you move other people's business across a planet with a thirty-meter horizon. the car gets you close; the last steps are on foot. break the rules and the bar fills — full bar means sirens over the curve.
The phone rings — E answers, X ignores. Pick up at the amber beam, deliver to the cyan beam. The car gets you close; the last steps are on foot: a contact at a newsstand, a counter inside a building, or a phone booth. FRAGILE hates crashes, HOT must not be seen by patrols, HEAVY means no running. Fast = tip.
The road
Stop on red. Keep to the right lane. 50 km/h max — the sign bottom-right blinks when you're over. Headlights on after dark (L). Some intersections have red-light cameras: instant fine.
WANTED
Every slip fills the bar: red light, speeding, wrong lane, sidewalk, crashing, hitting people, stealing cars. Seen by a patrol, a cop or a bystander = full amount, unseen = half. Full bar = sirens: police cars chase you; on foot, cops run after you. Caught = BUSTED: package gone, fine, two hours in a cell.
Getting away
Break line of sight for ~10 seconds — over the curve, into an alley, lights off at night. Or reach one of the three G garages on the map without being seen: new paint, clean slate ($150 in a chase, $60 otherwise). Doors stay shut during a chase.
Cars
Your car is the green car icon on the map. Need another? Hold E by a parked car to break in (alarms happen). Stand in front of a car until it stops, then E to pull the driver out. Stolen cars get reported — patrols that see one fill your bar. A garage gives it new plates.
Other players
Everyone who opens the game is in the same city: blue dots on the map, names over their heads. Enter to talk — only players within 60 m hear you. Sleep at the Royale Hotel (H) to save and clear the bar. Chat has two channels: NEAR (people around you — it floats over your head) and WORLD (the whole city). Press Tab in the chat box to switch.
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HORIZON 30
a crime story on a world too small to hide in
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HORIZON 30
made for keyboard & mouse
This is a PC game. Open this link in a desktop browser — the city will be waiting.
