Digital Eclipse Arcade: Q.P.I.D.

Digital Eclipse Arcade: Q.P.I.D. is a platformer and puzzler about rescuing cats. You play as Q.P.I.D., the Quadrangular Programmable Inversion Device, who is sworn to protect the cats. Toggle gravity to move objects, enemies and obstacles, blast foes, avoid hazards and collect cats before your battery runs out. Collect every heart on a level for a perfect score, and use charging stations to keep Q.P.I.D. powered.

Hazards and helpers

The levels contain enemies and objects with different effects:

• Lollidrops: mines that explode when you approach, but are not triggered by gravity shifts. Blaster shots cannot destroy them, but can deflect them.
• Heartachers: shuffling scorpions that zap Q.P.I.D. if he gets too close and devour hearts.
• Beam Ups: fire deadly lasers when activated. Their switches can be flipped by changing gravity.
• Wuvlies: foes that tumble end over end. You can blast them, but they explode shortly after being incapacitated.
• Big Crushers: can crush Q.P.I.D. if he gets trapped beneath them.
• Heartians: attack in swarms when disturbed and slow Q.P.I.D. down.
• Speed Rollers: light-blue columns that give Q.P.I.D. a turbo boost.
• Bounce Pads: launch Q.P.I.D. skyward, providing another way to move when gravity shifts could be risky.
• Tethers: automatically collect nearby hearts, letting Q.P.I.D. gather them without entering dangerous spaces.

Gravity and movement

Q.P.I.D. can fall faster or slower than some enemies and obstacles, which can help him slip past them during gravity shifts. Since flipping gravity can put hearts in a Heartacher's path, bounce pads and speed rollers offer alternate routes. You can also deflect Lollidrops with repeated blaster shots to create an opening to get past.