Mech Forge

About the Game

Mech Forge is an original 3D robot-arena game with 50 encounters in five chapters: the Proving Grounds, the Smelter Floor, the Conduit Yards, the Bastion and the Titan Foundry. You pilot the Vanguard, a combat mech whose cannon fires automatically at the nearest target in sight, so the fight is about movement: read each machine's warning, step out of danger, dash through it — you can't be hit mid-dash — or raise your shield, which blocks most damage but drains energy and slows you. Dealing damage fills Overdrive, a pulse that damages and stuns everything nearby. Six machines fight differently: scout drones glow before they fire, brutes lock a line and charge (and stun themselves on walls), mortar crews mark a ring on the floor before the shell lands, sweepers charge up and swing a beam, wardens block shots from the front so you must flank them, and the Forge Titan changes tactics as it weakens. Objectives vary — clear the waves, survive the clock, destroy power cores or hold a zone — on arenas with cover, lava vents and shock floors. Every encounter was won by a verification bot under six different random seeds with deliberate hesitation, and par times come from those runs. Combat is non-graphic: machines spark, fall apart and power down. Keyboard or touch controls, three graphics levels, progress saved in your browser.

How to Play

Move with W A S D or the arrow keys, or drag anywhere on a touch screen. You don't aim: your cannon fires on its own at the nearest enemy (or power core) in a clear line of sight, so keep moving and keep targets in view. Every enemy warns you before it attacks — a glowing eye before a drone fires, a red line before a brute charges, a red ring on the floor before a mortar shell or a warden's slam lands, a red sector before a sweeper swings its beam, and a glowing vent or flickering tile before it goes live. Step out of the warning, or press Space (or Dash) to dash through it: you can't be hit while dashing. Hold Shift (or Shield) to block most damage at the cost of energy and speed. Damage you deal fills Overdrive; when it's ready, press E (or Over) to stun and damage everything around you. Wardens block shots from the front, so circle behind them. Clear the waves, survive the clock, destroy the cores or hold the zone to win. Finish with half your armour for two stars, and inside par time (or with 80% armour on survival levels) for three.

Controls

• W A S D / arrow keys, or drag on a touch screenMove
• Your cannon fires automatically at the nearest targetYour cannon fires automatically at the nearest target
• Space or the Dash buttonDash (untouchable for a moment)
• Shift or the Shield button (hold)Shield
• E or the Over buttonOverdrive pulse when charged
• RRestart · Esc / P — Pause

Features

• ✓50 arena encounters in five chapters, each with its own look
• ✓Six original machines with different, clearly telegraphed attacks
• ✓Dash, shield and an Overdrive pulse; automatic aiming
• ✓Clear, survive, destroy-the-cores and hold-the-zone objectives
• ✓Lava vents, shock floors, cover and the multi-phase Forge Titan
• ✓Keyboard and touch controls with Low, Medium and High graphics

Gameplay Tips

• •Read the warnings: glow, line, ring, sector — then move out of them.
• •Dash through a charge or a beam rather than away from it.
• •Bait brutes into pillars: they stun themselves on impact.
• •Circle wardens — their shields only cover the front.
• •Save Overdrive for when several machines close in at once.

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