The ground is hunting you.
Only those who read the beat get through
BoingMaster traps are mostly simple: spikes you can just hop over. But a swinging pendulum, a slamming crusher and an electric fence that flicks on and off are different. Timing is everything. And then, from ground that was perfectly still, fire jets, fists and arrows shoot up.
This story is about BoingMaster traps: eleven traps on the ground, eight things that rise out of it, and the surfaces that change what’s under your feet. What to clear, and on what beat, is laid out with real game screens and numbers from the code.
The ones you just jump over
Spikes, fire, saw blades and rocks always sit in the same place with the same shape. One jump clears them. The acid pool is wide, so jump a little early and make it a long one.
Barbed wire: two jumps
A long stretch of barbed wire can’t be cleared with a single jump. Jump once, then use a mid-air jump before you come down. If you keep the jump button held, you’ll jump again by yourself at the top.
Acid pools and pits
With both, width is the problem. A slide jump taken from the Superman pose carries you 1.22 times farther forward.
The ones that need a beat
| Trap | Beat | When to pass |
|---|---|---|
| Pendulum | Swings 2.6 side to side every 2.4 s | Right after it passes |
| Crusher | Slams down every 2.9 s | While it’s up |
| Bear trap | Open for only 42% of every 1.7 s | While it’s shut |
| Electric fence | Live for only 38% of every 1.45 s | While it’s off |
| Landmine | Blinks every 0.55 s | Watch the blink, then jump |
Eight things that rise from the ground
They burst out of flat ground on a fixed beat. If one is up at the moment you pass, you lose a heart. Time your entry to the rise, or jump high over it.
Of the eight, only the geyser won’t kill you. It shoots you upward instead, carrying you to the upper path.
The ground itself changes: seven surfaces
| Surface | What changes |
|---|---|
| Ice | Your feet barely grip (grip 0.055), so you slide and can’t stop |
| Puddle | Grip 0.55, speed ×0.72 |
| Snow | Grip 0.30, speed ×0.88 |
| Steel plate | Good grip and a little faster (×1.04) |
| Conveyor | Speeds you up ×1.35, so jump early |
| Crumbling platform | Collapses 0.42 s after you step on it, so don’t stop |
| Trampoline | Bounces you 1.75 times your jump (2.15 times if you hold) |
On top of all this, rolling balls (you can’t stomp them, you have to jump them), low ceilings that go for your head (use Superman), and pits where the ground drops away are mixed in between.
How it all gets mixed
The terrain is stitched together from thirty-five patterns, and each pattern unlocks at a set level. Level 1 has spikes, pits and stairs; level 2 adds trampolines, tunnels and fire pits; level 9 brings the crusher corridor and the collapsing bridge. So the first few levels are a time for learning the traps one at a time.
Reading the ground in five lines
- Barbed wire takes two jumps. Hold the button and you’ll jump again at the top.
- The pendulum right after it passes, the crusher while it’s up.
- The electric fence is live 38%, the bear trap open 42%. Most of the time it’s safe.
- The geyser is a friend. It’s the only riser that launches you instead.
- Jump early on ice, and never stop on a crumbling platform.
Next up is the uninvited guest that arrives as levels climb: the “WARNING!” special effects and the weather.
Until your body
remembers the beat of the ground.
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