Dusk Runner

About this game

Dusk Runner is an endless runner you can play with one finger. A little desert fox is running into the sunset and it never stops: tap to jump the cacti and rocks in its way, hold for a higher leap over the tall ones and the double clusters, and duck under the bats that swoop in at head height. The further you go the faster the fox runs, the sun goes down, the stars come out, and the desert keeps throwing new things at you. Every run is scored in metres, and your best is kept. There is a new Daily run every day: a fixed course that is the same for every player, so you can compare distances with friends on exactly the same cacti. Run it as often as you like, your best of the day counts, and running it on consecutive days builds a streak. Free run gives you a fresh course every time, and sharing a free run sends your friend a link to the very same course to beat. The course is built to be fair. Every obstacle is spaced so that the end of one full jump always comes before the next obstacle, at the speed the fox will actually be running, and the game checks this with a bot that runs thousands of metres of courses through the real physics and still lands every jump when it presses a tenth of a second early or late. When you crash, it is because you jumped too early or too late, not because the game set you up. It runs at the same speed on every screen, from a phone to a high-refresh monitor, and everyone sees the same distance ahead. Play with Space or the arrow keys on a keyboard, or tap anywhere and use the Duck button on a phone. Free, no download and no sign-up.

Controls

Space, Up or a tap anywhere jumps. Hold it for a higher jump; let go early for a short hop.

• Down or the Duck button ducks under a bat, or drops you faster in mid-air.
• Esc or P pauses.

How to play

Run as far as you can without hitting anything.

Jumping

• Tap to hop, hold to leap. Tall cacti and clusters need a full jump.
• A jump pressed just before you land is remembered and fires on landing.

Bats

• Low bats must be jumped. Bats at head height can be ducked under or jumped over.
• High bats fly over a running fox, but will catch one that jumps into them.

Distance and the daily run

• You run faster the further you go. Your score is the distance in metres.
• The Daily run is the same course for everyone that day; your best counts, and running it each day builds a streak.

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