Octahedron

Octahedron is an arcade platformer. The protagonist is a cabin-living man, who, soon after being taken to an alternate world, has his head replaced by an octahedron, finds himself in an abstract geometric kaleidoscape, attains the power to create platforms, and must find his way out.

Level progression occurs through stages in an overworld, similar to Super Mario World. Stages are designed to be difficult, and the user-interface is such that it pushes the player into finishing them quickly, in a time-attack fashion.

The game's main feature is the aforementioned creating of platforms, similar to the later Light Fall from later in the same year. Here, the platforms follow immediately underneath the protagonist wherever he treads, are continuously maintained by the player, and disappear after a set duration.