# Ectobounce Controller

![Ectobounce Controller icon](pwa-192x192.png)

Use your phone as a lantern controller for **Ectobounce** on the shared screen. Move, jump, capture ghosts and launch them through the haunted hotel with up to five friends.

## Features

- Large movement, Jump and Zap/Launch buttons.
- Your matching player colour/number, score and lantern state.
- An illustrated guide and editable name in **Menu**.
- Multitouch controls, optional vibration and reconnect feedback.

## Join and play

Scan the Ectobounce display's QR code. The first connected player is captain and can start or pause through **Menu**. New players join the current wave if a place is free; a seventh player waits.

Hold left/right to move. Hold **Jump** for a higher jump, or release early for a shorter hop. **Zap** stuns a nearby ghost; move into it with an empty lantern to catch it. The button changes to **Launch**: fire within five seconds, aiming by facing left or right.

## Flying as a spirit

Jump becomes **Up** and Zap becomes **Down**. Hold these with left/right to fly diagonally through platforms toward a teammate for rescue. On a keyboard use arrows or WASD; Space flies up and X/Z flies down.

## Names, reconnecting and replay

Use **Menu → Your name** to change your name without losing your score or place. Names have a 16-character limit; clearing the field restores the colour name.

A quick refresh or reconnect resumes your player within the 20-second return window. Opening a new controller tab creates a separate player. Any joined controller can choose **Play again** after victory or defeat. Sound is enabled and played on the main display.

![Ectobounce phone controller](../ectobounce/screenshot-controls.jpg)