Double jump (air jumps)

A second jump in the air, on maps and in areas built for it.

How it works#

• A fresh jump press in the air with an air jump left is a normal jump: your vertical speed is set to 270 (or the map's air jump height), stamina is paid, tired jumps are 3/4, and the jump sound and animation play.
• Walljumps come first: at a wall, the press is a walljump, not an air jump.
• Holding jump doesn't repeat.
• Air jumps refill when you land.
• A map sets how many air jumps you get (usually one) and how high they go.

Feel and skill#

• It sets, it doesn't add: the air jump sets your vertical speed to 270, so an air jump while falling fast stops the fall. That makes it a rescue move.
• Timing: an air jump at the apex gains the most height overall; a late one saves you just above the ground.
• Your horizontal speed stays as it is. Air strafing does the steering.

In maps#

• Whole map or zones: a map can give air jumps everywhere or only in marked areas.
• Air jump orbs: pickups that give one air jump until you land, a classic in movement platformers. They make the route readable: you see where you're meant to use one.