Die or Live

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This is a 28-stage retro room escape game which uses lives as a commodity you have to sacrifice to beat the game.

• In human form move around the stage & avoid hazards (except for when you want to die).
• When you have died and are in ghost form use your form to allow you to pass through walls or floors, or to reach high parts of the stage.
• While in human form collect the key & pass through the level exit to the next stage.

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How to Play

Collect the key while in human form & exit through the door while in human form. In between you may need to die sometimes to pass through walls or floors while in ghost form. Make it back to a stone tablet to convert from ghost back into human form.

• Starting the Game
  • Press any key on the welcome screen to bring up the level select screen.
    • Levels are unlocked sequentially.
    • Your web browser automatically saves your game progress including beat levels.
  • The welcome screen has buttons in the lower right corner to delete game progress and go to our home page.
• Game Controls
  • Desktop
    • While flying as the ghost use the arrow keys to move around the level.
    • When in human form
      • press the left arrow key to move left
      • press the right arrow key to move right
      • press the Z key to jump
  • Touchscreen devices
    • Use the on-screen controls.
      • The direction pad is in the lower left.
      • The jump button is in the lower right.
  • Controls & indicators
    • The upper left shows what level number you are on.
    • The top center shows how many lives you have remaining.
    • The upper right has 4 buttons for pausing the game, restarting the level, controlling game sound, and going to the level select screen.
• Game Play
  • Basics
    • This is a room escape game where you have to collect the key and then exit through the door.
    • On each stage you are given 3 lives to use.
      • When you die you appear in ghost form, and can fly around the level.
      • The ghost can turn back into a human by moving to a slate tablet.
      • Each time the human dies you lose one of your lives.
    • Obstacles
      • Levels feature the following obstacle types:
        • fixed spikes,
        • retractable spikes,
        • enemies which shoot at you when you are nearby, and
        • electrical current.
  • Features
    • Flooring & walls
      • Solid white floor can be walked on & can not be passed through in either mode.
      • Gray floor or wall square outlines can be walked on in human form and passed through in ghost form.
      • Boxes can also be used as platforms to step on.
      • Springs on the ground allow you to jump higher, but you have to jump onto them rather than walking into them to activate them.
    • Voltage
      • Some levels have an electrical voltage running vertically across them as a wall.
      • You need to place a box on the nearby red switch to turn the voltage off.
    • Tablets
      • Any time you die you go to ghost form (unless it is your final death & game over).
      • When in ghost form you can turn back into human form by flying to a tablet.
  • Levels
    • This game has 28 levels which are unlocked sequentially.
      • You can go back and replay previously beat levels at any point in time.
    • Winning vs losing
      • You beat a level by collecting the key & then safely passing through the door.
        • You can die after collecting the key & before entering the door provided you have at least one life left.
      • You lose the level if you die 3 times on it.
      • If you lose a level you get to restart it at the beginning with 3 lives once again, as this game offers unlimited continues.
  • Tips
    • In this game you should not try to avoid death, but should rather look for where a death is required to advance & where you will need to restart your journey after dying to complete your path.
      • On some stages you are required to die once or twice as part of the journey, needing to pass through a wall or floor as a ghost before turning back into a human.
      • You have to be in human form when you collect the key & when you exit the stage through the door (though you can die in between grabbing the key & exiting).
    • Timing retractable spikes
      • Some levels have a series of retractable spikes near each other.
      • The spikes which are up will fall a split second before the other spikes come up, giving you time to jump across or move over before the spikes come up where you are standing.
      • Be sure if the elevation of the ceiling above you changes you are standing under the lower elevation or walk across rather than jumping to make it across, or else you can get your head stuck & fall down onto spikes below.
    • Timing jumps
      • When you are going to be near the shooting enemies be ready to jump or move quickly to evade fire.
      • If there is a low ceiling above you then you may need to have a more precise jump timing to avoid hitting spikes.
      • If there are a series of fixed spikes patches with a small space between each you may want to walk backward a bit after landing each jump so that you can make a running start into the next jump.
• Target Audience
  • The game is suited for players who like leve escape games.
    • The developer of this game also created Reborn Relics, a related game with similar mechanics.
  • The game has no adult themed content.

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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support

This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.