Precision platformer where you need to have great mouse control skills.
You can control your character like you would in any other platformer, however you are limited to jumping and left/right. That will not get you far so you must rely on the game's intriguing mechanic. It involves an orb that circles around the character. It's controlled with a mouse, but the range is limited. You cannot move it very far away from the character.
The orb has two powers, one for each of the mouse buttons. The left button is used to break crystals, which release a force field in front of the exit. Destroying these crystals is the primary goal if you wish to continue through stages. While attacking costs nothing, the right mouse button, which controls teleportation, does. To be able to teleport, you must collect little crystals.
That's where the main challenge comes, because there are just enough crystals to finish a stage. If you miss one teleportation, you have already failed and must restart. Fortunately, stages are short challenge rooms that do not take too long.
Crystals can be collected by moving the orb into them. However, you'll quickly discover that the game focuses heavily on precision platforming, which means that crystals frequently hover in mid-air. This requires you to grab them and rapidly teleport before falling into a hole. One helpful strategy is to utilize the attack to collect crystals. The attacks create a little shockwave around the orb that travels a fraction of a second faster than moving the mouse.
Presentation is very basic because the background never changes. While there are a few obstacles added in later stages, you will be stuck in the same dungeon from start to finish.
