Sway - Tower Builder

The pitch

Sway is a relaxing one-tap tower builder. It's simple, no need to remember thousands of rules and combinations. Simply stack blocks high, keep them steady and comete with other players!

Controls & how it runs

A block swings from a crane — tap at just the right moment to drop it onto the tower. Line it up for a "Perfect" and the tower grows steadily; miss, and it topples. Three misses and the run is over — so keep it steady and reach for a new best.

Getting a run going takes exactly one press: Press start, up top, and the game boots inside this page — nothing downloads in the background and no form wants your details before the first jump. The cabinet is drawn for a portrait (upright) screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. This cabinet stands tall: it was built for portrait screens, so a phone held upright gives it the frame it wants — though it will squeeze politely into any window. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Pro tips for skill cabinets

• Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. On skill cabinets the players topping the table are rarely the quickest clickers — they're the ones whose movements never need correcting.
• Miss on purpose once. Deliberately failing an easy section teaches you the timing window better than ten passes you fluked through with your eyes half closed.
• Change one thing per run. If you adjust your whole approach after every failure you'll never learn which adjustment actually worked — isolate the variable, then commit.

Sway - Tower Builder — quick-fire questions

Does Sway - Tower Builder cost anything to play?

Not a token. The cabinet is free from the first run to the five-hundredth — no wallet, no sign-up, no toll booth hiding three levels in. The adverts around the page are what keep the floor's lights on.

What sort of game is Sway - Tower Builder?

It stands on our Skill row — that's the family it plays most like. The pitch above is the publisher's own rundown of what it throws at you and what it hands back.

Can I play Sway - Tower Builder on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. This cabinet stands tall: it was built for portrait screens, so a phone held upright gives it the frame it wants — though it will squeeze politely into any window.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Sway - Tower Builder is an HTML5 game: hit the start button and it boots on this page, and shutting the tab sweeps the cabinet clean behind you.

Before you wander off

Personal best banked, or still chasing it? Either way the full Skill row is powered on and waiting — One hundred and seventy games that grade your hands, not your luck. Skill cabinets are where 'I almost had it' turns into one more run, and then somehow into twelve.