Bunny hopping

Bunny hopping (or commonly shortened to bhopping) is a term used in video games to describe an advanced movement technique in which a player jumps repeatedly, with the addition of strafing using the directional keys and strafe-jumping, in order to move faster than normal.

Concept

The term is most used in first-person shooters to refer to act of pressing the jump key together with a movement key (usually "A" or "D" depending on which direction you want to move, you also need to move your mouse along with the strafe keys) to move faster (especially when going down a slope) and/or to evade attacks more effectively. In several games based on Quake engines or their derivatives moving in a zigzag pattern while bunny hopping (see strafejumping) is the fastest way to move around and increases length of jumps, making the player an even more difficult target to hit. While a zigzag movement pattern may not be the fastest way to get from one point to another in other games, players may feel that the protection provided by bunny hopping more than compensates for this disadvantage. Bunny hopping might also be required to gain speed to perform a trick jump or to provide better movement control while in mid-air (especially after performing a trick jump).