Gato Run

Gato Run is an endless runner that plays across your Stream Deck keys. Put it on a row of keys and they become one screen: the cat runs, obstacles slide in from the right, and you jump them. The keys are the screen and the controller at once. It is free.

ONE ROW, OR TWO — On a single row of keys, any key jumps. Give it two rows and the world gets taller: the top row jumps, the bottom row ducks for as long as you hold it, and things start flying in at head height. Duck in mid-air to come down sooner. Three keys are enough to play; more keys give you more warning.

ONE PICTURE ACROSS THE KEYS — The run is a single drawing as wide as all your keys together, and each key shows its part of it. The cat leaves one key and lands on the next.

THE INFOBAR IS YOUR RADAR — On a Stream Deck Neo, put the Infobar action on it. The keys show what has arrived; the Infobar shows what is on its way: amber marks to jump, red marks to duck, sliding in before they reach the keys. Between runs it shows the title and your best.

OR THE INFOBAR IS THE SCREEN — The whole run can play on the Infobar itself, as one wide strip, with a single key to jump. That leaves the rest of your Neo free for everything else. Put Run on just one or two keys and the Infobar takes over by itself; or choose it in the settings.

NINE RUNNERS, TEN THINGS IN THE WAY — Run as the cat, a pixel dino, a deck bot, a microphone, a camera, a streamer, a gamepad, a rocket or a moon lander. Jump cacti if you are a purist, or a streamer's whole bad day: cold coffee, cable tangles, a DMCA block, the ban hammer, lag spikes, dropped frames, a stuck update, a low battery and a troll comment.

IT GETS FASTER — The pace climbs with the distance you have run, to nearly double. Three starting paces, from relaxed to fast. However many keys you play on, you get the same time to react.

A DEMO WHEN YOU ARE NOT PLAYING — Left alone, the cat runs by itself until it trips, then starts again. Its scores do not count, and any key takes over. You can switch the demo off.

YOUR BEST SCORE — Kept on your computer, shown on the keys and on the Infobar, and celebrated with confetti when you beat it.

NOTHING ELSE — No account, no network, no ads, no purchases. The whole game is drawn and played by the plugin.

macOS 12 or newer and Windows 10 or newer, with the Stream Deck app 7.6 or newer. Works on any Stream Deck with keys; the Infobar views need a Stream Deck Neo.

First release. An endless runner across your keys: one row where any key jumps, or two rows where the top jumps and the bottom ducks. Nine runners, ten kinds of obstacle, three paces, a demo that plays while you don't, your best score kept, and on the Stream Deck Neo's Infobar either a radar of what is coming or the whole run, playable with a single key.