Zoome Ziggy

Zoome City is lit by the Spark, a great golden bolt on top of the old Clock Tower. One rainy night a small, grumpy storm cloud called Grizzle swallowed it whole, hoping it would make him a big important storm, and carried it away up the city's towers. The lights went out. Flick, a firefly whose glow comes from the Spark, began to fade. Ziggy can climb anything. So up he goes. A VERTICAL LANE RUNNER Ziggy climbs on his own. You steer. The wall in front of him has three lanes, and everything you do is a flick of the thumb: - Swipe across to scuttle one lane over - Swipe up to leap a gap, a ledge or a lunging gargoyle - Swipe down to flatten against the stone so signs and turbine blades pass over - Tap to flick his tongue at the nearest glowing bug THE ZIGZAG TRAIL Every lane change leaves a glowing orange zigzag behind him, so dodging draws the Zoome bolt down the wall. Chain quick lane changes together to fill the Zig Streak, and at full streak Ziggy triggers ZOOM: a burst of speed during which the storm's violet lightning cannot touch him. Orange beats violet, every time. GECKO GRIP Dry stone and steel grip. Wet patches do not. Slide onto one of those shining steel-blue streaks and Ziggy starts losing height, so you have to leave that lane fast. Grip shapes the route as much as the obstacles do. THREATS ABOVE AND BELOW Above, Grizzle throws lightning down the lanes, always after a clear warning beat where the lane glows and crackles. Below, the storm he leaves behind rises steadily. Stumble twice in quick succession and it catches you. TAIL DROP Once per climb, a hit makes Ziggy drop his tail instead of being caught. It wriggles away, he survives, and the storm falls back a little. Enough bugs and the tail grows right back. It is always visible on him, so you always know whether a save is left. EIGHT TOWERS, EIGHT SHARDS The story climbs eight towers, each with one new idea and a comic-panel scene at either end: the Clock Tower, the Lighthouse with its beam