STAR ROUTE: SIGNAL WAR

Star Route: Signal War is a visual action game. You command Odin, the hovering Allfather, whose living raven-cloak moves in the signal wind. One of his two ravens is visible at his back; Snorri names the pair Huginn and Muninn. The eye pledged at Mímir's well casts divine lightning. Use W or Arrow Up or Space to climb, S or Arrow Down to dive, D or Arrow Right to advance, and A or Arrow Left to retreat; Odin stays within the left half of the sky. A game controller also works: the left stick or the direction pad steers, the primary button climbs, and Start pauses. On a touch screen, hold and drag inside the play area to steer; Odin accelerates toward your finger. Release to let him drift gently down. Gungnir fires forward automatically. Defeat draugar, svartálfar, Fenrir spawn, frost jötnar, Níðhöggr, Surtr, and Loki, father of Fenrir. Hel appears only as a sovereign vision in Niflheim and cannot be attacked. Dodge hostile projectiles, collect signal packages, and survive as long as you can. Odin awakens into stronger forms during a run at forty and one hundred twenty points. Collecting a relic, reaching a score milestone or facing a mythic arrival awakens a short surge of Odin's power: faster, stronger, wider strikes for a few seconds. Choose SOFT, MEDIUM or SHARP before starting; the choice sets both the control response and the difficulty, including hostile projectile speed and how many divine shields you carry. SHARP is the hard mode: threats are faster and a marked missile herald launches homing missiles that a warning announces in advance and that can be out-flown. Press P or Escape, or use the PAUSE button, to pause. The game relies on seeing fast moving objects, so it is not fully playable without vision.