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Game notebook / Hextris

Hextris: read all six sides.

The central hexagon rotates; the incoming blocks keep falling. Learn the boundary, the match rule and the effect of a clear before trying to extend combos.

Hextris: read all six sides.
The Hextris opening screen from the creators’ official press kit.

KEEP IN MIND

  • Any face can cause a loss at the boundary.
  • Three touching blocks of one color make a clear.
  • Watch how the blocks above a clear fall.
  • Learn stack control before chasing combos.

Keep the boundary in view

The creators describe the outer grey hexagon as the loss boundary. When a stack on any face grows beyond it, the run ends. Look around all six faces instead of watching only the piece currently falling toward the center.

Join a group of the same color

A connected group of at least three same-colored blocks disappears. The blocks above slide down. A clear therefore changes the arrangement of a stack, not just its height. Watch the new arrangement before deciding on another turn.

Rotate with a destination in mind

As a learning approach, choose which face should receive an incoming block before rotating. Keep a lower stack available when possible. Rotating repeatedly without checking the other faces can move a crowded stack into the next block’s path.

Use the combo outline as a second cue

The shrinking outline around the boundary shows the combo window described in the press kit. Try linked clears after you can keep the stacks under control. Chasing the outline while ignoring a nearly full face can end the run.

Start the local copy

Open the player on this site, click the play symbol and click inside the frame if the arrow keys do not reach it. Left and right rotate the hexagon. The upstream code also includes touch controls, but a full mobile gameplay session has not been verified by this guide.

WATCH THE GAMEPLAY

See the timing for yourself.

Gameplay video linked in the creators’ press kit.

Read the originals.

PUT IT INTO PRACTICE

Open a game.

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Rotate. Stack. Make room.

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