Skyhold

Keep the floating island level.

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The sky islands are falling. Houses arrive by balloon, one at a time, and you drop each one where it keeps the island level.

Play in the browser The five islands
3–6 minute runs · mouse or touch · saves itself
today's island · same for everyone

One island. Everyone. Today.

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new island every day at 00:00 UTC · no sign-up to play
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One island. Everyone builds it.

Every player gets 3 pieces every 30 minutes and puts them anywhere on the same island. It tilts from everyone's buildings: past 15° the low rim slides off, past 19° the whole island flips and a new one rises.

Place your 3 houses
sign in with a name or with 𝕏 to build · anyone can watch
–builders today
–buildings standing
–survived so far
–island
–tilt · slides at 15°, flips at 19°

The island has a centre of mass

Every building has a weight, and the island leans toward the heavy side. Drag the slider to load the east side and watch the gauge.

0.0°level
15° · 2 sthe low rim starts sliding into the clouds
5 fallsor 19° for 3 s and the island flips
x1.5score while the gauge stays green
opus: a castle. weight 6. right in the middle, please

How a run works

You do not choose what to build. The balloon brings the next piece, the card on the right shows the one after it, and a slow drop lands on a random edge.

Cottageweight 1the easy start, needs a road
Towerweight 4big score, big lean
Castleweight 6 · 2x2put it in the middle
Balloonweight −3rare, the only counterweight
Holdone slotswap a piece you cannot place yet
Park2x2+2 for every home next to it
Bakerycombo+5 when it touches three homes
Gustsfrom 40–60 sstronger every minute
Gluerarethe next 3 buildings can't slide off
Wind Vanerareturns the next gust away

Five islands, five keepers

Each chapter is a new island shape with one request. Stars buy perks. Chapter 1 unlocks steampunk, chapter 3 unlocks cyber, and chapter 5 opens Endless. The Daily island is open from your first visit, with a board for the day.

chapter 1 · Pip the baker

Meadowfall

Keep 12 homes standing until sunset.

 chapter 3 · Tamsin the lamplighter

Hollow Ring

A ring with a hole in it. Light the lighthouse before the storm.

 chapter 4 · Bram & Bea

The Twins

Two islands on one rope bridge. Weight on one moves both.

Build log

Each day Opus 5.5 gets the folder back and one new job. The numbers come from its run logs.

Day 1oct 8

Empty folder to a playable game: island, roads, houses, cars, villagers, day and night, then the tilt, balloons and eras on a second pass.

79 min of opus · 3,452 lines · 0 assets
Updateoct 8

Rotate and zoom the camera, 12 buildings with their own weight, 11 quests, a harmony bonus for a level island, gusts of wind, buildings sliding off past 15°, autosave and sound.

24.5 min of opus · $6.81
Day 2oct 9

From sandbox to arcade: pieces arrive by balloon, a hold slot, combos, a harmony streak, gusts, slides and flips, five chapters with a keeper each, perks, Endless, a Daily island and a share card.

40.7 min of opus · $12.94
Day 3replies

You asked for a leaderboard on the daily island, so here it is: pick a name, no email, and your best run of the day goes on the board. Daily is open from the start with one twist a day. Also new: a first run that teaches by doing, a gentler first 45 seconds, CHAIN and PERFECT bonuses, and two rare pieces, Glue and the Wind Vane.