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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 85032, member: 27"] A dev turned your phone charger into a weapon, and your battery cable is absolutely not safe. A game that abuses your charger [LIST] [*]Yeah, Charchery only works if you physically plug in a charging cable. [*]Pull the cable out, and the game fires an arrow. [*]No yank, no shot, which is both clever and mildly unhinged. [/LIST] Who built this chaos [LIST] [*]The developer goes by rebane2001. [*]He previously messed around with hardware-driven controls in Foldy Bird. [*]This time, the charger port is the controller. [/LIST] What Charchery actually looks like [LIST] [*]Visually, it is barebones and not trying to impress anyone. [*]Humanoid enemies walk toward the player in what looks like endless waves. [*]The whole thing feels more like a tech demo than a polished release. [/LIST] How the controls really work [LIST] [*]Plugging in the cable loads an arrow. [*]Pulling it out fires exactly one shot. [*]Timing matters because the game tracks combos. [/LIST] Scoring and survival vibes [LIST] [*]There appears to be a combo system tied to speed. [*]Rack up shots quickly, and the score climbs. [*]Once enemies overwhelm the player, the run ends, and the combo locks in. [/LIST] Inspired by older classics [LIST] [*]The dev pointed to Defend Your Castle as part of the inspiration. [*]Bowmaster Prelude also fed into the idea. [*]Charchery keeps things simpler than both. [/LIST] Your cable is the real victim [LIST] [*]In the demo, the charger sleeve already looked torn. [*]Repeated plugging and yanking is basically cable abuse. [*]Regular cables probably will not survive this game. [/LIST] What you will need to play safely [LIST] [*]Expect to burn through chargers if you go hard. [*]Nylon-braided cables are the safer bet. [*]Think of cables as consumables, not accessories. [/LIST] Where can you play it [LIST] [*]Charchery runs directly in a web browser. [*]No downloads or installs required. [*]It only works on smartphones. [*]Desktop browsers will not even let you start. [/LIST] The big takeaway [LIST] [*]Charchery is not about graphics or depth. [*]It is about turning hardware into gameplay. [*]Fun idea, questionable for your charging cable, and extremely on-brand for experimental mobile gaming. [/LIST] [EMBED content="xfmg_media-689"]https://goldmidi.com/community/media/charchery-mobile-game-turns-charging-cables-into-bow-strings.689/[/EMBED] [/QUOTE]

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