memory · 1–3 minutes
Blink
A pattern flashes, then vanishes. Recreate it.
Start at
> Level 1: 4×4 to 5×5 grids, 4 to 8 faces
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How to play
- 01A grid of sleeping faces appears. For a moment, some of them wake up. Remember which.
- 02When they fall asleep again, wake the same faces: tap them in any order.
- 03Tap a face that wasn't awake and the level is lost.
- 04From level 41 faces wake in two shades. Tap once to wake a face, and tap twice quickly to wake it gray.
- 05Wake the whole pattern before the clock runs out. With half the clock left, the recall is perfect.
- 06You have three lives. A miss or a timeout costs one and gives you a fresh pattern at the same level.
- 07On a keyboard: the arrow keys move around the grid, and Space wakes a face.
Levels
- 1–20 · Beginner
- 4×4 to 5×5 grids, 4 to 8 faces
- 21–40 · Focused
- 5×5 to 6×6 grids, 8 to 11 faces, shorter looks
- 41–60 · Sharp (Plus)
- 6×6 grids, faces wake in two shades
- 61–80 · Expert (Plus)
- 6×6 to 7×7 grids, up to 12 faces in two shades
- 81+ · Master (Plus)
- 7×7 grids, up to 16 faces, the shortest looks
About
Blink is a visual memory game. You see a pattern for about a second and rebuild it from memory, so it trains the short-term memory you use to hold a picture in mind.
The grid grows from 4×4 to 7×7, the pattern from 4 faces to 16, and each look gets shorter. From level 41 every face also has a shade to remember.
Tips
- > Don't memorize faces one by one. See the pattern as shapes: a corner, a diagonal, a gap in the middle.
- > Say the shapes to yourself ("L top left, pair on the right") while the faces are awake.
- > On shaded levels, remember the gray faces as their own smaller shape, then tap those twice.
- > Wake the parts you're surest of first, while the picture is still fresh.
FAQ
Does the order I tap in matter?
No. Any order works. Only which faces you wake, and in which shade, counts.
I meant to tap twice but the face stayed normal.
The second tap has to come within about half a second. After that, or as soon as you tap another face, the first one settles as a normal face.
Is it free?
Yes. Every level is free to play in your browser, with no account and nothing to download.