HOW TO PLAY

Controls

Jump

Space, W, or ↑. On a phone or tablet, tap the gameplay canvas.

Fast drop

Down Arrow (↓) or S while airborne. On touchscreens, swipe down across the game or tap the on-screen drop button.

Pause or resume

P or Esc, or use the on-screen pause button.

There is no left or right movement. Time your jump to clear the spike and block obstacles as they approach.

The run, score, and coins

The runner moves automatically through a procedurally generated course. A collision ends the run unless a shield absorbs it. The world gradually accelerates, so obstacles arrive faster the longer you last.

Score formula: floor(distance ÷ 10) + 50 × fragments collected. Your displayed score combines distance and fragments.

Each data fragment collected banks one coin when the run is banked. A run is banked when it ends, when you leave a paused run for the menu, restart, or close the page. Completing daily missions can award additional coins.

Pickups and glitch events

Run into a power-up to activate it; there is no separate use button.

• Shield: absorbs one collision, then disappears.
• Slow-Mo: slows the world and your movement together for 5 seconds.
• Data Magnet: draws nearby fragments toward you for 7 seconds.

Glitch events are temporary course conditions, not pickups. Data Storm adds fragments; System Surge speeds up obstacles; Gravity Error makes jumps shorter; Visual Corruption changes the display. Dangerous events show a warning before they begin.

Progression and settings

Cosmetic shop

Coins unlock visual-only player skins: GLITCH MAGENTA (free), NEON CYAN (80), TOXIC LIME (150), SOLAR FLARE (250), and GHOST PROTOCOL (400). Trails are NO TRAIL (free), EMBER SPARKS (100), PIXEL DUST (180), and ION COMET (300). Cosmetics do not change gameplay advantages.

Achievements

There are 11 achievements for ending your first run, collecting 50 or 250 fragments total, reaching scores of 1,000 or 3,000, surviving 45 or 90 seconds in one run, using all three power-ups across your progress, surviving a collision with a shield, and experiencing 5 or 20 glitch events.

Daily missions

Three missions refresh at local midnight: collect a fragment target (sometimes across runs, sometimes in one run), survive a target time in one run, and reach a target score in one run. Their targets and coin rewards rotate by the device’s local date.

Settings

You can independently adjust sound effects and their volume, background music and its volume, screen shake, and reduced motion.

A steadier first run

1. Watch the obstacle, not just the fragments. A jump is about 0.7 seconds long; the game spaces obstacle patterns to leave at least 0.85 seconds of travel between them. A deliberate jump is usually more useful than repeated tapping.
2. Use fast drop only when the landing is clear. It brings you down quickly. Check that you will not land into the next spike or block.
3. Take fragments that fit your jump. Fragments add both score and coins, but a risky detour can end the run.
4. Let pickups do their work. The shield is a one-hit buffer, Slow-Mo gives more real time to read the course, and the magnet helps collect nearby fragments automatically.
5. Pause when you need a break. The game pauses when you switch away from its tab. Power-up and event timers advance during play, not while paused.

Quick questions