Originally released on PC in 2019, Nexile’s platformerJump King: There Is a Smoking Hot Babe at the Topexperienced success out of the gate thanks in part to Twitch streamers. Like many games that have flown under the radar and been pulled into the spotlight via livestreaming,Jump Kingbecame a viral hit on Twitch.
On August 8, a player-made expansion forJump KingcalledBabe of Ascensionwas released, providing fans with new content for the first time in over a year. Promoted by Nexile on the company’s Twitter account,Babe of Ascensioncontains a level that featuresimages of some of the Twitch streamers who helped makeJump Kingpopular.
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OneTwitch streamerwho has been showcasingJump Kingsince the release ofBabe of Ascensionis a content creator named Mizkif. A few days ago, after putting nearly seven hours into the game, Mizkif accidentally lost all of his progress whenJump Kingunexpectedly restarted. The streamer sat stunned for a few seconds, turning to the chat for feedback on what exactly had happened. It turns out that the game’s keyboard command for “Restart” is set to Q by default on PC. Mizkif seems to have been playing with a controller, where the Q key was bound to a button too close toJump King’saction commands.
Realizing what had happened, Mizkif said, “That is just not fair.” The streamer then proceeded to rebind the keys on his controller and looked to see if there was perhaps a save of his progress, but he couldn’t find one. Not one to be discouraged for long, Mizkif jumped right back into the game, stating, “Yeah, I’m mad… Am I supposed to be ecstatic? That was seven hours of work gone. But I’ll get right up there. I love this game.” He played for another seven hours.
Jump Kingis atest of gamers' patienceand perseverance similar toGetting Over It,the game with a man in a pot that become extremely popular a few years ago. The player must jump their way up a tower in an attempt to reach the top, but one wrong move can cause the player to fall and lose sometimes substantial amounts of progress. To put it in perspective, Mizkif had been playing for close to seven hours and had only climbed 35 percent of the tower.
Nexile is a relatively newindie gamedevelopment studio based in Sweden, andJump Kingis the company’s first game release. On Steam,Jump Kinghas an overall Very Positive rating, and 90 percent of the posted user reviews are positive. The company is currently working on a follow-up game calledJump King Quest,which will also feature 2D platforming but will expand on story and RPG elements as well.
Jump Kingis available on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
