Cubecast (Dayzle)

About Cubecast (Dayzle)

Cubecast is one of the original daily games on Dayzle, a site of puzzle games owned by TLL Studios in Valencia. Each day at your local midnight it sets a new model, and everyone gets the same one.

The board is a flat plan seen from above. Plain squares are the top shadow: you may build only there, never on the striped squares. The numbers under the plan are the front shadow, the tallest stack in each column, and the numbers beside it are the side shadow, the tallest stack in each row. Tap a square to add a cube, press and hold or right-click to take one off. Each number shows a tick when it matches, an up arrow when a stack must grow and a down arrow when it is too tall.

Above the plan, a turnable 3D model shows what you have built, and three cards compare your front, side and top shadows with the target. The counter shows your cubes against par. Reaching par gives three stars and ends the day; par plus one or two gives two stars, and above that a Finish button gives one. Undo and Start over are free.

The week has a shape: a 3x3 plan on Monday and Tuesday, 4x4 from Wednesday to Saturday and 5x5 on Sunday, when the crossings get harder to spot. Past editions can be replayed from the archive.

How to play Cubecast (Dayzle)

1. Open Cubecast on Dayzle and read the day's plan: plain squares can take cubes, striped ones cannot.
2. Tap a square to add a cube; press and hold, or right-click, to remove one.
3. Match the numbers under the plan (tallest stack per column) and beside it (tallest stack per row), following the tick and arrow marks.
4. Check the Front, Side and Top cards until all three shadows match, and turn the 3D model to look at your build.
5. Bring your cube count down to par for three stars.

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Tips

• Build the top view first: one cube on every plain square, then raise only the stacks marked with an up arrow.
• Look for crossings: one tall stack can meet a column's number and a row's number at once and save cubes.
• A square can never be taller than the smaller of its column and row numbers, so do not try higher.
• Removing cubes costs nothing, so trim extra cubes once all three shadows match.

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