Articles & Guides
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An idea that needed to be played
Arcade classics
Reading and navigating the route
- Why downward vertical action changes how players read the route
- Fuel versus TNT: survival means making decisions
- Learning the Day Face: a first reading of the route
- Learning through play: discovering the ALEXX SkyRider™ route
- Vertical, horizontal and diagonal: learning where to look
- Shooting and navigating: two tasks the pilot must coordinate
- Familiar routes, new decisions: memory and reaction
- Reflexes and anticipation: preparing a manoeuvre before danger
- Reviewing a recorded run: finding the decision before the mistake
- When to let an opportunity pass: considering what comes next
- Checkpoints: progress needs a reference point too
- Flying downward: when the next danger lies below
Modes, practice and progress
- Why Time Attack became a place to practise
- Personal bests: recognising progress in ALEXX SkyRider™
- Fair difficulty: a challenge that helps players understand what happened
- Survival and racing the clock: how the same decision changes
- Why we keep returning to arcade games
- Short runs and long sessions: different ways to enjoy a game
- Arcade high scores and personal bests: ways to compete
- From the arcade cabinet to the browser: what the experience retains
- Learning before mastering: different ways to practise in retro games
Controls and peripherals
- Keyboard, gamepad and arcade joystick: three ways to experience the same game
- D-pad, stick and keyboard: what changes when controlling a craft
- Moving, firing, accelerating and braking: how the controls work together
- How to check a gamepad in the browser
- Arcade joysticks: what the stick offers and how to assess the experience
Devices and testing
- How ALEXX SkyRider™ is tested across different systems
- ALEXX SkyRider™ on Steam Deck: the documented Firefox test
- One game, different computers: what the documented tests reveal
- Playing on an older computer: what a real test can establish
- Chromebooks and browser games: understanding what is running
- Loading, FPS and smoothness: what each indicator tells you