Squad Rush

Mechanic

• The squad runs across a bridge and the player steers the shooting with swipes.
• Barrels release recruits, and you shoot the blue gates to grow the number. Red “−3” gates can be shot into a plus.
• At the fork you pick one weapon: a cheap assault rifle or an expensive minigun.
• Then a red horde and a giant boss. There is no hard fail: a losing player lands on the endcard too.

Key moments

1. 0–0.7 s

   Hook: one soldier is already shooting, recruit barrels nearby, a hand shows the swipe.

2. 4.9–7.3 s

   Gates: you shoot blue “+2” gates and the number grows, by second 8 the squad has 24 fighters.

3. 9.8 s

   Weapon choice: rifle or minigun, the second barrel disappears.

4. 10.7–15.5 s

   Horde: a wall of red fighters runs across the whole bridge.

5. 16.3–20.6 s

   A giant boss drops from above, a fight with a health bar.

6. 22.6 s

   Endcard: result, the hero on a podium, a full-screen button.

Times are from the automatic demo run.

A/B variants

• Base

  The weapon choice decides the fight, the minigun works as insurance.

• Cheap minigun

  The minigun wow moment comes earlier for almost every player.

• Big crowd

  Gates grow faster: a crowd instead of a weapon choice, the game is noticeably easier.

• Near win

  The boss always keeps 7 % health: do losing players still click?

Technical

Engine

three.js, 3D

Duration

~23 s

Controls

swipe left and right

Variants

4 variants