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Mighty Jill Off cover

2008 · Anna Anthropy · LGBT themes · Platformer

Mighty Jill Off

Jill wants to please the Queen but Jill always fails. Jill has to punish herself to reach the top of the dungeon and reunite with the Queen.

Released
2008
Platforms
WindowsmacOS
Genres
LGBT themesPlatformer
Developers
Anna Anthropy
Publishers
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Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionComedy
Country
United States

About

Mighty Jill Off is a 2008 independently developed freeware platform video game designed by Anna Anthropy, with art by James Harvey and music by Andrew Toups. It stars a submissive named Jill, who has a boot fetish and is forced to climb up a tower after her Queen kicks her down it as punishment. Jill does this by jumping and slowly descending over obstacles. Jill can be defeated in one hit by these obstacles, but will return to the last check point.

The game serves as an homage to the 1984 arcade game Bomb Jack and its console and computer sequel, Mighty Bomb Jack. It had follow-ups, such as Mighty Jill Off - Jill Off Harder Edition and Jill Off With One Hand. Jill made a cameo appearance in the 2010 video game Super Meat Boy as a playable character.

Keywords

  • death
  • female protagonist
  • dark humor
  • protagonist's name in the title
  • lgbtq+

Media

Mighty Jill Off screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Mighty Jill Off incorporates several BDSM themes. It stars a submissive lesbian named Jill who has a boot fetish. She is kicked to the bottom of her Queen's tower for acting like a "greedy slut". Jill attempts to climb back up the tower and return to her Queen; once there, she is given affection, constricted and gagged, and made to do it again.

Some of Mighty Jill Off's gameplay is borrowed from the 1986 arcade game Mighty Bomb Jack as a tribute. Players control Jill in only three ways: moving, jumping, and slowly descending. In the air, players may cause Jill to slowly descend by rapidly pushing the jump button while pointing in the direction that they want her to go. Players can switch direction while they do this.

Development

Mighty Jill Off was designed and developed by American video game designer and critic Anna Anthropy, also known as Auntie Pixelante, in 2008. James Harvey provided the artwork for the game, while Andrew Toups created the music. Anthropy designed Mighty Jill Off to feature "dykes and perverts" to make up for "the distinct lack of real dyke characters and dyke desire in games". She argued that while "supposed dykes" are seen in commercials, these characters are "written and drawn by men".

She said that "they don't look like us, they don't express themselves like us, they don't lust like us." Anthropy compared the challenge of players who lead Jill through the game as similar to the challenges of a top who leads the bottom through a scene.

Reception

Mighty Jill Off has received generally positive reception. Retronauts' Jess Ragan praised Anthropy for her understanding of what made Mighty Bomb Jack good. com's Scott Sharkey listed Mighty Jill Off as one of his favourite independently developed freeware games in 2009. Gamasutra listed it as one of their runners-up for the top five best indie games of 2008.

On two separate occasions, IndieGames' Tim W. listed Mighty Jill Off as "game picks"; first for the original version, and second for Mighty Jill Off - Jill Off Harder Edition. GamesRadar's Nathan Meuiner listed the game as one of the "most ruthlessly punishing indie games" and wrote that the difficulty level may make players question whether the "pain of a million deaths is worth the pleasure awaiting" players. Bitmob's James DeRosa called it "tough-as-s***" and gave credit to Anthropy for coining the genre "masocore".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
macOS29 February 2008Worldwide
Windows29 February 2008Worldwide

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