Ittako: Toy Night Climb

A small toy fell off the bed. It has all night to climb back. You climb one room. It gets stranger the higher you go: the carpet forest, the desk, the shelves, the curtain, the ceiling stars — and then the bed. THE BED IS NOT THE END. It throws you back, and the climb keeps going: a sea of dreams above the ceiling, a city of moonstone above that, and after those the night never runs out. Every run from there is a score. DON'T JUMP. GET SLUNG. Grip a spinning arm and let go at the right moment. The arm throws you the way it is travelling, not the way it is pointing — so the strongest launch is not where you expect it. Finding it is the whole game. HOLD TO GLIDE. Hold and the wound-up propeller carries you into a glide — until it runs down. It winds up again when you land, grip an arm or bounce off a balloon. Use it to stretch a jump, slow a fall or save a jump you misjudged. ONE FINGER.…