Jack Move

Jack Move is a single player turn based role playing game.^[3] The combat system of the game is based around strategic use of three different elements.^[4]

Development of the game started in 2012, with the creation of a battle system.^[1] According to a 2021 interview in Wireframe Magazine, game was developed in the Unity game engine, making use of 3D environments in conjunction with a forced perspective, video post-processing and other artistic techniques to create the illusion of a 2D overworld.^[1] The game was influenced by Golden Sun and the Final Fantasy series, as well as by elements of the film Hackers.^[1]

A public demo was released on Steam during the 2021 Steam Summer Festival.^[5] In August 2022 an animated trailer was released.^[6]

The Windows and macOS versions launched on September 8, 2022, with console versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One following on September 20, 2022.^[7][8][9]

Jack Move received "generally favorable" reviews based on five critics on the review aggregator website Metacritic.^[10][11]

A number of praised the game's impactful nature in spite of its short length.^[14][3][2]