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Neon Ascent

Small moves. Great heights. Neon Ascent is a neon sliding-number adventure with sculpted 3D tiles, precise large scores and an original adaptive electronic soundtrack. Build bigger tiles on a 4×4 field and earn larger boards through slower, increasingly demanding milestones. Each expansion adds a ro

Made by @pisty

About this app

Small moves. Great heights. Neon Ascent is a neon sliding-number adventure with sculpted 3D tiles, precise large scores and an original adaptive electronic soundtrack. Build bigger tiles on a 4×4 field and earn larger boards through slower, increasingly demanding milestones. Each expansion adds a row and column and retires the smallest tile tier. Merge to collect a capped bonus bag: Shuffle rearranges your tiles, Echo rethinks a move, and Revive can reopen three spots after Game Over. A blocked board ends the run; recovery always spends an earned bonus. Unused bonuses carry into new ascents. Includes celebrations, side quests, pause, camera zoom and pan, swipe and keyboard controls, reduced motion, fluid portrait and landscape layouts, local resume and signed-in Hackemist account saves.

Requirements

A modern browser with JavaScript, BigInt and CSS 3D transforms. Web Audio enables the optional original soundtrack. Works with touch, mouse or keyboard; no external account or service is required to play.

Credits

Original game implementation, neon visual design and procedural soundtrack created for pisty. Inspired by classic sliding-number merge puzzles. No third-party game code, music or assets.

Release notes

Interface and recovery update: clearer Neon Ascent branding, larger touch controls, phone Journey view, persistent game HUD, and fixed dialog actions with contained scrolling across phone, tablet and desktop layouts. Account restoration and recovery now pause writes until a valid restore or an explicit player choice; original snapshots can be preserved and exported. Existing game rules and save format remain compatible. Refreshed thumbnail and eight screenshots.

Neon Ascent
Desktop Neon Ascent welcome with slide, merge and ascend instructions and Start ascent.
Start a new merge adventure from the actual welcome screen.
Desktop four by four merge board with live score, ascent and side quest panels, bonus bag and direction controls.
A real early run after twelve directional inputs, with a live board and side quest progress.
Bonus bag guide explaining earned Revive, Shuffle and Echo bonuses and their current counts.
Read how merges earn bonuses and how each bonus can be used. Unavailable bonuses are shown honestly.
Portrait phone merge board with live score, Journey, zoom controls, bonus buttons and the direction pad inside the viewport.
The same real early run in the portrait phone layout.
Phone Journey dialog showing the current ascent and side quest with a reachable Back to the climb action.
Review the actual current level, field, merge power and side quest.
Phone pause dialog with current run summary and Resume ascent, View bonus bag and Start a fresh ascent actions.
Pause the active run and return to it without changing the board.
Tablet flight manual explaining merges, expansion, Game Over and exploration, with sound and motion settings.
Read the game rules and adjust soundtrack, motion and volume from a contained help screen.
Landscape tablet board zoomed in with Pan enabled, keeping score, camera controls and bonuses accessible.
Zoom in, turn Pan on and use directional keys to move the viewport without making a merge move.
A silent 33-second recording of actual Level 1 gameplay and feature interaction. The player merges tiles, reaches Game Over, chooses an earned Revive to clear three spots, reviews the finite bonus inventory and controls, pauses, then continues to a side quest reward. Board expansion is not shown in this clip.

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