About

Paintformer is a Nintendo DS-style action platformer where you can paint your own platforms. Lead the Jellysquid into the portal at the end of the level, drawing your own platforms along the way!

The game requires a mouse or touchscreen. Optionally, you can use a keyboard or a gamepad to make platforming easier.

The mechanic of drawing physics objects with the cursor is based mainly on the Brain It On! app.

Gotm Jam 14 prize winner for Gameplay category. Ranked 3rd of 6 games by users.

Tip: If you prefer the look of Super Mario Maker style mixels over pixel accuracy, turn on the setting “High-resolution subpixel scaling”.

Controls

Mouse/Touch

Mouse	Touch	Action
Hold LMB	Long press	Walk left/right to posiiton
Left Click once on Jellysquid	Tap once on Jellysquid	Jump
Double Click anywhere	Double Tap anywhere	Jump
Drag LMB inside a Draw Area while Drawing Mode is active	Drag finger inside a Draw Area while Drawing Mode is active	Draw a platform
Left Click on on-screen UI	Tap on on-screen UI	Interact with on-screen UI

Keyboard/Gamepad

This game uses Nintendo button conventions. That means, relative to Xbox controllers, the A and B buttons are swapped, as are the X and Y buttons.

Keyboard	Gamepad	Action
Arrow ← and →	D-pad ← and →	Walk
Space or Enter	A button	Jump
Ctrl	B button	Restart
Shift	Y button	Toggle Drawing Mode
P key	Start button	Pause