Point to Merge

Point to Merge is a level-based number puzzle where you steer blocks into each other. Each block can be pointed in a direction with an arrow, and the idea is to aim every block at its matching partner so the two merge. The developer says you start with two blocks numbered 2, and the numbers then climb through the doubling sequence: 4, 8, 16 and upwards, towards the final number.

There is no room for sloppy aim. One wrong move, or pointing a block out of the level, sends you back to restart the puzzle. There are 50 levels, and the developer describes them as getting progressively harder, with precision and careful thinking as the skills being tested. The developer's own instruction is simply 'point and merge'. The frame is portrait, at 720 by 1280.

Point each block's arrow towards the block it should merge with. When a block is sent into its match, the two combine into the next number in the sequence, so two 2s make a 4. Keep pairing blocks until you reach the final number. Aim with care: a single wrong move, or pointing a block outside the level, restarts the puzzle.

The developer does not list the controls for this game. It runs inside the frame above, so a click or a tap on the game is the place to start.

Because one bad move restarts the puzzle, check where each arrow leads before you commit, and make sure none points off the edge of the level. The numbers double with each merge, so pair blocks of the same value: find each block's partner first and plan the order of moves from there.

A number merge puzzle built on directing blocks with arrows, in a portrait frame. It has 50 levels with rising difficulty. A wrong move or an arrow pointed out of the level restarts the puzzle. Values follow the sequence 2, 4, 8, 16 and on.

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