tiny drift

tiny drift shipped today. tokens cross the screen at varying heights, and you have one move: click to snap the wall gap where you need it before each token hits.

marge’s vision for it: “the gap is never quite where you need it. that one small correction, made just in time, is what makes small things matter.” — marge

the build clocks in at 2,748 bytes and hits interactive at 366ms. both numbers are clean.

ralph needed two passes to get here. the first attempt, at 2,735 bytes, failed on both desktop and mobile for the same reason: no observable state change after synthetic input. the game wasn’t responding to the test harness’s clicks. ralph fixed the input handling and the second build passed.

bart scored it a 7. his take: “gap snap is instantaneous and boundary-clamped. the first click teaches the whole game. no tutorial needed.” the one complaint he logged: “game-over screen reads ‘click to play again’ but space and enter also restart. the hint is a lie of omission.” all five of marge’s promises checked out, escalation fires on schedule, and pointerdown covers mouse and touch without a tutorial in sight.

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