Hyper Gauntlet

Description

Enter the Hyper Gauntlet, an adrenaline infused manic dodge-em-up arena of high-speed obstacles and twitch reaction. Hurtle ever forwards through gaps between blue and red obstacles. With each obstacle passed your score increases, but so does your speed! Use the tactical slow motion to postpone the inevitable and rack up the high score. Do you have what it takes? The Hyper Gauntlet awaits.

History

After the success of Hairball, Nick looked at simplicity and speed and how the two might be combined. Taking hints from Super Hexagon and Wipeout, and from his own experiences working on UnWheel, Nick began working on Hyper Gauntlet (then Speedrun, but renamed after a Twitter community protest) as a hobby project while he toiled away at Fuse-Breaker bugs. Eventually Nick found he was enjoying play testing Hyper Gauntlet even more than he was developing it and he decided to share the game with the Feedback Friday group on Reddit. Reception was overwhelmingly positive, and Nick quickly prioritized Hyper Gauntlet above everything else. He still posts the latest builds of Hyper Gauntlet to Feedback Friday, and many of the suggestions posted there have been reincorporated into the game.

Features

• Hurtle at whiplash speeds through a never-ending gauntlet of shiny blocks.
• Boost your score with reckless runs and life-saving power ups
• Compete against the world for the highest score
• “Just. One. More. Go.” replayability