Tape Tap

Tape Tap is a one-mechanic puzzle: a pile of identical paper tape strips overlaps at random angles, and the player peels them off one at a time, always the one that lies on top.

Several strips can be free at once, and a strip only becomes free when every strip lying over it has gone. All strips look alike, so the player judges the order from the edges where one strip crosses another. A wrong tap shakes the strip and costs one of three hearts. There is no timer, so a round rewards looking carefully, not tapping fast.

A round lasts well under a minute, which fits a short break in the day. The first levels teach themselves in a few taps. Later levels stack strips two or three deep and shrink the colour difference between them.