Created by YourFavoriteDM for the 2026 Pirate Software Game Jam 18.

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[ Keyboard Controls ]

[SPACE] - Jump

[S] or [DOWN] - Slide

[C] - Color Shift

[ESC] - Pause

[ENTER] - Accept

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Color Shift is a 2D side-scrolling runner where color is your way out. In a greyscale dystopia where expression is illegal, you’re the malcontent.

As you sprint, jump, and slide, chaining movement together, you can also cycle through colors to phase through matching hazards and paint the ground beneath you, transforming sterile streets into art.

The World is watching live coverage of your transgression as you rebel against the system of conformity. The government is also watching you, waiting for you to hesitate and make a mistake. But you don’t slow down. You push forward.

Set to ’80s-inspired synthwave, Color Shift is built to drop you straight into a high-speed flow state, part reflex challenge, part expression, where traversal becomes a performance and every burst of color is proof you’re still free.

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[ Game Design Document ]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XcwLm11m4NsFMidnW9W06QpZIIiL5N1RHwwdoLldeHo/...

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