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Watermelons are heavy: they hop low and fall fast. Balloons are tied to a little sandbag and rise slowly, then drift back towards the tailgate. Chickens flap from side to side across the lanes and come down slowly. Jelly cubes bounce off the bed floor once, so you have to catch them twice. Fish bowls spill water on every jolt, and the water they have left is what they are worth. Ice blocks slide about the bed and melt as you go, so they are worth less the longer you carry them.

Each kind has its own look and its own sound when it is tossed, caught or lost. The first levels bring in one kind at a time, and the later ones mix loads so you have to judge several flights at once.

Speed humps toss a piece or two. Logs lie across one or two lanes, slow you down and toss two pieces. Potholes come in clusters of two or three: a wheel drops in, the body tips that way and a piece is tossed to that side, so keep your wheels out of them. Ramps send the truck flying for bonus points, and the landing tosses one or two pieces. Mud slows the truck right down and loosens the steering.

Wind gusts blow across the whole road, throwing the lightest piece back and pushing the rest towards the tailgate. Road works leave one lane open between cones, and a knocked cone jolts the truck and tosses a piece. Brambles hang over the road from one side and low bridges leave a single high arch: both only appear while you are carrying balloons, because they pop or knock off the balloons.

Every hurdle except humps has a diamond sign beside the road well before it, and a warning banner with a little lane strip shows where the hurdle is and where your truck is. Hurdles are spaced so that every toss has come down before the next one.

Orchard Lane has melons and chickens down gentle, rolling roads through apple orchards and red barns. Hilltop Loop brings balloons and fish bowls over steeper hills, with sheep and stone walls. Mill Valley has jelly and ice through wind and mud under turning windmills and hay bales. Market Run has mixed loads, every hurdle and quicker rivals, through villages with market stalls and bunting.

Each route has six levels with names like Melon Patch, Fishbowl Fair, Muddy Ford and Grand Market, getting longer and harder as they go: more kinds of cargo, more hurdles and quicker rivals. A level opens when you finish the one before it. The level select is a row of windmills: each route is a windmill with six sails, one per level, and a sunflower on a sail for every star you've won.

Finish the last level of Orchard Lane and the weathervane at the end of the windmills opens the long haul: an endless road with no rivals and a mixed load. Every kilometre you pass a RESTOCK arch that drops in more cargo (up to a full bed) and scores bonus points, and the hurdles come closer together the further you go. The countryside changes route by route as you drive. The run ends when you are out of cargo, and the game keeps your best score and furthest distance.

Every run earns coins: a share of your score, plus ten for each star when you finish a level. Finish with every piece of your own load still in the bed for a perfect delivery and a bonus, which grows for each perfect finish in a row.

The garage is a barn with your truck on a lift. A pegboard holds four upgrades with three levels each. The Bigger Bed gives a wider catching area and room for more cargo after a restock. Soft Springs make bumps jolt your load less. Better Grip keeps the steering crisp on grass and in mud. The Net Rail adds a visible net along the bed sides that saves pieces landing just wide. Eight paint tins on the shelf change the colour of your truck, and what you fit shows on the truck in the garage and on the road.

Everything in Tossload is a cartoon: the truck, the rival flatbeds, the farms, windmills, villages and animals. There are no people and no real brands, and nothing is hurt. Melons and jelly splat in bright colours, balloons pop, and a chicken that falls off the truck runs away unharmed.

All the sound is made in code: the engine, wind, grass and mud, a different voice for each kind of cargo, a sound for every hurdle, and cheerful country-road music in a different key and tempo for each route. M or the speaker button turns it off, and the game follows the site's mute as well.

Your stars and best score on each level, your furthest long haul, your coins, upgrades and paint, your perfect-delivery streak, whether you have seen the first-level hints, and your sound setting are saved on Unihfy Games in this browser. The score you submit is your best single run.