Garden Hole

How to play

In short

• Move the hole around the garden. Anything smaller than the hole falls in.
• Every thing you eat gives points and the hole grows with them. A big hole eats a bench, a car or even a barn.
• Reach the level goal before time runs out. A better result earns up to three stars.

Goal

Each level has a goal: eat a number of things, a share of the whole garden, chosen things (for example 20 apples) or grow the hole to a given size. The first star is for the goal, the second and third for a better result. A level ends when time runs out, when you earn the third star or when you eat the whole garden. The clock starts when you first move the hole.

What the hole eats

• A thing falls in when it is a little smaller than the hole and its centre is inside the hole. When the hole covers most of a thing, it gently pulls it in.
• Bigger things are only pushed aside. Eat small things first, then medium ones and big ones last.
• When the hole grows big enough for something new, the game says so at the top, for example You can eat benches now.
• Several things eaten quickly in a row make a combo with extra points.

Levels

• There are 30 levels in six places: vegetable garden, orchard, playground, farmyard, park and picnic. More gardens follow after them.
• The first two levels have no time limit. The next level unlocks when you earn at least one star in the previous one.
• Stars in total unlock hole rim colours at 12, 30 and 50 stars. Pick the colour on the start screen.
• The game remembers your progress in this browser. A level you left waits paused when you come back.

Daily hole

Every day there is a new garden, the same for all players. You have 60 seconds. Points come from eaten things and combos. If you eat the whole garden early, you also get 10 points for every second saved. The first finished game of the day goes to the leaderboard, later games are practice.

Controls

• Touch: drag your finger anywhere on the garden. The hole moves the same way as your finger, so your finger never covers it. When you lift the finger, the hole finishes the move.
• Mouse: the hole follows the pointer. The further away the pointer is, the faster it goes.
• Keyboard: arrow keys or W, A, S, D. Esc or P pauses the game.