Carillon is out on Google Play

Carillon, the calm chain reaction puzzle where every pop is a note, is live on Google Play. What's in it, and where to start.

Shravan GoswamiShravan GoswamiMakes the gamesShravan runs Chaosmos. He designs the games, plays every build on his phone, and decides what ships., 2 min read
A Carillon field turned on its side, a chain from one tap running across it, each dot white-hot as it rings

Carillon is now live on Google Play. It is the one to play with the sound on.

What Carillon is

Tap a glowing dot and it pops, sending out a ring. Every dot the ring touches pops in turn and sends out its own. Clear the whole field within the taps a level allows.

A dot’s colour is its note and its size its octave, so every chain plays a little melody, and a full clear sounds like a song. Nothing moves until you tap, so each level is a quiet reading puzzle: which one tap reaches the most, and which dots can only be reached by a tap of their own.

What’s in it

  • Every level has a solution, and none is easier than the one before.
  • Chapters that each add a new rule: heavy bells, tuning forks, horns, chords and more.
  • Three stars for the fewest taps, with one spare tap when you need it.
  • A hint that lights the best tap and outlines everything its chain reaches.
  • Colour themes and instruments, each in light and dark. The music box and the Sepia colours come free.
  • No timers, no lives, no energy.
  • Every win makes a card you can share or save, and it plays fully offline.

Carillon's Instruments sheet: the marimba and the music box, which are free, and the Instrument pack's glass harp, kalimba, steel pan, harp and vibraphone

The Instrument pack adds five more ways for the bells to ring: harp, vibraphone, glass harp, kalimba and steel pan. You can try it for a few hours before you buy it.

Where to start

The first level is an arch of nine dots, and one tap sets the whole thing ringing. One tap, a whole chain walks through the rules, Why every pop is a note is the story of the sound, and The best next tap explains the hint.

Free to play

Carillon is free. Once you have solved a few levels, a small banner sits below the field, never over it. The first 15 levels have unlimited hints, and after that you get 3 free hints a day. The Supporter pack turns the ads off for good and makes every hint free.

Tell me what you think

If a chain made you smile, a rating on Google Play helps other players find Carillon. Found a bug, or a field that feels off? The support page is the quickest way to tell me.

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