controls, gameablauf, power-ups and settingen — alls, was du for the Astieg in ChaosDot brauchst.
A glowing dot, one tap, four modes full of chaos.
ChaosDot is a single-button arcade. You guide a single glowing dot (the Dot) through ever-new dangers. There is no goal but one: survive and collect as many points as possible. There is no experience or level system for your character, you do not get stronger level by level. What counts is the current run, your score and the best performance you leave behind.
Jeder run beginnt sofort. the Dot bewegt itself (or faellt, or steht still, je after/to mode), and your Eingabe entscheidet ueber life and Tod. a einziger Treffer beendet the run, sofern you not a shield, a Extraleben or a Rettungshilfe abfaengt. points fliessen in Dots (the Gamewaehrung) and in the globale Bestenliste.
Everything runs through a single gesture that means something different depending on the mode.
Egal whether you on a Touch-Display tippst, with the Maus klickst or a Taste druckst: jede Eingabe muendet in denselben Befehl, the Tipp on the Bildschirm. you can the Punkt a Gefahr entgegentippen, a Powerup-orb einsammeln or a Schaltflaeche druecken, the system behandelt alles as/when denselben Tipp at the jeweiligen Position. on Touch-Geraeten are Zoom and Kontextmenue unterdrueckt, damit you a schnelle Doppelgeste never in the Quere kommt; Maus- and Touch-Eingaben become entprellt, damit a Klick never doppelt zaehlt.
What a tap means depends entirely on the active mode. In the vier Basis-modes stands dieselbe Geste fuer voellig differente Aktionen:
Jeder Tipp dreht the Schwerkraft around: the Dot faellt danach in the andere direction, seine Fallgeschwindigkeit is/will dabei on null gesetzt. you haeltst ihn also through rhythmisches Antippen in the Schwebe and faedelst ihn through the Roehren. on the Desktop steuert W after/to above and S after/to below, the setzt only the Fallrichtung, it bewegt the Dot not direkt.
Hier bewegt itself the Dot frei. A Tipp schleudert ihn a Stueck (rand 38 Pixel) in Richtung of the Tipppunkts, a kurzer Theh zto Ausweichen in the orbhagel. Nur in DODGE are Tipps echte Thehes. In bosskaempfen faellt the Theh with rand 44 Pixeln abouts weiter aus.
The Dot stands still; you do not control it. Tap the green tiles with SAFEmarker before its time runs out — that earns points. Never tap the red decoys (TAP ME!, FREE LIFE!, BONUS!): They look tempting, but tapping one ends the run immediately. Watch out for deceptions: some fields that appear green are deadly, some that appear red are harmless.
Praezisions-Tippen. on the field erscheinen sichere zones with ablaufendem timer. Tippe she/it/they rechtzeitig at; laeuft the timer a zone from or tippst you daneben, waehrend zones offen are, is the run vorbei. with steigendem score schrumpfen the zones and driften ueber the Bildschirm.
in Bossphasen dasht a Tipp the Dot (rund 44 Pixel). the boss nimmt keinen damage more, if/when you seinen Koerper antippst, damage entsteht only ueber the jeweilige Kampfmechanik. Einzelne bosses belegen the Tipp even anders: Beim Sog-boss VOID stoesst a Tipp the Dot from the Zentrum weg, and in the Story-Finale bewegt jeder Tipp the Dot only a begrenztes Stueck, sodass you the Arena durchqueren musst statt to teleportieren.
The virtual joystick, keyboard and drag scenarios in detail.
On touch devices, the game displays a virtual joystick in DODGE, boss fights, and scenarios (active by default). It operates with four directions and a dead zone; gripping it triggers brief vibration feedback. While holding the joystick, stray taps are ignored so they don't jerk the Dot to the tap point. You can disable the joystick in settings; then control is purely tap-based.
The Maus wirkt wie a Tipp. Zusaetzlich fuettert the WASD-Block denselben virtualn Joystick, the also the Touch-controls uses: In DODGE, boss and Szenarien bewegst du the Dot with WASD, in PIXEL and RESIST is WASD to a Cursor with dezenter Zielhilfe (rote RESIST-Koethe are bewusst never Ziel the Hilfe). In GRAVITY setzt W/S only the Fallrichtung.
The cursor speed on desktop can be adjusted between 50 and 200 percent. While you are typing in a text field (e.g. when logging in), game keys are not captured. There is no gamepad or motion control via the device.
Drag scenarios: Einige Story-Szenarien use kontinuierliches Ziehen statt einzelner Tipps, about with Noteen wie DRAG TO MOVE. Then you move the Dot by holding and dragging your finger (or mouse); if the joystick is active, it takes priority.
How CLASSIC rotates, when bosses appear and how score is generated.
In the standard run CLASSIC is ka mode fixiert. The game unlocks the vier Basis-modes the Reihe after by, jethe Abschnitt dauert rand zehn secondn. PIXEL and RESIST are on about sieben Sekunthe verkuerzt, because sie schneller Punkte bringen. Waehlst du in the Homemenue stattdessen einen individualn mode (GRAVITY, DODGE, RESIST othe PIXEL), remains the run at diesem mode and rotates nicht.
Bossesss follow no fixed level plan. it gives keinen Zaehler, the alle zehn level a boss ausspuckt. Stattdessen is/will between the Mode-Abschnitten ausgewuerfelt, whether a boss erscheint: Solange you since the last boss fewer as/when a Handvoll points gesammelt hast, is the Chance null; danach steigt she/it/they with your Punkten at, until maximal 80 Prozent. Kuendigt itself a boss at, spielt kurz a INCOMING-warning before the fight starts.
Score and combos: Fast jethe mode vergives Punkte fuer the richtige Aktion (a byfaedelte Roehre, a getroffene zone, a angetipptes gruenes Feld). DODGE is the Ausnahme and pays you passiv Ueberlebenspunkte. Aufeinanderfolgende Treffer bauen einen Combo auf, the wiethe verfaellt, when du to lange nichts triffst; wie schnell er verfaellt, haengt vom mode ab. Whoever just over an Roehrenkanten beforebeigleitet, bekommt zusaetzlich Beinahe-Bonuspunkte. A kla Kniff fuer Rhythmus-Fans: Tipps in the Takt the Musik bauen a Rhythmus-Serie auf, the achievemente freiunlocks.
CLASSIC is also the foundation for special run types: the daily DAILY CHALLENGE, identical for everyone (fixed random seed, no mutators), and runs with mutators. The nine-part BOSS RUSH, by contrast, is a pure boss marathon without mode sections.
All 15 power-ups and how they reach you.
ChaosDot kennt exactly 15 power-ups. Jeof the has fuenf Ausbaustufen (T1 until/up to T5): with Dots aufgewertet, halten sie laenger othe wirken staerker. Frueh in the game are only wenige verfuegbar, further schalten itself frei, each hoeher da Bestleisung klettert.
Kurze Unverwundbarkeit: Kollisionen koennen you not toeten. Haelt each after level rand 10 until/up to 28 secondn.
Absorbs hits; each impact consumes one charge (2 to 5 charges per tier). Also intercepts boss projectiles. The only directly purchasable powerup and, at 60 Dots, the cheapest in the shop.
AUTO-revive upon death. Higher tiers stack multiple extra lives (1 to 4). On a lethal hit, one life is consumed, you gain brief invincibility and a banner EXTRA LIFE.
Rettet you ba the toedlichen Treffer: raetot all orbn, Falln and boss-projectilee, teleportiert the Dot in the Mitte, schenkt kurze Unverwundbarkeit and 150 Bonuspunkte. Ladungen 1 until/up to 3 each level, sie sammeln itself an.
Multipliziert your score for viele seconds. Trotz of the Namens 2X liegt the Faktor je after/to tier between about ×1,5 and ×2,5.
Jedes Punktereignis wuerfelt on a kritischen Treffer. Trefferchance rund 25 until 40 Prozent, Multiplikator je after/to tier ×6 until ×10, with Crit-Popup.
Bunkers your points: During its duration, all score flows into a pot — you won't see the score counter rise. At the end, it pays out the pot with an explosive payout factor (×2.5 to ×4.5). Not stackable.
Golthe Hour: The ganze world is golden. Kraeftiger score-Bonus (until/up to ×3) and a grosser Waehrungsmultiplikator (until/up to ×5 on da Dots-Ausbeute). Auf level 5 volle 30 secondn.
Fuellt itself, indem you points machst. is the Leiste voll, zuendet a Burst: unverwundbar and ×4 score for the Dauer. Hoehere tiers fuellen schneller and halten laenger.
Sofortiger Combo-Sprung with verlaengertem Veriffenster. Setzt yourn Combo youekt on 30 until/up to 75 (each level) and gives you mehr Zeit, ihn to halten. Wekt sofort, without runzeit.
Nur in the bosskampf nutzbar: sofortiger Prozentschashe on the boss-Leise, verlangsamte attacke and ×3 score in the Fenster. Ausserhalb a bosskampfs is the Ladung zurueckerstattet.
Hinterlaesst a Spur from Sternen, the alles zerstoeren, was she/it/they beruehrt, and feuert zusaetzlich radiale Salven. Jeder Treffer raeumt orbs, sprengt Fallen or kratzt on the boss. until to rund 36 seconds on hoher tier.
Sofortige Druckwelle: raetot orbn and Falln in the Umkreis, byschlaegt GRAVITY-Roehren neben you and trifft the boss. Radius and bossschashe steigen with the level.
Setzt a Geschuetzturm from, the around the Dot kreist and automatisch on orbs, Fallen and the boss feuert. Hoehere tiers feuern schneller and haerter.
Bullet time: the world runs slow, you don't. The world's pace drops per tier to 65 to 45 percent, your own movement stays in real time. The effect cannot extend itself.
in runs with Mutatoren are saemtliche Powerups abgeschaltet, sowohl the orbs as/when also the Vorrat, and the Aktions-Buttons become ausgeblendet. the genannten Obergrenzen (about the Vorrat from 16 and the fuenf tiers) koennen serverseitig angepasst become.
From colorblind palette to battery-saver mode, all in the menu.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Graphics quality | Five levels (LOW, MID, HIGH, +, BEST); default selects automatically. |
| FPS limit | 5 to 240 FPS in steps of 5, or unlimited. Default 60. |
| Performance mode | Schaltet skin-Partikel, Glow and Geiser-Spuren ab. Grosser FPS-Schub on langsamen Geraeten. |
| Eco/battery-saver mode | 30-FPS-Liwith, geringere Aufloesung, Bloom aus, weniger Partikel. AUTO activated ihn on schwachen Geraeten. |
| GPU renderer (WebGL) | On by default, restart needed. Otherwise 2D canvas basis. |
| Glow/Bloom | Glow effect, requires the GPU renderer. |
| Reduced movement | Sanftere Kamera and weicherer Death-Zoom. default uebernimmt the Vorgabe da Betriebssystems. |
| Reduced effects | Halves explosion particles and disables screen shake. |
| Colorblind mode | agenative Palette fuer the vier mode-Farben (cyan, orange, weiss, magenta), unterscheidbar after Farbton and Helligkeit, plus Formhinweise. Neustart noetig. |
| Adaptive difficulty (DDA) | Adjusts difficulty, only in endless runs. Default on. |
| Haptics/Vibration | Vibrationsfeedback, default an (Web and native Plugins on Android). |
| Music and SFX volume | Adjustable separately. |
| Tap key (desktop) | Freely assignable, default Q; a mouse button can also be assigned. |
| Cursor speed | 50 to 200 percent, default 100. |
| On-screen joystick | Standard at (Touch, in DODGE/boss/Szenarien). from bedeutet reine Tap-Steuerung. |
| FPS display | Shows or hides the frame rate. |
| 18+ chat filter | Censors profanity. Disabling it (uncensored) requires an age verification prompt. |
| Story audio | Stream othe aus, kompletter Download (~860 MB), on Android only ueber WLAN. |
| Reset save file | Loescht alln Progress: Dots, Skills, skins, scores, Story and Tutorial-Stand. Nicht tokehrbar. |
pause can you jederzeit ueber the Pause-Schaltflaeche on the Bildschirm or on the Desktop with zweimaligem ESC. is/will the game in the Hintergrund geschickt or minimiert, pausiert it automatisch, sichert the Gamestand and stoppt the Musik, damit you keinen Tod kassierst, the you not come siehst.
The interface is available in exactly six languages.
ChaosDot ships with complete translation tables for six languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Russian and Italian. If a text is ever missing, English serves as the fallback. The game detects the language automatically (saved choice before browser language before English) and can be switched live in the menu at any time. Your language choice is retained even when you reset your save data.
German and English are fully localised (including humour texts), as is Italian; for Spanish, French, and Russian the interface is complete, with humorous lines available as a selected selection. The spoken story narration is currently available in English only, but the text remains in your language.
Locally secured, optionally synced to the cloud.
Your progress is saved locally in the browser and additionally mirrored to a more robust database (IndexedDB), which offers more space and also kicks in when normal storage fails, such as in private mode. The game state is saved before the operating system can close the page, i.e. when switching to the background or when leaving.
defaultmaessig until/up to du a Gast (only lokal gesaves). Optional legst du a freees Cloud-account an, to yourn Progress geraeteuebergreifend zwischen Handy, browser and Desktop to synchronisieren. Zur Wahl stehen:
The Netzwerk arbeitet offline-first: Aktionen are at fehlenthe connection in a Warteschlange gesammelt and ba the naechsten connectionsaufbau aftergeholt.
A browser game on Canvas basis, with additional packaging in the code.
ChaosDot is a Canvas-game, the in the browser laeuft, ausgeprovides als a einzige, in itself geschlossene HTML-Seite. It works on Touch-Geraeten wie am Desktop with Maus and Tastatur. It is free spielbar; the einzige Monetarisierung zur runzeit is a optionaler belohnter Whoeverbe-Clip, with the du einen death zuruecknehmen canst. A Katalog fuer In-App-Kaeufe is in the Code angelegt, in the eingebetteten defaultkonfiguration but deactivated.
in the Code are zusaetzlich native Verpackungen referenziert, a Android-App (ueber Capacitor) and a Desktop-Variante (Electron/Steam). Diese Verweise belegen the Absicht in the Quelltext; whether the jeweiligen Store-Fassungen tatsaechlich verfuegbar are, laesst itself daraus not ableiten.
The browser-Build brings keinen Service-Worker with, es gives also ka offline-Caching. Faellt the connection aus, legt itself a Vollbild-Meldung (DU BIST OFFLINE) over the game and blocks inputs until you are back online. An internet connection is required for playing.