How it works
Hot seat: WASD / arrows to move, click or hold to shoot. Survive 90s and your name goes on the wall. Every monster that touches you costs a heart. You have five. You can't reach the red lane along the walls, but the mob can, so there is no corner to hide in. Running does not work either: a monster far from you rushes in, one behind you is always faster than you, and the whole mob speeds up from 20 seconds in.
Everyone else: move your mouse over the arena and you spawn as a monster with a random power. It follows your mouse, and it is always faster than a hot seat running from it, so nobody can shake you off. Click (or press Space) to use the power. Touch the hot seat to land a hit. Shot down? You come back in three seconds with a new power.
The bigger the mob, the stronger the hot seat. Its guns level up as the mob grows, and every level has a name. Up to 40 monsters fit on the field; the rest wait for a free spot.
- PEA SHOOTER
- 1 to 3 in the mob: one shot at a time
- TWIN BARRELS
- 4 or more: two shots at once
- TRIPLE THREAT
- 9 or more: three shots in a fan
- DRILL ROUNDS
- 16 or more: shots go through a monster
- FAN OF FURY
- 25 or more: five shots in a wide fan
- NOVA HEART
- 36 or more: a ring of bullets every 6 seconds
Monster powers
- ROCKET SOCKS
- a burst of speed toward your mouse
- ACID SPIT
- a slow glob that costs a heart if it lands
- BUBBLE WRAP
- bullets bounce off you for a moment
- SURPRISE MINE
- drop a mine, up to three at a time
- GLUE PUDDLE
- uncommon: a puddle that halves the hot seat's speed
- POCKET PORTAL
- uncommon: teleport a short hop toward your mouse
- TRACTOR BEAM
- rare: pulls the hot seat toward you
- TWIN TROUBLE
- rare: two fast minis that chase the hot seat
Crates
Every few seconds a crate drops near the hot seat. Crates vanish after 20 seconds.
Cyan crates are for the hot seat: fly into one to grab it. A monster that touches one first snatches it away.
Pink crates are for the mob: any monster grabs them by touching. The hot seat can shoot a pink crate to deny it.
- SPARE HEART
- hot seat: one heart back, up to six
- OVERCLOCK
- hot seat: two power levels up for 8 seconds
- FORCE FIELD
- hot seat: the next hit does nothing
- JET BOOTS
- hot seat: move 40% faster for 8 seconds
- WILD CARD
- mob: your power turns into a rare one
- ESPRESSO
- mob: your power recharges twice as fast for 10 seconds
- BIG SNACK
- mob: grow huge and take an extra bullet for 10 seconds
- HOT SAUCE
- mob: move 40% faster for 8 seconds
On a phone: drag a finger over the arena to steer your monster and tap to use the power. In the hot seat, the left half is a joystick and touching the right half aims and fires.
Bots: the mob is never smaller than five. When fewer than five people are steering monsters, labeled bots fill the gap, hunt the hot seat, and leave as people arrive. Whoever holds the hot seat can send them away for that run from the bots card.