← Range ArcadeWORLD Nº 016 · LETTERS FOR THE HIGH PLACES
⛰ summit postTHREE PEAKS. ONE FIREFLY AIRSHIP.

THREE LETTERS. THREE CAIRNS. AN EPIC PLANET UNDERNEATH.

Somebody lives
on top of that.

A parallel of the epic planet, with real mountains on it.
Fly west to east, hover over each cairn, and hand over the mail.

Preparing your copilot…

The copilot is a trained companion that can fly the route for you. Touch any control to take over.

How the copilot learned to fly ↗
THE HIGH ROUTELETTER 1 / 3
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Three peaks, in order,
before morning.

W A S D or arrows to fly, Space to boost on firefly light, Shift to steady.
Hover just above a cairn, slow down, press E.
Gold lights refill you; a hard landing costs light.

0 POINTSWASD · SPACE BOOST · SHIFT STEADY · E DELIVERLETTERS FOR THE HIGH PLACES

The ground is Planet(seed, recipe='epic').height along one parallel: 556 km of terrain that was never stored.

ANOTHER PARALLEL

Words pick a latitude with mountains on it and name the peaks.

FLIGHT NOTES

Hover, slow down, hand it over.

Switch on Copilot to let your trained flight companion fly and deliver all three letters. Any steering, boost, or steady control takes over immediately. Assisted flights have their own best scores.

The route runs 556 kilometres along one parallel of the epic planet, and the three highest crests on it are your cairns, delivered west to east.

W A S D or the arrows fly; the ship sinks slowly, so keep a little lift. Space boosts while you have firefly light; Shift steadies. Touching the ground hard costs light and points.

To deliver, hover within about a kilometre of the cairn, no more than 260 m above it, slow and level, and press E. 250 points a letter, 10 a light, 40 a gold stamp, and two points per second left before dawn.

THE MAIL WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN

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Three lights on,
three peaks high.

A LITTLE ROUTE FOR A FRIEND

Fly this route with me.