# Game Mechanics

### 🦸‍♂️ Characters 

#### Movements

Characters, or "Jumpers," can move freely on a three-axis plane (xyz) with vector movements. The vertical Z-axis is used for jumping.

   **Moving:** Jumpers can freely move forward, back, left, right and diagonally.

   **Jumping:** Jumpers can jump vertically and move in any lateral direction while jumping.

   **Double Jumping:** The core movement of the game is a double jump. A player can jump twice in order to cover a higher or longer distance. Many obstacles (and shortcuts!) require a double jump.

   **Hitting:** When a player is close enough to an opponent, an option to press the ‘E’ key will appear allowing a player to hit them to gain an advantage. Hitting your opponents stuns them for 3 seconds. There is a 6 second cool down after you have used your punch.

#### Health Points (HP)

Jumpers do not have HP. Jumpers die and respawn after they are knocked off the map by players or obstacles. Players may only respawn in [race-to-finish maps](https://whitepaper.doublejump.wtf/gameplay/list-of-levels).

### 💾 System 

#### Respawn

When a player is knocked off a platform by an obstacle or a player, they will immediately respawn if it is a race-to-finish map. If it is a [last-jumper-standing map](https://whitepaper.doublejump.wtf/gameplay/list-of-levels), the player is eliminated.

#### Global Chronometer 

Every level registers a playtime which starts immediately after the “Level Start” countdown and finishes immediately after the first player touches the finish line. 

### 📨 Friends & Communication 

Like in every multiplayer game people like to make friends and speak with each other. In Double Jump, you can too!

#### Friends

There will be an in-game friends list. You can add new friends from every match and tournament to your friend list. You can invite your friends to play in-game or offline using your own generated Party Mode URL.

**Mechanics:**

* Friends List (*Coming Soon*) 
* URL invite links (*Coming Soon*) 

#### Communication 

You can chat with your opponents and friends using in-game text chat by pressing the Enter key, or by using a mic. 

**Mechanics:** 

* Text Chat
* Voice Chat (*Coming Soon*)