Tumbler Tap

Set spring-loaded pins at the top of their travel with ten difficulty steps. Each bobs to its own rhythm, which shifts every day; a bad tap drops the last pin you set.

Controls

Tap the screen, click, or press Space

Time limit

12 seconds

Score

Clear time, lower is better

Type

Timing

How to play Tumbler Tap

1. The pin with the glowing outline is the one to set.
2. Tap or press Space when its top reaches the dashed line.
3. Set the pins left to right. When all of them are up, the lock opens. Difficulty 5 has five pins.
4. You start on difficulty 3 of 10. Clear a difficulty to unlock the next: more pins and a narrower band at the top. Pick any unlocked difficulty with the arrows on the start card.
5. A tap at the wrong moment drops the last pin you set and adds 1.5 seconds to your time.

Tips

• Two of the pins jerk about on the way up and down. Ignore that and wait for the top.
• You only need to catch the top, so watch the rhythm for a cycle before you tap.
• The time limit is the only way to fail, but it’s short: twelve seconds, whatever the difficulty.
• Everyone gets the same lock all day, and a new one at midnight UTC. “Practice a new layout” deals a fresh lock any time, off the leaderboard.