Neck CountMasters

About Neck CountMasters

Neck CountMasters is a crowd runner: you lead a squad of stickmen down a road, leaning your head to pick a lane, and every gate you pass through multiplies, adds to or subtracts from your crowd. At the end of the level a fortress horde is waiting, and you win the fight if you outnumber it.

The lane choice is the whole game, and it is a good match for head control precisely because it is a decision rather than a reflex — you can see the gates coming and the only question is which side you commit to. Leaning past a 0.03 threshold picks a lane, so the input is a held position rather than a flick, which is easier to hold steady while you are reading the numbers on the gates ahead.

The crowd is capped at 500 runners, and up to 130 are drawn on screen at once in a clustered formation, so a large crowd genuinely looks like a crowd. Rival squads block lanes as you go, which means the best gate is not always reachable — the interesting decisions are the ones where the multiplier you want is behind a lane you cannot take.

How to play

• Lean your head left or right — move your crowd to that lane
• Arrow Left/Right, A/D, or the mouse — the same lane control
• Pass through gates to multiply, add to, or subtract from your crowd
• Avoid the lane a rival squad is blocking
• Outnumber the fortress horde at the finish to clear the level

Tips & tricks

• Multiply early, add late. A ×2 gate taken with 40 runners is worth 40; the same gate taken with 300 is worth 300, so front-load the multipliers and take flat bonuses when the crowd is already large.
• A small loss early is worth a big gate later. Taking a −5 to line up for a multiplier two rows on is almost always the right trade at the start of a level.
• Hold the lean, do not flick it. Lane choice reads a sustained head position past a small threshold, so settling into a lane is more reliable than snapping toward it.
• Commit early to gates. Your crowd is wide and takes time to shift, so a lane change decided at the last moment often splits the crowd across the gate divider.
• The crowd caps at 500. Once you are near the cap, stop chasing multipliers and just avoid the subtraction gates — the extra runners are not banked.
• Read the gate pair, not the nearest gate. Both lanes are always showing you an offer, and the right choice is whichever is better relative to your current crowd size rather than whichever number looks biggest.

Frequently asked questions

How do I win a level?

Arrive at the fortress with a crowd that outnumbers the horde waiting there.

Is there a limit to the crowd size?

Yes, 500 runners, with up to 130 drawn on screen at once.

Is Neck CountMasters free?

Yes, free in the browser with no download.

Can I play without a camera?

Yes. Arrow keys, A and D, or the mouse all steer the crowd.

Does the game upload my camera video?

No. Head tracking runs on your device inside the browser.