Jump Doper

Many of you likely remember playing jump rope when you were younger, and you probably do not recall it being particularly bloody. When moving to the virtual world, however, things can get quite a bit more violent.

Jump Doper is a very simple game that has you playing jump rope using a series of animate and inanimate objects, such as cacti, bottles, cars and fish. It seems straightforward enough, but the line is a lot sharper than you might imagine.

To put it simply, this is the most extreme version of jump rope you are ever likely to come across. If the object you have selected does not skip at the right time, it will be cut to pieces and swept off the board.

We will not even begin to question why a cactus or plastic bottle contains so much blood, but the visual effects are certainly well made. The objects can survive with a few missing pieces, and it is even easier to avoid the rope after they have been slimmed down.

The rope moves faster and faster with each skip, and, after eighty of them, the game goes into overdrive. The initially relaxing music is replaced with a more alert tune, and even the background becomes an ominous red.

There are a total of four “characters” to unlock, and you can then switch between them at any time. The game uses a simple physics engine, so the objects will often come down on their sides because of their irregular shapes.

While your score is saved after each round, it is not possible to enter a name that will be placed on the board, so multiple players will have a hard time keeping track of their achievements.

Visually, Jump Doper is about as simple as a 3D game can get; this is not a bad thing however, as it shows that state-of-the-art graphics are not required to make a game fun.

If you feel like the real-life game of jump rope is nowhere near exciting enough, Jump Doper may just be what you were looking for. It is a fun game that has no learning curve and always drives you to beat your previous high score.