Stack: build the taller tower
A block slides from side to side above your tower. Drop it, keep what lands on the tower, lose what hangs off, and carry on with whatever is left.
How to play
- Watch the block slide. On a phone tap anywhere on the game, with a mouse click, and on a keyboard press the space bar.
- The part that lands on the tower stays. The part hanging over the edge is cut away, and your next block is only as wide as what stayed.
- Keep dropping until the clock runs out. The other player builds their tower beside yours the whole way, so you can see who is pulling ahead.
How the score works
Every block you place scores the width that stayed on the tower, so a clean drop is worth far more than a ragged one. A drop that is almost exact counts as perfect: nothing is cut, the block stays full width, and a bonus grows with each perfect in a row. A block that misses the tower altogether ends the attempt: the tower starts again from the ground, a second down the clock, and your best attempt is the one that counts.
Tips
- Wait for the block to come over the middle of the tower when you are starting out. Early drops feel fast but cut the most.
- A long run of perfects scores more than a hurried tower. Protect the streak once you have one going.
- Blocks speed up as the tower rises, and some change speed part way across. Watch the block, not your own finger.
- Width is everything. A narrow tower is hard to land on and pays little, so a small cut early costs you all the way up.
Questions
Do I need to download anything?
No. It plays in your browser, on a phone or a computer, and there is nothing to install or sign up for before your first game.
Who is the dashed tower beside mine?
That is the run of a real player from earlier this hour, or a house player where there are not enough people yet. It is marked House when it is.
Why does the game change each hour?
Every hour has a new set of block speeds and starting sides, the same for everybody. Learning the hour is part of the game, and nobody keeps an old advantage.