arrayshift();

Move, shift, win, repeat.

In this game, your main objective is moving the player (that's the white circle!) through the grid to the goal. Indeed, a very cliche puzzle game.
Or is it?
All across the game, you'll encounter blocked pathways, and you'll use your shifting ability. With it, you can shift rows and columns of the level as you wish! The catch is, well, the fact that you'll have a limited amount of shifts you can do. So you need to tinker and think clever! And don't worry, there are powerups scattered all around the levels, pick them up to gain more shifts.

arrayshift(); is made for GMTK Game Jam 2025, the theme is "loop". It's tied to the theme by the useful mechanic of edge cells wrapping around when shifted: when you shift a row or column, the tile that moves off one end pops back in from the other, like a continuous stripe.

HOW TO PLAY arrayshift();

Use WASD to move the player.
Enter shift mode with the SHIFT key, and switch between rows and columns with the SHIFT key while in shift mode. Further instructions are at the top left of game screen. F11 for fullscreen on desktop version.

INDEV RN:

Currently working on

• an undo feature (out in a few days)
• a mobile port (no estimated date but pretty soon)