Gluon

Gluon is a fast-paced, neon-lit infinity platformer. You are a gluon, a tiny link in the cosmic chain that holds matter together, torn from reality and racing toward a black hole as a digital universe collapses. You run through an endless, shifting labyrinth of unstable platforms, failed physics and corrupted space-time, using momentum, reflexes and abilities to avoid annihilation.

Build and share maps

Gluon’s built-in Mapbuilder lets you design routes through the decaying world by snapping together platforms, patches and traps. You can save and share custom presets, and upload maps to the Community Hub for others to play and rate. Standout maps may be selected as the Featured Challenge, where they become a global challenge for players.

Platform hazards

The floors and surfaces can help you, distort your perception or send you into danger. Hazards and movement features include:

• Force platforms: push you in predefined vertical, horizontal, diagonal or chaotic directions.
• Sticky platforms: let you cling to ceilings and walls, changing your movement paths.
• Distortion platforms: bend your vision and perception, subtly or violently.
• Fade platforms: disappear when touched.
• Moving platforms: add shifting rhythms to your route.
• Rotators: spin whole sections of a level by 90°, 180° or a full flip.
• Speed and jump pads: boost you into new routes.
• Jelly fields: cling, swell and drag you with sentient goo.

Momentum and abilities

You start with two dash charges, which you can use to rush through danger or chain movement across gaps. Bullet Time slows the world so you can make difficult dodges, while pickups collected during a run recharge your powers and increase your score multiplier.

Campaigns and challenges

The Tutorial Campaign and Mechanics Campaigns focus on specific gameplay ideas and platforming techniques, including movement, wall clings and time distortion. You can create a Challenge Code from any run and send it to a friend, who faces the same route alongside a ghost of your run. Leaderboards track players’ times and scores.

Customize your gluon

You can unlock unique skins for your gluon, with different glitching, glowing, pulsing and shimmering looks.