Slidesmith (TryHard Puzzles)

Slidesmith is an original game by TryHard Puzzles, the free site that also runs daily Star Battle and Queens boards. The board is five by five: eight red circles, eight yellow triangles, eight green squares and one gap. Tapping a tile in the same row or column as the gap slides every tile between them one step toward it, and that is one move. Dark bars on the board are walls that nothing slides through; they change every day.

A run is five rounds on the same board. Each round shows a small pattern, such as a square of four tiles in set colours, and you build it anywhere on the board, exactly as drawn. The board carries over, so each round starts from where the last one left the tiles. There is no clock: the score is your total moves, and par, shown before you start, is the fewest moves the server needed to play each round on its own. Since par looks at one round at a time, spending a move early to set up a later round can sometimes beat it.

Three runs go live at midnight UTC: Easy (par usually 5 to 7 moves), Medium (9 to 12) and Hard (12 to 15). They are the same for everyone, numbered (Slidesmith #22 on 6 October 2026), and can be replayed as often as you like, with only your best run counting. Past runs stay in the archive, and the next day's route page shows the best lines. Clearing any run keeps your streak; a free account saves it across devices.

It suits players who like planning a few moves ahead without time pressure, and anyone who enjoyed sliding-tile toys but wants a score to beat.