Gingerman Rescue

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This is a 15-stage candy-themed platformer game where you, as a gingerbread man, run and jump as fast as you can to recover his lost candy treasure. Fight off confectionary foes in an indulgently delectable sugar world.

• Reach the end of each level and collect as many candies as you can.
• Attack or dodge any enemy that stands in your way.
• Replay the levels you’ve completed in training mode.

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Gingerman Rescue Platformer Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions

How to Play

As Gingerman, recover your gummy buttons, defeat enemies, and reach the end of the level.

• Starting the Game
  • Select Start to load the welcome screen.
  • On the welcome screen, select the play button on the lower left to begin.
    • Once you start the game, it plays a short cutscene explaining its premise.
    • After playing through once, you activate training mode. Select the training mode button from the bottom left corner of the welcome screen.
  • On the top right corner of the screen are the following buttons:
    • Information button: Shows the developer credits for the game
    • Sound button: Toggles the game’s audio
  • On the top left corner is the enlarge button. Use this to switch between windowed and full screen modes.
  • Your web browser automatically saves your progress.
• Game Controls
  • Desktop
    • Use the up arrow key to jump.
      • Press the up arrow key twice to double jump.
    • Use the left and right arrow keys to move sideways.
    • Use the space bar to attack enemies.
  • Touchscreen devices
    • Although this game might load on touchscreen devices, its controls were optimized for desktop computers with keyboards.
• Game Play
  • Interface
    • Top row
      • The top left corner shows your current score.
      • The top right corner has the following buttons:
        • The enlarge button
        • The sound button
        • The exit button
    • Bottom row
      • Your lives can be seen on the bottom left corner of the screen.
      • On the bottom right corner is the level’s number.
  • Level selection and training mode
    • The game has 2 modes.
      • Story mode
        • Play until you run out of lives.
        • This is the only mode of play that allows you to earn points and unlock new levels.
      • Training mode
        • This lets you replay the levels you’ve already unlocked.
        • You earn no points from playing through this mode.
        • You can access training mode after you played story mode once.
    • Levels in story mode are unlocked in sequence. The only way to revisit a level is through training mode.
  • Basic moves
    • Run and jump across platforms until you reach the end of the level.
    • Attack or avoid wandering enemies.
    • Avoid plummeting off the edge of platforms.
  • Attacking
    • At the start of each level, you are defenseless. Your only defensive option is dodging and avoiding your enemies.
    • To start attacking, collect a candy cane from somewhere in the level.
      • This can be perilous. Sometimes the candy cane may be located closer to enemies.
      • Make collecting the candy cane your main priority at the start of each level.
    • You have infinite ammo, but limited range.
  • Lives
    • At the start, you only have 5 lives.
      • You have no hit points. Plummeting and making contact with an enemy will cost you a life.
      • If you run out of lives, you cannot progress any further.
    • Collect hearts strewn across some levels to earn an extra life.
  • Scoring
    • Collecting candy adds 10 points to your score.
    • Defeating enemies gets you 50 points.
    • Earn the highest score in each level by collecting all the candies and killing all the enemies before exiting.
• Target Audience
  • The game is suited for people of all ages who like retro platformer games.
  • The game has no adult themed content.

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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support

This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.

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