Tether Buds

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Published 2021-12-04

Smitt and Gladle, a couple of good buds, decided to tackle the "Tether Terror" challenge. A test of their cooperation and spatial recognition. This will not be easy, but they are determined to prove their friendship with a high score!


This game is intended to be played by a single person, controlling both characters with both hands. The beginning rounds should offer ample time to control them one-at-a-time. Additionally feel free to play with a friend.


This game was developed in 48 HOURS for the GMTK Game Jam 2021! The theme is Joined Together. The player controls a pair of buds that must maintain a tether between each other in order to complete their objectives.


It ranked #286 Overall. There were just over 5800 submissions.


Keyboard Controls:

  • WASD: Movement for Smitt and Menu Navigation
  • Arrow Keys: Movement for Gladle
  • Space: Menu Select


Gamepad Controls:

  • D-Pad or Left Stick: Movement for Smitt and Menu Navigation
  • Right Stick: Movement for Gladle
  • A: Menu Select


This game was programmed in Construct 3.

All art and sfx (c) copyright 2021, Tim Anfilofieff. It was made using Aseprite and FL Studio respectively.

All music purchased from and (c) copyright, Andrey Sitkov. https://soundcloud.com/muzstation-game-music


This took me a while to get over to Newgrounds, partly because I procrastinated, but also because of an odd bug that was hard to fix, Newgrounds API being slowly deprecated in the Construct 3 engine, and other things.