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You most certainly can jump without gliding with Abi. Just don't try to jump when you are off the ground. ;)

As for difficulty, yes level two is difficult, but it has been completed by many players, so you probably just need to practice your movements. Here's a tip about Abi. 

She uses velocity to give you a boost, so if you are falling, and you use Abi, you will jump way higher than if you just try to double-jump.

Most of level two's difficulty comes from timing sliding under the branches while being chased by the Wood Troll.

Today we are unleashing an update to Gelda with a bunch of fixes that we hope you will like.

• Abi is not based on velocity anymore and works more like a double-jump
• Gelda can now let go of Abi while gliding
• Text boxes now are destroyed correctly
• Troll disappears when you get far enough away so you are not stuck/trapped anymore
• Gelda can now duck to look down to avoid leaps-of-faith
• Checkpoints now work correctly and do not activate before being reached
• Fixed collision issues in the Misty Wood - 2 level
• Reduced death/respawn sequence time
• Reduced time for level name screen for faster play
• Added option to quit to title during playing via the pause menu (press ESC to pause)
• Cleaned up major graphics splicing issues
• Optimized rendering and collision checking to reduce lag

Please give the updated game a whirl and let us know your thoughts.