WASD / Arrows move through the arena · portrait pads sit lower, landscape pads overlap the lower arena corners again

Mouse / right pad manual aim only · auto-fire still shoots on timer

Shield layers absorb hits one layer at a time · if you have no shield and get hit, the run ends

Attack Orbs orbit you and fire with your shot — enemies or enemy bullets destroy them

Each wave ends with a boss — clear the swarm, then survive the finisher

Minimap (desktop) — lower-right corner shows enemies, pickups, and camera view in the 4200×2800 arena

Shift dodge roll · dashes in move direction with invincibility frames · 2.2s cooldown shown as arc in top-left HUD · mobile: DASH button

Q / SURGE button activate your chosen Surge ability — pick one at run start, charge it by killing enemies (25 kills), then fire it for a powerful effect

Relics rare purple gems that drop from every other boss — collect for unique passive effects shown in the bottom HUD bar as abbreviations (SL PW OC RC LM NF)

P pause · R restart · H help · M mute · G Gene Lab (from start screen)