Shine On

This is intended to be a mouse and keyboard (with numpad) game for 3 players and 5 hands. More dextrous individuals can attempt this game with fewer players, but it is not recommended.

Controls

Read on for details. The short version:

• Moving the mouse will move the targeting reticle
• Typing a key will fire a letter
• Alternate between the numpad and the arrow keys to move

Objective

You control a light in the sky, shining upon the world. The objective of the game is to keep your light shining for as long as possible.

• Hitting CLOUDS will cause your light to dim greatly. You can't afford to hit many.
• Hitting STARS will cause your light to dim very slightly.

You can gain score by destroying clouds. Destroying clouds is also recommended to for survival.

Moving

Moving is essential. You primarily move to avoid getting hit. Movement is done by alternating keypresses between the numpad and the arrow keys. You only can move a short distance per keypress. Mashing of keys is highly encouraged!

For example, in order to move up, you must alternate between pressing the up arrow key and the numpad up key. Note that NumLock must be turned on.

Destroying Clouds

Typing a letter will cause a letter to fly towards your targeting reticle. The correct letters must hit a cloud in the correct order for the cloud to be marked.

Once all the letters in a section of a cloud are marked, that section can be right-clicked. Right-clicked sections will turn transcluscent to indicate that they are destroyed, and can be safely moved through.

Right-clicking all the segments of a cloud will cause it to be destroyed, earning you points.

Bad things happening

Targeting reticles, letters you fire, and even yourself, can temporarily get slower. In general, making a mistake in one aspect of the game will cause other aspects to be more difficult. For example, letting the wrong letter run into a cloud will cause you to move slower. These slowdowns can happen by:

• Failing to alternate keyboard presses (e.g. pressing the arrow keys twice in a row)
• Colliding into a star or cloud
• Having the wrong letter collide with a cloud

Having too many slowdowns happen too quickly can cause you to move in the opposite direction!

Credits

This game was inspired by the verse Ephesians 4:32

 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Music - borrowed from previous project (in partnership with Vijay P.)

FX - Casual Game SFX Pack by Dustyroom

Font - Soft Marshmallow from dafont.com