How to play this sorting game
- Tap a stand to lift the macarons on top. If the top two or three are the same flavour, they lift together.
- Tap another stand to set them down. They only fit on an empty stand or on top of the same flavour, and each stand holds four.
- Fill every stand with one flavour. A finished stand gets a gold star and locks. When all of them are done, the box is packed and the level is over.
That is the whole rule set. The first level is a guided one: a pointing hand shows which stand to tap, a single line of text says why, and a wrong tap costs nothing. If you would rather watch first, the start screen plays a short demo by itself.
What the first five levels teach
Each early level adds exactly one idea, so you are never reading a wall of instructions.
| Level | What is new |
|---|---|
| 1 | Two flavours, three stands, guided taps |
| 2 | Three flavours, and matching macarons lifting together |
| 3 | The Undo button |
| 4 | The spare plate, which holds one macaron when you need room |
| 5 | Wrapped macarons, which show their flavour once they reach the top |
After that the levels keep growing: more flavours, more stands, up to ten flavours on twelve stands. Every level is checked by a solver before you see it, so there is always a way through.
Tips for three stars
- Keep one stand empty as long as you can. An empty stand is your working space; filling it with a mixed pile early is the most common way to get stuck.
- Dig for the bottom macaron. Look at what sits at the bottom of each stand. A stand whose bottom two already match is the cheapest one to finish.
- Use the spare plate for one awkward macaron, not as a fifth stand. It holds a single piece, and it must be empty before the level counts as done.
- Undo is free. Stars are counted on moves, and an undone move is not counted.
Two ways to play
Levels are untimed. You get one to three stars depending on how close you come to the solver's move count, and your progress is kept on your device. Rush mode gives you 75 seconds: every packed box adds time and points, the boxes get bigger, and your best score is saved.
Controls, sound and saving
On a phone or tablet, tap. On a computer, click, or use the keyboard: number keys pick a stand, S is the spare plate, U undoes, R restarts, P pauses. Music and sound effects have separate switches, and nothing plays until your first tap. Each flavour carries a small mark as well as a colour, so the game does not depend on telling red from green. Progress is stored in your browser only; clearing site data resets it.
What kind of sorting game is this?
Sorting games are a family of puzzles where mixed stacks have to be separated so that each container holds one kind of thing. This one uses the stack version of the rule: only the top of a pile can move. What we added ourselves is the spare plate that is always available without watching anything, the timed Rush mode, the flavour marks, and the way the opening levels introduce one rule at a time. The art, music and levels are drawn, composed and generated by us for this game.
