NEON MAZE

THE BASICS

Move

Phone: swipe on the maze or use the lower-left joystick　Desktop: arrows / WASD

Collect

Clear every dot to finish; keep collecting to raise the multiplier

Avoid enemies

A collision costs one life; collect a Power Star to fight back

Scoring update

Combo-scoring items are another 30% higher; fixed bonuses and existing scores stay unchanged

Also

Portals · Dash · Phasing
No need to memorize — you will learn as you play

Progress

Three stars per level: clear it, take no damage, and counter two enemies. Earned stars never disappear

Daily Challenge

Unlocks after reaching Level 2 and selects from unlocked levels. Only today’s local best is saved; it does not enter the main board

ENEMY CODEX

Unlocks after reaching Level 2. Review all four behaviors, times caught, and successful counters

Combo

Dots, Power Stars, countered enemies and crystals all extend the same combo, adding one level with no cap.
The full combo window is 10% longer: a 1.76s base, growing with your combo to 2.75s. Standing still drains it three times as fast, about 0.6–0.9s.

THE FOUR NEON ENEMIES

• Dash　locks onto your position and chases
• Cutter　predicts your route and cuts you off
• Shy　flees when you get close
• Rounder　patrols a fixed loop

SPECIAL MECHANICS

Power Star

fight back for a short time

Portal

paired at the four corners; matching colors connect

Dash

run straight to build speed; any turn resets it

Phase Crystal

walk through walls for ten seconds

SCORING

Combo-scoring items are another 30% higher. Values below already include it. The complete payout is rounded once when banked.

Dot

25.35 × Combo, then rounded

Power Star

126.75 × Combo, then rounded

Phase Crystal

760.5 × Combo, then rounded

Enemy

16.9k → 33.8k → 50.7k…the nth enemy inside one Power Star is worth n × 16.9k; it extends the same combo, but its bounty is not multiplied by Combo

FULL SCORING & PARAMETERS

Perfect level

1950 × level number (11,700 on Level 6)

Enemy sweep

130k　counter every enemy within one Power Star

Lives left at clear

2925 × lives

Flawless run

19500

Enemy speed

2.35 tiles/s base speed on all six levels
after three deaths on one level, enemies slow by 10% until it is cleared or restarted

Power Star duration

9s on all six levels; another Power Star resets the timer to 9s
you move 15% faster and enemies 15% slower

Dash

5 straight tiles build speed to 1.22×

Portal

0s cooldown; you pause on arrival to choose a direction

Phasing

10s; movement slows, but turns register instantly

Combo multiplier

scores at the current multiplier, then rises one level; enemies also extend the same combo, but their bounties are not multiplied by Combo

Existing scores

this update changes only combo-scoring items; existing scores remain unchanged