Levitating Larry: Encore

Opening night. The Critic has cursed Larry's hat.

Larry the Levitating Magician is back for one last show, his Encore. But Victor Pann, the harshest critic alive, wants magic shut down for good. He has hexed Larry's top hat: every rabbit it ever held has burst out wild, his bad reviews have turned the crowd into tomato-throwing hecklers, and his hired clowns have stolen Larry's lucky card.

The show must go on. Float over the chaos to vanish it back into your hat, reveal it as part of the act, win back your card, and leave the Critic SPEECHLESS to break the curse.

- Your spells cast themselves. Steer with WASD or the arrow keys, or drag one thumb on a phone.

- Float to vanish. Press SPACE (on a phone: tap LEVITATE or flick) and float over the crowd. Nothing can hurt you while you float, and your hat sucks up everything you pass. Then it bursts back out as cards, rabbit bombs, a slam or a decoy. TA-DA!

- Every show, a new build. 8 spells, 8 passives that change how your tricks behave, 8 evolutions, 4 set bonuses and 4 secret unions.

- Tonight's Twist. Every show deals one small rule change (Packed House, Dove Night, Lucky Seats, Bright Lights, Foggy Stage, Rowdy Balcony), and the stooge, the lost cape, stage fright, the raffle and the first crowd turn up at different moments each night.

- Three acts on three stages, with curtain choices, rule-bending props, 4 capes and 26 secrets.

- Your lucky card was stolen. Win it back from the crowd in every act for a payout sized by its rank.

- Leave the Critic SPEECHLESS: float through his adoring fans and land a big reveal right next to him. Then: "Is THIS your card?!"

- Box Office: spend your coins on new spells, props, perks and capes.

- Encore ladder: win to unlock 10 stars of harder shows, each with a new rule. Prefer a gentle night? Turn on Relaxed Shows in Options: +50% HP, softer hits, calmer crowds. Options also has Large Text and a Shake & Flash switch.

- Daily Show: the same stage, cards and twist for everyone, every day. Hat Codes let a friend replay your show.

- For longtime fans: callbacks to Levitating Larry (2013), Leaping Larry, Levitating Larry 2 (2018) and Returns (2022) are hidden throughout. Check the Larry Archive in the Scrapbook.

Free in your browser, on desktop or phone (portrait or landscape). A show takes about 5 to 6 minutes. No ads, no paywalls: everything unlocks by playing.

The return of Levitating Larry, from Biosic Studios. Made with Claude Code (AI); details below.

Built with Claude Code (Anthropic's AI coding tool), directed and reviewed by Jacob Szall. AI wrote the game code, the in-game text and some sprites drawn pixel by pixel in code (the Critic, clowns, doves, cards, tomatoes). No AI image, music or voice generators were used. Larry and the tiles are original Levitating Larry series art by Richard Blechinger. Music (HydroGene), sound (sindriax) and the other sprites (Kenney, Duckhive, La Red Games, Foozle) are human-made CC0 assets. Full credits are below and in the game's Options > Credits.

Created by Jacob Szall · Biosic Studios

Original Levitating Larry art (Larry sprite, rock and brick tiles, flag, button): Richard Blechinger

Music: HydroGene, "High Quality 8-bit / Chiptune Musics" (CC0)

Sound effects: sindriax, "blip8 sounds" (CC0)

Rabbits: Duckhive · Coins and gems: La Red Games · Hecklers, ghost, chests: Kenney (Tiny Dungeon) · Magic effects: Foozle (all CC0)

Fonts: Tiny5 and Silkscreen (SIL Open Font License)

Code, game text and code-drawn sprites: Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5, Anthropic), directed by Jacob Szall