The Tunnel

STORY: It should just have been one of many boring expeditions on this - god-forsaken - planet. But suddenly there was a circular hole in the rock face in front of me. A portal into a tunnel! And what was even more curious: there was a huge statue standing on each side of it - a cane in one hand and the other one raised as if they wanted to warn everyone not to pass the portal. On top of all sat enthroned a monster in the shape of a gigantic spider. Everything looked very old, age-old. It wasn't new to me that traces of a manlike civilisation remained in this place. „Ok,“ I said to myself, „I need to take a closer look.“ Ignoring the warnings of the old statues, I passed the portal with a smile. What’s the worst that could happen to me sitting in my shuttle? And the brute of a monster is - for sure - already crumbled into dust. HOW TO PLAY: You are in a tunnel - there’s nothing but darkness in front of you and the monster in your back which seems to be in an extremely bad mood. With one touch on the control button on the right or left side of the screen you can make your shuttle swing in the direction you want it to be. Your new antigrav lets you hover a few centimeters over the ground - so loopings are no problem for your shuttle. As long you don’t hit anything or be kept down the monster isn’t able to reach you. Try to get out of the way of obstacles. Luckily there are thousands of energy crystals in the tunnel. Gather as many crystals as you can - you need them to survive! At the beginning your shuttle has 3 shields. By exchanging your gathered crystals you can collect up to 6 shields. If you lose your last shield, your shuttle will explode and this round will be over. If you hit the rocks in the tunnel you lose one of your shields and you’re slower for a few seconds. Load you shields with golden crystals or exchange some of your gathered ones. Spiderwebs only reduce your speed. Pay attention to the distance between you and the monster - if you’re slowered too often it comes closer and finally catches you. When the monster hits you, you lose two of your shields. If you’re still alive then you get a boost and gain a small lead. But you can also exchange some of your gathered crystals for a boost which increases your speed for a few seconds and extends your lead a little bit. Especially behind the webs the monster’s brood romps. A crash with them costs you one shield - so try to get out of the way of them! Gathered crystals don’t get lost and can be used in the next round again. No round is like another. All obstacles and the appearance of the crystals and of the spider’s brood are random. While starting a new round, you can decide between 3 options: You can take the distance you’ve reached and the shields from the previous round by exchanging a certain number of crystals. So you can raise your high score for the rounds you played in a row. By exchanging a smaller number of crystals you can just take your bought shields with you into the next round. And sure you also can begin again and again without paying crystals. There are 2 rankings - one for a single round, another for all rounds you played in a row through the exchange of some of your gathered crystals. If you need to interrupt the game while being in a round, push the back-button of your smartphone or tablet - the game gets paused, saved and closed. By starting the game the next time the game will ask you if you want to load your saved score and you can go on from where you stopped. This game is infinite - the only thing that matters is the distance you reach. Good look and enjoy the game!