Both HTML and Windows versions have updates to fix a bug where the player was spawned outside the world and died instantly that where in the initial Game Jam release. 

Living in the lost city in the sky, You are a beam runner - running on the steel grid between small skylands, picking up gems along the way and avoiding dangers on Your path to become the ultimate Beam Runner as things goes faster and faster.

Your character keeps running and speeds up to a limit, controls are:

W / arrow up to speed up (needed for long jumps if nothing else),
S / arrow down to slow down
A/D (left / right arrow keys) to turn 90 degrees (it is possible to turn back if needed)
SPACE to jump

Mouse can be used to look around but often more comfusing than helpful.

All levels are randomly generated, sometimes they are easy, other times really hard. The grid is increasing in size over the first 10 levels, from level 4 there are an increasing amount of thunderbolts (green and blue) travelling the beams and from level six there are also spiked balls following the player - Avoid both these since they eat Your HP.

Each level is run on time, when time runs out You HP starts decreasing.

Falling of the grid will lead to instant death.

From the main menu, the last level can be replayed (score is reset).

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Beam Runner Win (2).zip 219 MB
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Beam Runner GL.zip 168 MB
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Beam Runner Win.zip 320 MB

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Fun game, good presentation and use of limitation! I found it a bit hard but I think that's also part of the charm, only part that might be problematic is when the gem spawn on a corner (or really close to a corner), I can't find a way to get them without falling off when that happens

Thanks for playing and for the comments. You don't need to pick up all the gems though, they are just an extra thing to get higher score. You can jump and then break mid air and maybe make it, takes some practise but I can pull iy off every now and then.

What I was able to play was quite fun! Unfortunately, I spawned off of the play area ~80% of the time.

So sorry to hear that it happened that often :( I have fixed it now and will upload a fixed version later today.

I have uploaded a fixed verison (Web build) that should never spawn the player off grid!

Really fun game. It actually got my adrenaline pumping! Love the intense music!

Just noticed some issues where the spawn at the start of the level sometimes is off-grid which lead to instant death. 

Thanks for playing - Yes I have seen that also and will try to fix that! Noticed it too late to have time to look into it too much.