Last Bell

LAST BELL
放課後 · after school

The last bell rang. You stepped out of the school gates, and the whole city snapped at once.

Bombs fall in time with the music. Cars don’t brake. Every street is full of rioters, riot police and tear gas, and a chopper’s searchlight is hunting for you. All you have to do is get home.

Find the radio beacons, call the rescue chopper, and make it to the helipad alive.

THE BEAT IS THE CLOCK
Every bomb is written into the soundtrack. A ring appears on the ground and closes in over exactly one bar of music, then blows on the downbeat. Count the four ticks, step out on the last one, or dash straight through it.

The longer you stall, the more the chaos meter fills. The tempo climbs, new layers kick in, and the strikes come faster until the whole city is in meltdown.

FEATURES

• 1-bit manga look: a real 3D city seen from a high security-camera angle, drawn entirely in black-and-white screentone with ink outlines.
• Hand-drawn characters: a sailor-uniform heroine with full walk and run cycles, hooded rioters, torch throwers and riot police.
• 40 levels across 5 districts: the beach strip, the club district, the docks, downtown in the rain, and the last road out of town.
• A new map every level: grid streets, back alleys, a central park, river crossings, canals, plaza mazes, superblocks and grand boulevards.
• A new soundtrack every level: each street has its own generated track that reacts to the chaos as you play.
• Level twists: rush hour, molotov night, stampede, blackout, lockdown, searchlight and meltdown.
• Overtime: an endless mode for chasing high scores.
• Cats: lines of cats and the odd shiba trot through town and meow as you pass. You can pet them on the run for a little health.
• Kawaii townsfolk: people in bunny hoods, bear suits and frog raincoats panic when the bombs get close.
• Near misses pay: brushing past a car or slipping out of a blast at the last beat gives you slow-motion and bonus points.
• Stars and saves: earn up to 3 stars per level. Progress is saved in your browser.

CONTROLS

• Keyboard: WASD or arrow keys to run, Space or Shift to dash, Esc or P to pause, M to mute.
• Gamepad: left stick or d-pad to run, A, RB or RT to dash, Start to pause. Menus work with the d-pad, A and B.
• Touch: drag on the left side of the screen to run, and tap the DASH button.

Dashing makes you untouchable for a split second. Use it.

TIPS

• The four dots around a bomb ring are a countdown. When the last one fills, it blows.
• Cars honk and flash their lights before they reach you, so listen for the horn.
• Grabbing a beacon pushes the chaos meter back down a little.
• If the searchlight is on you, get out before the ring around you fills, or an air strike lands on the next bar.

ABOUT
Made by Subversive Symmetry. It runs in your browser as a single HTML file, with no install needed.
https://www.subversive-symmetry.com