Bigtop Shift

Bigtop Shift is a cosy time-management game about running the evening show in a striped circus tent on a summer meadow. You are the ringmaster in the top hat: the acts wait behind the curtain, the benches are full of families, and the garland lights are already glowing. Keep the ring busy and the crowd happy until the very last bow. Every evening plays out in a couple of minutes. Acrobats, jugglers, trained poodles and clowns warm up in the wings, and you decide who goes into the sawdust ring next. Each row of the audience shows which kind of act it is hoping for, so a good running order makes the whole tent cheer. Between acts, hands go up for popcorn and programmes. Tap a fan to hand them a treat before their patience runs out. The applause meter fills as the show goes on, and finishing the full bill earns tickets for the company. KEY FEATURES ✓ A real juggling act of your own: send acts into the ring in a smart order while keeping the rows served ✓ Twenty hand-painted acts to hire, from the Flying Swallows on the trapeze to Meringue the poodle on her pedestal ✓ Four kinds of fans with their own tastes: little ones love the poodles, grandparents admire a steady juggler, parents laugh at the clowns and teens cheer the trapeze ✓ A variety streak that rewards a mixed bill; the same kind of act twice in a row makes the crowd yawn ✓ Six towns and forty-eight evenings, growing from four acts a night to twelve ✓ Big-top upgrades with four tiers each: bigger canvas, bulb garlands, a ring orchestra, fresh sawdust, spotlights and cushioned benches ✓ A treat stand to grow: a copper popcorn kettle, a bigger cart, a programme press and helpful ushers ✓ Ring decorations, twenty-four tour posters to collect and thirty ringmaster honours to earn HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick tonight's evening on the tour map and read the playbill: the line-up, who is sitting in the stands and the applause goal. 2. Raise the curtain. Send ready acts from the wings into the ring and match what the rows are hoping for. 3. Serve popcorn and programmes to raised hands, and watch out for the intermission rush on busier nights. 4. Finish the bill to earn one to three stars and tickets, then spend tickets on new acts, upgrades and decorations. 5. Roll the wagons on from Meadowbrook to Lanternford, Pebble Bay, Harvest Hollow, Willowmere and finally Starfall Heights. WHY BIGTOP SHIFT Everything you see is painted by hand in a warm, storybook style, from the striped tent and the string lights to the chubby, friendly performers. The acts are gentle and funny, the tone is festive, and the whole family can play together. Short evenings make it easy to play a show or two at a time, while the tour, the troupe and the poster wall give you something to build toward. A built-in handbook explains every rule, and settings let you switch off sound, vibration or animations. PRIVACY Bigtop Shift works fully offline. There is no account, no ads and no tracking, and nothing leaves your device. Tickets are earned only by playing shows. There are no purchases of any kind. Step into the ring, ringmaster: the crowd is waiting and the band is ready.