"Instructions Unclear" is a game about what happens when a bug turns into a feature. 

What happens when a screen stops clearing itself each frame, and the player's previous movements become part of the level? What happens when the game starts breaking down and repeating itself in unpredictable ways?

Can you debug this game and make it to the end?

This is a submission for the Patch Notes Sept 2025 game jam with the theme "The Error is the Feature". Built in 3 days, "Instructions Unclear" uses fully procedurally generated audio.

Controls:

  • Movement: w/a/s/d or arrow keys
  • Reset: "R"
  • Press "A.N.Y." key ;)

Created by Callum Waters & Noam Cohen
Thanks to Billy Rennekamp for support

StatusPrototype
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorsLaminatedCheese, Callum
GenrePlatformer
Tagsglitch, p5js, patch-notes, Procedural Generation

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help.. I get stuck at this level as after hitting the green part, I can't see the blue and dark blue part in the screen.. anything I missed :'(

Hey sorry, I didn't see your message! This one is a tricky one. First hit orange, then you have a choice. You can hit the yellow door, but then you have to hit the bright green on the left. Or alternatively, skip the yellow door after the orange and go straight to the dark green on the top right.

The icons on the top right tell where to go. The flag is the exit, the little arrow tells you which color will start a color change on the level.

Hope that helps! Lemme know :)