History Main / ImprovisedPlatform

See also CraniumRide, SteppingStonesInTheSky, LilyPadPlatform, and LeafBoat. May overlap with BridgeLogic.

** [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 The first game]] had a weapon that allowed you to fire a temporary platform from his arm cannon, and was necessary to complete the game.
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' had the "1", "2", and "3" devices, which created platforms of various types: "1" were platforms that floated up in midair, "2" was a platform that traveled horizontally, and "3" climbed against walls.
** Later games featured Mega Man's canine sidekick Rush, whose "Rush Jet" functioned as a moving, midair platform. Rush also gained Spring and Marine versions.
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' had the "Super Arrow", which stuck to walls and could be used as temporary platforms.
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' had the "Concrete Shot", which upon impact created a temporary block to stand on.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' had the ice wall, which fired out an ice pillar. Megaman or Bass can then push the ice pillar and stand on it like a rideable platform.

** ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' had Shotgun Ice. When charged to full, it became an ice sled that X could ride on, in a manner similar to Ice Wall from ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass''.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' had Crystal Hunter, which [[CrystalPrison trapped weaker enemies in crystal blocks]] that you could step on.

* This is one of the many jobs of TheEngineer, and the variety of improvised methods available can be truly impressive. Everything from a RopeBridge (at it's most basic, a rope or cable strung across the gap) to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascine fascines]] to more sophisticated or specialized methods can be and have been used.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'':

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira’s fifth and onward sets of PoweredArmor have a feature for difficult terrain traversal, advertised as helping you move at full speed in mud or ice, by creating a force field. What Akira actually uses it for is this, shooting and doing acrobatics in the air, and some of his opponents do the same. A later CoolBike Akira gets also makes paths in the air out of force fields, allowing limited flight as long as it has enough power reserves.

See also SteppingStonesInTheSky, LilyPadPlatform, and LeafBoat. May overlap with BridgeLogic.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'': one level requires the Kongs to throw barrels in the water as platforms, since the [[GrimyWater water is occupied by a Nibbla]].
** Squitter, one of the animal companions in ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest Donkey Kong Country 2]] and [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble 3]]'', lets you create platforms out of webs.

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* To cross water and lava in ''VideoGame/{{Magicka}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Magicka 2}}'', the wizards have to freeze it into a platform using the Cold element. Cue a bunch of wizards firing off poorly aimed freezing spells as they slide along the ice.

* ''VideoGame/{{Prey 2017}}'' has a glue gun, which you can use to scale heights by shooting glue globs onto the walls and standing on them.

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* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira’s fifth and onward sets of PoweredArmor have a feature for difficult terrain traversal, advertised as helping you move at full speed in mud or ice. What Akira actually uses it for is this, shooting and doing acrobatics in the air, and some of his opponents do the same.

** In ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Vento Aureo]]'', minor villain Sale has the power to freeze small objects in position relative to other objects. One of his many uses for this power is to throw a handful of gravel and freeze it in midair, creating a 'ladder' that allows him to climb a sheer cliff face.

** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'', titular Jolyne Kujo uses her power to unravel herself into string to cross a lake, as seen in the page image.