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Life & fun · October 12, 2016

GoNNER

procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements

GoNNER launched on October 12, 2016 with 65 votes, #875 of 3,690 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

What it does

GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world - a giant landbound whale named Sally - by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.

Includes 29 items: GoNNER , Tormentor X Punisher , Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition , Whispers of a Machine , Star Renegades , Uurnog Uurnlimited , Bad North , Sable , Atomicrops , P er Aspera , Tails Noir , West of Dead , Call of the Sea , SKALD: Against the Black Priory , The Signifier Director's Cut , GONNER2 , Mr. Sun's Hatbox , American Arcadia , Townscaper , The Longest Road on Earth , Gun Jam , <a data-panel “GoNNER is this year’s Downwell – a neat, short-form action game that has found the perfect visual style to communicate its near-misses and big hits.” Rock, Paper, Shotgun “I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy nearly every moment of it.” Eurogamer “If you're looking for your next…from store.steampowered.com

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