TickLock vs Ring Flick

TickLock is a tactile puzzle about a brass padlock, a chain of enamel rings and the clips that hold them together. Every turn clicks into place like a dial, and every solved level ends with the padlock snapping open. HOW TO PLAY • Rings hang from the padlock, linked by clips. • Turn a ring until its gap sits on a clip, then let go: the clip springs open. • A ring with no clips left drops away. Drop every ring and the padlock opens. • Geared rings turn together, in opposite directions. • Bolted steel rings can't be grabbed. Turn them through the rings they're geared to. • Each 15° click costs one tick, and every level has a tick budget. Hard levels leave little room, so think before you turn. MADE TO FEEL GOOD • Detents that hold, then snap to the next notch, with layered haptics on iPhone. • 3D mechanical-keyboard keycaps that tilt toward your finger, bottom out and spring back. • Every sound is synthesized: ticks, gear chatter, clip snaps and the final unlock. • Most iPads have no haptic engine, so on iPad the sound and visual detents carry the feel. 60 LEVELS, ALL SOLVABLE • Every level is verified solvable by a solver. • Each level has a par: the fewest ticks the solver found. Can you open the lock at par? • Undo any move, hold Restart to start over, and ask for a hint when you're stuck. ADS AND REMOVE ADS TickLock is free to play and supported by ads. • Occasional full-screen ads: after every few cleared levels and after a long run of undos, with a cooldown in between. • Rewarded ads are always your choice: watch one for another hint (the first hint in each level is free) or for +10 ticks when you run out. • A one-time Remove Ads purchase turns off full-screen ads. Rewarded ads stay available as an optional bonus. • Already bought it? Tap Restore in Settings. ALSO • English and Korean • iPhone and iPad, with a layout made for iPad • No account and no sign-in. Progress and settings stay on your device. • Plays offline. Ads need an internet connection.

Flick a ring and it spins by itself, clicking round until something stops it. When its gap reaches a buckle, the strap lets go. But the strap does not vanish: it stays on the other ring as a button, and that button will stop that ring later. So the question is never "what can I free?" It is "who lets go, and in what order?" HOW IT PLAYS • Flick a ring left or right. It turns until it stops: that is one turn. • A gap that reaches a buckle lets the strap go. • The strap stays on the neighbour as a button. A button stops its ring at the next buckle. • A ring with no strap left flies off the table. Clear them all. • Clear levels to collect stamps, then replay them to master the fewest-turn solution. No timer, no lives, and undo is always free. WHAT IS INSIDE • 150 levels in 5 worlds, with a best-move target to master on every puzzle. • No boosters. There is no hammer to buy and no level that needs one. • A new daily tangle every day, with gentler starter puzzles while you learn and tougher challenges as you progress. Standard daily puzzles include a Game Center ranking. • A streak that rewards coming back, with freezes for the days you miss. • Earn your first album stamp after three levels, then collect 15 section stamps, 7 weekday postmarks and feats for playing well. • Hints that point the way and never turn a ring for you. • If a position can no longer be cleared, the game tells you at once and takes you back in one press. • Thread, leather, buttons and cloth: a craft table you can almost touch. • Works offline. Plays on iPhone and iPad, in portrait or landscape. FAIR BY DESIGN The game is free, with ads between some levels after the first ten. One purchase removes them for good. There is no game currency, nothing random to buy and nothing to wait for.