Sky Hop Unblocked
The ball does the jumping. You just make sure there is something to land on.
What is Sky Hop?
Sky Hop is an endless vertical climbing game. A small orange ball bounces automatically on each ledge it touches, and you guide it sideways toward the next foothold above. Your score is based on the greatest height you reach, and the run ends if the ball falls off the bottom of the screen.
- Category
- Arcade Games
- Players
- 1 player
- Plays on
- Phone, tablet & desktop
- Input
- Keyboard, Touch, Gamepad
- Made by
- Frank Force
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Sky Hop is a climbing game with no jump button. Its hero is a little orange ball with big cartoon eyes that bounces by itself every time it touches down, and all you do is nudge it sideways so there is a platform waiting under each landing. The camera only ever moves up, so one miss usually means a long drop and a fresh start. It is part of the LittleJS Arcade by Frank Force and fits a phone held upright perfectly. You can play it unblocked here with keys, touch or a controller.
How the Climb Works
Choose Play and the ball begins hopping on a safe starting ledge. Guide it toward the platforms above. Movement has a little weight to it: the ball speeds up gradually and keeps sliding briefly once you release the key, so small and early inputs work better than big late ones.
The playfield wraps around. Go off one side and you reappear on the other.
You earn ten points for every unit of height you reach, and the total is displayed above the action. The game promises that the gap between platforms is never beyond the reach of an ordinary bounce, so every climb is possible if your steering is good. Drop out of the frame at the bottom and a Game Over box appears.
The Four Kinds of Platform
| Color | What it does |
|---|---|
| Green | Solid and stationary |
| Brown | Gives one bounce, then breaks |
| Blue | Slides sideways and reverses at the walls |
| Yellow arrow | A spring that launches you far higher |
The opening stretch is all green. Brown ledges start appearing a bit higher, and blue ones after that. The further you go, the larger the share of tricky platforms.
Sky Hop controls
| To do this | Keyboard | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move left or right | Left and Right arrows, or A and D | — | Drag the stick that appears at the lower left |
| Start climbing | Press Enter twice (first to highlight "Play") | Click "Play" | Tap "Play" |
| Pause | Escape | Click the menu icon in the corner | Tap the menu icon in the corner |
Climbing Smarter
Let go early. Because the ball keeps drifting, release the direction a moment before you are over the platform. Most falls come from overshooting.
Think in loops. If the next foothold is near the opposite wall, it is often quicker to exit through the near wall and come in from the other side.
Never rest on brown. You get one bounce from a crumbling ledge, so be already steering toward your next target when you touch it.
Lead the blue ones. Sliding platforms keep a steady pace. Target the spot they are moving to, not the spot they occupy now.
Take every spring you can. A single spring launch gains as much height as a whole string of regular bounces and unlocks a medal the first time.
A Quiet, Focused Challenge
Sky Hop is gentle to start and gets steadily trickier, which makes it a good fit for younger players and anyone who likes a calm high-score chase. The options menu lets you change the volume, turn screen shake off or wipe your record. If you enjoy bouncing upward, try Pipe Flapper for a sideways twist, or browse other quick climbers in our arcade games category.
Sky Hop: questions players ask
How do you jump in Sky Hop?
You do not. The ball springs back up by itself each time it drops onto a ledge. All you control is left and right movement. You can also pass up through platforms from below, so there is no ceiling to bump into.
What are the brown and blue platforms?
Brown ones crumble after one bounce, so you only get to use them once. Blue ones glide sideways and reverse direction at each wall. Green ones are solid and stay still, and springs are shown with a yellow arrow.
Can you go through the walls?
Yes. Leaving the left side brings you back on the right, and the other way around. Crossing through a wall is often the quickest path to a ledge by the far edge.
What medals can you earn?
There are two. One unlocks the first time you bounce off a spring, and the other for scoring 1,000. Your browser remembers both, together with your top score.
Credits and license
Sky Hop was created by Frank Force and released as open source. FreezeNova hosts a lightly adapted copy on its own server, together with the original license file.
- Source code: github.com/KilledByAPixel (original project)
- Code license: MIT
- Art & audio: MIT (ball and platforms drawn in code from simple shapes, sound effects generated at runtime)
- Our changes: We put the game, its LittleJS helpers and the engine into one folder, split the name into two words as Sky Hop, and reworded some code comments. The game plays as it always has.
