Orb Absorb Game

Instructions

Follow the in-game Tutorial for instructions. They are also noted here in more detail. The game REQUIRES TURBO MODE to work, shift-click the green flag as instructed. If you choose to leave the game and come back another time, remember to Save your game by pressing the "S" key on your keyboard, generating a Unique Encrypted Save Code, keep note of those 8 characters and re-enter them next time. More info in the "Save / Load" section below. ~~~~~~~~~~{ How To Play }~~~~~~~~~~ You are a white dot. Your goal in life is to eat dots which are smaller than you, but watch out, the bigger dots are out to eat you! The dot will automatically follow your mouse pointer, and every dot you consume will increase your points by 1 (multiplied by the multiplier - see Abilities section). To start a new round, press the white Play button, this will start the generation of dots. Dots approach from the left and the top and will travel in a straight line at a constant speed. If you get hit by a bigger dot, the round will end and you die. Your points from that round are then transferred to your Points Bank. If you reach size 128, then you will WIN the round. In this case your points are transferred to your Bank, along with an additional 100 (times the multiplier). ~~~~~~~~~~{ Interface Explanation }~~~~~~~~~~ The interface is a simple one to follow, here's an outline of what everything means / does: • The top left variable displays your current Points Bank (over all rounds) and your points during the current round. • The grey cog is the settings button, click to open the settings, click to close. See "Settings" section below for more info. • The shopping cart will open the shop upon clicking and close upon a further click. It allows you to purchase Abilities, more in that section below. • The 5 circles in the top-right dictate the current state of your Abilities. Click on the shopping cart to see what each symbol means. Hover over the red heart to see how many Lifelines you currently have. • The bottom right Cloud will show you stats of all users ever. Just click the cloud and it will show you the global points attained and the global number of rounds played. • The bottom left is simple instructions on the Save/Load feature, this will generate a Unique Encrypted Save Code (UESC) which can be used to recover your game, should you choose to leave the game and come back later. See the "Save / Load" section below for more. ~~~~~~~~~~{ Settings Menu }~~~~~~~~~~ In the settings menu, accessed by clicking the grey cog at the top of the screen, you can do three things: • Turn the background animation of traversing circles ON / OFF. If you're experiencing lag, it is recommended to switch this OFF. • Turn the sound effects ON or OFF for the game. • A third, initially LOCKED option, allows you to turn ON or OFF the upgrade "Red / Green Mode". More info on that in the "Abilities" section below. ~~~~~~~~~~{ Abilities / Shop Menu }~~~~~~~~~~ Within the game, you can use Points from your Points Bank to purchase abilities, lifelines or the upgrade mode. - Suction Radius: Purchase this ability to create a permanent ring around your white dot which allows Suction Power to take effect. The higher the level of this ability, the larger the radius of effect becomes. The size of the ring in the blue circle in the top right reflects the current level of this ability. - Suction Power: Purchase this ability to increase the power at which dots will the suctioned towards you. This only takes effect within the Suction Radius and will change the direction and speed of the dots, with greater effect the higher the level. The number of arrows within the green circle in the top right indicates your current level for this ability. - Lifeline: Lifelines can be used to resurrect you at the end of a round once you die. When applied, half of the dots in play will disappear, the other half will shrink in half. You will shrink in half + 1, meaning that, after using a Lifeline, it will be easier to advance in that round. Hover over the red heart in the top right to see how many Lifelines you have. - Birth Size: Increase the size at which you start each round, relative to the other dots. Meaning that purchasing will make it easier to consume dots since, on average, there will be more dots smaller than you. Your current level in this is reflected by the pink circle in the top right. - Multiplier: Nice and simple ability that multiplies every points you gain by a multiplier, you can see this multiplier in the top right orange circle. INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED BELOW (Out of space)