- Players
- 1 player
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Skills
- Quick reflexes, Timing, Hand–eye coordination
- Category
- Adventure
Fancy Pants Adventure is a 2D platformer starring a stickman in bright orange trousers. The whole game looks hand-sketched, and the hero runs, jumps and rolls with smooth, springy movement that makes simply getting around fun.
How to play
You start in a small room with a door marked World 1. Walk up to it and press up to go through. Even the menu is a row of doors you walk between, labelled Start Game, Level Select, Trophies, Do Not Enter and Options.
In the levels you run across rolling hills and floating rocks, collecting the little swirl symbols counted at the top left. A bar at the top shows your health, and a counter next to the orange trousers icon appears to show lives. Watch out for creatures such as the black spider and look for doors that lead onwards.
Controls
- Left and right arrow keys: move
- S: jump
- Up arrow: open doors
- Down arrow: duck
- Down arrow while on a slope or landing: roll
- Space bar: pause
- Q: change graphics quality
Tips
- Practise moving and jumping in the first room before going through the World 1 door.
- Duck when landing or on a slope to roll and keep your speed up.
- Collect the swirls along the way; the counter at the top left keeps track.
- Keep an eye on the health bar at the top of the screen and steer clear of creatures like the spider.
- If the game runs slowly, press Q to lower the graphics quality.
Who it's for
Suits players around 8 and up who like running-and-jumping games. The controls are simple, though using S to jump with the arrow keys takes a little getting used to.
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