Jump the Block

Why We Picked Jump the Block

The pitch for Jump the Block fits on a postcard: timing your jumps, again, slightly faster. Checkpoints are rare, which sounds harsh and is, in fact, the point. Nothing here is complicated; it is just fast. It has 1,560 plays here, which on this shelf is less a verdict than a survival rate. For reference: 4.5 out of 5 from 50 ratings, and 332 of 500 on the arcade shelf.

How to Play

Three things decide whether a run here goes well:

• Jump timing is the entire skill; the rest of the controls barely matter.
• The next run starts from zero, which is why the first thirty seconds matter most.
• Move early rather than far, and let the gap close behind you.

Editor’s Note

It runs with no install, which is the main reason a game this thin gets played at all. The page is one screen of game and a list of controls that fits in two lines.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.