PLAYDATE ARCADE / CRANK SURVIVAL / SCORE ATTACK

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Crank movement and aiming — the crank moves you and points your weapon at the same time. You are always fighting for control.

Play — the main score-attack mode: quick retries, local high scores, temporary bonuses, and runs that rarely play out the same way twice.

Daily Mode — one fixed setup every day, with stronger modifiers that can make the run faster, stranger, and more intense.

Run Date — pick a date and replay the Daily Mode setup generated for that day. Each number in the date can influence the modifiers, so unusual dates can create unusual runs.

11 temporary bonuses — weapons, special bullets, black-hole effects, ground clones that open fire with fireworks, and more.

Short bursts of chaos — a good bonus can turn a terrible run around and push your score much higher than expected.

Bonus challenge — when the crank challenge appears, spinning harder can improve the bonus quality and increase your chance of stronger bonuses later in the run.

Local high scores — push your best runs higher and higher.

Short tutorial — learn the crank basics before the first real run.

Comfort options — adjust crank sensitivity, FX intensity, and screen shake.

Languages — English and French.

The crank is not just an extra input here. It moves you, aims your shots, builds pressure, and sometimes saves a run that should already be over. That little fight with the crank is the point.

One life left. Bad angle. Shots drifting off. Enemies closing in. Then a bonus lands, control comes back, and the run still has a chance.

That is the part I kept tuning: quick deaths, fast retries, and runs that constantly swing between panic and control.

▪  Bonuses give you room to breathe.

▪  Some change your weapon or ammo type.

▪  Some turn a bad situation into a few seconds of controlled chaos.

▪  Bonuses temporarily protect you from damage.

If a terrible run suddenly becomes saveable, the bonus did its job.

Because CRANKPIT only really makes sense with the crank in your hand.

The crank is movement, aim, risk, recovery, and bonus pressure. Your hand creates the problem, then has to solve it.

It is score chasing where your own movement keeps creating problems.

CRANKPIT is playable on Playdate through itch.io sideload.

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