Flap the head. Dodge the cash. Survive the news.

Breaking news

Once you have passed a few piles, headlines start to hit. A coloured news bar flashes across the top for a couple of seconds, then shrinks to a small label with a draining timer. While it runs, the rules change.

• Inflation Piles swell

  New piles are one and a half times wider, and the gaps between them shrink by a fifth.

• China tariffs Red piles, fast

  New piles come in red with gold straps, and everything scrolls a third faster.

• War Incoming missiles

  The sky darkens and missiles fly in at nearly twice the scroll speed. Touch one and you are done.

• Rate cut Everything floats

  Gravity drops by almost half, flaps get softer and new gaps open up. A breather.

• Election Double points

  Every pile is worth two points, and the world scrolls a little faster to make you earn them.

• Immunity Untouchable

  The one good headline. For eight seconds the head flashes every colour and bulldozes straight through piles and missiles, a little faster than usual. Only the ground can still end it.

• Shutdown Lights out

  Everything goes dark except a spotlight around the head. The piles are still there; you just cannot see them coming.

• Stimulus Free money

  Loose bills drift in between the piles. Every one you touch is a point, on top of the usual.

• Hurricane Gusts

  The sky turns grey, the rain comes in sideways and gusts shove the head up and down while you try to line up.

When they happen

Nothing before a score of three. After that, every pile you pass rolls the dice, unless an event is already running or the short cooldown after the last one is still ticking. The same headline never hits twice in a row.

What they never do

A pile you are already lined up for never changes shape or moves. Only piles spawned during the event are affected, so a headline is never an instant, unfair death.

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