You are a gargoyle born from the mistake of a witch.  Survive the molten depths of a forgotten realm by choosing between gliding gracefully or transforming into an unbreakable stone statue – a truly 'tough choice' in every sense.

The inclusion of bouncy mushrooms and hovering dragonflies adds a layer of depth to these two mechanics,  while the online leaderboard may appeal to speedrunners that wish to master the mechanics.

Keyboard Controls

• WAD (or arrow keys) - movement
• Hold W - glide
• Press Space - statue

• R - restart
• M - main menu
• F - full screen
• Enter - skip cutscene

Gamepad Controls

• D-Pad - movement
• Hold A or B - glide
• Press X or Y - statue

• R1 - restart
• L1 - main menu
• Start - skip cutscene

CREDITS

Design & Development 

• GameFavorites

Font

• GameFavorites

Artwork from itch.io 

• Elthen's Pixel Art Shop - characters
• Mucho Pixels - Tileset
• The title page was made using ideogram.ai

Music from itch.io

• RyanAvx
• Sounds from freesound.org
• deathscyp - wood break
• deleted user - dragonfly squashed
• folamh3 - footsteps
• geoff bremner audio - witch throw fireball
• j1987 - bounce on mushroom 
• jofae - crow caw
• leszek-szary - button hovered over
• matrixxx - button selected
• onehugeeye - witch landing on hay
• petenice - lava splash when you're a statue
• qubodup - fire spell and puff of smoke
• rombart - melted gargoyle
• the semen incident - sizzle of lava
• wcolt - text light up

Recommendations

Click on the bottom right corner to play in FULL SCREEN

If the game is unresponsive, CLICK INSIDE THE GAME WINDOW

Development Details

This game was made using Construct 3 and it was started on January 4th 2025 and submitted on or before January 13th 2025 for two game jams: Construct Jam & GDKO 2025 Round 1

Task: Tough Choice

Task: Create a core mechanic and a secondary mechanic that can be used for progression