Taskbar Miracles: A Little Adventure

Will is chopping wood outside his cabin when he hears it: a voice from somewhere above.
It's your keyboard.
"That's no wind... someone up there is talking."
He shoulders his pack and sets off. From now on, you're the little god watching over his journey.

A little adventure along your taskbar

On a long, narrow road just above your Windows taskbar, your companions travel, fight and gather on their own, and run into the odd surprise: a lost chest, a giant gold mushroom, a wrong turn. After each leg they rest by the campfire, then set out again.
You work, study or watch videos; they live their own days at the edge of your screen. The sky follows your PC's clock, so when you stay up late, they light torches and keep walking.

Your typing is the voice of a god

No window switching, no special controls. Just type, anywhere:

• The heart bar beside the Mark gathers Grace. The fuller it is, the more gold and materials the party finds, and the faster they explore.
  
• The purple sparkle bar lights up a little with every key. Once it's full, lightning strikes by itself mid-fight, hitting the enemies bunched closest together.
  
• Typing during a fight helps your companions act faster.

Besides typing, you can drag a fighter along the lane mid-battle.
After a short, one-time typing prologue, the party carries on when you stop. Typing makes the journey smoother; you can check in whenever you like.

Companions who talk, and remember

At first, they're not sure what to make of you:
"That voice... that's a god, right?"
"No idea. At least they haven't asked for money."
The longer you travel together, the more they get used to you, and their chatter on the road and jokes by the fire change with it. When your lightning lands, whoever is nearby reacts on the spot. That night at camp, they might still be talking about it.
Their chatter draws on the journey and events they've experienced. It stays brief and never needs a reply.

Grow a party worth checking on

Whenever you feel like managing, click the bag to open the Travelling camp.

Team: every companion has an element and a fighting style of their own. One charges in and sweeps the crowd, one stacks damage by chain casting, one raises shields, one holds the front and heals the party, one plants a string of firecrackers to blow armour open, one leaves enemies weaker and slower. Pick three, then set the front, middle and back rows.



Gear: monsters and chests drop weapons and charms with rarities and affixes. Temper them with each region's ore, reforge the affixes you don't like, and salvage the rest into essence.





Making: gather materials and make new gear from recipes, including recipes for what mid-bosses drop.



Growth: level up with gold, unlock skills and ultimates as levels rise, break through level caps and choose talents.

Bosses: mid-bosses wait along the road. Fill the exploration bar to challenge the boss and move on to the next stage. Every boss has attacks and weak spots of their own, and a loss brings up a tip card.

Difficulty tiers and divine power: seek better gear in deeper tiers, earn divine power from bosses, and choose the miracles that your typing charges.

Made to fit around your work

• Offline haul: closing the game doesn't waste the journey. Next time you open it, the adventure you missed is settled and laid out as a haul (normally up to 8 hours, increased to 12 after obtaining Moondew).
  
• Boss key: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H hides and mutes the game at once. Press it again to bring it back.
  
• Out of the way in fullscreen: when you play a fullscreen game or video, the strip slides to the very edge of the screen, and you can choose to show only the party, or only the HUD.
  
• Low maintenance: when the gold star lights up, one click levels up whichever companion is cheapest; hold it to keep going. Losing to a boss costs nothing, and being away never takes your gear.
  
• Fits your desk: pick which monitor it lives on and adjust its height. Ambient and effects volume are separate. Choose quieter audio when the game is in the background, and pause its music while another app is playing sound.

What you type stays yours

The game adds your key presses to one running total, and that total is all it uses:

• It never reads or saves what you type.
  
• It doesn't record which keys you press, in what order, or when.
  
• It doesn't know which app you're using.
  
• No account needed. Counting happens only on your PC.