"a new challenge for speedrunners. Patience. I'm making Below the Blades, a climbing horror game set on an offshore wind turbine during a storm, where climbing ladders is manual. Left click is your left hand and right click is your right hand. If you climb too fast, you slip, lose grip strength, and risk falling. If you don't take the time to regain stamina when the storm gets bad, you're more likely to fall. So the quickest way up the turbine is actually taking us low. It's the old tortoise in the hair, but on an unnaturally tall wind turbine and the tortoise is a monster that wants to throw you into the ocean. Playtest is live on itch and you can join the stream while I work on it live. Having people's input during the stream and feedback during the playtest has been incredibly helpful when making this game. And getting to watch people try and rush up the ladder and slip and fall has taught me that I've made a game that may be"