Clay Crossing

A small clay critter has to cross a five-lane road of clay cars and trucks, then a river of drifting logs and lily pads, to reach the nests at the top. Fill all five nests and the lanes speed up. Clay Crossing is the road-crossing classic, with a twist in the water.

What it is

Every hop moves the critter one square. Cars and trucks roll across the lanes at different speeds and in different directions; the river carries logs and pads left and right, and you ride whatever you land on. Some lily pads darken and dip under after a moment, so do not stand on one for long. Each life has a thirty-second clock, you have three lives, and every nest you fill scores more than the last. A level ends when all five nests are full, and the next one is faster.

How to play

Wait for a gap, then commit: a critter that hesitates in the middle of a lane gets flattened. On the river, hop early onto the log that is coming rather than the one that is leaving. Watch the pads that have started to darken and move on before they dip. A hop forward scores; hopping back and forth does not.

Controls

• Hop: the arrow keys or WASD.
• On a phone or with a gamepad: the stick, or swipe in the direction you want to hop.

Rated E (everyone). Runs without WebGL.

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