Mind the Top: Merge Puzzle

Mind the Top is a physics merge puzzle with one simple rule and plenty of room to get clever. HOW IT PLAYS Drag to aim, let go to drop. When two identical pieces touch, they merge into the next piece up the chain. Eleven steps take you from the smallest piece to the biggest, and merging two of the biggest clears them away for a bonus. Pieces roll and nudge each other, so every drop changes the pile. The next piece is always shown, and a guide marks where yours will first land. MIND THE TOP Near the top of the container is a line marked TOP. If the pile stays above it, the game is over. Pull it back down in time and you play on. CHAINS Merges within 1.5 seconds of each other form a chain, and each merge in a chain scores more, up to four times its usual value. Bigger merges are worth more too. SEVEN THEMES The physics does not change across themes, but they offer a different look and feel. - Orchard is free from the start. - Sports Day and Crazy Mix are earned by play: reach the eighth piece in the chain for Sports Day, and the tenth for Crazy Mix, which deals a new mix of objects every game. An optional video unlocks either one early. - Deep Space, Sweet Shop, In Bloom and Precious Outback are in-app purchases. THE DAILY One puzzle a day: the same pieces in the same order for everyone, and one attempt. Missed a day? Past days stay playable from the calendar. Play enough days in a month to earn a bronze, silver or gold trophy. Separately, playing any game on consecutive days builds your streak. If you like, turn on a daily reminder at a time you choose, and only when the Daily is still unplayed. ACHIEVEMENTS Twenty-five to collect: milestones, bigger and bigger pieces, popping pairs of the biggest, games played with no help, Daily and streak goals, big pieces across several themes, and one for reaching the top of each theme. Your progress toward each one is shown as you play. YOUR PLAYER PAGE Choose a name, and any piece from a theme you own as your picture. Your stats, trophies and achievements all live on the Player tab. GOOGLE PLAY GAMES If you use Google Play Games, your achievements appear on your Play Games profile, and your progress and settings are saved to your Google account, so they follow you to a new phone. It is optional, and the game plays the same without it. DROP SPEED Slow, Medium or Fast. A slower drop is easier to aim, and you can change it at any time. BOOSTS, UNDO AND CONTINUE Four boosts: Remove a piece, Shake the container, Upgrade a piece, and Drop 25. In a regular game the first use of each is free; after that, an optional short video buys one more use, up to three videos a game across all four. Undo takes back your last move: the first is free, and a video buys two more, up to two videos a game. Topped out? Once per game, watch a video to continue where you left off. The Daily allows one boost per attempt and no continues. CLASSIC AND ASSISTED SCORES Best scores are kept in two tables: Classic, for runs that took no help, and Assisted, for runs that used a continue, an undo or a boost. Stats also show the biggest piece you have reached in each theme. REMOVE ADS The optional Remove Ads purchase removes the full-screen ads between games. The optional videos for continuing, undoing, boosts and unlocking a theme early stay available if you want them. Watching one is your choice.

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