Thumb Juggle

Two games at once, with ten difficulty steps: your left thumb taps a ring and your right thumb keeps a marker in a drifting band. Survive 30 seconds. The zones change every day.

Controls

Left and right thumbs on a phone, or F and J on a keyboard

Time limit

30 seconds

Score

Ring hits, higher is better

Type

Skill

How to play Thumb Juggle

1. Left half of the screen (or F on a keyboard): tap when the needle is in the yellow zone.
2. Right half (or J): hold to make the marker rise, let go to let it fall. Keep it inside the green band.
3. A bad tap on the left ends the run, and so does too long outside the band: 0.6 seconds on difficulty 5.
4. You start on difficulty 3 of 10. Clear a difficulty to unlock the next: a faster needle with narrower zones, and a thinner band that drifts faster and forgives less. Pick any unlocked difficulty with the arrows on the start card.

Tips

• Use one thumb per side on a phone. It’s much harder with one finger.
• The right side is a rhythm of short holds. Find it and let it run on its own.
• Keep your eyes on the ring, and use the edge of your vision for the band.
• Everyone gets the same zones all day, and new ones at midnight UTC. “Practice a new layout” deals fresh zones any time, off the leaderboard.