cuthalf — one perfect cut

Cut the food in half. Not roughly in half — through the middle. cuthalf is a one-thumb arcade game about a single, precise stroke. Food pops onto the screen and you swipe through it. Catch it anywhere and you score. Catch it dead centre and you score a great deal more, and the run starts to build. A ROAD OF 200 LEVELS Every run moves you further along the road, through eight worlds: the Kitchen, the Market, the Orchard, the Bakery, the Seaside, Lantern Town, the Vault and the Summit. Every level hands you something — a new food, a blade trail, a scene, coins or a booster — and every so often you get to pick one of three. Each world ends on a trophy that no amount of coins can buy. XP is never spent, so the road only ever goes forward. THE RULE KEEPS CHANGING Every few seconds the banner asks for something new: cut anything, fruit only, red food only, dotted bananas only. Each rule has a clock. Meet it in time or lose a heart. The harder the rule, the more it pays. DEAD CENTRE PAYS The closer your cut is to the middle, the bigger the score. Cut cleanly to build your streak and fill the sharp meter; fill it and SHARP EYE kicks in, and for a few seconds anything goes at double points. Three of the same food in a line? Take them in one swipe for a combo. Big fruit can be cut twice: halves first, then quarters. MIND THE CHILLI You have three hearts. Cut a chilli and you lose one. Rotten fruit splatters the screen and sets you back, and frozen food takes two cuts. Charms are on your side: the Frost Shard stops time, the Twin Token doubles everything, and the Ward keeps you safe for a few seconds. A star fruit gives a heart back. 25 SCENES, 21 BLADES, 60 FOODS Play on a sunrise summit, at a night market, beside a frozen lake or on a pile of gold. Earn coins in your runs and spend them on scenes, blade trails and foods, or find them waiting on the road. Five luxury foods are earned the hard way: a 100-cut streak, a million-point run, 6,000 dead-centre cuts. Boosters give the next run a push: an extra heart, double XP or a head start. SOMETHING FOR EVERY DAY Three new missions every day, and a streak that pays more the longer you keep it. Your first run of the day earns double XP. One thumb. Ten languages. No account, no sign-up. Everything you earn stays on this device. cuthalf is free to play. It shows adverts (a banner on the pause and results screens, and videos you can choose to watch for coins or to continue a run) and offers in-app purchases of coins, a bundle and luxury foods.