Mabayui
A small rail shooter in which sound and light build up as you play
Available on the App Store and Google Play
Shapes drift towards you along a rail. Catch them, let go, and every shot lands on the beat and
adds a note. The more you catch at once, the more the music layers up and the colour spreads across
the screen.
How to play
- Press and trace
- Keep your finger down and move it across the shapes. Up to eight are caught. A small hexagon
marks each one you catch.
- Let go
- Letting go fires at everything you caught. The shots land on the beat, each one adds a note,
and catching eight at once gives the biggest swell.
- Leave it
- Take your finger off and wait about four seconds: Mabayui starts playing itself and its cursor
moves on its own. Touch the screen again to take over. You can also just watch and
listen. While it plays itself, tap the (i) in the bottom-right corner to open the menu.
Stages and the menu
- Tutorial (version 0.0.4 and later)
- On first launch, Mabayui starts with an interactive tutorial if your device has no saved record
of earlier play or purchases. The stage plays automatically, showing how to catch shapes and
release them to play. You can try the controls yourself while it runs.
- The tutorial repeats until you skip it. After 30 seconds, Skip appears at the bottom left. Tap
it to continue to ProgressiveSpectrum. If you close the app before tapping Skip, the tutorial
starts again the next time you open it.
- During the tutorial, you can access Settings and About through the (i) menu, as well as Restore
Purchases under Stages. You cannot change stages or make purchases until you tap Skip. You can
replay the tutorial from Settings and exit it at any time.
- The (i) button
- A small (i) appears in the bottom-right corner while Mabayui plays itself. Tap it to open the menu. It disappears when you play; leave the screen alone
for about four seconds to bring it back. The game keeps playing itself, and the music continues,
while the menu is open. Tap Close to return.
- Stages
- The menu opens on Stages, with the current stage highlighted. Tap a free or purchased stage to
switch to it and close the menu. Stages you have not bought show their prices; tap one to buy it.
Use Restore Purchases on the right to restore stages bought with the same Apple Account or
Google Account.
- Top-left corner
- Tap the top-left corner three times quickly to switch to the next playable stage without
opening the menu. Stages you have not bought are skipped. After the last stage, it returns to the
first.
- Settings
- Three settings for the current stage, all off by default. Boost effects makes the visual
effects build up sooner and more strongly, without changing their peak, and takes effect
immediately. Boost rhythm and Boost bass bring those parts of the music forward and slightly lower
the rest, starting from the next bar. Each stage saves its own settings on your device.
In version 0.0.4 and later, Settings also has two more items. Guide mode is off by default and
shared across all stages; when enabled, shapes arrive in stage-specific waves instead of
scattered patterns. Tutorial reopens the interactive tutorial.
- About
- Links to the Privacy Policy, this support page and the Legal Notice, plus the creator
credit.
Sound
Every sound is synthesized on the device from sine waves and filtered noise; there are no
recordings. Headphones or a speaker are worth it.
Privacy
Mabayui keeps its settings and a record of purchased stages on your device. The privacy policy
has the details.
Privacy policy
Requirements
iPhone or iPad with iOS 15 or later, or an Android phone or tablet with Android 8.0 or later.
On iPhone and Android phones, landscape in either direction; on iPad and Android tablets, any
orientation.
Contact
For questions or problems, email .