Short Life: a platformer about reaching the goal in one piece

About Short Life

Short Life is a platform game where you guide a hero through a series of levels to the finish line. The challenge is to arrive in one piece: the character is fragile, and a hard knock can leave his limbs scattered.

The idea may sound like any other platformer, but the twist is taking care of your hero. Running and jumping is not enough; you need to judge every fall, dodge obstacles and move forward carefully. It is played with just the keyboard arrow keys, so it is easy to learn, although reaching the end of each level takes practice. There is nothing to download and no sign-up: open the page and play.

Short Life suits you if you enjoy platformers with a touch of humour and physics, the kind where every failure teaches you something for the next attempt. The levels differ from one another, so there is no single recipe: you will have to read the scenery, experiment and retry until you find the safest route to the exit.

The pace of the game also invites you to experiment without fear: if something goes wrong, you can try again straight away and apply what you learned. With each attempt you understand better how much your hero can take, which jumps are safe and which are best avoided, and that sense of steady improvement is what keeps the game interesting.

How to play Short Life?

In every level your goal is to bring the hero to the finish without hurting him. Move forward, jump and avoid obstacles carefully.

Start the level and study the path and the obstacles ahead.
Move with the keyboard arrow keys to run and jump.
Avoid long falls and hard hits so your hero stays in one piece.
Reach the finish to move on to the next level.

Short Life controls

PC

Keyboard arrow keys: move the hero and jump to the finish.
You do not need a mouse to play.

Tips and tricks: Short Life

Study the level before you move: there is almost always a safer route.
Slow down before a drop so you do not land too hard.
If you fail, replay the section calmly; every attempt teaches you about the scenery.
Judge the distance of each jump before leaping into the gap.
Aim to arrive in one piece rather than to be fast.