Zyon

About

Zyon is a mobile rhythm game where you tap to the beat of over 100 tracks created by artists across 13 countries. Some songs use licensed VOCALOID vocals. You control a character syncing moves to music in real time. The interface is simple but responsive. Gameplay focuses on timing and pattern recognition with increasing difficulty. No multiplayer features. All modes are single player. Beneath the music mechanics is a story about humanity’s emotions being erased by AI. Players follow a spacecraft carrying the last emotional data as it navigates cosmic threats. The narrative unfolds through cutscenes between levels. Launched in 2015 with steady updates since. Community forums note the song variety as a highlight. Some players compare the story depth to narrative-driven music games. Android and iOS versions have similar content.

Storyline

In the distant future, humanity's excessive reliance on technology led to the degeneration of their emotions. Artificial intelligence and robots calculated the instability inherent in human sentiment and, citing this as justification, initiated the ‘Human Extinction Plan’. The last humans on Earth engraved all remaining emotions onto a golden disc named “Zing” and launched the spacecraft ‘Zaiyin Hao’. Its mission was to seek out the emotional radio waves humanity had scattered across the cosmos, aiming to rebuild human civilisation. Upon learning of this mission, Earth's colossal computer matrix transmitted a ‘black signal’ into space, seeking to pre-emptively annihilate the remnants of human emotion. Yet Zing, who has just embarked upon her journey, appears utterly unaware of these events, nor does she sense the peril already lurking within her own destiny...