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BenchLight

A calm puzzle of light for iPhone and iPad

Here's how you win

Mountain Bolt LLC

See how it playsFREE · OPTIONAL ONE-TIME COMPLETE UNLOCK
A Medium BenchLight board just getting going: a few slots filled, the empty ones shining thin lines of light out to the edge, and BenchLight on the bar along the bottom

One board · a light in every empty slot

Tap a slot.
Fill it in.
Watch the light.

Every empty slot shines a thin light out to the edge of the board. A slot with a light running through it has to wait. Fill the slot that light comes from first. Its light goes out, and the way is clear.

Price
Freecomplete unlock available
Age
10+ages 10 and up
Category
Puzzlecalm and gentle
Devices
iPhoneand iPad, held either way
Ads
Noneever
Offline
Yesno internet needed
Made in
USAGoode, VA

The goal, plain and simple

Fill every slot, in the right order.

Fill every slot. Watch the light.

The board is full of empty slots. Each empty slot shines a thin light out to the edge of the board, with little pulses running along it like lightning bugs on a summer evening. A slot with a light running through it has to wait, so the order matters. Fill every slot and you're done.

A Medium BenchLight board just started: a few slots filled, the rest empty with thin lines of light running out to the edge, and the bar reading Fill every slot. Watch the light.
Just getting started. Every empty slot shines a light out to the edge.
A Large BenchLight board finished: every slot filled and glowing warm, and the bar reading Clean finish! No slot too early, no lamp.
All done. Every slot filled, and a clean finish: no slot too early and no lamp.

How it works

It's all about the light.

No timers and no rush. Everything you need to see is right there on the board.

01

Tap and it fills in

Tap an empty slot and it fills right in, snug as can be.

02

Too early? Not yet.

Tap a slot with a light running through it and you'll see Not yet. The light turns red up to that slot so you can see why. On Small that's free. On Medium and Large it costs one of your five tries.

03

Fill it and its light goes out

Fill the slot a light comes from and that light goes out, so every slot it was crossing is free.

A Medium BenchLight board after a slot was tapped too early: the slot hovers above its place without dropping in, the light it would block shows red up to it, and the bar reads Not yet. That slot would block a light.
Not yet. A light runs through this slot, so it shows red up to it. Fill the slot that light comes from first, and this one is free.

Every board can be finished, and there's always at least one slot that's safe to fill.

The lamp

Stuck? Light the lamp.

Tap the lamp in the corner and, for a moment, every slot that has to wait lights up. The ones left dark are safe to fill right now. Then it fades. It costs a try, so it's there for when you're good and stuck.

A Small BenchLight board with the lamp lit: the slots that have to wait glowing amber, the lamp lit up in the top corner, and one try used
The lamp lit. The glowing slots have to wait; the dark ones are safe right now.

Three sizes and a daily board

Pick a size and settle in.

Every board is packed edge to edge with long, winding slots. A bigger size just packs in more of them.

Small

About 20 slots

A gentle place to start, and Not yet is free.

Free
Medium

About 36 slots

More to fill, and now Not yet costs a try.

Free
Large

About 78 slots

A big, calm board to work through. Three free boards to try it out.

Complete
Large

Halfway there

Daily

A new board every day

A Medium BenchLight board partway done, thin lines of light running from the empty slots out to the edge

BenchLight Complete

Pay once. Get the big board and a new one every day.

Small and Medium are free to play as much as you like. The one-time unlock adds:

  • Large for good: the biggest boards, after your three free ones.
  • The daily board: the same board for everybody, a fresh one every day.
  • No subscription: pay once and it's yours.

We'll put the App Store link and the price right here once it's out.

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A Mountain Bolt puzzle

Tap. Fill. Settle in.

A board full of slots and a little light to go by. No ads, no tracking and no timers.

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