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The Volcanic Rise
A grayboxing assignment using boxy as a character controller, the player is taken through a 4-part level teaching them of the hazards and challenges ahead, a small test of their abilities, a twist on the test, and a final boss fight
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Initial tutorial area to test that the player can jump. it lists the controls and techniques as well
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overall view of the volcano. pictured near center is a miniboss, designed to foreshadow what the final boss'll do
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side path, hidden behind boxes, yields extra points
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depending on the player's confidence in their jumping ability, they can either take a safe route with few gaps or leap across a larger gap to skip portions
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the climb begins its climax with a brief battle on a moving platform
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the moving platform is attacked by fireballs!
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the final boss is a large eneby surrounded by rising and lowering lava. bounching on them will launch you back to ensure you can't just sit atop them like normal enemies. defeating them also splits them into smaller enemies, and then removes the lava wall so the player can reach the finish