This article contains everything you need to know about Arkadium’s Dangle Drop Game.
Use the list below to navigate specific topics about Dangle Drop.
How to play
Dangle Drop is a fun gravity game where you drop stars from the skies to solve puzzles against a beautiful night sky. You must click on the empty dots to set them loose, in order to drop the white dots.
When clicking on a dot, you loosen it, like removing a nail from a wall. This causes the dot to swing wildly from any other dot it's held by. By using these swings, you can take out the white dots. Take out all of the white dots to solve the puzzle. Once you do, you'll move onto the next puzzle right away.
It's important to know the different kinds of dots.
Dots that are empty, with an empty circle in the middle, can be clicked. They cannot be broken by other dots.
Dots that are empty, with a full circle in the middle, can be clicked or broken by other dots.
Dots that are completely full, can only be broken by other dots. You must break all of these dots to finish each puzzle.
Fully empty dots are connector dots. These dots are not clickable or breakable, and they will completely come loose when the dots supporting them are clicked or broken.
You'll be able to know all of these dots when solving the more complex Dangle Drop puzzles.
Menu
This is the main menu of the game. You can choose to continue from the latest level you've reached, select any level you'd like, or turn the music and sound of the game on or off.
In the level select menu, you can choose between all of the different levels and use the scroll bar on the right to move among them.
When playing the game, you'll have three different icons above.
Clicking on the Compass will let you move back to the main menu.
Up top, you'll see the Level Indicator, which tells you the level you're in. Unlocked means you've just accessed the level. Retry means you're retrying a level you've failed before, and Continue means you've just loaded up your saved progress from the main menu. You'll also see Solution if you've just used a hint.
On the right, you'll see the Retry icon, which lets you retry a level from the beginning.
If you fail at a level, you'll also see a Telescope icon. This icon will give you hints on how to solve the puzzle.
If you use a hint, you'll be able to see all of the spots you must click on, numbered, to show you how the puzzle is completed.
Scoring
Dangle Drop has no scoring system. This game is meant to be a fun and relaxing puzzle game, without a specific scoring system or leaderboard. The game is incompatible with the regular competitive Arkadium leaderboards, and it's meant for simple fun progression.