Portal Pals

About Portal Pals

A vibrant 2.5D isometric platform exploration game across floating islands with star gem collection, portal goal, character customization, and leaderb. Pla…

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Made by: Maryam
On start.ng since: October 2026
Ranked by: Star gems and 1 more

What is Portal Pals about?

A vibrant 2.5D isometric platform exploration game across floating islands with star gem collection, portal goal, character customization, and leaderboard support.

A 2.5D isometric platform exploration game rewritten in React 19, TypeScript, Vite, and Tailwind CSS. Collect 10 star gems across floating islands in the sky, leap across platform chasms, and reach the glowing portal.

Portal Pals at a glance

Made by Maryam

On start.ng since October 2026

Play it in your browser at portal-pals.start.ng, with nothing to download

Categories: Platformers and Coin collecting

Leaderboard: yes, ranked by Star gems and Completion time

Features

2.5D Isometric Engine: Custom high-DPR canvas renderer with camera tracking, terrain layering, drifting clouds, distant sky islands, harmonic gem bobbing, and particle sparkle effects.

Character Customizer: Live interactive customizer supporting skin tone, shirt color, pants color, hair style, hair color, hats (crown, beanie, cap), and accessories (glasses, backpack).

start.ng Identity & Handshake: Automatic handshake iframe communication (startng:whoami and startng:score) for account character syncing and leaderboard score publishing.

Local & Online Leaderboard: Tracks lowest completion times and star gems collected, adhering to the startng.json schema.

Responsive Controls: Full keyboard support (WASD / arrow keys + Space to jump) and on-screen touch D-pad & jump buttons for mobile and touch devices.

Web Audio Sound Effects: Dynamic procedural sound synthesizer with rising pitches for gem pickups, jump audio, victory fanfare, fall sfx, and mute toggle.

What Portal Pals says

Some of what Portal Pals tells you as you play:

“Fell between platforms! Restarted on the first island.”

“All 10 gems found! Reach the glowing portal!”

“Toggle On-Screen Touch Controls”

“Leap across floating platforms, collect all 10 star gems, and reach the glowing portal.”

How scoring works

Players are ranked by Star gems (highest first). If two players tie, Completion time (fastest first) decides it. Only your best run counts. Sign in with start.ng to save yours.