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Fireboy and Watergirl 4: The Crystal Temple is the fourth entry in the long-running co-op puzzle-platformer series, and the one that adds teleportation to the formula. You steer both characters at once through the same temple, but this time colored crystal pads let you warp a character instantly from one part of a level to another, opening up puzzles that earlier temples never had room for.
The core rule hasn't changed: Fireboy can walk straight through lava but dies the instant he touches water, Watergirl is the reverse, and green slime kills them both, so every lever, moving platform and door has to be solved with that split vulnerability in mind. Diamonds are scattered through each level too - red ones for Fireboy, blue for Watergirl - and picking them all up is optional but satisfying if you like clearing a level fully rather than just reaching the exit.
Controls
- Fireboy: Arrow keys to move and jump
- Watergirl: W, A and D to move and jump
Tips
- Step on a teleporter pad only when you're sure which matching pad it leads to - some levels use more than one color pair, and warping blind can drop a character straight into the wrong pool.
- Use one character to hold a switch or lever in place while the crosses a gap or door that depends on it.
- If you're playing solo, move one character a step at a time instead of both together - it's slower but far easier than trying to time simultaneous jumps.
It plays best as a two-player game on one keyboard, but it holds up solo if you're willing to take it slow - either way, it runs straight in the browser with nothing to install.
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