Lava Leaper

Lava Leaper is a colorful arcade-style mini-game where your task is to leap your way up the moving platforms while avoiding the rising lava. Difficulty increases in later stages, so use the checkpoints to mark your progress and search for shortcuts.

Don't be fooled by it's small download size - it includes colorful animated graphics, multi-channel sound and digital music.

No installation required, simply download and run the entirely self-contained executable.
To uninstall, simply delete the executable, no other files are installed/created.

Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2K/XP, Direct-X not required. Freeware.

Download

lavaleaper.zip (89K)

Why so small?

This is a 5-minute coffee-break type game, and my philosophy is that small games should be small programs.

Portable?

Yes, it will run just fine from a USB memory stick or drive, CD-R, floppy, etc.

Cheats?

Yes, there are cheats - speed up/slow down the lava, alter gravity higher or lower, warp to the next level, change difficulty level on the fly, restore lives, et cetera. Right now I'm using the cheats as a thank you gift for donations - if you make a donation you'll get the cheats for all the games. If you really want the cheats, and really can't afford a donation, contact me and ask nicely.

What if it doesn't work with my sound/video card, etc?

It should run fine on the vast majority of "well-behaved" hardware. It has been extensively tested, and I'm not currently aware of any hardware that it won't run on. However, there's only so much support that can be built into a small program, and someone will eventually discover some odd hardware combination that it won't run on. Contact me with specific details and perhaps the problem can be resolved.

High Scores?

I've received several inquiries wondering what the "best" possible scores are for the various levels. Um, unfortunately, I honestly don't know. Here is a screen capture of a "no cheats" run through level 1 on hard difficulty that scored 3884 - perhaps you can use that as a benchmark of sorts. It's a pretty clean run, but certainly not perfect - seems like it ought to at least be possible to break 4000, can you do it? (Spoiler Alert: don't view the image if you don't want any hints)

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