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Books Hate You

Escape a library where every book wants you dead. Dodge charging tomes, books that drop from above, and ledges that crumble the second you land on them across 29 levels of precision 3D platforming. Die once and you restart the level. Again. And again.

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About the Game

[h2]The library is trying to kill you.[/h2]

You're just trying to get out. The books have other plans.

Every shelf is a trap. Get too close to the wrong tome and it dashes straight at you. Walk under another and it drops on your head. Land on a floating book over a bottomless void and it starts sinking the moment your feet touch it — stand still and you go down with it. Some patrol the walls. Some come screaming across the room from the left with no warning at all.

Touch any of them and you die.

[h2]No checkpoints. No mercy.[/h2]

Die and you start the level over from the beginning. Not from a nearby flag. Not from halfway. The beginning. Every death is a full reset, and every level is built to make you earn the exit.

[h2]Features[/h2]

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[*][b]29 handcrafted levels[/b] of escalating library hostility

[*][b]Five kinds of murderous book[/b], each with its own way of ending your run

[*][b]Precision 3D platforming[/b] — tight controls, no excuses

[*][b]Death restarts the level[/b], so every jump matters

[*][b]It talks back[/b] — the game has opinions about how you died

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[h2]Built for the clip.[/h2]

This is a game designed to be watched as much as played. If you stream, your chat is going to have a great time. If you don't, no one has to know how many attempts level 19 took.

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