diff --git a/src/components/CharacterView.tsx b/src/components/CharacterView.tsx
index 911d720..694a713 100644
--- a/src/components/CharacterView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/CharacterView.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { useKeyboardControls } from "@react-three/drei";
 import type { RapierRigidBody } from "@react-three/rapier";
 
 const SPEED = 5;
+const JUMP_SPEED = 8;
 const SENSITIVITY = 0.002;
 // Shoulder offset in character-local space: right, up, behind
 const SHOULDER_OFFSET = new Vector3(0.1, 1.5, 2.5);
@@ -33,10 +34,11 @@ export const CharacterView = observer(function ({ character, editMode }: Charact
     const yawRef = useRef(0);
     const pitchRef = useRef(0);
     const mouseRef = useRef({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+    const jumpPressedRef = useRef(false);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (editMode)
-             return;
+            return;
 
         const canvas = gl.domElement;
         const onClick = () => canvas.requestPointerLock();
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ export const CharacterView = observer(function ({ character, editMode }: Charact
 
         // Movement relative to character facing direction
         if (!state.game?.isPaused && !editMode) {
-            const { forward, backward, left, right } = get();
+            const { forward, backward, left, right, jump } = get();
             const fwdX = -Math.sin(yaw);
             const fwdZ = -Math.cos(yaw);
             const fwdScale = (forward ? 1 : 0) - (backward ? 1 : 0);
@@ -90,7 +92,16 @@ export const CharacterView = observer(function ({ character, editMode }: Charact
             const vx = (fwdX * fwdScale - fwdZ * rightScale) * SPEED;
             const vz = (fwdZ * fwdScale + fwdX * rightScale) * SPEED;
             const cur = rbRef.current.linvel();
-            rbRef.current.setLinvel({ x: vx, y: cur.y, z: vz }, true);
+
+            const isStanding = Math.abs(cur.y) < 0.5;
+
+            const vy = cur.y +
+                (jump && !jumpPressedRef.current && isStanding
+                    ? JUMP_SPEED
+                    : 0);
+            jumpPressedRef.current = jump;
+
+            rbRef.current.setLinvel({ x: vx, y: vy, z: vz }, true);
         }
     });