A FALLING-BLOCK PUZZLE GAME

THIS GAME COSTS $500.

Now score your way to $500.

THIS GAME COSTS $500.

This game cost exactly $500 to make.

So we turned that number into the goal.

THE MONEY LOOP

SCORE

209,747

VALUE EARNED

$0.01

YOUR SCORE IS MONEY.

In-game value, shown as dollars — not a real-money payout.

  1. $0.01
  2. $0.10
  3. $1
  4. $5
  5. $10
  6. $25
  7. $50
  8. $100
  9. $250
  10. $500

THE MILESTONE LADDER

Ten named stops on the way to $500 — not a smooth curve, a series of real, nameable wins.

  1. $500
  2. $250
  3. $100
  4. $50
  5. $25
  6. $10
  7. $5
  8. $1
  9. $0.10
  10. $0.01

THE GAMEPLAY

A falling-block puzzle game. Move, rotate, hard-drop, soft-drop, hold — with three pieces of lookahead, so you can actually plan.

  1. DROP
  2. HOLD
  3. PLAN
  4. STACK
  5. CLEAR
Real gameplay: an early board, mostly empty, with the hold slot and three-piece next queue visible.
Real gameplay: the hold slot in use, a piece stored for later, board partway filled.
Real gameplay: the board nearly full, a piece falling into a narrow gap.

IT DOESN’T SLOW DOWN

Speed only goes one direction: up. There’s no safe plateau, for the whole run.

  • NO ROOM.
  • SO CLOSE.
  • ONE MORE.

$500

YOU MADE IT.

THIS GAME COSTS $500.

Now play it.

See the game