Mr. Ampersand in ASCII World

(NOTE: The game is known to be laggy. I no longer have the source code, so there's nothing I can do to reduce the lag at this time. If the game is running slow, try clicking the fullscreen button.)

Mr. Ampersand in ASCII World is a 2D platformer in the vein of Super Mario Bros., but in TEXT :O

You play as Mr. Ampersand, an average typography geek who, one day, was shocked to find that the entire world had become text! Who would even DO such a thing? Why, ASCIIthulhu, of course! You know, the vile, evil being made out of text that transforms anything it touches into text?

Can Mr. Ampersand defeat ASCIIthulhu and save the world from textification? There's only one way to find out... and that is to play the game, of course!

Originally submitted to Battle of the Bits Game Jam 2. Entry link: http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Entry/Mr.+Ampersand+in+ASCII+World/25997/