A WORD-BUILDING SURVIVAL GAME

BY THIS
RULE.

SOME WORDS FIGHT BACK.

Build your spell. Rewrite your survival.
One word can change everything.

WRITE YOUR OWN KIND OF CHAOS.SCROLL TO EXPLORE ↓
SPELL.SURVIVE.REPEAT.REWRITE THE RULES.

01 / THE RULES ARE YOURS

CHANGE A WORD.
CHANGE THE FIGHT.

Your build is a crossword.
Arrange words to shape your attacks.
Then survive what happens next.

01 / WRITE THE RULEYOUR BOARD
BOLTISSTRAIGHTIS?One shared word.
Two ways to change the fight.
Choose your shot
Give it direction
One more twist

Select a word to rewrite the board. The preview updates with it.

02 / SEE WHAT HAPPENSILLUSTRATIVE DEMO
RULE PREVIEWREADY WHEN YOU ARE
Ready to run
ACTIVE RULES

BOLT IS STRAIGHT

A small taste of the rules. The full game adds movement, enemies and a lot more vocabulary.

01 PAUSE THE ACTION02 REWRITE YOUR RULES03 UNLEASH THE CHAOS

02 / FIND YOUR KIND OF CHAOS

ONE BOARD.
WILDLY DIFFERENT BUILDS.

EXPLORE ALL BUILDS
BUILD / 01BOLT IS SPLIT
RULE PREVIEWREADY WHEN YOU ARE
Ready to run

The Swarm

Many paths. Same target.

COPYSEEK
BUILD / 02DASH IS FIRE
+RULE PREVIEWREADY WHEN YOU ARE
Ready to run

The Firebrand

Keep moving. Leave a trail.

GROWHEAL
BUILD / 03HIT IS MARK
IIIIIIIIIRULE PREVIEWREADY WHEN YOU ARE
Ready to run

The Timekeeper

Mark now. Pay later.

DELAYGROW

A playstyle is something you write. Collect words. Combine effects. Make it your own.

03 / OUT OF THE ARCHIVE

NEW ZONE.
SAME DANGEROUS VOCABULARY.

MEET THE FOES
A shattered archive with book-lined ruins and a glowing exit above a sea of ink.
PROCEDURAL ZONESNO TWO RUNS READ THE SAME.

FIND CLUES — Venture off the path. Clues offer the connectors and room you need to grow your crossword.

04 / COLLECT. COMBINE. MASTER.

YOUR VOCABULARY
IS YOUR ARSENAL.

BROWSE ALL WORDS
IN YOUR VOCABULARY↗

SPLIT.

Turn one shot into three. Each projectile deals 65% of weapon damage at rank I.

WORKS WITH
BOLT
WORD MASTERY1 COPY

3 shots · 65% damage each

05 / FIRST PLAY

SIGN UP TO BE A
BETA TESTER.

The beta starts on the 1st of October.
Leave your email and we will send you a place when it opens.

YOUR NEXT BAD IDEA STARTS HERE

WHAT WILL
YOU WRITE?

A few words. An unexpected combination.
Go on. See what happens.

NO ACCOUNT. JUST CURIOSITY.