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'''''VVVVVV''''' (pronounced '''''"the letter V six times"''''') is a 2010 [[puzzle-platform game]] created by [[Terry Cavanagh (developer)|Terry Cavanagh]]. In the game, the player controls Captain Viridian, who must rescue their spacecrew after a teleporter malfunction caused them to be separated in Dimension VVVVVV. The gameplay is characterized by the inability of the player to jump, instead opting on controlling the direction of gravity, causing the player to fall upwards or downwards.<ref name="kotaku-review" /> The game consists of more than 400 individual rooms, and also supports the creation of user-created levels.

The game was built in [[Adobe Flash]] and released on January 11, 2010, for [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[OS X]]. The game was [[Porting|ported]] to [[C++]] by Simon Roth in 2011,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/12kqw6/comment/c6vvzvj |title=I'm Simon Roth, creator of sci-fi god-game Maia. AMA - IAmA |website=[[reddit]] |date=3 November 2012 |access-date=2020-01-12 |archive-date=2021-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204195338/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/12kqw6/comment/c6vvzvj |url-status=live }}</ref> and released as part of the [[Humble Indie Bundle|Humble Indie Bundle #3]]. The port to C++ allowed the porting of the game to other platforms such as [[Linux]], [[Pandora (console)|Pandora]], [[Nintendo 3DS]], and [[Nintendo Switch]].