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Glitch Buster.

Play a debugger inside a crashing program in Rémi Vansteelandt’s js13k 2016 platformer. The author’s competition entry asks you to fix thirteen glitches before the timer expires. Movement, jumping on dangerous pointers and throwing breakpoints give you several ways to handle the next obstacle.

Web-nativeKeyboard / touch documented

KEEP THIS HANDY

Controls at a glance.

Arrows / WASD: Move.
Hold Space: Throw a breakpoint.
P: Pause.

Keep the timer and task together

The official submission describes a thirteen-glitch objective under a time limit. Exploring farther is useful when it advances that task. Notice where the game reports progress and time before running past the opening area; that makes an unsuccessful attempt easier to learn from.

A breakpoint has its own input

Holding Space throws a breakpoint, according to the author’s competition instructions. Movement remains on arrows or WASD. Learn one attack while standing somewhere safe enough to see the result, then combine it with traversal once its behavior is clear.

Open the browser entry deliberately

The creator’s catalogue lists both the original JS13K browser game and a separate Steam game. This link opens the compact browser entry. Screenshots and features from the commercial release should not be assumed to describe this version.

BEFORE YOU CLOSE THE TAB

What happens to your progress?

Persistent campaign saving has not been established by the reviewed documentation. Treat the linked build as a session unless its menu says otherwise.

Check the save and backup guide ↗

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