Helix Hunters

1 · Move

Touch and drag anywhere on the screen to run through the laboratory maze — a stick appears under your thumb, and the first thumb you put down is the one that moves you. Keep moving; the hazards never stop.

Use W A S D to run through the laboratory maze. Keep moving — the hazards never stop.

2 · Aim & Fire

Your compliance blaster aims itself at the nearest chemical you already know is hazardous, and fires on its own. Put a second thumb down and drag to take over the aim — you'll shoot noticeably faster, and you can pick off the unknown purples and oranges, which it leaves alone.

Your compliance blaster aims itself at the nearest chemical you already know is hazardous, and fires on its own. Aim with the mouse and hold left-click to take over — you'll shoot noticeably faster, and you can pick off the unknown purples and oranges, which it leaves alone.

3 · Know Your Colours

Every chemical is colour-coded. Red hazards drain your Compliance Meter on touch — at zero, ECHA consumes you. Green ones are harmless and your shots pass straight through them. Later on, unknown substances appear in purple and orange with no way to tell which are dangerous. Only Regulatory Intelligence, Regulatory Content and a successfully filed dossier give you Insight for a few seconds: all chemicals show their true red or green colour. Otherwise you stay in the dark.

4 · Power Up

Grab the floating icons — a small arrow around you always points to the nearest one. Each one pauses the action, tells you what it does, then lasts 8 seconds:

5 · Deadlines & Regulations

Every so often a submission deadline hits: drag every compliance document into the ECHA / EPA folder — fast, because you can't move or shoot until it's filed. Succeed and a batch of chemicals turns green. And when the regulators publish new rules, expect more hazards… or unknowns suddenly confirmed red.

6 · Bank Your Score

Score grows every second you survive, plus a bonus per hazard neutralised. Tap the pause button (top-right) — you can exit and bank your score to the leaderboard at any time.

Score grows every second you survive, plus a bonus per hazard neutralised. Press Esc to pause — you can exit and bank your score to the leaderboard at any time.