A retro platformer · free · win / mac / linux
Pip's PyLocket Odyssey
A retro platformer with a secret buried in its source code. Play it for the score, or take it apart for the keys.
- On the board 3
- High score 1,240
- Levels cracked 0 of 3
- Bounty winners 0
Pick your path
Three things happen here. They are all the same game.
Compete
Every run submits to the global board. Pick any alias, no sign-up and no email.
Leaderboard →The cast
4 shown · full cast on /about
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Pip
Player character
Bright spotted python with a red scarf and a glowing tail tip. The smallest but bravest protector.
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Loot
Companion
A white puffball with a tiny golden crown who carries your score between levels and never stops smiling.
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White Hats
Quest givers
Hooded guardians with glowing keyboards. They appear in the safe zones, and bounty winners become one of them.
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Cloner Bobblehead
Antagonist
A corporate gremlin with an oversized wobbly head who duplicates himself, and your obstacles, at the worst moment.
World 01 of 04
The Digital Gardens
Floating islands, bioluminescent flowers and data-stream waterfalls. Wind physics matter here, and so does knowing when not to jump.
See all worldsGlobal high scores
View top 100| Rank | Alias | Score | Level | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pipster | 1,240 | L01 | 8 days ago |
| 02 | Pip_Rox | 475 | L01 | 13 days ago |
| 03 | GeeWiz | 0 | L01 | 41 days ago |
Four steps to a key
No registration, no NDA, no waiting for approval. Download it and start looking.
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Step 1. Get the game
Download the free build for your platform and play it once. It is a real game, not a puzzle box.
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Step 2. Open it up
Unpack it, decompile it, debug it. Everything you do to your own copy is allowed.
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Step 3. Find a key
Three keys, one per locked level. Each one is reachable from the shipped artifact alone.
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Step 4. Submit it
Be first and the locket opens with your alias on it.
Three key submissions in total, tied to one email address, for the entire program.
The reward
First finders join the White Hats.
The White Hats are the guardians who hand out quests in the safe zones. Crack a locket first and one of them becomes you: your alias, a portrait built with you, and one line of dialogue in a future version of the game. Credit in the Hall of Fame. There is no cash component, and we would rather say that plainly than bury it.
< your alias >
White Hat · first finder
Locket status
0 of 3 cracked · live
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Level 02
The Foundry
Unclaimed
Key not yet found by anybody.
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Level 03
Signal Garden
Unclaimed
Key not yet found by anybody.
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Level 04
The Last Locket
Unclaimed
Key not yet found by anybody.
Latest news
All newsWinner · TBC
No winner announcements yet
The first person to open a locket gets this slot, a portrait, and a White Hat character in the game. It is deliberately empty right now.
Read the rulesRELEASE · 24 Jul 2026
v1.0.2 for Windows, macOS and Linux
Fixes a physics bug on Sunrise Pier where orbs could clip through the pier railing, plus a small startup speedup on Apple Silicon.
UPDATE · 19 Jul 2026
The bounty is open
All three keys are live and unclaimed. Here is what changed in the rules since the beta, and why the attempt budget got stricter.
The game is protected by PyLocket: whole-app encryption, JIT function decryption and a hardened native runtime for Python desktop apps. The bounty is a public test of it. What PyLocket is →