New: FLATLINE—one miss ends the run. Explore music-reactive Spectrum colors, replay and share seeds, and climb separate Game Center rankings by difficulty.
PULSE is a procedural music survival game where every tap shapes the track. Pulses of energy travel toward a gemstone reactor. Tap as each pulse crosses the fixed outer hit-zone ring. The closer your timing, the more points you earn. Build a combo, reveal new musical layers, survive the countdown, and release the full composition in EUPHORIA.
Every run begins with a musical seed that defines its tempo, rhythm, sound palette, and visual atmosphere. Your timing and play style determine how that seed evolves. Replay the same seed and chase a stronger performance—or share its musical DNA and compare how differently another player transforms it.
Features include single-tap rhythm survival gameplay, procedural music shaped by timing and precision, five timing grades, reactive gemstone visuals and haptics, unlockable musical layers, selectable player instruments, responsive mix controls, Game Center rankings, and shareable seeds.
The better you play, the more the music reveals itself.
Developed by Derrington Collaborative Synthetic Intelligence Labs (D-CSIL).
I’m really enjoying this game! It’s creative, entertaining, and easy to get into, but still challenging enough to keep me coming back. The gameplay runs smoothly, and you can tell a lot of thought and effort went into developing it. I’m excited to see what new features and updates are added. Definitely worth downloading! It helps me focus!
Developer Response
New features are available since your download. Check out the new colors and Seed share options! I would love to see you beat my scores!
Fun to play
HiramL
Very fun to play and trickier than it seems. App is well titled as you really are working to the pulse. Great fun - highly recommended.
Developer Response
Staying on the PULSE can get tricky. Try the Chill difficulty level for less stress! Crank it to Flatline for a one-mistake ending! That is where it gets really tricky!
Easy to play!
MentalHealthNurse140
A simple game that is easy to use. Helps to lower my anxiety!
Developer Response
Exactly the direction I was going when I made PULSE! Lower Anxiety and easy to play! Change difficulty mode to Chill for even less anxiety! Then if you want to get all that anxiety back push it to Flatline!!!! One mistake and it is game over!!!!
Smooth!
BoyLenny
Loved this game! Looking for a little stress reduction? Pulse is the one for you! Highly recommended!
Developer Response
Thanks for the review and glad you are enjoying my game! Stress reduction is the direction I was going when I developed it. I am glad it not only helped you find your PULSE, but also lower it! :)
New in PULSE 1.1:
• FLATLINE: RESONANCE timing and 2× scoring, but one miss ends the run. Chase separate World, US, and North America rankings and two new FLATLINE achievements: Still Beating (25-combo) and No Second Chance (100-combo).
• Spectrum is the new default visual style, with music-reactive jewel and incoming-ring colors. Original PULSE remains available in VISUALS.
• Share a saved seed as a challenge link or visual score card, replay a favorite seed, and compare scores on the same musical starting point.
• Expanded HOW TO PLAY explains timing grades, streaks, difficulty multipliers, Euphoria, and seed challenges.
• Clearer menus, score feedback, and leaderboard context.
Version 1.1
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