Logitech blob-jumping advergame actually good

by Kyle Orland { Apr 5th 2007 at 10:55PM }

When it comes to online advertising games, our expectations are decidedly low. Basically, if it's better than whack the fly, we're impressed. Those low standards notwithstanding, Logitech's Jelly Jump is actually pretty good.

It seems incredibly simple at first -- just use the arrow keys to jump around an on-screen keyboard, hitting the green keys as quickly as possible. But a variety of hazard keys and some clever level design means the action gets tough pretty quickly. The game automatically saves your progress for a later play session, which is good, because getting the best scores on all 50 levels might take a while.

Sure, there's a coupon for Logitech keyboard if you get through the first ten levels, but we would play this game even without the promise of a good deal. And for an advertising game, that's saying something.

[Thanks stupidiot]

Tags: advergame, advertising, casual, Flash, Jell Jump, JellJump, keyboard, logitech, online game, OnlineGame, peripheral

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jeff @ Apr 5th 2007 11:42PM

wow this game is awesome.

M @ Apr 5th 2007 11:18PM

It's Flubber!

Charron @ Apr 5th 2007 11:23PM

This is way too entertaining for its own good.

therpham @ Apr 5th 2007 11:30PM

Of course, you can keep clicking where the "Next Level" button is after you beat the first one and skip a ton of levels at once.

Still pretty fun, though.

mko @ Apr 5th 2007 11:37PM

Wow... good hack therpham hahahaha, I love messing with games, that's one check they missed.

karmaghost @ Apr 6th 2007 12:01PM

Too bad the coupon is only good in the EU and not the states. I thought "jelly jumper" sounded oddly English somehow.

slacker164 @ Apr 6th 2007 1:15AM

Holy crap; that’s pretty damn good. I can hardly believe someone actually made a fun game advertisement, and it doesn’t even give you hundreds of pop-ups. Plus, it’s Logitech rather than some mortgage firm or a casino, so people might actually use the coupon. Nice job, Logitech. Good to see someone trying to do it right.

RogueJedi86 @ Apr 6th 2007 1:19AM

It might just be me, but the mute button doesn't work for the game.

slacker164 @ Apr 6th 2007 1:28AM

You’re right. Mute doesn’t seem to work. I kind of liked the tune, so I didn’t notice ^^;

RogueJedi86 @ Apr 6th 2007 2:12AM

I was hoping to mute it and go to sleep, but I was saddened that the mute didn't work. Oh well, at least it has that really nifty checkpoint system. I got up to level 18 so far, with only level 17 not being a green scored one(just couldn't get it).

Stupidiot @ Apr 6th 2007 5:30AM

Woo! my tip got posted :)

It's a pretty fun game, but I didn't get very far through it (I was tired). It wouldn't have caught my attention, had it not been for the 20% off offer (still cheaper to buy from other retailers online). Ah well, maybe I'll give it another try.