Red and Blue Stickman Rope

Why We Picked Red and Blue Stickman Rope

Red and Blue Stickman Rope is built around steering with the arrow keys, and the level design does the explaining that the text does not. There is no inventory screen to learn, which keeps the pace where it belongs. Story is thin on purpose; it explains the direction of travel and then gets out of the way. Nothing in it wastes your time on purpose, which is rare for a genre fond of cutscenes. For reference: 183 plays, 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 174 of 183 on the adventure shelf.

How to Play

What you actually do, in order:

• Steer with the arrow keys; the rest of the game is timing.
• Get through the route in one piece; the retry is cheaper than the detour.
• Learn the checkpoint spacing before you attempt anything risky.

Editor’s Note

Levels are short and checkpoints are close, so leaving mid-run costs you very little. It keeps the screen readable, so the next obstacle is visible before it is urgent.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.