ABOUT THIS GAME
Defy gravity and the elements in VERTIGO 5000, a heart-pounding vertical arcade platformer. Climb an endless series of platforms as escalating wind forces threaten to send you plummeting into the abyss. Every jump counts, every gust tests your resolve. Your score is your altitude — the only way out is up. Three difficulty bands escalate the pressure: wide calm platforms under 150m, narrowing ledges with moderate gusts through 300m, and rare perches in chaotic wind beyond. Rocket boosters grant rare powered ascents, edge wobble warns you at the lip, and a top-10 shared board remembers your deepest climb.
KEY FEATURES
Altitude-as-Score
Your score is your altitude in pixels. No collecting, no combo meters — the climb is the score and the fall is the reset.
Your score is your altitude in pixels. No collecting, no combo meters — the climb is the score and the fall is the reset.
Escalating Wind Physics
Wind force scales with altitude (base × altitude / 250) and shifts direction every 30-120 frames. Lows are calm, highs are brutal, and the HUD arrow always tells you which way the gale blows.
Wind force scales with altitude (base × altitude / 250) and shifts direction every 30-120 frames. Lows are calm, highs are brutal, and the HUD arrow always tells you which way the gale blows.
Seeded Procedural Platforming
Every run is generated fresh from a seeded random value. Platforms obey minimum vertical gaps, maximum horizontal gaps, and width that narrows every 240 meters — endless, deterministic, and always fair.
Every run is generated fresh from a seeded random value. Platforms obey minimum vertical gaps, maximum horizontal gaps, and width that narrows every 240 meters — endless, deterministic, and always fair.
Rocket Boosters
Rare deterministic pickups ignite 90 frames of continuous ascent with a visible flame. A booster is a brief reprieve from the wind — not a crutch.
Rare deterministic pickups ignite 90 frames of continuous ascent with a visible flame. A booster is a brief reprieve from the wind — not a crutch.
Edge Wobble
Near the lip of a platform, Suit-Man can wobble with arms spread wide and a screen shake. The wobble is the line between a clean ascent and a bottomless fall.
Near the lip of a platform, Suit-Man can wobble with arms spread wide and a screen shake. The wobble is the line between a clean ascent and a bottomless fall.
Suit-Man Physics
Move, jump, and grip with tight grid-based physics: gravity 0.045, jump -0.56, max speed 0.45, and sub-tile xr/yr resolution on a 16-pixel grid.
Move, jump, and grip with tight grid-based physics: gravity 0.045, jump -0.56, max speed 0.45, and sub-tile xr/yr resolution on a 16-pixel grid.
Shared High Scores
Scores save to the PHP backend with a top-10 table and three-initial entry. Permadeath, one list, and every run ends in your name.
Scores save to the PHP backend with a top-10 table and three-initial entry. Permadeath, one list, and every run ends in your name.
GAMEPLAY
Perspective
Side-Scrolling Vertical Arcade Platformer
Focus
Pure gravity, wind, and precision jumping
Players
1
Native Resolution
384x216
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