How to play Carpentry in Shivaliva

Step by step

A hole in the ship's hull open to the stars, a three-plank piece dragged up out of the tray below and outlined red where it hangs off the hull — 1Red: won't fit2The tray

Step 1

Drag a piece onto the hull

Drag a piece from the tray onto the hull, or click it, then click where it goes. Pieces go in as they come: there's no turning them. A piece that won't fit where it is shows red.

A square piece held at the end of a row of planks, outlined green, the row it would finish lit up — 1Green: it fits2The row it finishes

Step 2

Green means it fits

Green means it fits, and the lines it would finish light up before you let go.

Great! and +1080 over the hull as rows and columns of planks blast clear, +10 on every plank — 1Great!

Step 3

Fill a row or a column

Fill a whole row or column and it blasts clear. Finishing several lines with one piece pays far more.

Combo 3 and Good! over the hull as a column of planks blasts away, +30 on each plank — 1Combo 3

Step 4

Clear back to back

Clear on back-to-back moves for a combo, and each clear in the chain pays more than the last.

A fresh set of three pieces in the tray, the hull's patched planks in the middle — 1A fresh set

Step 5

Use all three, leave room

Place all three pieces and a fresh set arrives. Leave room for them: if none of your pieces fits anywhere, the hull gives way, the board clears and you lose a quarter of your score. Play as long as you like; every run that scores counts toward your rank.

The rules, as the game tells them

DRAG a piece from the tray onto the hull — or click it, then click where it goes
Pieces go in as they come: no turning them. Use all three and a fresh set arrives
Green = it fits, red = it won't; the lines it would finish light up
Fill a whole ROW or COLUMN → it BLASTS clear; clear on back-to-back moves for a combo
If none of your pieces fits anywhere, the hull GIVES WAY: the board clears and you lose a quarter of your score

Play as long as you like — every run that scores counts toward your rank; hit ← Leave when you're done.

Word for word from the game: in play the same text sits behind the ? on the board, so this page cannot drift from it.