Terry Cavanagh is set to release his IGF 2010 entrant VVVVVV on Jan. 10, which is just a week away. Don’t Look Back, another of Cavanagh’s games, was on this site’s best of 2009 list, and Judith was a pretty thrilling exercise in storytelling through a Doom-like engine. I’ve been looking forward to his next release since it was announced.

VVVVVV is a gravity-shifting platformer with blocky pixels and lots of spikes to threaten the main character. It will be a commercial release, and Cavanagh will sell the game for $15 on release day. You should be able to preorder the game for $10 until the end of Sunday, or you can wait for the demo around release day so you can try before you buy.

Watch the trailer after the jump.

[via Distractionware]