Pepper Rush Game Review

Pepper Rush Game Background

Pepper Rush is 16 stage platformer game where you play as a blue toad who has a penchant for eating peppers. The peppers give him the energy he needs to keep jumping.

How to Play Pepper Rush

Press the red and gray play button at the bottom center of the welcome screen to bring up the level select screen. Tap on a white level number button to load a stage.

Use the WASD keys or the arrow keys to move the toad around the platforms.

You can jump (or double jump) using the W key, the up arrow key, or the spacebar. When you double jump you must be near one of the outer walls or next to a vertical wood beam that you are jumping off on the second jump. You also can not jump through platforms from the bottom.

Basic Gameplay Advice

This game features 16 stages which are unlocked sequentially. To beat each stage the player must make it safely to the flag pole at the top of the level.

Collect as many peppers as you can on your journey to keep your spicey life meter as full as possible. The meter determines how high you can jump.

Avoid touching spiders, spikes, spinning blades on walls, or cannonballs – you die in a single hit. Some platforms have moving spiders and springs on a single platform, requiring a lot of caution. Some of the cannons fire at parallel platforms only slightly apart vertically toward the end of the last few stages, requiring you to precisely time your landings to avoid getting hit.

Some stages have temporary walls which block your path. You can open these gates by flipping switches, though be sure to only hit the switch once, as hitting it twice will open the area then close it again.

You can jump high by bouncing on springs.

Advanced Playing Tips & Strategy

Your jump height is based on how many peppers you eat and how quickly you progress through the stages. Try to eat as many peppers as you can while rapidly ascending. Some jumps are impossible to make if your spicy live status bar is too low.

In some cases you can sort of double jump your initial jump by jumping directly adjacent to the left or right edge of the stages, then jump off a wall or platform to do another jump to allow you to move up a lot at once.

Educational Aspects

This game can help players improve hand eye coordination.

Player Age Recommendations

This game is fun for players of all ages. The early stages are easy enough for young kids and the later stages are challenging enough to be fun for experienced adult gamers.