About Ripple Chain
Ripple Chain is a small puzzle about timing and placement, set in dark water full of glowing bubbles. You get three pulses per sector. A tap sends out an expanding ring. Every bubble the ring touches pops and sends out a smaller ring of its own. Clear all the bubbles in a sector and you drift on to the next one.
How it works
Click or tap anywhere on the water to send a pulse. The ring expands outward and fades as it grows. It pops any bubble whose edge it passes over. Each pop sends out a new pulse from that bubble, about two thirds the size of the one that made it. That smaller pulse pops its own neighbors, but the pulses after that are too small to travel, so a chain runs out after a couple of links. Aim for the middle of a cluster and one tap will clear most of it.
Each sector scatters several clusters of four to seven bubbles. Later sectors have more clusters, up to six. A sector always has the same layout, so you can plan your three taps. The bubbles drift slowly and bounce off the edges, so when you tap still matters a little.
- The top right shows how many bubbles you have popped and how many pulses you have left.
- Spare pulses at the end add a bonus, and each deeper link in a chain scores a little more.
Tips
- Look for the middle of a cluster. A tap there covers every bubble in it.
- Place a tap between two clusters, with each one just inside the ring. The small pulses then bridge the gap.
- Save a pulse for the last stragglers. A lone bubble is easy to miss, so keep one tap in reserve.
- Retry freely. The sector is the same every time, so each try teaches you where to tap.
- Listen as it plays. Each link in the chain rings a higher note.
Why it feels satisfying
The reward is the sound and light of a chain going off. The first pop is a low note, the next link is higher, and the rings change color from cyan toward violet as they go deeper. It sounds like a short arpeggio climbing a pentatonic scale, so even a messy chain sounds musical. Running out of pulses costs you nothing.
Questions
Why did my chain stop so soon?
Each new pulse is smaller than the one before, and below a certain size it does not start at all. Chains in this game are short on purpose. The skill is in placing the first tap so the ring reaches as many bubbles as it can.
What happens when I run out of pulses?
The water settles and a message tells you how many bubbles are left. Tap once to try the same sector again from the start.
Last updated November 3, 2026
