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  "title": "Vortex",
  "description": "Turn round the centre and slip through the gaps as walls close in on the beat. Six stages written to their own songs, each in a world of its own, and a hyper of each; race the ghost of your best, medals that open new looks, Endless, a daily run, practice from any rank, and a retry one key away.",
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          "description": "After a death the next run is one key away.",
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        "Six stages written to their songs: walls land on the beat, builds tighten and go dark, every drop hits with a slam on its downbeat",
        "Each stage its own world: neon, a nebula, glass, deep water, acid speed, a black hole; and a hyper of each, faster and in other colours",
        "Race the ghost of your best run, see what killed you again in slow motion, hear every near miss",
        "Medals for clearing, for a steady hand and for near misses, which open new shapes and trails for the player",
        "Endless (every stage in turn, then their hypers), a daily run with the same walls for everyone, and practice from any rank you've reached",
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          "caption": "Singularity in hyper: a black hole at the centre, the last stage, faster"
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          "caption": "A death replays slowly with the wall that got you outlined; the card says how close the record and the next rank were"
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          "caption": "The stages, each playing itself behind its card: your best, its rank, your medals, practice from a rank you reached"
        },
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          "caption": "Medals open new shapes and trails for the player; the ghost of your best run, on or off"
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  "updated_at": "2026-10-06T04:16:34Z",
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