Squeeze the Orbs: Drop & Merge

The jar is closing. Drop orbs into it and merge them. Two of the same kind touch and become the next one up. Meanwhile the walls are creeping inward, and they never stop — every merge shoves them back out again, and the bigger the merge, the more air you buy. So there is no line to stay under. There is only the next merge, and how long you can keep paying for room. • EIGHT TIERS, from a small spark up to a Lantern. • THE WALLS ARE THE CLOCK. They close for the whole run. A merge is the only thing that pushes them back. • EACH WALL KEEPS ITS OWN TIME. A merge feeds the wall it happened next to, so starve one side and the jar closes lopsided. Every drop is a question about where, not just what. • YOU LOSE BY SPILLING. There is no losing line drawn across the jar. The squeeze lifts your pile until a piece comes to rest above the rim. Never merge at all and the walls simply meet in the…