Neon Tempest
The city is full of ticking bombs. Absorb them with your energy orb, and try not to wreck the place yourself.
Best on a laptop or desktop. Your phone can be the controller.
THE MISSION
You are a telekinetic. You can move anything with your mind. Unfortunately, you also have a real talent for destruction, and the city has noticed. Today it needs you anyway, because someone has hidden ticking bombs all over downtown.
THE JOB
Fly your energy orb through the streets, find each bomb, and absorb it before it goes off. Hold your power on a bomb and it gets pulled into the orb, timer and all. Miss one, and that block becomes a crater. Nobody throws a parade for a crater.
THE SCORE
Saving the city is easy. Saving the city politely is the hard part. Your score is the percent of the city still standing when the dust settles. Every bomb that explodes takes a chunk of it. Every building you ram on the way there also takes a chunk of it, because a hero flying through an office tower at full speed is, technically, also a disaster. The best heroes win with almost no damage at all. The rest of us get a strongly worded letter from the mayor.
THE ATTITUDE
Stay calm. Fly smart. Slow down near the tall stuff. Speed is great until it is a wall. The city does not need a hero who punches harder. It needs one who brakes.
HOW TO PLAY
- Arrow keys or WASD to fly
- E to climb
- Q to dive
- Shift for fast
- Space (hold) to absorb
- Esc to pause
- F for fullscreen
- M to mute
- R to restart
PHONE CONTROLLER
- Press C in the game
- Scan the QR code with your phone
- Tap Enable motion
- Hold the phone sideways
- Tilt to steer
- Left thumb climbs and dives
- Right thumb absorbs
Both devices need internet. Tested on Android. iPhone motion access should work but is untested.
WHAT WE'RE TESTING
Can a phone's tilt sensor and buttons make a laptop game feel like real telekinesis? This is an experiment, so expect rough edges. A laptop or desktop with WebGL is recommended.