Hushbell

Hushbell

Balance the bells

A summer porch, a quiet breeze, and a wind chime that is not finished yet. Hang every bell so each bar rests level, and when the chime is still, the wind plays the melody you built.

Download on the App Store Play today's chime free How to play

The sky on this page follows your clock, just like the porch in the game.

A two-bar wind chime at dusk, with weight times distance written above each side of the bars

Think first, hang second

How to play

Every bell shows its weight on a paper strip. Every chime has exactly one answer.

1

Hang a bell

Drag a bell from the bamboo rod onto a hook, or tap a bell and then a hook.

2

Level every bar

Each side pulls weight × distance. A heavy bell close in balances a light bell far out. A bar only tilts once all its hooks are filled.

3

Listen

When the whole chime is still, the wind arrives. Heavier bells sing lower, and the order you chose becomes the song.

Learn by playing

A short lesson for every rule

Eleven bite-sized lessons open right before the chime that needs them: weight × distance, the bar below, the last hook, bells that are too heavy to hang far out, wrapped bells and more. Each one is a tiny chime you solve yourself, with a line that says what you just learned.

8 = 2×3 + 2×1?×1 + ?×2

  • Show the sums writes the pull of each side above every bar while you play.
  • Lessons notebook in Settings keeps every lesson you have opened, to replay any time.
  • Hints that teach: a hint points at the rule to use next, with a button to its lesson, instead of placing a bell for you.
A lesson card above a one-bar chime: balance it in your head
The lessons notebook, listing each rule with a replay button

Three scenes, one puzzle

Choose your porch

The rules never change; the scene does. Open new scenes as you travel through the seasons, and switch any time in Settings.

Dusk porch scene

Dusk porch

Lanterns, glass bells, a garden at dusk

Ink wash scene

Ink wash

Ink on washi, one vermilion seal

Cut paper scene

Cut paper

Layers of paper, soft shadows

The sky follows the time of day on your device: morning, afternoon, dusk and night, with lanterns that light up after dark.

180 chimes

Six summer seasons

Each season brings a new material, a new sound and one new idea to reason with.

立夏Early Summeriron
芒種Rainy Seasonbamboo
小暑Lesser Heatglass
大暑Greater Heatceramic
立秋Autumn Beginsshell
白露White Dewbronze
A balanced chime with its three rings: hung right first, heard it yourself, lovely melody
The journey through six seasons

On the porch

Quiet puzzles, real logic

  • One answer, no guessing. Every chime is checked by a solver so it can be solved by reasoning alone.
  • Three rings on each chime: hung right first, heard it yourself, and a lovely melody.
  • Daily Chime: the same chime for everyone, gentle on Monday and harder by Saturday, with streaks and rest days.
  • Share a clip of your chime ringing, with a result grid that gives nothing away.
  • Calm by design: no timers, no lives, no energy. Reduce motion and a left-handed layout.
  • Five languages: English, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文 and 繁體中文.

Hang your first chime

Free to play on iPhone. A one-time purchase removes the ads between chimes and makes hints unlimited.

Or hang today's Daily Chime right here in your browser, and learn the seven solving tricks.

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