Gait

tap at the bottom of the squash. the spring does the rest.

a creature on spring legs: tap at the bottom of each squash to bound, and race your own last run

Each leg is a spring. A landing squashes it and stores the fall; push at the bottom of the squash and the push works over the whole stroke while the held leg gives the fall back. Push as it lands and half the push only brakes the fall; push late and the relaxed leg has already let it go.

Concepts: locomotion, timing, soft-body.

An interactive you play with one thumb, on Wundr.