Move one tile and open the way for the ball
Rolling Ball is a sliding puzzle about connecting a starting point to a goal with grooved tiles. Rearrange the pieces around an empty space, close the breaks in the route, and watch the ball roll along the path you complete.
Instead of steering the ball directly, you prepare the route it needs. Wooden pieces and fixed metal tiles form a compact puzzle in which one move can change the possibilities across the board.
Separate movable pieces from fixed landmarks
You cannot simply lift a useful tile and place it anywhere. The empty space allows nearby movable tiles to slide, so reaching the right arrangement also means bringing that space to a useful position.
Tiles marked with nails cannot move. Check these fixed pieces, the start, and the goal first, then decide which shapes need to connect the spaces between them.
How to play
- Open a stage and locate the starting ball and the GOAL tile. Look at the directions in which the route must leave and enter them.
- Identify the nailed fixed tiles and the movable wooden ones. Find the current empty square as well.
- Slide a movable tile beside the empty square into that space. Rearrange pieces in an order that brings the required grooves together.
- Check the openings of the straight and curved paths. Two tiles being adjacent is not enough if their grooves face the wrong directions.
- Complete an unbroken route from the start to the goal. A correct connection lets the ball travel along the path.
- Review the Move, Target, and Best displays. Once you solve the layout, consider whether a more direct sequence could connect it with fewer moves.
Think about moving the empty space
When the tile you need cannot move immediately, look at where the empty square must go first. Planning that route can make a difficult rearrangement easier to understand.
A tile without a useful groove may still matter to the solution. Moving it temporarily can create the room needed to bring a path piece into position.
A section that already looks correct is not always something you must leave untouched. Sometimes a temporary adjustment helps the whole route come together more cleanly.
Read the route from both ends
Tracing only from the starting ball can make it easy to overlook the final turn into the goal. Look backward from the goal too, and identify the direction from which the last section must approach.
Fixed tiles are useful landmarks because they cannot be relocated. Their openings tell you about parts of the path that your movable pieces must eventually accommodate.
Compare the available straight and curved shapes with those requirements. This gives the sliding moves a purpose beyond simply trying an empty square at random.
Refine the sequence after finding a solution
The current move count, target, and best record provide ways to review how you solved the stage. First aim for a complete path, then look for unnecessary backtracking or a more efficient setup.
Ask which moves brought a useful tile closer to its destination and which only undid an earlier choice. That can help you plan the next puzzle more clearly.
The lower controls include Restart, Hint, and Undo. The hint control is marked with an ad symbol, so read the displayed conditions when choosing assistance.
See your plan turn into motion
The satisfying moment comes when separate grooves become one route and the ball begins to roll. It is a visible confirmation that the placement and sequence you planned fit together.
Simple sliding controls keep attention on shapes, empty space, and the order of moves. The challenge grows from coordinating those familiar parts rather than using complicated inputs.
Find the next useful shift, line up the openings, and build a clear passage from start to goal. In Rolling Ball, every moved tile is a step toward setting the ball in motion.
