Comet Corral

About the game

Fly a comet tug across a four-zone range with twin sticks, rope runaway comets, and bank the herd before the bell while meteors, flares and rivals close in.

Put a thumb on the left of the screen and fly your tug anywhere on a range several screens wide; put one on the right to look around. Fly your grappler ring through a loose comet and it joins the herd on your tether. A laden tug is slower and swings wider, and nothing scores until you run the herd into the corral.

The range has four zones you learn by sight: the rock field of the Rubble, the Frost where the tug loses its grip, the dark Veil around a gravity well, and the Yard of wrecks where rival tugs set out from. Ten kinds of comet, from shy ones that bolt and herds that flee together to the rare golden comet that runs almost as fast as you and warps out if you are slow. Catch in quick succession to build a chain.

Every round sets a quota to bank before the bell and a bonus objective, and whatever is still on your tether at the bell is lost. Meteor showers, solar flares, mines, pirate drones and rival tugs all show where they will strike before they do. Between rounds you choose an upgrade, the upgrades never run out, and the range keeps getting harder with no ceiling. Twelve campaign sectors, four cameras, eleven languages and full gamepad support.

How to play

1. Put a thumb on the left of the screen and a stick appears under it. Behind the tug it steers like a vehicle: push left or right to turn, up to speed up, down to slow. In the other views, push the way you want to go. A thumb on the right turns the camera; let go and it swings back behind you.
2. Fly your grappler ring through a loose comet and it joins the herd on your tether. Catches close together make a chain, and a chain pays. Golden comets are rare, fast, and worth twelve.
3. Run the herd into the corral to bank it. Every round has a quota to bank before the bell; whatever is still on the tether at the bell is lost, and a missed quota costs the hull.
4. Between rounds you choose an upgrade, and a round’s bonus objective earns a second. The range has four zones: the Rubble, the Frost (no grip), the Veil (dark, with a well) and the Yard (wrecks and rivals).
5. Meteor rings, solar flare bands and mines damage the hull, and each is marked before it lands. Rival tugs steal from the open range and raiders cut your tether: ram them with the ring.

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