Scrollback

Carry six parcels through a moonlit archive. Hold left or right to run, and hold Jump for a higher leap. Upper shelves offer letters and alternate routes; gaps and paper birds send you back to your checkpoint.

Passing a checkpoint flag saves your place, including in midair. The flag turns green and flashes CHECKPOINT SAVED. You do not need to touch it. Letters stay collected after a fall, and there is no life or time limit. Finish all six deliveries to complete the run.

First moves

Hold left/right or A/D to run. Space or W to jump; release early for a shorter jump.

Pass a flag above the floor to save the checkpoint. Falling below the floor cannot claim one.

Type retry to return to the checkpoint. Collected letters stay collected.

Look for upper routes. N to start another six-delivery run.

Run and score

Each delivery earns 250 points. Each recovered letter earns 25 points once; retrying cannot collect it twice. Complete six deliveries to win. Falls do not end the run, and there is no time limit.

Write your own approach

Launch with --script or type script to open your saved Bash workspace. Copy policy.sh, edit with nano, run chmod +x on your copy, then execute ./your-file.sh. fixtures selects three repeatable runs; standard returns to manual play. Stop cancels. gif, replay and receipt export local practice evidence. Saved files survive re-entry. These games do not submit ranked scores.

Seek the upper shelves and letters, or improve jump timing.

The versioned library copy is [email protected]. Install it with scripts install scrollback-starter my-scrollback, then edit your copy. ORIGIN.json and LICENSE.txt preserve its version, source and credit. scripts try scrollback-starter runs an isolated trial. The existing Script Library and forge review gates govern publishing and credit for improvements.

Use man scrollback for the command reference.

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