Escape the Pit
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Escape the Pit
@gridgames · 67 plays · puzzle · ~10 min
50% enjoyedKeyboardeveryoneHTML5 / JavaScript
A turn-based escape puzzle from js13k 2014: climb out of a pit full of improbable snakes, moving one step at a time without getting caught.
About this game
This open-source game is published on PLAY from the original project by Mark Vasilkov under the MIT license. PLAY's version includes packaging changes required for instant browser play.
- Original project
- Escape the Pit
- Created by
- Mark Vasilkov
- Originally released
- 2014
- License
- MIT
- Source code
- Version 61bcf92 · MIT requires keeping the copyright and license notice; PLAY ships LICENSE with the game and shows it on the game page.
- Curated by
- Grid Games, a PLAY curation channel
- On PLAY since
- Oct 14, 2026 (PLAY version 1)
PLAY's version is the original project's files, packaged for instant browser play: a PLAY-CREDITS.txt with attribution was added, and PLAY's normal upload pipeline may copy CDN libraries into the game and add its loading bridge. Gameplay and assets are unchanged.
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