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Stackwell

Stack · Clear · Rise

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  • No install — plays in your browser

About the game

Turn and drop tiles into the well. Complete a row and it collapses. Three lives, ten languages, no internet needed.

Stackwell is an original falling-block puzzle built for offline in-flight entertainment. Seven tile shapes fall into a stone well; slide and turn them to complete rows, and each completed row collapses away. Clearing several rows at once pays far more, and back-to-back big clears keep a bonus alive. A run carries three lives: filling the well costs one life and empties the board, but your score, rows and level carry through to the end of the run. One-life mode is available in Well Setup for the classic rule. Every option is adjustable - field size, starting level, preview count, hold, ghost piece, lock delay and repeat speed - and a paintable starting stack lets you set up and practise a specific shape. Plays by touch, keyboard or game controller, in ten languages, entirely offline.

How to play

  1. Pieces fall into the well. Slide and turn them so each row fills all the way across.
  2. A full row clears and everything above it drops down. Clearing several rows at once scores much more.
  3. Every ten rows you clear raises the level, and pieces fall faster.
  4. If a new piece has no room at the top you lose a life, the well is emptied, and your score carries on.

Controls

TouchDrag left or right to slide the piece, tap to turn it clockwise, drag down to drop faster or flick down to drop it all the way, and swipe up to hold it for later.
MouseWith the mouse, drag the piece left or right to slide it, click to turn it, drag down to drop faster and drag up to hold it.
Keyboardarrows move, Z / X or Up turn, Space hard-drops, Shift or C holds, Esc pauses.
GamepadLeft stick or D-pad slides and soft-drops; A turns clockwise, B counter-clockwise, Y holds; RT hard-drops, LT slows the slide; Start or X pauses.

Screenshots

  • Stackwell menu, stone-well logo and Stack · Clear · Rise tagline over Play, Well Setup, How to Play, High Scores, Language
  • An orange piece at the top of the well over a coloured stack, Ready in the middle; score 128450, level 5, 47 rows
  • Well Setup panel with choices for lives, starting level, well width and height, next pieces, hold piece and landing guide
  • High Scores list of eight three-letter names led by ROW with 238400, above Clear and Back buttons
  • How to Play panel: four numbered rules, then Touch: drag to slide, tap to turn, drag down to drop, swipe up to hold
  • The Stackwell menu in Japanese, with はじめる, 井戸の設定, あそび方, ハイスコア and 言語 buttons

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