UpMove

UpMove is a typing game and cave flyer about pursuing an ambition and perhaps going too far. You pilot a craft through cities, countryside and giant factories, delivering cargo to move upwards and onwards. Typing provides the power to propel your ship as you dodge meteor showers, laser beams and traffic jams across 11 hand-crafted levels, from moderate to extreme difficulty.

Flying and typing

Your ship’s thrust works only in the direction it faces, so you need to manage its momentum. Typing powers the craft, and recharging quickly in mid-air can determine whether you reach your destination. The game uses a high-resolution monochrome style inspired by early Macintosh games.

Modes and challenge

You can race through levels to set faster leaderboard times, play carefully and try to clear as many levels as possible before running out of lives, or enable infinite lives and work toward unlocking the hardest levels. The difficulty curve begins with basic piloting challenges and reaches levels intended to be a significant achievement even for experienced cave flyer players.

Levels and themes

The levels take you through varied countryside, cityscapes and factories filled with deadly machinery. The journey explores questions about humility and sloth, ambition and greed, and how to improve yourself without losing who you are.