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How to Play
Start in one tap
Grassland is already picked when you arrive. Tap it once (or press Enter, Space or ↑) and the round starts. No account, no wallet, no install.
Controls (platformer)
| Action | Keyboard | Touch | Controller |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move | ← → or A / D | ◀ ▶ buttons | Stick or D-pad |
| Jump | ↑, W, Space, Z or Enter | ▲ button | A or B |
| Pick a world (menu) | ← → | Tap a world card | Stick or D-pad |
| Pick a round (menu) | ↓ or S | Tap a round chip | D-pad down |
| Start the picked round | Enter or Space | Tap the picked world again | A |
| Restart round | R | MENU, then tap the world again | - |
| Back to menu | Esc or M | MENU button (top right) | Start (in a round) |
| Settings | G | button | Start (on the menu) |
| Help / controls | H | HELP button (menu) or Settings → HELP / CONTROLS | B or Start closes it |
| Achievements | T | Settings → ACHIEVEMENTS | - |
| TODAY screen | Y (menu) | TODAY button | - |
| Plaza | P (menu) | PLAZA button | - |
| Roadmap | O (menu) | ROADMAP link | - |
| Sound on / off | N | button | - |
| Fullscreen | F | button | - |
Phones: turn sideways for the biggest view. On iPhone, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, to play fullscreen.
The worlds
5 worlds with 3 rounds each (the 3rd is a remix), so 15 rounds:
Grassland → Desert (quicksand, crumbling blocks) → Ice Peaks (slippery ice, icicles) → Neon City (laser gates, moving platforms) → Lava Castle (crushers, falling blocks, lava bubbles).
Reach the flag to clear a round. Grab coins on the way. Clearing a round unlocks the next one.
Medals
Every round has bronze, silver and gold time medals, shown as the little squares on each world card.
Ghosts
Ghost of best run is on by default (Settings). After you clear a round, a see-through copy of your best run races with you next time. Beat it and your new run becomes the ghost.
Achievements
16 achievements, from FIRST STEPS to THE CROWN and STARGAZER (that one is on the 3D Island, at night). Press T or open Settings → ACHIEVEMENTS.
TODAY screen
Tap TODAY on the menu (or press Y).
- 3 daily quests, the same for everyone, new every day at 00:00 Pacific.
- Play each day to grow your streak. You get one streak freeze a week.
- Rewards are stickers (SPARK, FLAME, BLAZE, SUNNY) and stars. Looks only.
Leaderboards
- Every round has a weekly board and an all-time board, plus an overall board.
- After your first clear the game asks for a board name (optional, up to 12 letters, numbers, _ . -). Please don't use your real name.
- Weekly boards reset every Monday at 00:00 Pacific. The weekly #1 overall becomes the statue in the Plaza.
- See the boards in the Plaza: walk to the LEADERBOARD door.
- Runs are checked by the server, and impossible times aren't ranked.
The Plaza
Tap PLAZA on the menu (or press P). Walk with ◀ ▶ (or ← →), and press ▲ (or ↑, W, Space, E, Enter) at a door:
ARCADE (back to the rounds) · LEADERBOARD · WEEKLY CROWN (the statue) · EVENTS · BUILD ZONE (2D Build, 3D Island, Ghost Relay) · WORLD TOUR (cosmetics) · and PIP CLOVER, the Grassland keeper.
You'll also see ghosts of recent players walking around.
World Tour cosmetics
Clear worlds to unlock hats, eyes and backgrounds. Free, unlocked by playing, worn in the game, the Plaza and Build Mode. No stat boosts.
Chapter 1 clues
Chapter 1 has begun in Grassland. Find the Sunstone and stand by the clue sign next to it to read a clue. The eye counter on the menu (bottom right, like 1/5) shows how many clues you've found. More clues are on the way. Pip Clover in the Plaza has a few things to say too.
Build Mode (2D)
Plaza → BUILD ZONE → 2D BUILD MODE, or basetopia.xyz/build. Break and place blocks from every world. Hold left click to break, right click to place, keys 1-9 pick a block, Tab switches the block page, Ctrl+S saves. On phones, tap to break and long-press an empty tile to place. Saved on your device.
3D Island (beta)
Menu → NEW: 3D WORLD BETA, or Plaza → BUILD ZONE. A blocky island with all five worlds, day and night, water and 30 hidden coins.
- Keyboard + mouse: click to look around · WASD move · Space jump · left click break · right click place · 1-9 or mouse wheel pick a block · V camera.
- Touch: left stick to move, drag the right side to look, BREAK / PLACE / JUMP buttons.
- Controller: left stick move, right stick look, A jump, RT place, LT break, LB / RB pick a block, Y camera.
- Tap SHARE to copy a link to your island. Friends who open it explore a copy. Your island is saved on your device.
Ghost Relay (beta)
Plaza → BUILD ZONE → GHOST RELAY EDITOR, the RELAY button in Build Mode, or basetopia.xyz/relay/.
- Build a level from world tiles, coins and hazards. Place a Start and a Flag.
- Press PLAY ▶ and beat your own level. Your clear becomes Ghost #1 and sets the par time.
- Press PUBLISH to get a short link like basetopia.xyz/r/ABC234. Share it however you like.
- Anyone who opens the link races the baton ghost. Beat it and you take the baton: your ghost is the one the next racer chases. The race card shows the relay history.
Up to 5 publishes a day. Titles are filtered for bad words.
Also live
Cloud save (in Settings), Morning Tide and Island Inspector on the 3D Island, and the Plaza Relic Hall are all live now. See the Roadmap for what's next.