The real constellations hiding in Pyxis
Some Pyxis webs are real constellations, from little Aries to Orion the hunter. How a figure from a star atlas becomes a level, and what happens when you clear one.
Pyxis
Guides and the constellation behind the name, from the game where every web has a way out.
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The daily web: one Pyxis puzzle a day, the same for everyone
Pyxis now has a daily web. Every player untangles the same one, the clock runs, and Play Games keeps a leaderboard. What daily webs are like and how to clear them fast.
How every Pyxis web is made, and why none is easier than the last
Every Pyxis level starts as a finished web and is tangled backwards. Here is how the webs are drawn, tangled, measured and put in order, chapter by chapter.
Why the threads in Pyxis feel alive
Knots on springs, strands that bow and settle, crossings that snap apart: the small physics that makes a Pyxis web feel like thread, not lines on a screen.
Pull a knot, let it go: the rules of Pyxis
Learn Pyxis on its first webs: drag a round knot anywhere, let go, and clear every tangle. Square knots, rails, rings, stars and the hint, one board at a time.
A compass in the stars: where the name Pyxis comes from
Pyxis is a small, faint constellation of the southern sky, a mariner's compass named by Lacaille. Here is the sky behind the name, and why a cleared web looks like it.