✳ Tiny Joy Lab

Rules

  1. Move with arrows or WASD and place bubbles with Space. On phones, use the direction pad or swipe the board, then tap the large bubble button. You can leave a bubble tile but cannot walk back through it.
    How it works: Bubbles burst in a cross; walls and crates stop the blast. Leave yourself a clear route to safety.
  2. Bubbles burst after about 2.5 seconds in a cross. Walls stop water; the first crate is destroyed and stops that arm. Other bubbles trigger a chain reaction. Gold tiles warn of an imminent splash.
  3. Crates may drop coins, speed, bubble capacity, splash range, or rescues. Longer range is more dangerous to dodge. Water affects enemies and the player alike.
  4. Touching water or an enemy traps you in a bubble. Lose a heart when its timer ends, or spend a rescue with the large button. Respawns use currently safe tiles away from enemies and wait for active splashes to finish.
  5. Defeat all enemies, then enter the glowing bottom-right exit. Each stage has a time limit; every sixth stage has a tougher elite. Thirty stages span five themes. Between stages, spend coins on permanent starting upgrades.
  6. Progress autosaves on this device. Identical seeds generate identical stages. P or Esc pauses; rules and background tabs pause automatically until you resume. Characters and artwork are original.
  7. After a defeat, retry the current stage for 10% of your coins and keep upgrades, or begin a new campaign.

How it works