Reverse

The game

A word flashes across a stark yin canvas — split black and white, drifting diagonal, two drifting eyes — and you have to type its opposite before the time bar fills. Get one right and the word morphs letter-by-letter into its counterpart while the timer bar actually shrinks. Get one wrong and gravity increases and the whole screen flips upside-down for three seconds while you keep typing. It is a reflex test dressed as a Helvetica poster: hot becomes cold in front of you, and wrong answers literally turn your world around.

How to play

• Press any key on the title screen to start; the first word appears.
• Type the opposite of the displayed word using the letter keys, then press Enter to submit.
• Correct answers score a point, morph the word into its opposite, and shrink the TIME bar at the bottom.
• Mistakes add gravity (the clock speeds up) and flip the entire screen upside-down for 3 seconds — typing keeps working, you just have to read upside-down.
• Backspace edits what you typed; Escape pauses. When the TIME bar fills, it is game over — press Enter to reverse again.
• Score as many opposites as you can; your best is remembered between runs.