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A fisherman in an orange rain slicker crosses open water from dusk to dawn by swinging from wooden post to wooden post on a rope and a metal hook. Hold to wind up the swing, let go to fling the hook, and it has to land inside the glowing yellow catch window on the next post. Too little power and he drops short into the water; too much and he sails past the post. Every catch is one post further, and one miss ends the run. The posts slowly spread apart, climb into tall pilings and the catch windows slowly shrink the further you get. Go far enough and some posts turn into bobbing buoys, and gusts of wind start pushing the hook in flight, so it's one button, one meter and one question every swing: how much is enough?
Genre: Action
Difficulty: Easy first posts, then gaps that slowly widen, posts that climb and catch windows that slowly narrow, with bobbing buoys and gusts of wind joining later, until everything settles at a hard level
Tanglehook has a single input and a single question: how long to hold. There are no power-ups, lives or upgrades. Each post sits at a different height and a different distance, so the right amount of charge is different every time, and you have to read each gap before you swing.
Swinging is safe as long as you don't hurry. You can watch the next post, the height of its catch window and the gap for as long as you need, and only the swing itself is on the clock.
The first posts are close together with wide catch windows. From there the gaps between posts grow a little with every post, over roughly the first hundred and twenty, and the catch windows narrow over roughly the first hundred and forty. Every five posts the route also steps a little higher, until around post 50, so the posts become tall pilings standing well above the water.
Two more things join in on top. From around post 60, the odd post is a bobbing buoy, never two in a row at first; buoys get a little more common and bob a little further and faster up to around post 160. From around post 80, gusts start to blow on some swings, rare and gentle at first and slowly getting more frequent and stronger up to around post 200. After that nothing else changes, so a long run stays hard but steady.
The heights are random, so no two runs are the same, and a run that's going well can still be ended by one misjudged swing.
Every 25 posts the scene moves on: from sunset to a moonlit night, then a foggy sea, then dawn, and round again. A far coast with turning lighthouse beams slides past behind you. The change is only for looks: the posts, buoys and catch bands play the same in every scene, and a new run always starts back at dusk.
All the sound is made in code: the rising hum of the charge, the whoosh of the throw, the thunk of the hook biting into wood, the clank and bell of a buoy, the rush of a rising gust, the splash when you fall in, and a little rising chime when you beat your best. The game follows the site's sound switch.
Your best run is saved on Unihfy Games in this browser, and your score is the number of posts cleared in a single run.
Developer · Game Reviewer
Kaushik Hirpara is a full-stack developer and game reviewer at Unihfy Games. He does most of the work of bringing games to the site — adapting them to run properly in a browser, getting them working on phones, playing them, and writing up what players need to know.
Unihfy Games
Tanglehook is an original game created and published by Unihfy Games. We continue to improve it with new features, gameplay enhancements, and platform optimizations.
Designed and built in-house by Kaushik Hirpara at Unihfy Games. All code, art and sound are original.
Press and hold to charge the swing, then let go. The hook flies to the next post, and it has to reach the post inside the yellow catch window. Each post you catch adds one to your score, and a miss drops the fisherman into the water and ends the run.
The hook only bites inside the yellow catch window. If it reaches the post above or below the band, it slips past and the fisherman falls in. Charge a little less if you went over the top, or a little more if you came in under it.
No. A full charge throws harder than any gap needs, so it sails over the catch window. Close posts need about a third of the meter, and even the widest gaps late in a run need only about three quarters. Judge each gap and let go before the meter turns red.
Yes, slowly. Posts drift further apart and catch windows get narrower over roughly the first hundred and twenty to hundred and forty posts, and the route climbs a little every five posts until around post 50. Bobbing buoys turn up from around post 60 and gusts of wind from around post 80, both rare at first and slowly more common. By around post 200 everything has settled and stays the same for the rest of the run.
Watch it bob a couple of times before you charge. It moves slowly and steadily, so you can time your release for the hook to arrive while the yellow band is where your swing will land. The hook has to be inside the band at the moment it reaches the buoy.
A gust pushes the hook sideways while it flies. A headwind holds it back, so charge a little more; a tailwind carries it on, so charge a little less. The sign at the top of the screen shows which way it blows and how strong it is before you start, and it doesn't change in the middle of a swing.
No. You can wait as long as you like before each swing. Only the length of your hold matters.
Yes. Touch and hold anywhere on the screen to charge, and lift your finger to swing. On a computer, hold the mouse button, Space or Enter.
Yes. Your best run is kept in this browser on Unihfy Games. Clearing your browser data removes it.
Tanglehook was designed and built in-house at Unihfy Games by Kaushik Hirpara. Its code, art and sound are all original, and everything you see and hear is generated by the game itself.
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