How to play Neon Joust
Neon Joust is a timing duel on horseback. You are the cyan knight charging from the left; the rival AI knight charges from the right. The two of you meet at the crossed-lances marker in the middle of the lists. Your lance takes a beat to lower and only stays couched briefly — it must be fully level at the exact instant of impact to unhorse the rival. First to 3 unhorsings wins the tilt.
Controls
Press Space, click, or tap anywhere on the arena to lower your lance — once per pass, so commit. The timing bar along the bottom tracks your approach: strike while the cursor is inside the green zone. P pauses, R restarts the match.
Tips & strategy
Watch the rival's lance, not just the bar: if the AI couches early, its lance will be rising again at impact — hold yours a heartbeat longer and strike into the opening. If the rival waits, strike the green zone cleanly and you'll both trade hits into a clash, so vary your timing instead of riding the same rhythm every pass. The rival's timing sharpens as the match goes on, so bank your early passes.
Scoring
Unhorse the rival with a level lance at impact to score: 1 point. If both lances are level, they clash and the pass is a draw; if neither is level, both miss and the pass is a draw. Drawn passes replay without counting. First to 3 points wins the match, and every tournament title is saved in your browser.