MoonMan
An indie gravity escape game
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
One thumb does it all: hold to aim, let go to jump, hold again to steer in the air. Climb out of a collapsing Moon mine with the solar system behind you.
A minimalist gravity escape game. Save the mine, the Moon and humanity.
The miners who dig out the moon diamonds are the most respected people on Earth. Every city runs on stones that passed through their hands, and they hold on to every one, whatever the Moon throws at them. On Earth they are called Diamond Hands.
A meteor has hit the Moon and the main mine shaft is coming down. The crew near the surface got out, but one MoonMan is still hard at work. Climb to the top before the rock catches you.
If the shaft goes, the Moon goes with it. The mine runs so deep that its collapse would break the Moon's hold on its orbit, and Earth's gravity would pull it down on everyone and everything. Even a near miss would wreck the tides and the winds, and famine would follow. One miner has to reach the surface, for the planet and for the balance of the solar system.
Hold your thumb on the screen to aim. The arrow swings back and forth, so if you miss the angle you want, it comes round again. Let go to jump. Jump steep to climb high, or flat to cross the shaft fast. Prefer to choose the angle yourself? Turn on Manual aim in Settings, then slide your thumb to set it.
In the air, hold again to puff air from your suit, and slide your thumb left or right to turn.
Land with your boots flat against the wall. A neat landing is CLEAN. A perfectly square one is PERFECT, and PERFECT landings build up speed for your next jump. Hit the wall crooked or too fast and you tear your suit.
Keep an eye on your air. It runs down all the time, and puffing to steer uses more.
The mine is falling in below you, so keep climbing! When the falling rock gets close, the edges of the screen glow red and a countdown starts.
As you climb, the whole solar system goes by behind you: Earth, Venus, Mercury, the Sun, Mars, the asteroid belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Make it past Neptune and a new lap begins with a full tank of air. Every lap is harder, and worth more points.
Six short practice lessons teach you every move. Pick a suit you like. It only changes how you look.
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- Manual aim: turn it on in Settings, then hold and slide your thumb to set the angle of a jump. The arrow shows where you will go. The swinging arrow is still the default, and both ways count on the leaderboards.
- Before the first jump, a new player is asked how they want to aim. The question about turning now comes at the first wall.
- The title screen tells you what to do, and text across the game follows one clear order of size and weight, with nothing smaller than 12 pixels.
- The end-of-run screen is easier to read: why the run ended and your laps now share one line above the advice, and "Quit to title" is now called "Main menu".
- How to play, in the pause menu, is now in your language.
- After an update, a short What's new shows what changed.
- The tagline now names the mine first, then the Moon, then humanity.
- If you share anonymous play data, it now includes which settings you use, so the public stats page can show how many players use each.
The developer, Michael Mcarthur, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Michael Mcarthur
- Size
- 28.3 MB
- Category
- Casual
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Horror/Fear Themes
Contests
- Copyright
- © 2013 Michael Duncan McArthur