You Have To Climb Out
A short narrative puzzle experience about a lost frog who has dug too far into the sand during a beach day. Use your trusty shovel to move blocks and create paths for you to continue upward.
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July 15, 2024
2 years and 18 days ago
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Very Positive56 reviews96.4%
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A beach day is cut short by digging too deep into the sand. You Have To Climb Out is a short (~60 minute) puzzle narrative about a frog stuck in a cave system under the beach.
- Traverse upward through a linear set of puzzles that require clever placement of blocks and some light platforming to create a path back up to the surface
- Find mysterious notes left behind by... someone?
- Discover why this suspiciously large cavern exists under the beach at all
