Poor Eddie

Poor Eddie is a physics puzzle game by GameTornado. Eddie is a clumsy man in a white shirt and black shorts who always ends up in the worst spot, and every level is a short obstacle course with a checkered finish line at the end. You get him there by tapping him and the buttons that work the machines around him.

A boot, a button and a gap

Level 1 shows how it works. A tap tells Eddie to walk up a short flight of steps to the edge of a gap. A giant red boot hangs above him on a hinge, wired to a big red button. Tap the button and the boot swings down to kick him toward the finish on the other side. The levels after that use the same idea with more parts, so what you tap and when you tap it both count.

Trampolines, cannons and TNT

The game has 150 levels, and the level number sits in the top right corner. Eddie gets thrown up by trampolines, kicked in mid-air, blown up by bombs and launched over large pits. Cannons, catapults, fans, magnets, conveyor belts, ropes and lifts help move him around, while spikes and explosives punish a wrong move. Eddie is a floppy ragdoll, so he tumbles wherever the physics game rules throw him.

Stars, coins and outfits

Finishing a level brings up a Well Done screen with stars and coins. A button next to the pause menu changes Eddie’s outfit, and the pause menu itself has buttons for home, sound, music and restart, plus a skip button for a level you cannot get past. GameTornado also made Short Life and Dreadhead Parkour.

Controls

The whole game is played by clicking. Click or tap Eddie to make him walk, and click or tap the buttons in each level to start the machines. It works with a mouse on a computer and with your finger on a phone or tablet.

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