Glimpse

A shape in the middle and a star on the ring round it, shown for a split second and then covered. Which shape was it, and where was the star? The flash gets shorter and squares crowd the ring as you get better.

Glimpse trains how much you take in from a single look without moving your eyes — what researchers call the useful field of view, the skill a driver uses to notice a cyclist at the edge while watching the road ahead. A shape appears in the middle and a star somewhere on a ring round it, for a split second, and then a pattern covers them both.

How to play Glimpse

Press Start and keep your eyes on the middle of the ring.
The picture flashes: a shape in the middle, and a star at one of eight spots round it — among look-alike squares on the harder levels.
When the cover lifts, tap the shape that was in the middle and the spot where the star was, in either order. Either can be changed until both are in.
The flash starts at half a second and gets shorter as you get better — down to a twelfth of a second. In Practice there is no clock and every answer is explained.

Scoring

A round counts only when both answers are right: 10 points, and up to 5 more for a quick one.
Five good rounds in a row start multiplying your points, up to three times.
A wrong answer, or running out of time to answer, costs 5.

No clock

Choose No clock to play twenty rounds at your own pace: each round waits twice as long, there is no bonus for speed, and a wrong answer or a miss costs nothing — it only breaks your combo. A no-clock game keeps its own best, apart from the timed one’s.

Tips

Do not hunt for the star with your eyes — there is no time. Look at the middle and let the edge come to you.
Take the whole picture in at once; naming the shape to yourself first leaves the star till too late.
A star missed by one spot is the commonest slip. Picture the ring as a clock face: top, top right, right and so on.

Play it with friends

On your own, against the characters — each plays the game by its own rules the moment it starts, so there is always somebody to beat.
With friends, each on their own phone or laptop: one of you shows a code, the others type it in, and everybody gets exactly the same game on the same Go.
Taking turns on one device — pass it round, and each turn is scored against the turns before.

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