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Tether

Tether is an abstract arcade platformer about elastic connections and arcing flights. Swing and fly through 4 different game modes, in a peaceful, endless world.

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Developer
Amar Kinstan
Publisher
Amar Kinstan
Release
January 3, 2022
4 years and 212 days ago
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About the Game

What is Tether

Tether is an abstract arcade platformer about elastic connections and arcing flights. Attach your tether, then swing into the beyond. You can enjoy Tether as a relaxing meditation, or up the tension with arcade modes.

Features


  • Infinite worlds to swing through
  • 5 different game modes
  • Original music to swing to
  • Global leaderboards
  • Ghost playback
  • 21 Achievements
  • Dark mode for night time swinging

Game Modes

Tether has 5 different game modes:


  • Zen
    Find your flow in Zen mode as you freely explore a world of graceful momentum and arcing orbits.

  • Less Zen
    Just like Zen, but you can break things. If that's your jam. We don't judge.

  • Free
    Score points based on your speed and direction. Speedy upward motion gets the most points, while staying still or falling gets the least. Avoid colliding with blocks for as long as you can.

  • Timed
    Like free mode, but with a 2 minute time limit,

  • Pursuit
    Score by evading an inexorable pursuer for as long as possible. In this mode you can smash into blocks at will. If you are going fast enough, you'll break them apart enabling you to escape more easily.

  • Daily Race
    Race to the finish. Score by getting to the objective as fast as possible. The generated world for this mode is changed every day and the leaderboard is reset daily as well.

Credits

Created by Amar Kinstan

Music by Jonathan Oakley
Additional coding by Mathew Rundle
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