Trackdyl

About Trackdyl

Trackdyl is one of the small daily games on G33Z3R Radio, a site built around music from past decades. The game shows one album cover a day, heavily blurred, and asks a single question: who is the artist? The site says everyone gets the same cover each day, and the cover changes at midnight.

You type an artist's name and pick from the suggestions, which come from the site's song catalogue. A wrong guess lowers the blur, so the sixth look is much clearer than the first. Getting it early is the point of the game, and the share text shows how many guesses you needed out of six and your streak if it is two days or more. After the round you can open the song's page on the site and play it.

Stats, win rate and streak are kept in your browser, with an optional free screenname to carry them to other devices and a leaderboard on the site. The game is free with no download. It suits players who liked Daily Sleeve or Popidle and know their artists by their sleeves.

How to play Trackdyl

1. Open g33z3r.com/games/trackdyl and look at the day's blurred cover.
2. Type an artist's name and pick it from the suggestions.
3. If it is wrong, the cover sharpens; look again and guess.
4. Name the artist within six guesses to keep your streak.
5. Share your numbered result without giving away the answer.

Tips

• Colours and layout often give away the era before any detail does; use them to narrow the decade.
• The answer is the artist, not the album, so any name from the right act counts.
• Hold back an early guess if the blur is heavy; a better look comes only after a miss, so make each guess a real candidate.

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