Classic web game from an indie developer who would go on to do excellent work. It's a simple process to go from a concept based in a well-known story, turn it into a core game mechanic, then making some levels around it, but it works so well here.

8 bit catabasis

The Atari 2600 aesthetic of Don't Look Back is appropriately jagged and gloomy for this brief, twitch-platforming take on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Another interesting curio from the era of "artsy" indie platformers.

Is a nice little way to tell a short and kinda heartfelt story.

How can this guy survive leaping off cliffs like five hundred feet tall but can’t handle a single #bat flying into his hair

I did not look back