Stepping Stones· Beginner

Goal

During the preview, memorize which tiles are safe (green) and which are danger (red). When play starts, the tiles turn gray — step only on safe tiles to reach G from S.

How to Play

  • All tile kinds are revealed during the preview countdown.
  • After tiles turn gray, move one cell at a time with arrows / WASD / tapping an adjacent cell.
  • Stepping on a danger tile costs a life and cancels the move. The tile is revealed permanently.
  • The reveal button briefly re-shows all tiles (limited uses).

Map accumulates

Stepped-on safe tiles glow faintly green; bumped danger tiles stay red — they serve as your growing map.

SG

Tip

  • Don't rush one direction — note the pattern first.
  • Use reveal sparingly; it costs score.
  • Hard mode forbids revisiting a tile (Hamiltonian path).

Visuospatial working memory relies on hippocampal and parietal circuits. Memorizing tile positions while planning a route mirrors Corsi Block-Tapping, a validated assay of spatial working memory.

  • Corsi, P. M. (1972). Human memory and the medial temporal region of the brain. Dissertation Abstracts International, 34(2-B), 891.
  • Kessels, R. P. C., van Zandvoort, M. J. E., Postma, A., Kappelle, L. J., & de Haan, E. H. F. (2000). The Corsi Block-Tapping Task: Standardization and normative data. Applied Neuropsychology, 7(4), 252–258.