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Level Devil is a platformer that treats the rules of platformers as a setup for a joke. You guide a small character from the left side of the screen to an exit door on the right, and on paper that is the whole job. In practice the level keeps changing its mind: solid-looking ground gives way, spikes appear where you were about to land, and the door is not always where it seems to be.

Nothing here is a fair fight the first time through, and it is not meant to be. Each level is short, so a death costs you a few seconds rather than a few minutes. You restart at once and try again with what you have just learned. That loop of dying, noticing, adjusting and getting through is the whole appeal, and it suits quick sessions between other things.

If you came to Cat Ninja for the sign gags and the cheeky level design, this is the same sense of humour with the difficulty turned toward trickery instead of speed. It runs in the browser with nothing to install.

How to play

Move and jump with the arrow keys or W, A, S and D. Click inside the game once before you start so the keys reach the page rather than the browser window. If the start screen names any other action key, use that one.

A round is simple to describe. Run right, jump the obvious gaps, and reach the door. What makes it work is that the obvious route is often the trap, so the first attempt at any new level is best spent as a scouting run. Watch what moves, what vanishes and what only shows up when you get close.

Tips

• Treat your first death on a level as information. Note exactly where it happened and what triggered it, because the trap will fire in the same place next time.
• Be suspicious of anything that looks too convenient, such as a clean stretch of floor or a gap that looks easy to cross.
• Don't rush the jump. Many traps are triggered by where you stand, so slower, deliberate movement gives you time to react.
• If a level stops responding, reload the page and start that level again.

Similar games on Cat Ninja

The World's Hardest Game and OvO are the closest neighbours in spirit. The World's Hardest Game is about precise routes through moving hazards, while OvO is a fast, athletic platformer built around momentum and clean movement. For ninja-themed platforming without the trickery, Final Ninja and Ninja Leap are more straightforward tests of timing.

Level Devil suits anyone who enjoys learning a level by failing it. It works with a keyboard, and a laptop or Chromebook keyboard is the easiest way to play.