Acox

The pitch

Acox is a simple platformer game that challenges players to complete 30 levels by controlling a character through various obstacles to reach the goal in each level.

Controls & how it runs

Complete all 30 levels by reaching the goal and avoiding obstacles. Use the WASD or Arrow Keys to move your character. On mobile devices, use the on-screen touch controls. Complete each level to unlock the next one and progress through the game.

Getting a run going takes exactly one press: Press start, up top, and the game boots inside this page — nothing downloads in the background and no form wants your details before the first jump. The cabinet is drawn for a landscape (wide) screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. This cabinet runs wide: landscape screens flatter it, so tip a phone on its side or hand it a tablet or desktop and let it stretch out. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Pro tips for platform cabinets

Jump from the very edge. Platform cabinets measure your takeoff in pixels, and the last two pixels of a ledge are the difference between a clear gap and a short fall.
Learn the landing, not the jump. Air control differs per cabinet, but the habit transfers: plan where you'll land before you ever leave the ground.
Checkpoints change the maths. Once one is banked, spend the next stretch experimenting — bold attempts are free when the reset point is ten seconds behind you.

Acox — quick-fire questions

Does Acox cost anything to play?

Not a token. The cabinet is free from the first run to the five-hundredth — no wallet, no sign-up, no toll booth hiding three levels in. The adverts around the page are what keep the floor's lights on.

What sort of game is Acox?

It stands on our Platform row — that's the family it plays most like. The pitch above is the publisher's own rundown of what it throws at you and what it hands back.

Can I play Acox on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. This cabinet runs wide: landscape screens flatter it, so tip a phone on its side or hand it a tablet or desktop and let it stretch out.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Acox is an HTML5 game: hit the start button and it boots on this page, and shutting the tab sweeps the cabinet clean behind you.

Before you wander off

Personal best banked, or still chasing it? Either way the full Platform row is powered on and waiting — Seventy-seven platforms-and-peril cabinets: gaps, spikes, moving floors and the eternal question of whether that ledge is reachable. (It is. Barely.)