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Karlson 3D (also known as KARLSON) is a 2020 parkour shooter game developed and published by Norwegian game developer Daniel Sooman, also known as Dani. The game released on Itch.io for Windows, Linux and Mac OS on January 17th, 2020.

The game originally began development in late 2019 in response to a comment on one of Daniel's videos challenging him to create a 3D game, which he had previously never attempted. The game was inspired by a previous game Daniel had developed, titled Karlson 2D.

Gameplay
Karlson 3D is a first-person shooter where the player controls a man named Karlson, where through various platform levels, he must overcome obstacles and enemies using movement and weaponry. The player must make their way towards the milk at the end of each level in order to complete it. The levels are grouped into three main sections, Sandbox, Escape and Sky as well as a tutorial, which progress in difficulty as the player advances through them. Taking any hits from enemy bullets instantly kills the player, forcing them to restart the level. The game is heavily focused on speed, with the primary difficulty of the game being not to complete each level, but to complete them in the fastest time possible.

Development and release
Karlson was initially created in response to a comment by YouTube user jotoro music challenging Dani to create a 3D game, Daniel