Tunnel Trace

A buzz-wire game with ten difficulty steps: drag a dot through a winding tunnel without touching the sides while red creeps up behind. New tunnel daily.

Controls

Touch and drag, or click and drag with a mouse

Time limit

35 seconds

Score

Clear time, lower is better

Type

Skill

How to play Tunnel Trace

1. Drag anywhere on the screen. The dot moves with your finger, the same distance and direction.
2. Keep it inside the tunnel. Touching an edge ends the run.
3. After a couple of seconds, red starts filling the tunnel from the start. If it catches you, it’s over.
4. Reach END to clear it.
5. You start on difficulty 3 of 10. Clear a difficulty to unlock the next: a narrower tunnel, and the red sets off sooner and creeps faster. Pick any unlocked difficulty with the arrows on the start card.

Tips

• Because the dot moves relative to your finger, you can drag on empty space and see the dot clearly.
• The tunnel narrows toward the end. Slow down for the last bends.
• A steady medium speed works better than fast bursts.
• Everyone gets the same tunnel all day, and a new one at midnight UTC. “Practice a new layout” deals a fresh one any time, off the leaderboard.