About Wellspring
Dig tunnels through the soil to carry water into a dry root-shrine. Guide some through the three pool-candles on the way, then watch the water test your route.
How to play
- Goal
- Dig channels through the earth so the spring water fills the dry root-shrine and blooms the three pool-candles on the way.
- How it ends
- A level is won when the shrine is full, and lost when too little water is left to fill it or nightshade ooze reaches it.
- Record
- The fastest fill and the least earth dug for each level, with all three pool-candles bloomed.
- Press and drag on the earth to dig a tunnel; only earth can be dug, and a dig carries on past stone. With keys, move a cursor with the arrows and press Space to start digging: the cursor digs as it moves until you press Space again.
- Nothing moves until your first dig; from then on the water runs and the clock runs, and you can keep digging while it flows. Water falls, runs down slopes and spreads out flat, but cannot climb. A pool-candle drinks the water that touches it and blooms after six drops; the number on the shrine is the drops it still needs, and the level is won when it is full.
- A level is lost when too little water is left to fill the shrine. Blightmoss turns water that touches it into more moss; nightshade ooze and water destroy each other, and ooze withers a candle and fouls the shrine; a rune bowl filled with water lifts the stone gate with the same rune; ember-stone boils water into steam, and frost turns it back. R starts the level again at once.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Drag | Dig a tunnel through the earth |
| Arrows | Move the digging cursor (Shift for bigger steps) |
| Space · Enter | Start or stop digging at the cursor |
| R | Start the level again |
| Escape | Stop digging, or pause (after the first dig, the run no longer counts for a record) |
Good to know
The pool-candle is the Drenalveth of Orenvalt's marshes. Ranked results are checked by replaying your moves. Your progress stays in this browser.
