Tether
Amar Kinstan · 2022 · Casual, Relaxing, Arcade, Platformer, Physics
PC
9 user reviews100% · 9
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About Tether
What is Tether
Tether is an abstract arcade platformer about elastic connections and arcing flights. Attach your tether, then swing into the beyond. You can enjoy Tether as a relaxing meditation, or up the tension with arcade modes.
Features
- Infinite worlds to swing through
- 5 different game modes
- Original music to swing to
- Global leaderboards
- Ghost playback
- 21 Achievements
- Dark mode for night time swinging
Game Modes
Tether has 5 different game modes:
- Zen
Find your flow in Zen mode as you freely explore a world of graceful momentum and arcing orbits. - Less Zen
Just like Zen, but you can break things. If that's your jam. We don't judge. - Free
Score points based on your speed and direction. Speedy upward motion gets the most points, while staying still or falling gets the least. Avoid colliding with blocks for as long as you can. - Timed
Like free mode, but with a 2 minute time limit, - Pursuit
Score by evading an inexorable pursuer for as long as possible. In this mode you can smash into blocks at will. If you are going fast enough, you'll break them apart enabling you to escape more easily. - Daily Race
Race to the finish. Score by getting to the objective as fast as possible. The generated world for this mode is changed every day and the leaderboard is reset daily as well.
Credits
Created by Amar Kinstan
Music by Jonathan Oakley
Additional coding by Mathew Rundle
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise Tether for its relaxing yet engaging gameplay that works well for both casual zoning out and skill-based challenges, with satisfying physics, a lovely soundtrack, and multiple game modes to suit different moods. The main complaints center on the physics sometimes feeling heavy and occasional unclear mechanics or difficulty spikes that can be frustrating when you're moving too fast to react in time.
Why should games require so much brain power? Tether is one of those few games that's for just zoning out, listening to audiobooks, and playing with physics in a stress-free environment. Want to just experience the simplicity of flight and gravity? Or do you want to be chased relentlessly by an abstract white orb until you're traumatised? Tether has both and everything in between with its assortment of gamemodes. Sometimes your mind needs a break and Tether is fantastic for just that. When I got tired of bouncing off the procedurally-generated shapes, I hoped there would be a mode that let me smash through things and to my surprise, there was! The physics in the game are quite fun, but sometimes feel a little heavy. The music is so lovely, along with the daily races and challenges. Tether is very accommodating to an assortment of players, whether it's high score chasers or people who just want to chill. It also features a dark mode for night owls like me. I think it sometimes should give a little bit more control to the player for precise aerial movement, but otherwise the controls are stupid-easy. I would say that a mac-version would also be nice. Other than that, Tether is a very…4 found this helpful
Swinging is great exercise. One minute I'm getting my steady-state cardio by gracefully yeeting myself through the air, cruising along to the lovely unique soundtrack while swooping in and out between blocks, and the next minute I'm getting a heart-pounding HIIT workout while pumping those high scores in the various arcade modes. Tether is short to learn, long to master, and it comfortably cradles you for minutes or hours at a time depending on what you're after. It's excellent value, and much cheaper and safer than bungee jumping.1 found this helpful
A very addicting game. Quite satisfying both in terms of physics and visuals. I have a few additions I think would make the game even better: 1. Make a key binding to extend the tether in the same way that you can real it in. (hold down right mouse button would work) 2. perhaps a option to enable slow motion of sorts, since sometimes you can get going too fast to react in time and will hit something. Maybe limit the slow motion time in pursuit game mode or have slow mo on a recharging system if that makes sense. im loving this game regardless. Easy to learn, challenging to master. 5/51 found this helpful
A relaxing, yet challenging game. Great for when you need to zen out. -Edit- A few days later... I have found this game to be useful for putting a mild load on my GPU after a long gaming session to help it cool slower, so not as much thermal stress is put on it.1 found this helpful
Great game - a simply swinging game of movement and traversal. Go fast and get them points.
i thought filling up the bar one the edge of the screen did something and it didnt and i cried
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