Pour Stop

Fill oddly shaped glasses to the line with ten difficulty steps; the glasses and lines change every day. The stream takes a moment to land, so let go early.

Controls

Hold the screen, the mouse button, or Space

Time limit

45 seconds

Score

Accuracy, higher is better

Type

Skill

How to play Pour Stop

1. Hold to pour and let go to stop.
2. Liquid already falling still lands after you let go, about a quarter of a second’s worth.
3. Stop within the yellow band to move on to the next glass. Difficulty 5 has six glasses.
4. Ending above the band, or spilling over the top, ends the run.
5. You start on difficulty 3 of 10. Clear a difficulty to unlock the next: more glasses, a narrower band and a faster stream. Difficulties 1 to 4 give you four pours a glass. Pick any unlocked difficulty with the arrows on the start card.

Tips

• A cone fills fast at the bottom and slowly at the top. A flask does the opposite.
• Let go a moment before the liquid reaches the line, not when it gets there.
• If you stop short, you can pour again; from difficulty 5 up only going over is fatal.
• Everyone gets the same glasses and lines all day, and new ones at midnight UTC. “Practice a new layout” deals a fresh set any time, off the leaderboard.