I made a tiny thing and I want strangers to break it.

THE READ is a 30-second browser game. You defend a choke point against five attackers. Two of them are squishy and blink visible for a fraction of a second as they step up. One input: dash during that window and you read it. Dash late and you whiff.

The idea: in a real match the first decision happens with almost nothing on the board, and you commit anyway. This is that half-second, stripped to one button.

Play free in the browser: https://nanahoshi-makes.itch.io/the-read

It is ugly on purpose and it is v1. If you play it, tell me where the read breaks: too easy, too unfair, unclear, whatever. I want the honest version, not the nice one.