Heatchain (tuxdb.com)

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Quickly find the next glyph, take the bonuses without wasting time and make the longest chain!
This little arcade game focuses on short and intense games.

Rule descriptions

Be quick, your multiplier increases faster by quickly finding the next glyph. (maximum multiplier "15.0")
Each correct glyph earns 10 points depending on your multiplier.
If you successfully chain 20 glyphs, you trigger rush mode.
A bonus does not modify the remaining time to find the glyph, do not waste time finding them !
Keep your multiplier bar active, by clicking the glyph shown on the interface ! If it disappears, the multiplier drops by 0.5.
If you click on an incorrect glyph, the chain break. Also, your multiplier drops to 1, and you lose one life.
You have 3 minutes to make the highest score

Bonus descriptions

: Earn 5/10/20 points depending on your multiplier
: Recover one life. If you are full life, you gain
: Freeze time for 3 seconds
: Increase the maximum remaining time by 10 seconds
: Immediately triggers a RUSH

RUSH Description

In this mode, the board no longer moves. You have few seconds to click as many glyphs as possible.
Your multiplier is set to the maximum possible : 20.0
At the end of the rush mode, the time to find the next glyph is reset.

Patch v1.0.5

Engine overhaul, the game should be more stable and more performant.
Changed the penalty for a bad glyph: instead of completely resetting the chain, apply -5 to it, making the mechanic less punitive for long chains.

[ 2025-03-01 10:49:08 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch v1.0.4

After 0.5second of overtime, the next glyph glow to help you
Freeze bonus reworked, now can be stack if picked up multiple time
Updated steamwork lib to 1.58a, and opening overlay now pause the game
Help link is now translated
Added option menu where language and music/effect can be changed
Reworked hitbox of UI element.
Reworked end clock sound mechanism.

[ 2024-02-01 13:41:38 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch v1.0.3

* changed UI to improve first time understanding and visibility
* reduced slightly hitbox of UI
* fixed divers internal problem

[ 2024-01-10 15:43:27 CET ] [Original Post]

Patch v1.0.2

- fixed freeze on ui update

[ 2023-12-28 09:13:11 CET ] [Original Post]

1.0.1

- fixed crash when configuration for "presentmode" is not correct
- fixed freeze when some sound start playing
- fixed incorrect vulkan dependency and some GPU particularity

[ 2023-12-21 18:27:26 CET ] [Original Post]

Heatchain is released !

Heatchain is now released !

Have fun !

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