Pilgrimage
An entry to the 2025 PICO-8 1K Jam
You are traveling back to your origin.
It is a journey of 200 steps.
Steps which grow longer, wider, taller, and deeper.
Some may even shift before your eyes.
But take a deep breath. Be patient.
Pay close attention to your surroundings.
You will grow stronger with every step you take.
Your capacity for flight (X) will extend.
It may not be possible to complete all journeys.
But there will be a new pilgrimage every day.
Press X to fly. Collect orbs to extend your flight time. Watch out for moving platforms!
The trial is different daily, but there are always 200 steps.
The Code
1024-byte version
Non-Minified Version
This was obviously intended to be an entry into this year's 1K Jam, but I left too many things to the last second and didn't realize the jam ended at 1PM (my fault, the time was clearly posted). Edit: My submission was accepted as a late entry! Thanks, @Liquidream! In any case, I put a lot of time this month into tooling around with this, much of which had to be ripped right back out, but hopefully I kept the best bits for the space.
Hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think and what your scores are!
Ingenious graphics system, though I wouldn't complain if the camera interpolated between the player and the ground to give more chance to see where our shadow is.
I got a third of the way before I miscalculated. How far have others gone?

Very nice @Cowirrie, 72 was an especially tricky one today. I'll be honest, each day's journey should be mostly possible, but I was obviously not able to test all potential iterations. I was able to complete 200 once, but that was before the addition of moving platforms. However, I tested moving platforms extensively after adding them and I'm pretty confident 200 should be possible for skilled players on most days' challenges. But it won't be easy!
Amazing job! ingenious graphics and fun concept. keep up the work!
I know it's minified, but 1k seems insane for this. Congrats on this impressive cart!!
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