Light Cycles
Up to four glowing bikes, walls behind them — box the others in, don't crash. Plays itself; arrows steer the blue bike, and up to three friends can join from their phones on your Wi-Fi. Party, 2v2 teams and four arenas.
At a glance
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Modes
| Mode | Players | Play |
|---|---|---|
| Solo default | 1 | Solo |
| Party | 2–4 | Free-for-all |
| Teams | 2–4 | Teams |
Maps
Themes
Settings
| Setting | Type | Default | Options / range |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | |||
Speedspeed | whole number | 5 | 1 – 10 |
Themetheme | choice | Grid | ClassicNeonRetroMonoGridSunset |
AI skillskillHow well the demo AI plays | number | 0.8 | 0.0 – 1.0 |
Show scoreshow_score | on/off | On | on / off |
Bikes in the arenaridersEmpty seats are ridden by the AI | whole number | 4 | 2 – 4 |
Steps per secondpace | number | 9.0 | 5.0 – 14.0 |
| Graphics | |||
Effectseffects | choice | Full (particles, shake, flashes) | Full (particles, shake, flashes)Calm (no shake or flashes)Minimal |
| Game flow | |||
Intro & results screensintro_outro | on/off | On | on / off |
Play itself when idleattractThe AI plays while nobody does (great in a playlist) | on/off | On | on / off |
Plays itself withpilot | choice | Built-in AI | Built-in AIFruit-fly brain (sees only the pixels; docs/FLY_BRAIN.md) |
| Game | |||
Match: first tofirst_toRound wins needed to take the match | whole number | 5 | 1 – 9 |
Modemode | choice | Solo | SoloPartyTeams |
Mapmap | choice | Open | OpenPillarsCoreWrap |
Playersplayers | whole number | 1 | 1 – 4 |
Try it
$ uv run deskdot preview cycles --settings '{"theme":"classic"}' --out cycles.png$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/cycles/activateOr ask your agent: “Show Light Cycles on my panel”. It calls show_app with "cycles". New here? Set up DeskDot first.
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