Question 1

What is Iris: The Broken Arc?

Accepted Answer

It is a free browser 3D parkour runner built on Greek myth. Typhon tore the rainbow out of the sky and coiled around Iris at the summit, and the seven colours fell as motes. You play Zephyrus, the west wind, wearing the last pair of winged sandals. Thirty chapters across four acts take you from the low sky above the Aegean to the inside of the storm cage, plus an endless sky mode.

Question 2

How do you play it?

Accepted Answer

You run forward automatically. Steer left and right with A and D or the arrow keys, and jump with Space, W or the up arrow. Press jump again in the air for a second jump. On a phone, drag anywhere to steer and tap to jump. Land on the floating shards, clear the gaps, and reach the gate at the end of the chapter. Three hearts per chapter; a checkpoint brazier relights the road behind you.

Question 3

What are the stars for?

Accepted Answer

Each chapter hides three golden star shards above the road. Finish the chapter and you keep whatever you found: one star for finishing, two for two shards, three for all three. Shards sit high enough that you have to jump for them, and some are over a gap, so three stars means running the chapter clean rather than merely surviving it.

Question 4

What happens if you fall?

Accepted Answer

A fall costs one heart and returns you to the last checkpoint brazier you lit, which is why the braziers matter more than they look. Hitting a wall, a pillar or a storm scythe also costs a heart, but you keep running. Lose all three hearts and the chapter ends; there is no penalty beyond starting it again, and your stars are safe.

Question 5

What are the power-ups?

Accepted Answer

There are three, and they float in a ring of blue light. The feather gives you a much higher jump for eight seconds. The aegis wraps you in a shield that absorbs one hit. The gale pushes your running speed up by a third for eight seconds, which is faster and therefore riskier. All three are optional; none of them is required to finish a chapter.

Question 6

Is there an endless mode?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Endless Sky builds a fresh road every round from a fixed seed. Each round is a little faster than the last, and drifting islands, pillars, scythes and crumbling decks arrive in that order. You have three hearts and no checkpoints. Your distance and your best round are kept in your browser.

Question 7

Does it work on phones and does it save progress?

Accepted Answer

It runs in any modern browser on desktop, tablet or phone, in portrait or landscape, with touch or keyboard. Chapters, stars and your endless record are stored locally under iris.arc.v1. Nothing is uploaded, because the game has no server and loads no third-party script.

IRISTHE BROKEN ARC

Chapters

The First Shard

How to play

The First Shard

The First Shard

Out of hearts

Round 1