High Score Hyrax

The web version might be slower to run and choppier than the downloadable version - as such, it isn't the ideal way to experience the story. ------- Thanks to a little bit of skill, and whole lot of dumb luck, Saul has found himself in the middle of the biggest online shitstorm of the century. Well, that's an exaggeration - but it's certainly how he feels about it. After only a month of speedrunning an old game by the name of  Bomber Bros. 3 , he's already managed to secure a spot near the top of the game's leaderboards thanks to an absurdly lucky run - and has quickly gone from a nobody, to one of the most widely discussed figures in the game's community.   But as rumors swirl, and the game's top runners chat and gossip amongst themselves wondering if his run was cheated or not, Saul attempts to remain headstrong, and ignore all the noise... Because Saul has a date - and with quite the handsome deer at that! And, for once in his life, he's determined not to fuck it up - no matter how many times he'll have to go back in time to retry. ...wait, did I forget to mention that he has time travel powers? ------ High Score Hyrax is a gay visual novel made for the  Novembuck 2025 Game Jam . It contains 12,700 words, with a focus on player choice  - at any given moment, Saul can go back in time to his previous choices, allowing for him to fix his mistakes, and to open up new choices based on information learned in the future.  As such,  the length of playthroughs can vary quite a bit - from roughly 15 minutes up to about an hour. Currently, the game has three endings , many branching dialogue trees , and one (very) eligible deer bachelor . All visual assets and writing are made by Chmron, who you can find on Bluesky . The base used for the phone is  Nighten's fantastic  Yet Another Phone project!