Chain Reaction
Place a single blast among drifting glowing lights and watch the explosions cascade. Hit each level's target, keep your three lives and chase a high-scoring run.
Chain Reaction is a dreamy one-shot explosion puzzle. A field of glowing lights drifts and bounces around a dark violet sky, and each level you get exactly one blast. Every light it touches pops and becomes a blast of its own, so a well-timed shot in a crowded patch can ripple across the whole screen. Each pop plays a rising note on a soft pentatonic scale, so big chains turn into little melodies, with sparks, rings and a slow-motion flash when you reach the goal.
Levels start small, with a dozen slow lights and a low target, then add more lights, faster movement and a bigger share you must pop. Golden star lights arrive on level 3 with wide blasts and triple points, and frost lights from level 7 drift slowly but leave only tiny blasts. Points climb with every pop in a chain. A run gives you three lives: a missed target costs one, a perfect chain that pops every light earns one back and a 500-point bonus.
This glowing chain reaction game is ideal for a calm few minutes of timing and pattern spotting. Tip: wait for the lights to bunch up near a golden star, then fire just ahead of the cluster's path.
How to play
Each level you get one blast. Click, or touch, aim and release, to place it. Any light inside a blast pops and explodes too, chaining onward. Pop at least the target number of lights to clear the level. Missing the target costs one of your three lives; popping every light gives a 500-point bonus and an extra life. Golden lights burst wider and score triple, frost lights make small blasts. The run ends when you lose all lives.
Controls
- Mouse click: Place your blast
- Touch, drag, release: Aim and place your blast
- Arrow keys / WASD + Space: Move the aim ring and fire
- Left / Right on title: Choose the starting level
- Space / Enter: Play, next level, retry
- R: Restart after game over
- Q: End the run
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
Category: Puzzle games
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