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Each aircraft shows a small info tag with its flight number, current speed, and its destination edge. To take control of a plane, simply click or tap it. The control panel then lets you change three things:

• Heading: turn the plane left or right to point it toward the correct exit.
• Altitude: raise or lower the aircraft. Two planes can safely cross the same point as long as they are separated by enough altitude, so altitude is your main tool for resolving conflicts.
• Speed: speed up or slow down to manage spacing and stop traffic from bunching together.

You score a point for every aircraft delivered to its correct edge, and lose a point for any plane that leaves through the wrong border. The round ends if your score drops below zero, if you miss too many destinations, or if two aircraft collide. When two planes drift too close at a similar altitude, the screen border flashes red as a final warning to take evasive action.

FlowState: ATC offers several distinct modes, each with its own challenge and its own leaderboard:

• Standard: the classic experience. Pure air traffic control: read the board, separate your traffic, and guide every plane home.
• Portal Chaos: adds two hazards. Purple "punchers" knock any plane that touches them onto a random new heading, while linked blue and yellow portals instantly teleport an aircraft from one to the other, keeping its speed and heading. Used well, portals can be a shortcut; ignored, they will catch you off guard.
• Turbulence: a living weather system. A shifting wind pushes every aircraft off its commanded heading, so you have to read the wind dial and lead your turns into it. As you progress, the sky darkens from fair clouds into a full thunderstorm, and drifting storm cells appear: fly a plane through a storm cell's red core and it gets violently "stirred" onto a random heading. Steer around them.

• Use altitude first. Rather than turning planes away from each other, stagger their altitudes. It is the cleanest way to let two flight paths cross safely.
• Turn early. A small heading change made early is far safer than a sharp correction at the last moment.
• Manage your spacing with speed. Slowing a trailing aircraft is often enough to defuse a developing conflict without any turning at all.
• Scan, don't fixate. Keep your eyes moving across the whole sector. Most collisions happen between two planes you stopped watching.
• In Turbulence, respect the wind. Aim slightly upwind of the exit so the drift carries each plane onto the correct edge.

You can play on your own and chase a personal best, or team up in cooperative multiplayer where two controllers share the same sky. In co-op, only one player controls a given aircraft at a time, so clear communication and good teamwork are everything: divide the sector, call out conflicts, and keep the traffic flowing together. Every mode tracks separate singleplayer and multiplayer leaderboards, so there is always a score to beat.

FlowState: ATC runs directly in modern desktop browsers, no download needed, and is also available as a free native app on Android via the Google Play Store. Your account works across both, so you can climb the leaderboards wherever you are.

Is FlowState: ATC free to play?
Yes. The game is free to play on both web and Android.

Do I need an account?
You can jump straight in as a guest, but creating a free account lets you save your scores to the global leaderboards and set up a profile.

Is it based on real air traffic control?
It is inspired by the core idea of real ATC: separating aircraft and guiding them to their destinations. It is a fast, arcade-style game rather than a true-to-life simulator, so anyone can pick it up.

How do I play with a friend?
Create a room and share the room code, or use matchmaking to be paired with another player. You will both control the same sector together.

The game is in beta. What does that mean?
We are actively developing FlowState: ATC and adding new modes and features. Your feedback genuinely shapes the game, and the best place to share it is our Discord community.

FlowState: ATC is in active beta, so we are constantly improving it and adding new content. Your feedback is incredibly valuable: if you find a bug or have an idea, the best place to reach us is our Discord server, where you can find other players, share high scores, talk directly with the developers, and keep up with the latest news and events.

FlowState: ATC is developed by the passionate team at Honeybell Games. For business inquiries or to get in touch with the developers, please visit our contact page.