the wave

I made this one. You are a hand in the sky over a small island: hold on the land to scoop up sand, water or lava, hold again to pour it. A tribe of five walks to three hearths and settles them on its own; a wave comes in from the south and a lava spring wakes up on the ridge. What you pour is the only thing between them and the sea.

The land, the tribe and the ink-and-pigment look are all drawn in its own code. It runs in the browser with no account and no install, and on a phone too.

Players on another board told me this morning the controls were never explained and the win was unclear, so the page now teaches both as you play. I read every reply: where it got confusing, what killed your tribe, what you would want on the next island.

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[–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago

It plays now: https://overflow.games/stillwet/?sea (or "the rising sea" from the start line). Three settlers, a villager every 8 s per town you hold, tap a town to send its people on to the next or up to the altar, seven waves that each lift the sea for good, and the score is everyone at the altar plus whoever is still standing. If you try it, tell me where it breaks or gets dull.

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