Don't Byte Your Tongue

Don't Byte Your Tongue is a precision platformer about climbing to the top to reach your robo-lover. Across 8 levels, each with a unique twist, you use launches, wall jumps and slam jumps to make progress. The controls are easy to learn, but the challenges grow harder as you climb, and a mistake can send you falling back to the start of the level.

Climb to the top

You can launch in any direction, but once launched you cannot change direction. You can launch again only after landing and coming to a stop. Wall jumps help you reach higher and more distant platforms, but can cost you control. While airborne, you can slam onto a surface once to gain more height; this can prevent a fall or send you back to the beginning.

Secret collectibles are hidden throughout the levels, and you can carry them to the top for your robo-lover. NPCs may bully you for not being good enough, though they sometimes offer advice. The game also features 8-bit retrowave art and synthwave music.

Game modes

The game has four modes, each adding difficulty to the climb:

• KiloByte Mode: Climb to the top and avoid falling back down.
• MegaByte Mode: Adds a timer and a danger zone at your last landing spot. Staying in the zone makes the timer count down; when it reaches 0, you are teleported to the beginning of Level 1.
• GigaByte Mode: Builds on MegaByte Mode. If the timer reaches 0, you lose all progress and save data.
• TeraByte Mode: Builds on GigaByte Mode, giving you less time to leave the danger zone. The zone can also randomly turn from red to purple, inverting your launch controls.

Global leaderboards

Cross-platform leaderboards let you compare your times with players around the world and see who completes each game mode fastest.