Slowdraw

The game

High noon, and a stranger is waiting at the end of the dusty main street. Hold the mouse and the world drags down to a near-freeze — ink-wash dust hangs in the air, the sun refuses to move, and your crosshair crawls around the red target ring on his chest. Release to fire your one bullet. One shot kills, for both of you, and every round his trigger finger gets a little quicker. Eight strangers, eight hats in the dust. Everything is drawn like a sepia sketchbook: crosshatched bandits, paper fibers, a scribbled sun — and exactly one spot of red, on the target ring.

How to play

• Hold the mouse button (or touch) to slow time to a crawl and line up your shot on the red ring over the bandit's chest.
• Release to fire your single bullet — hit the ring to drop him; the inner bullseye pays a bonus.
• Steadying your hand burns a limited ink (focus) gauge — hold too long and your hand starts to shake.
• Fill the bandit's draw gauge (the bar above his gun) before you fire and he kills you first; miss your shot and he shoots you anyway.
• P or ESC pauses (hold your breath); SPACE or ENTER — or the FACE HIM button — starts and restarts a duel.
• Score: 100 points per kill plus a per-round bonus and a speed bonus for drawing fast. Survive all eight rounds to become Legend of Noon.