The Mercury Maze

Guide liquid mercury through a tilting maze. High surface tension keeps it in spheres. Impact walls to shatter into droplets, then coalesce at the exit.

Level Complete!

Droplets collected: 0

Time: 0s

Controls

Arrow keys / WASD - Tilt board
Mouse/Touch - Drag to tilt
R - Reset level

Stats

Droplets: 1
Mass collected: 0%
Time: 0s
Tilt: 0, 0

Physics

Surface tension: High
Density: 13.5 g/cm3
Cohesion: Strong

How to Play

  • Tilt the board to roll the mercury blob toward the green exit
  • Mercury has high surface tension - it forms spherical droplets and beads up
  • Impact walls hard to shatter the blob into smaller droplets
  • Droplets attract each other and will re-coalesce when close
  • Collect all droplets at the exit to complete each level
  • Mercury repels from walls - it won't wet surfaces