Puzzles grown from simple rules

A Thymotec puzzle is defined by three or four rules that a player can read in seconds. Levels change the starting arrangement, not the rules, so understanding carries forward.

Each candidate level is solved by the team, then by a fresh tester who sees it cold. Boards that can only be cleared by trial and error are rebuilt or removed.

Thymotec plays every board on older Android hardware and in landscape and portrait, checking that a tap lands on the intended cell and that saved boards survive an interrupted session.

When a player is stuck, a Thymotec hint points at the region of the board that matters instead of revealing the move. A second hint narrows the area further, so the satisfying final step is still left to the player.

Cell states are shown by shape as well as colour, so Thymotec boards remain readable for players with colour vision deficiency and on screens set to low brightness.