How to play Beat Hop

Your square slides to the right on its own, in time with the music. Every tile of the level is a sixteenth note, so the jumps land on the beat. Touch a spike or run into the side of a block and the attempt is over; the next one starts straight away.

Jump: Space, the up arrow, a click or a tap. Hold the button and the square jumps again every time it lands.
Blocks: you can land on top of them and slide along. Only their sides and undersides are dangerous.
Yellow pads: touch one to be thrown high in the air.
Yellow rings: press while you pass through one to jump again in mid-air.
Portals: the orange portal flips gravity so you run along the ceiling; the blue one turns it back.

Practice mode

Practice drops a checkpoint every couple of seconds while you’re on the ground, and starts you again from the last one when you break. Press Z (or Add checkpoint) to drop one yourself and X to remove the last one. Practice runs don’t count towards your best or your attempts.

Tips

Listen. The obstacles sit on the beat, so jumping with the kick drum is usually right.
Three spikes in a row need a jump from right before the first one. Wait for it.
For a row of spikes with a ring above it, jump early and press again as you pass through the ring.
Upside down, the jump goes downwards. Everything else works the same.
Stuck on one part? Switch to practice, learn it, then play it for real.

Questions

Is it free? Yes. No account, no download, nothing to pay for.

Where does the music come from? Each level has its own little tune, made up for this game and played live by your browser. Turn it off with the Sound switch at the top of the page.

What counts as an attempt? Every start in normal mode. The attempt number goes back to 1 after you clear the level, and your fewest attempts to clear each level is saved in your browser.