Arena Dodge

Arena Dodge is a 3D dodging game in which you are a small clay blob on a floating island arena. Hazards fill the ground around you in patterns, and you slip through the gaps. A quick dash makes you untouchable for a split second, so you can pass straight through danger when there is no gap left.

The campaign has 120 levels over eight islands of fifteen: Meadow, Tide, Orchard, Mushroom Hollow, Frost, Ember, Breeze and Starlight. Each level is one wave with one goal: survive for a set number of seconds, gather a number of gems, or, on the last level of an island, wear down the guardian by collecting star shards that fly into it until its bar is empty. You have three hearts per level. Finishing earns one star, finishing with two or more hearts earns two, and finishing untouched earns three.

Every island adds a new hazard. The bloom in the middle puffs rings of seeds, and logs roll down marked lanes. Crabs take aim and charge in a straight line, and a tide wave sweeps the island with one gap to swim through. Fruit falls where a shadow grows, mushrooms puff rings of spores, the Frost island turns the floor to ice and sends snowballs bouncing off the rim. Lava geysers leave lingering pillars, a flame beam sweeps around the core, wind pushes you along blue lanes, lightning strikes flickering circles, and on Starlight homing wisps follow you until they fade. Power-ups turn up mid-wave: a shield blocks the next hit, an hourglass slows every hazard for a few seconds, a magnet pulls in gems and acorns, and a burst clears the island.

Every danger is announced before it hits, so watch for red lanes, growing shadows and flickering circles rather than the hazards themselves. The dash recharges in about a second, so keep it for spore rings and the flame beam instead of spending it at once. On ice, start turning early. Lead wisps in a wide circle until they fade.

Acorns picked up during levels buy skins for your blob. Endless Isle opens after the fifth level and throws every hazard you have unlocked at you, faster and faster, scoring seconds survived times your gem multiplier. It plays with mouse, keyboard or touch on phones and tablets.

Clear a level untouched for three stars. Shields, hourglasses, magnets and bursts turn up mid-wave, so grab them. Acorns you pick up buy skins for your blob.

On Endless Isle you last as long as you can, gems raise your multiplier, and your high score goes as far as your nerves do.