short

1. Avabranch is a line-drawing platformer-puzzle: draw lines and guide your hero to safety.

2. Control four colored lines, each moving left and right on its own keys.

3. If a line hits the screen edge or a falling block, it dies; when all four are gone, the game is over.

4. Grab power-ups to revive dead lines or speed up and slow down the game.

5. Space branches the lines, P pauses, Enter starts a new game.

A few final tips

• Check out the demo mode on the game page — the AI shows how it is played, and repeating it yourself gets much easier.
• Play in short sessions: the best results come with a warmed-up head.

A perfect way to kill ten minutes — and suddenly an hour is gone. Ready to try? "Avabranch Platformer"