Ludography
Jump 'n Bump cover

1998 · Brainchild Design · Arcade · Platformer

Jump 'n Bump

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Released
1998
Platforms
LinuxMS-DOSWiiWindowsmacOS
Genres
ArcadePlatformer
Developers
Brainchild Design
Publishers
Brainchild Design
Modes
Multiplayer
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
Country
United States

About

Jump 'n Bump is a 1998 freeware (or emailware) and open-source MS-DOS platform multiplayer video game by Brainchild Design.

Keywords

  • bloody
  • rabbit
  • abstract
  • death match
  • xbox live indie games
  • deliberately retro

Media

Jump 'n Bump screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Jump 'n Bump has no plot, other than that it involves up to four rabbits in multiplayer deathmatch: Dott, Jiffy, Fizz, and Mijji, trying to hop onto each other's heads to squish each other and score a point, while sending gibs flying everywhere. The rabbits are controlled by players on the same computer, using the keyboard, mouse, and/or joystick.

Development

Jump 'n Bump was written in C and Assembly language by Brainchild Design in 1998. The graphics were made with Deluxe Paint 2 and PaintShop Pro 5. The Mod music was made with FastTracker 2. Although the players' scores are tracked, the game continues indefinitely until it is ended by the players.

In 1999 the game with its source code was released as Emailware. The game has since been ported to a number of other operating systems and platforms, with the release of a SDL version.

Reception

Jump 'n Bump was mentioned as one of the earliest "instant kill games" when Samurai Gunn was compared to it in 2013. The N++ developers cited in 2014 Jump 'n Bump as inspiration for the Deathmatch mode in their game.

Due to the popularity and source code availability the game was ported to newer systems and platforms like Windows, Android, PlayStation 2, Wii and several others.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows31 December 1998Worldwide

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Licensing

Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.