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Tap to pull up, and let go to drop. Your jet's guns fire on their own, so your job is flying: shoot or ram through blocks, chain combos, and stay clear of dark rock. On sideways levels you can also hold and slide (or use the arrow keys) to move forward and back and dodge. Every level turns a new way: Glide (left to right), Climb (bottom to top), Dive (top to bottom), Return (right to left), then a Fortress to flatten and a boss airship to finish the lap.

Crashing into dark rock, falling into the clouds, the rising flood on climbs, the crusher on dives, enemy fire, mines, lightning, wrecking balls or the boss itself. A shield or an armor plate soaks up one hit.

Super Smash: fill the meter at the bottom of the screen, then tap to turn your jet into a rocket that plows through everything for a couple of seconds. In a boss fight it fires a mega shot of homing rockets instead.

Fever: chain smashes quickly and your points are doubled for a few seconds.

Close calls: skim past danger or graze enemy fire for bonus points and extra Super Smash charge.

Shoot down drones and they can drop one, and every boss core you knock out drops one too. Fly into it to pick it up. Laser, missiles, shotgun or chain lightning, each for 10 seconds.

Fly through a gold ring when one turns up partway through a level, or beat the boss. You'll get Updraft (bounce up through the clouds) or Demolition (three launches at a castle).

Red is ready from the start. Cargo and Zip unlock as your best score climbs. Blaze and Shade are bought with coins in the hangar, along with permanent upgrades. Coins come from smashing, missions, fortress medals, bonus stages and bosses. There's nothing to buy with real money.

Tap anywhere to pull up. On sideways levels (Glide, Return, Fortress and the boss), hold and slide your finger to move the jet forward and back to dodge. On Climb, Dive and Updraft, tap the left or right half of the screen to steer that way.

When a run ends, Space starts the next one.

A click works like a tap, and on sideways levels you can hold the button and drag to dodge. On Climb, Dive and Updraft, click the left or right half of the game to steer. On iPad, a trackpad or mouse click counts as a tap too.

The Android app works with Bluetooth game controllers. Pair the controller with your device first, then press the main face button to pull up and use the D-pad or left stick to steer on Climb, Dive and Updraft.

Yes. On the Breakwing home page, use the Full screen button under the game, or open the game on its own page. On a phone, the game page fills the screen.

On your device: best scores, coins, jets, hangar upgrades, missions and settings. On iPhone and iPad, progress also syncs between your devices through your own iCloud, as long as they're signed in with the same Apple ID. There are no accounts, so the browser version, the Android app and the iPhone and iPad apps each keep their own progress.

In a browser, progress lives in local storage for this site. Clearing your browsing data, using a private window, or some browsers' automatic cleanup will erase it. On iPhone and iPad, your iCloud copy brings your progress back if you reinstall. On Android, deleting the app erases it unless your phone's backup restores it.

In a browser, clear this site's data in your browser settings. In an app, delete and reinstall it.

The speaker button in the top corner of the game mutes everything. The Music button on the menu switches the ambient soundtrack on or off and keeps the sound effects. Both settings are remembered.

Browsers only start sound after you tap or press a key, so tap the game once. Check that the speaker button isn't muted and that your volume is up. On an iPhone or iPad in a browser, also check the ring/silent switch.

The daily run, on the Adventure card: one run that's the same for everyone that day, with the same towers, rings and upgrade offers. Your first try of the day is the one that counts; after that you can keep practicing. A new one starts at midnight on your device's clock.

When Today's run ends, tap Share daily. On phones this opens your share sheet; on computers it copies the result so you can paste it anywhere. It shows a grid of colored squares for the levels you reached, without spoiling the layout.

When a run ends, tap Challenge a friend. The link holds your run's seed, your score and a recording of your flight, so your friend plays the exact same run with your ghost flying alongside. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed.

The whole run is stored in the link, so it's long. Some apps cut long links short; make sure the full link was copied, including everything after the “#”. If it still won't load, ask your friend to send it again.

Breakwing records each run as you play. When it ends, tap Save clip. On phones it opens your share sheet; on computers it saves a video file to your downloads. If you don't see the button, your browser doesn't support recording.

Not yet. iPhone, iPad and Android apps are being built, and iPhone and iPad start with a TestFlight beta. Until then, play in your browser on any device.

Yes, with no ads and no accounts, the same as the browser version.

Email me with the device you'd test on and I'll let you know when the beta opens.