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I know the guy who wrote this game, so I’m gonna plug it. :D

Eversion is this random little platformer made by Zaratustra (who has a bunch of other indie games to his name already) made for TIGSource’s Commonplace Book Competition. The concept behind Eversion is that to get past certain obstacles you have to press the ‘everse’ button at certain spots in the game causing the entire game to change with everything getting progressively darker, initially starting from a happy cheerful platformer to ending up eventually at oh-god-why-is-everything-trying-to-kill-me. The entire game transforms as you go, with enemies (and the scenery!) getting replaced with more dangerous versions, entire levels taking on gloomier feels, including the nice touch of the cheerful music from world 1 (gleefully ripped from Cocoron) just turning downright grim as you go through the game.

The first couple levels mostly ease you into the various ways the game expects you to solve puzzles and navigate obstacles with the eversion mechanic, with the game getting harder as it goes on (along with a near-pixel-perfect jump in world 4 that people have complained about). The last couple levels are great platforming action though and going through the game again to collect all the gems for the real ending (which is great, btw) gives it an extra bit of replayability.

The TIGForums post for the game is here, if you want to leave feedback for Zara.