{"id":64887,"date":"2026-04-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=64887"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:31:55","slug":"pokemon-pokopia-player-in-japan-designs-playable-only-up-style-climbing-platformer-in-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-pokopia-player-in-japan-designs-playable-only-up-style-climbing-platformer-in-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia player in Japan designs playable Only Up-style climbing platformer in-game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s been only about a month since Game Freak and Koei Tecmo released their slow-life sandbox Pok\u00e9mon spin-off <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/strong>, and people are already deep into testing the creative limits of the game\u2019s building features. One such player and solo game developer, going by the name Penggy on X, has come out with a \u201cclimbing platformer game\u201d in the style of Only Up! within Pokopia itself, incorporating many of Pokopia\u2019s quirks and gimmicks into the gameplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">OnlyUp\u307f\u305f\u3044\u306a\u767b\u5c71\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u5236\u4f5c\u4e2d\u3067\u3059<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%81%BD%E3%81%93%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u307d\u3053\u30dd\u30b1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonPokopia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokemonPokopia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iE7VOpP6wV\">pic.twitter.com\/iE7VOpP6wV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u307a\u3093\u304e\u30fc@\u6771\u4eac\u30b2\u30e0\u30c0\u30f312 (@penguin_uts1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/penguin_uts1\/status\/2041125539965268300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Only Up! was a 2023 action platformer game published by indie developer SCKR Games for Steam. Following a surge in popularity thanks to the game being featured in numerous livestreams, it was abruptly (and permanently) removed from the platform by the creator themselves. Consequently, numerous titles inspired by the viral hit have appeared since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To replicate the chaotic, high-difficulty platforming field of Only Up!, Penggy used terrain blocks, furniture and other random objects. While \u201cstaying true to the source material,\u201d this allowed Penggy to incorporate the objects\u2019 mechanics and functions into the parkour gameplay, with vine jumps, door-opening jumps and fence mazes as some of the examples shown in the video. While the Only Up! inspired minigame is still a work in progress, it appears that the project is designed and playtested so that players don\u2019t get stuck midway, making full use of Penggy\u2019s experience as a game developer. That being said, we\u2019ll definitely be keeping an eye out for when the full playable version is finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a related note, Penggy is currently developing <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4165370\/Match_3_Labyrinth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Match 3 Labyrinth<\/a>, a puzzle game that combines match-3 and Sokoban mechanics, for Steam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon&nbsp;Pokopia&nbsp;is available for Nintendo Switch 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-pokemon-pokopia-player-invents-fully-automated-resource-collecting-facility-but-it-involves-pokemon-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0Pokopia\u00a0player invents fully automated resource-collecting facility, but it involves\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon slavery\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-pokopia-has-made-japanese-players-obsessed-with-the-idea-that-bulbasaur-is-a-joyous-and-whimsical-gyaru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0Pokopia\u00a0has made Japanese players obsessed\u00a0with the idea\u00a0that\u00a0Bulbasaur is a joyous and whimsical\u00a0gyaru\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia player and indie developer creates elaborate climbing platformer game in the style of Only Up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":64888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,70],"class_list":["post-64887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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