Flywheel
Tap in time to keep the wheel spinning.👆
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Play to set a score, then submit it to the board.
About Flywheel
Flywheel hands you a single tap and, unusually, lets your own skill decide how hard the game gets. A wheel spins with a marker on its rim and a strike zone at the top; you tap each time the marker sweeps through the zone. A sloppy-but-legal tap keeps you alive, but a dead-centre, perfect one feeds the wheel momentum — it speeds up, the next beat arrives sooner, and your score climbs. In other words, the better you play, the faster and tighter it gets, so you are literally authoring your own difficulty curve, one perfect tap at a time. Miss the zone entirely three times and the run ends. The counter-intuitive discipline is to settle into the rhythm rather than chase it: watch the marker, let its motion cue your hand, and as the wheel accelerates, start tapping a hair early to meet the shrinking window. It is free, instant, and made for one thumb in the browser, and it remembers how fast and how long you managed to hold control.
How to play
- A wheel spins with a marker on its rim and a strike zone at the top.
- Tap each time the marker sweeps through the zone.
- A perfect, dead-centre tap adds momentum — the wheel speeds up and the next beat comes sooner.
- Miss the zone entirely and you lose a life. Three misses end the run.
Strategy & tips
- Aim for the centre of the zone, not just anywhere inside it — perfect taps drive your score up.
- The better you play, the faster it spins, so settle into the rhythm rather than rushing.
- When the wheel accelerates, tap slightly earlier to account for the tighter window.
- Do not panic after a good-but-not-perfect tap; hold your timing steady.
- Watch the marker, not the clock — let the wheel’s motion cue your taps.
FAQ
What makes Flywheel different?
Your timing accuracy sets the tempo: the wheel’s speed is your score, so playing well makes it faster and harder — you author your own difficulty.
How does a run end?
When you miss the strike zone three times. Your score is how fast (and how long) you kept the wheel spinning.
What counts as a perfect tap?
Tapping when the marker is dead-centre in the strike zone — a perfect tap adds the most momentum and speeds the wheel up the most.