Game modes

ChaosDot single-player revolves around four fundamentally different disciplines — GRAVITY, DODGE, RESIST and PIXEL. In the standard run they cycle automatically; via the start carousel you can also lock yourself into a single discipline. Added to this are two standalone run types (BOSS RUSH and DAILY CHALLENGE) as well as two optional difficulty systems that raise your score multiplier: the MUTATORS and the HEAT/PACT system.

There are no experience or level system and in the Solo-game also ka classn — classn are a Morespieler-feature. Da Progress bemisst itself ra an the Punktzahl.

Da Dot sitzt fest in the linken Bildviertel, the world scrollt on you zu. Jethe Tipp inverts gravity and setzt your Vertikalgeschwindigkeit on null — so pendelst you between Steigen and Fallen and fädelst you through the Röhren. the Fallbeschleunigung rampt with the Punktzahl at, the Endgeschwindigkeit is at 5,2 gedeckelt, and endlose Läufe run 1,3-mal zügiger as/when Story-Abschnitte.

The lethal edge

"Don't touch the edges" only half applies: The upper end kills (cause of death CEILING), while the lower Ende you lediglich abfängt and the Geschwindigkeit stoppt. Tödlich is also stets the Kante, to the the Schwerkraft you gerade zieht. the Aufprall on a Röhre tötet ebenfalls (Todesursache PIPE).

The Dot starts centered and moves completely freely. Each tap makes it 38px toward the tap point dash. As the only mode, DODGE scores purely through survival: +1 point every 1200 ms, entirely without event scoring. On touch devices, a virtual joystick (D-pad) is available for this. Basic projectiles spawn from a random screen edge, aim at you, and spread by ±0.225 rad; their speed and density increase with difficulty. Every hit kills. If you leave DODGE, all projectiles are deleted, since the other modes have no dodge mechanic.

In RESIST the Dot can do not move — you steuerst ausschließlich with Tipps. the Regel is gespalten, not simple umgekehrt: green fields with the Aufschrift „SAFE ✓“ musst you antippen, around points to holen — läuft a grünes field from, bevor you it triffst, stirbst you (Todesursache MISSED GREEN). Red fields tragen verlockende Aufschriften wie „TAP ME!“, „FREE LIFE!“ or „BONUS!“ — tippst you a davon, is the Lauf vorbei (Todesursache TRAP). the Karussell-Spruch „NEVER TAP THE ZONES“ meint genau diese roten Decoys.

The number of tiles scales with the score: up to 5 green, red from 3 upward (plus one per 60 points, capped at 12 — 16 with SWARM), decoys from score 500, bonus tiles from 150, switchers depending on score band, multipliers from 350, multi-tap from 500. The lifespan of a green tile decreases with the score (minimum 3000 ms). Additionally, bonus orbs drift through the arena (max. 3, cyan +2 / gold in 18% of cases +5, lifespan 18 s) and take priority over traps when tapped.

PIXEL starts with 4 target zones and wächst with the Punktzahl on 5 (from 80), 6 (from 200) and 7 (from 500) — the Mutator SPLIT FOCUS legt weitere 4 obendrauf. Jede zone trägt a ablaufenden timer (anfangs until to 4500 ms, with steigender Punktzahl until on 2000 ms herunter). If a zone's timer reaches 0, you die (cause of death TIME OUT). Tapping empty space while zones are on screen is also fatal (cause of death MISSED ZONE). Zones shrink with score from 113px down to a minimum of 38px and drift across the screen. The tap margin is a generous 16px.

Mutators are no game modes, but modifiers that you activate before the start on a contract-style selection screen. You can add up to 6 of the 10 gleichzeitig aktivieren. Jeder trägt a score-Multiplier; the Karten are after/to Risk eingefärbt (LOW, MID, HIGH, DEADLY). Wichtig: Sobald mindestens a Mutator active is, are for the gesamten Lauf all power-ups disabled — sowohl gespawnte orbs as/when also manuell gezündete. for Mutators gives it no Freischalt-Gates; alle zehn stand jedem player offen.

How the multipliers stack

Multiple mutators multiply not simple. Stattdessen greift a gedämpfte Summe: the Bonusanteil jedes Mutators (score × minus 1) is/will absteigend sortiert, the k-te Beitrag with 0,80^k gedämpft, and the Ergebnis at 4,0 gedeckelt. without diese Dämpfung erreichten alle zehn Mutators früher the ×239-Fache and „zerbrachen the ganze Ökonomie“. Heute landen drei starke Mutators at about ×2,6, alle zusammen on the Deckel.

after/to the Vorbild from „Heat“ from Hades can you your Lauf freiwillig erschweren. the tiers are cumulative: If you choose tier 3, the gameplay effects of tiers 1 to 3 apply simultaneously — but only the value of the currently selected tier counts as the score multiplier (the values are not multiplied). Your chosen tier is saved in the player profile.

Unlock by passing

Levels must be unlocked in order: You can at most one level above your best completed score wählen. a tier gilt as/when „bestanden“, sobald a Lauf on dieser tier a angezeigte Punktzahl from mindestens 50 erreicht — then rückt your Bestmarke after/to. Ausgewählt is/will about a tiers-Regler; abgeriegelte Segmente are not anwählbar. on the Todeskarte erscheint the gefahrene tier as/when „🔥 HEAT N“.

All figures listed are the shipped default values. They come from a server-side editable economy catalogue and can be adjusted by the administration — until then the game behaves as described here.