Skylance

Strap on the wings and fly. Skylance is a low-gravity winged joust in the Aerie Dome, a floating arena above a sea of golden-hour cloud. Gravity is light near the crown of the dome and heavy near the floor, so height is power, and holding it costs stamina.

Two sports, one sky

• 3v3 Joust. Hit a rival from above to unseat them. Meet them level and you both bounce off. First to seven.
• 3v3 Skyball. Carry or throw the ball through the other team's hoop. Boost through light rings, barrel-roll into a loose ball to strike it, first to five goals.
• Gauntlet. Solo survival against waves of free agents. Three feathers, one high score.

Make your athlete

Build your own athlete: face, hair, build, suit, seraph robe or celestial armor, silk gowns and streamers, halo or light crown, and five wing styles (falcon, swan, raven, phoenix, glass). Your athlete flies in every match.

Play with a friend

Online play is peer-to-peer. Swap an invite code and a reply code by copy-paste, and you're flying together. No account, no server. (Some strict networks block direct connections.)

Controls

• Space or mouse click: flap. Tap it, or hold to keep flapping
• A / D or arrows: turn · W / S: glide forward / brake
• Shift or B: boost · Q: dodge roll
• E or right-click: throw the ball in Skyball
• P: pause · M: mute
• Gamepads are supported (standard mapping), including menus.
• Phone or tablet: on-screen buttons. Turn your phone sideways; slide your left thumb between the turn buttons.

Click the game once to give it keyboard focus. Fullscreen is recommended. Best in a desktop browser with a graphics card; it also plays on recent phones. It runs in WebGL with bloom lighting and a live generative choir-and-harp score.

Free to play

Skylance is free in your browser. If you enjoy it, a small donation helps keep new arenas and athletes coming. Thank you!