Mixed Signals

It’s Valentine’s Day.

Axo has practiced what she wants to say a hundred times…
but the closer she gets, the more her nerves take over.

In this short 2D platformer, you guide Axo across a soft pastel world as she gathers glowing Courage Orbs — little pieces of bravery she needs before she can finally confess. But when anxiety kicks in, her thoughts scramble… and sometimes even the keyboard controls get mixed up.

Adapt. Leap. Try again.
And take one final brave step toward the words she’s been holding in.

Sometimes love isn’t about being fearless.
Sometimes it’s about trying anyway — even when everything feels a little out of control.

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Axo exists because of a tiny moment in Minecraft — when someone once surprised me with an axolotl, and somehow it stuck.

So this little game is part Valentine’s experiment, part love letter, and part reminder that small gestures can grow into something meaningful.

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Created solo in 9 hours on Valentine’s Day, this is a small, heartfelt game jam project about vulnerability, overthinking, and finding just enough courage to be honest.

All art, design, and programming were done by me.

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Sound effects sourced from Pixabay:

• Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay

• Sound Effect by Universfield from Pixabay

• Sound Effect by Edimar Filho from Pixabay

• Sound Effect by Sean Mendoza from Pixabay

• Sound Effect by SOUND_GARAGE from Pixabay

(All audio used under Pixabay’s free license.)

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BGM Credits:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/music/music-lost-koi-339114