Upping My P(doom) vs The Maximizer

Someone finally managed to make a superintelligence, and asked it to create as many paperclips as it can. It's now trying to turn you into paperclips. Can you survive?

Me on X: @amitlevy64 · My Substack: Metal Ivy (https://ivy0.substack.com/?utm_source=itch-desc)

It's hard. It is tuned to the hazard density of Just Shapes & Beats boss fights. Expect IT'S TOO LATE the first time.

Controls
Move: arrow keys or WASD · mouse: hold and drag · touch: drag
Dash (invulnerable while dashing): Space, Shift or J · click · tap
Pause: Esc or P · two-finger tap
Restart or quit (while paused): R or Q, or pick it from the pause list
Volume and audio offset: SETTINGS (pause menu, or the gear on the title)

Rules. 6 HP, and each hit costs a sixth. 3 shared lives and no checkpoints: losing a life rewinds the song to 0:00. Only solid pink hurts. Rank S = never hit, A = never lost a life, B = lost one, C = lost two.

Music. "Upping My P(doom)" by Patryk Perduta, used with his permission, as a 2:27 edit. His video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfWEFBvogug · X: @patrykperduta. He made it with Suno.
Videos and streams are welcome.

Free: no ads, no payments. The game itself sends no data anywhere; your settings and run history stay in your browser.

Photosensitivity warning: the whole screen flashes on the big drops, at most once per bar, and the picture pulses and shakes with the beat all the way through.

An independent game inspired by Just Shapes & Beats