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Double Panda is a small pixel-art platformer built around two characters sharing one level: a panda and a red panda. Neither can finish alone. The puzzle in each room is working out which of the two should go first, which one should wait, and how they can help each other reach the exit.

It is a quieter kind of platformer than most of what sits around Cat Mario. There is no chase and no timer pushing you along. You stop, look at the room, and plan a route. A session suits a few minutes of thinking between harder, twitchier games.

The two animals are not interchangeable. The larger panda is the heavy one, and the smaller red panda has the better jump. Getting through a level is mostly a matter of using each for the job it is suited to.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or W, A, S, D. Jump with Up, W or Space. Click inside the game window once before you start, otherwise the browser may keep the keystrokes for itself and the characters will not respond. If the start screen lists any extra key, follow that.

You can play it alone by switching between the two pandas, or share the keyboard with a friend so each of you drives one animal. Solo play means moving one character into position, switching, then moving the other. With two people, talk through the plan out loud. Most mistakes come from both players jumping at once.

A round is a single screen-sized problem: get both animals to the exit. Failing usually means restarting the room, so the cost of a mistake is small.

Tips

• Before you move, work out which of the two can reach each ledge. Anything that needs the higher jump belongs to the red panda.
• Keep one animal parked somewhere safe while you position the other, so a slip does not undo your progress.
• In two-player mode, one person should call out "go" for shared jumps, since two people on one keyboard get in each other's way.
• If you are stuck, restart the room and try the animals in the opposite order.

Similar games on Cat Mario

If you like two characters cooperating, Fireboy & Watergirl: Forest Temple is the closest match here, with two different abilities in one shared level. For platformers that punish you for guessing, Level Devil and Big Tower Tiny Square 2 are much more hostile, while OvO is a fast, fluid run-and-slide game with none of Double Panda's slow planning.

It runs in the browser with nothing to install, on desktop or laptop. A keyboard is the comfortable way to play, and it is the best fit for anyone who wants a relaxed puzzle-platformer or a game to share with someone at the same computer.