- Splinter Beat - - How to play - 1. Choose a difficulty. Click Novice, Standard, or Expert to begin. 2. Chop the tree. Watch for the blue arrows. When an arrow reaches the tree, tap the same side of the screen as the arrow to chop. If you tap the wrong side or don't tap before the next arrow appears, you lose 1 health point. 3. Stay alive. You start with 3 health points (located on a tree branch) . When they run out, the game ends. 4. Earn points. Each successful chop earns 5 points. Your score is displayed in the center of the tree. Update log 7/16/26 made expert mode harder Extras Lore - You are a lumberjack chopping down a tree. The tree resists your chops, but you persist, falling into a rhythm and making a beat. A Splinter Beat. (end of lore) Originally, the health was going to be hatchets, but my art looked really bad. In development, I was making the tree grow and then get chopped when you hit it with the hatchet, but the art wasn't good, and it didn't work very well. I added a duck at the top of the tree. Credits to Pixabay for the water and bird chirping sounds. Idea from when I was on a walk and saw a tree. The idea for this game popped right into my head! Took about five hours over two days to make.
