Halyard Station

A distress call from an automated research station, then silence. One recovery engineer docks alone. Thirty levels, three episodes, plays offline.

Halyard is an automated orbital research laboratory on a tether high above Earth. A distress call went out, then the link went dead. You are Mara Kade, a systems recovery engineer, and you dock alone.

A voice welcomes you by name. Then the security doors seal. TALLY, the station's research AI, has taken control of its robots, transport and life support after an update from an unknown source. Fight your way up the station to Crown, cut the outside link and destroy the infected core so a clean backup can bring Halyard back.

A FAST CORRIDOR SHOOTER IN 3D

• Real-time 3D decks, laboratories, robots and weapons
• Sliding doors, amber and cobalt keycards, hidden push-wall secrets and treasure
• Auto-aim built for touch: move with one thumb, turn and fire with the other
• Five weapons, from a powered rivet tool to the Arc Lance, whose bolt jumps between targets
• Ten enemy types and three bosses, from repair bots to the armoured carrier of the infected core
• A full map and a minimap, and an end-of-level tally: kills, secrets, treasure and your time against par

A FULL SEASON, NOT A DEMO

• 30 levels in three episodes: LOW DECK, THE CLIMB and CROWN, including three secret levels
• A complete story told through terminals and between-episode briefings, with an ending
• Four difficulty levels, from "Just the story" to "Nothing left behind"
• Three save slots, an autosave at the start of every level and mid-level resume
• Optional iCloud sync of your save slots across your devices

PLAY IT YOUR WAY

• iPhone and iPad
• Touch controls, game controllers and hardware keyboards, with button remapping
• No account. The game plays offline

FREE TO PLAY, ALL OF IT

• All 30 levels can be played without paying
• From level 6 on, the lift between levels takes a while: 5 minutes for levels 6-10, rising by 5 minutes every five levels to at most 25 minutes. Levels 1-5 take a few seconds
• Waiting always works, even offline. Optionally, watch a short ad (Google AdMob) to take 5 minutes off a ride
• Express Clearance, a one-time in-app purchase, makes every lift ride instant and removes the ads
• Replays of completed levels, secret levels and restarts after a death never wait

The world, story, characters, enemies and levels were created for Halyard Station.