Clipmatrix is a Counter-Strike-like, bunny hopping, platforming romp through surreal and industrial locales

A happening that ever tickles maine successful a peculiar mode is erstwhile a crippled takes a beloved mechanic from an iconic crippled that doesn't technically exist. By not existing I'm talking astir thing similar wavedashing successful Super Smash Bros. Melee. You can't play that crippled professionally without doing it, and yet it's conscionable an exploit arsenic opposed to thing purposeful, but determination are derivatives that straight cook it in. So, contempt ne'er playing its root (pun intended (you'll spot what I mean successful a second)) of inspiration, I'm rather intrigued by Clipmatrix, a momentum platformer acceptable successful surreal, concern locales built astir Source Engine bunny hopping recovered successful the likes of Counter-Strike.

I'm going to bastardise this a bit, but for the uninitiated, bunny hopping is simply a spot of question tech recovered successful a scope of shooters wherever you are perpetually chaining jumps and mid-air strafes to summation much velocity than the crippled would usually let for. I think, anyway, I'm not an adept connected this. Clipmatrix is simply a platformer that is each astir this 1 signifier of movement, with nary shooting to beryllium found, conscionable a scope of low-resolution JPEGs of an limb holding assorted kinds of knives (and sometimes an aged iPhone, the benignant that inactive had a location button).

It surely seems similar a crippled geared towards speedrunner. There's a 100 level run to play through, filled with hazy floating factual platforms and walls to astir interval across, with an endless contention mode containing a further 50 tracks that morph into an "unpredictable, non-linear loop." But adjacent with that, there's a Garry's Mod, virtual hangout spot benignant of vibe to it by the sounds of things, arsenic there's a hub country you tin bent retired successful with different folks, and lobbies that tin big up to 250 different runners connected the aforesaid way astatine once.

If immoderate of this sounds intimidating to you, the Steam leafage does item a "dedicated tutorial" that teaches you each astir "strafe timing, momentum preservation, and velocity mechanics from scratch successful a clear, step-by-step grooming mode." The full happening conscionable seems neat and vibey, and comes from developer Dreamware Media, the aforesaid folks that made Hyperbeat, alongside the besides upcoming and otherwise vibey pipedog. You tin wishlist Clipmatrix here.