Trapeze — free browser game

Trapeze is a one-button timing game built on real pendulum + projectile physics. Two trapezes hang above the stage, swinging back and forth on their own ropes; an acrobat clings to one of the bars and rides the pendulum with it. Press Space (Enter or click / tap also work) to release at the precise moment: when you let go, the acrobat keeps the bar's current velocity and launches into a parabolic arc — gravity pulls them down while their horizontal momentum carries them toward the opposite trapeze. If you reach the other bar with a small enough position and speed gap, the acrobat locks on — that's a catch and one point. At the moment of catching, the trapeze you released gets a fresh random phase, amplitude and period; the trapeze you just landed on keeps swinging as usual. The next release reverses direction, then reverses again — every catch alternates left-right. Difficulty edges up after each catch: periods shrink (trapezes swing faster) and amplitudes grow slightly, narrowing the timing window. When you release, the bar's instantaneous velocity is your launch velocity — release near the middle of the swing arc and you'll have maximum horizontal speed; release at the far end and the bar is almost stopped, so the acrobat just drops. The cleanest timing is when your trajectory is nearly parallel to the other bar's arc at the crossing point: small relative speed means a soft catch. If the acrobat falls past the bottom safety line (the canvas floor), the run ends and your catch count becomes the score; the browser remembers your best. Press R or the on-screen Restart button to start over; the acrobat re-spawns on the left trapeze and the game returns to its ready state. For the first few turns, watch the bar — at the bottom of its arc the horizontal speed peaks, so the easiest catches come from releasing there. Higher up the difficulty ladder, the phases drift apart and you need to predict where the other bar will be by the time you arrive. Tip: never release at the top of the swing — horizontal speed is zero there and the acrobat just plummets. Releasing when the other bar is sweeping toward you widens the catch window.