Flash Grid

For a moment a few tiles light up on the grid. Tap those tiles once they go dark, in any order at all; each clean round makes the next pattern a tile bigger.

How a run works

A run has up to 14 rounds and three lives. Each round opens with a short pause, the pattern lights up, then the tiles go blank and it is your turn. Only the tiles matter, not the order you tap them in.

A correct round adds one tile to the next pattern. A wrong tap costs a life, shows the tiles you missed and takes one tile off the next pattern, so a slip never sends you back to the start.

What counts is the biggest pattern you got through without a slip. Points (every correct pattern added together), rounds and mistakes appear beside it on the result card, with your last twenty runs at that level drawn as a chart.

Levels

• Easy: starts with 3 tiles on a 3×3 grid. Tiles stay lit for 0.9 seconds plus 70 milliseconds per tile.
• Medium: starts with 5 tiles on a 4×4 grid, with a slightly shorter look.
• Hard: starts with 7 tiles and gives the shortest look of the three.

Speed tactics

• Read the shape, not the squares. Three lit tiles in an L are one picture, not three positions to remember.
• Split big patterns. From about eight tiles, take the top half and the bottom half as two small shapes.
• Tap the loner first. A single tile far from the cluster is the first thing to fade, so place it while it is fresh.
• There is no clock on your turn. A calm second to check the picture costs nothing, while a hasty tap costs a life.
• A miss shrinks the next pattern by a tile; treat that smaller round as a chance to find your rhythm again.

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