Round the Dot

Draw a circle round the dot in one stroke, freehand, with ten difficulty steps. Each circle needs to be rounder than the last, with red dots to keep out. The dots move every day.

Controls

Touch and drag, or click and drag with a mouse

Time limit

40 seconds

Score

Avg roundness, higher is better

Type

Skill

How to play Round the Dot

1. Press and draw one loop around the white dot, then let go.
2. The loop has to go all the way round and end near where it started.
3. It’s scored on roundness: how evenly far every point is from the middle. Each circle needs more. On difficulty 5 there are five: 74%, 77%, 80%, 82%, then 84%.
4. From the second circle on, red dots sit nearby and must end up outside your loop, so size matters too.
5. A loop that misses the dot, is too small, lets a red dot in or isn’t round enough ends the run.
6. You start on difficulty 3 of 10. Clear a difficulty to unlock the next: more circles (3 on difficulty 1), rounder ones (64% to 70% on difficulty 1, 77% to 87% on difficulty 10) and red dots closer in. Pick any unlocked difficulty with the arrows on the start card.

Tips

• Draw at a steady speed. Slowing down on one side is what flattens most circles.
• Medium-sized circles are the easiest to keep round. Tiny ones wobble.
• Move from your elbow or shoulder rather than your wrist.
• Everyone gets the same dots all day, and new ones at midnight UTC. “Practice a new layout” deals fresh ones any time, off the leaderboard.