Tap, then tap again
Your silhouette runs on its own. A tap jumps. A second tap while you are already in the air gives the high jump — the one you need for tall obstacles and wide pits. That is all there is to learn.
A lone silhouette runs from dawn, through the day and dusk, till dark. The sky is a single colour for each moment, and it keeps your score: the further you get, the later it grows. How far into the night can you run?
Your silhouette runs on its own. A tap jumps. A second tap while you are already in the air gives the high jump — the one you need for tall obstacles and wide pits. That is all there is to learn.
Every stretch of the run has its own sky, and when the run ends the game tells you which one you reached. You have three lives: a hit costs one and the run carries on, and the third ends it.
Play it now, free, in your browser
No download, no account, nothing to install. It runs in any modern browser on a phone, a tablet or a desktop, and on a keyboard Space or the up arrow jumps. The course is the same for every run on the same day, so each attempt teaches you the next.
Questions, ideas, or something not working? Write to fawaz_ahmed@live.com.
A stick figure doodled in the margin of your exercise book runs for it, over erasers and stacks of books.
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