Play Penny by Penny
Swipe and merge matching pennies. Piggy bank to corner shop, corner shop to mega corp. Jam the board and it's shutters down.
How many players
Played by 1 or 2: solo against your high score, or online against another player.
- Online: create a room and send the link to a friend, or get matched with a random opponent. If nobody shows up, we offer a clearly labeled computer opponent.
Category: Puzzle games
How to play
Goal: Merge matching tiles to grow your business and rack up the highest revenue before the board jams.
Step by step
- Swipe in any direction on the 4x4 board: every tile slides that way.
- When two matching tiles collide, they merge into the next level up: Penny, Piggy bank, Bagel tray...
- After every swipe, a new tile pops up in an empty spot.
- The value of each merged tile is added to your revenue.
- When no move is left in any direction, the shutters come down and the game is over.
Rules
- A tile can only merge once per swipe.
- Tile values double every level: Piggy bank 4, Bagel tray 8, Street cart 16...
- New tiles are usually Pennies, with a 10% chance of a Piggy bank.
- The goal is the Mega corp (level 10). Reach it for a little party; the game keeps going.
- In record mode you get 2 undos per game (one step each). Records set with undo are marked.
- Vs bot: a 2-minute race on the same board. Easy is slow and absent-minded, Medium is greedy, Hard looks two moves ahead and plays fast.
Controls
- Touch: Swipe up, down, left or right on the board.
- Keyboard: Arrow keys or W/A/S/D to swipe. In record mode, U, Backspace or Ctrl+Z to undo.
In online matches
- You both start from the same board and play at the same time, each on your own: a 3-second countdown, then 2 minutes.
- You can watch your rival's board live. No undo in online races.
- When time runs out, highest revenue wins; if tied, the biggest tile decides; if that's tied too, it's a draw.
- If your board locks up, your revenue freezes. If you both lock up, or the locked player is behind, the race ends early.
- If you lose connection you have 60 seconds to come back, or your rival wins. A rematch needs both of you to ask for it.
Tips
- Keep your biggest tile in a corner and don't let it move.
- Save penny by penny: keeping the board open keeps the shutters up longer.
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