Air control
Activities theme
Player has abnormal amount of control over movement while in air.
109
games
18platforms
Name variations: jump steering
WIN 2003-09-13
LIN 2015-12
WIN 2012-02-02
LIN 2012-05
WIN 2010-01-11
WIN 2014-02
WIN 2009-07-28
PS2 2006-10-19
PS4 2014-07
WIN 2012-04-24
WIN 2011-05-16
WIN 2017-02-24
Contrast: no air control
Related: (more natural ways to accomplish control over jumps)
* Charged jump
* Targeted jump
Related: (more natural ways to accomplish control over jumps)
* Charged jump
* Targeted jump
The most unnatural cases are when you can make a running jump forward and land where you started (reversing your direction mid-jump) or jumping around corners. Normally humans (nor other natural beings without wings) have no control in such situations, instead, they kick off or swing from some fixtures to accomplish something similar.
This is usually done to counter the lack of precise control before launching oneself into the air in games.
Does not include ability to turn, spin, etc. that don't affect where you're going with the jump.
This is usually done to counter the lack of precise control before launching oneself into the air in games.
Does not include ability to turn, spin, etc. that don't affect where you're going with the jump.
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Games by year
The first Air control video game was released in 1990.
Capcom, Team Meat and Cellar Door Games published most of these games.