Obby Up: Parkour Run

The pitch

Obby Up: Parkour Run is a colorful 3D platform adventure with a size-changing twist. Run and jump through a towering obstacle course, shrink to squeeze through tight spaces, and grow to tackle bigger obstacles. Reach checkpoints, collect coins, discover side challenges, and customize your runner with outfits and pets. Choose your route, time each jump, and see how high you can climb!

Controls & how it runs

Reach the top of the obstacle course by crossing platforms and avoiding traps. Activate checkpoints to save your progress, and use the size slider to shrink or grow when the route demands it. Collect coins along the way and explore side challenges. If you fall, return to a checkpoint and try again. Optional rewarded videos can unlock extra boosters, pets, and outfits. Desktop controls - WASD or arrow keys: move. - Space: jump; press again in the air when double jump is available. - Click and drag the camera area: look around. - Drag the size slider: shrink or grow. - E or the on-screen hammer button: strike when the hammer is equipped. - Escape: pause or resume. - Use the on-screen buttons to activate boosters and open settings. Mobile controls - Drag the left joystick to move. - Swipe the camera area to look around. - Tap the jump or hammer button for the current action. - Drag the size slider to shrink or grow. - Use the settings button to control music and sound effects. Play in landscape orientation. Purchases are optional and are offered only when the platform supports them.

Getting a run going takes exactly one press: Press start, up top, and the game boots inside this page — nothing downloads in the background and no form wants your details before the first jump. The cabinet is drawn for a flexible screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. It reshapes itself for tall and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all get the full picture. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Pro tips for arcade cabinets

• Treat your first run as a scouting mission. Arcade cabinets hide their cruelty in the second minute, not the first — learn where the difficulty spikes before you start chasing numbers.
• Small scores compound. Grab the easy pickups on every pass instead of gambling the whole run on one heroic line; heroes respawn, banked points don't evaporate.
• Watch the edges of the screen. In classic arcade design the next problem almost always enters from somewhere you weren't looking — build the habit of scanning the borders.

Obby Up: Parkour Run — quick-fire questions

Does Obby Up: Parkour Run cost anything to play?

Not a token. The cabinet is free from the first run to the five-hundredth — no wallet, no sign-up, no toll booth hiding three levels in. The adverts around the page are what keep the floor's lights on.

What sort of game is Obby Up: Parkour Run?

It stands on our Arcade row — that's the family it plays most like. The pitch above is the publisher's own rundown of what it throws at you and what it hands back.

Can I play Obby Up: Parkour Run on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. It reshapes itself for tall and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all get the full picture.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Obby Up: Parkour Run is an HTML5 game: hit the start button and it boots on this page, and shutting the tab sweeps the cabinet clean behind you.

Before you wander off

Personal best banked, or still chasing it? Either way the full Arcade row is powered on and waiting — The main floor: 415 cabinets of pure arcade stock — the quick, the loud and the gloriously unfair. If it beeps, flashes and dares you to beat a number, it lives on this row.