UpWakeNing

UpWakeNing is a challenging jumping platformer set in a sleep-paralysis nightmare. You cannot move while everything seems real; with each blink, the dream grows more surreal until you find yourself trapped in a box. To wake up, you must climb to the highest point of the nightmare, while falls can make you feel less sane.

Climb the nightmare

You charge each jump and choose its power, accounting for angle, velocity, rotation and gravity. Once you are in the air, you cannot change your chosen path, so you need to plan each jump. There is no auto-save, and a mistake can send you into a long fall. You learn from those mistakes as you work your way upward.

Two levels

The game has two somewhat similar levels. After beating the first, you can play the second with the ability to double jump, revisiting the same hellish place with a new way to move through it.

The dream world

The game presents 3D objects from a 2D viewpoint in a 2.5D world. It features self-made animations and 3D objects, along with a narrator who follows you through your dream as you try to escape.