In development · iOS & Android
Race a horse along the Tōkaidō, from Edo to Kyoto, inside a world painted like a Hiroshige print. Hop, flip, and outrun the yokai before the sun comes up.
Gameplay
Each stage is a short, quick run along a winding road. The controls are simple, and mastering them is not.
Press and hold the right side to surge forward. It costs breath, so spend it wisely.
Tap the left side to leap over lanterns, umbrellas and mud. Time it close for a bonus.
Off a ramp, drag sideways to spin. Land level for a perfect, or an Appare! when it is spot on.
Story
Ride the Tōkaidō, the great road of old Japan. Every station is a new stage, and every scroll ends in a night chase with a yokai.
Each station has its own road, its own hazards and its own view.
At the end of a scroll, something follows you in the dark. Reach dawn.
Complete missions along the way to add real ukiyo-e to your gallery.
Until dawn
At the end of each scroll, a yokai hunts you through the dark. There is no weapon and no fight: keep ahead until the sun rises, and it vanishes. Learn its tells, and dodge.
Lord of the Hakone pass. Its fan whips up whirlwinds on the road.
Something waits by the water.
Something else stirs beyond the next bend…
Riders
Each one has a look, a horse, and a story. Begin as a samurai and see who joins you.
Indigo haori and hakama. A white horse.
Ready from the start
A bright kimono, golden hairpins. A chestnut horse.
Clear Hakone
A straw hat, light armour, a spear. A plain bay.
Clear Miya
More riders wait along the road.
Collection
Every stage hides three missions. Complete them and a genuine woodblock print from the public-domain masters joins your gallery.
Hiroshige, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi and more.
Each print comes with a note on what it shows and where.
The first one is yours for clearing the stage. The others take skill.
FAQ
Emaki Gallop (疾風絵巻) is a horse-racing game set inside a Hiroshige-style ukiyo-e woodblock print, made by betapplab. You ride from Edo to Kyoto along the Tōkaidō, hopping and flipping over hazards, and outrun yokai until dawn.
Emaki Gallop is in development for iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets, played in landscape. It is not released yet. It is coming to the App Store and Google Play.
Hold the right side of the screen to turbo, tap the left side to hop, and drag sideways in the air to flip. Each stage is a short run, and you can learn the controls in seconds.
At the end of each scroll, a yokai chases you through the night. There are no weapons and no fights: keep ahead until the sun rises and it vanishes. Each one has its own tells to read and dodge.
The world is painted in the style of Edo-period woodblock prints, in the spirit of Hiroshige's Tōkaidō. The prints you collect by completing missions are genuine public-domain ukiyo-e by masters such as Hiroshige, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and Yoshitoshi.
Yes. The Hell Screen has weekly world leaderboards that reset every Monday, and you can race the week's best as ghosts on the same road.
The game and this site are available in English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese.
Coming soon
Emaki Gallop is still in development. It is coming to the App Store and Google Play.
iPhone · iPad · Android phones & tablets · Landscape
