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🏃 Platformer Race
Run right, jump the gaps, and whoever falls is out.
2–8 playersJoystick and buttonFreeNo app
How it plays
- Everyone runs the same endless track to the right. The stick keeps you moving, one button jumps, and holding the web button throws a line at the nearest ledge above you.
- Miss a platform and you fall out of the round on the spot. The last runner still up wins; if the clock runs out first, the one who got furthest does.
Rules
- How it runs. Fifty-five seconds on one endless track that builds itself ahead of the leader. It keeps splitting in two: a high road of narrow stones and a low road of long jumps over the drop, both rejoining further on. There is no second jump, but a web fired at a ledge above swings you across, and the line reels itself in while you hang, so letting go at the bottom of the arc throws you out faster than any jump.
- Scoring. You score for distance: every 40 units of track you reach is a point, counted from the furthest point you ever got to.
- Winning. Fall off the bottom and your race is over: no respawn, no second chance. The last runner still on the platforms wins, and if the whistle comes first, whoever travelled furthest does.
On the phone
Lean to run, tap to jump, hold the web to swing
How to play
- Open ironthumbs.com on the TV, or on any big screen with a browser. The room opens with a QR code.
- Scan the QR with each phone. The phone becomes the controller, in its own language.
- Pick games and play. Rounds last a minute or two, and bots fill any empty seats.
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