Porter's game · level four · the army over the lava

Thirty Over Lava

Thirty guys on thirty platforms over the lava, all throwing at you. You don't have to beat thirty of them. You have to hit one — and survive long enough to do it.

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25spears
30still standing
READYbackflip

Aim & throw

Move the mouse. Hold to charge, let go.

Backflip

Space. Untouchable mid-spin.

The target

Only the guy in the orange ring can be hit. He explodes.

Reset

R.

The chain reaction

Guy 1 is in the bottom-left corner. Hit him and he explodes — and his blast sets off everyone touching him. Those guys explode and set off their neighbours. All 30 go up in a chain reaction.

Nobody is on a timer. Every single one blows up because the one next to him blew up. That is a chain reaction — the same idea as a domino, just louder.

The dials

Porter's spear settings, plus the army.

Porter's spear settings

Porter's pick: 200.

Porter's pick: 2000.

Porter's pick: 0.2s.

You only need one to land. The rest are your margin for missing.

The army

The pause before each blast sets off the next. At 0 the whole grid goes up at once. Slower is more dramatic.

One guy at a time throws, taking turns. If all 30 threw at once it'd be 10 spears a second and you'd die instantly.

How wobbly their throws are.

The back rows are a long way off.

How big Guy 1 goes off. Turn it up. Seriously.

You

Thirty enemies, so you get extra hearts.

Still a placeholder. Porter hasn't picked the flip's real cost.