HyperDot

HyperDot is a minimal action arcade game that allows players to dodge their way through over 100 hand-crafted levels and trials in the single-player campaign or multiplayer mode. The game is presented with a unique aesthetic, providing a new palette of colors, lights and shapes with each level. The game features a custom level editor. The games provides extensive gameplay customization, with more than 1 million enemy, arena, and modifier combinations with unlimited possibilities to create one-of-a-kind levels.

HyperDot's gameplay options for players include high contrast and colorblind modes, full gameplay integration with the Xbox Adaptive Controller and eye-tracking, and a suite of features optimized for accessibility. The developer created the framework of the game with the idea of people using different controllers in mind. This framework allows the player to use any type of controller to play HyperDot. The game's full key customization includes the capability to utilize Tobii Eye Tracking software for players with limited range of motion. HyperDot's control scheme additionally translates to all actions being performed through the mouse; players can guide their dot throughout levels by moving their cursor.

Minnesota-based Charles McGregor is the sole game developer at Tribe Games, managing the art, music, programming, and design of HyperDot. McGregor worked alongside publishing partner Glitch.

McGregor began building games on a Dell XP and learned how to code as a child, later designing and programming games for class assignments as an undergrad at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

HyperDot received positive reviews from critics upon release. Harold Goldberg, of The Washington Post, wrote that the game was "easy to learn, but maddeningly cerebrum-busting to master. I survived 13.2 seconds — even after multiple tries. But I didn't want to stop indulging".

The game has been celebrated for its advancement in accessibility, earning rave reviews from disabled players for its revolutionary gameplay features.