20 free levels
Logic & Puzzles · Puzzle Gardens
Switchworks
Flip switches to light the lamps in the target pattern — in as few presses as you can.
- Grades
- 2–8
- Levels
- 48 in 2 tracks
- Free
- 20 levels
- Session
- 3–12 minutes
What it is
Every switch is wired to a few lamps and flips them on or off. Match the glowing target pattern before the fuse runs out. Early boards show their wires; later boards hide them, so you test switches, note what they do, reset, and then solve. The fewest presses for every board is checked by searching every combination.
What children learn
Builds state reasoning and planning: predicting the effect of an action, noticing that pressing twice undoes a press, working backwards from a goal and, on hidden-wire boards, designing simple experiments and recording results.
What it teaches
- Test ideas by experiment
- State and sequencing
How to play
Tap a switch to press it. Reset returns the lamps to the start. Keyboard: Tab to the switches, Enter or Space presses, the letter keys A–G press that switch, and Escape resets. Lamps are numbered and on/off is shown by shape and words, not only color.
Plays with: Touch Mouse Keyboard
Accessibility
- Read-aloud on request
- Fully playable with a keyboard
- Calm mode with reduced motion
- No timers or time pressure
- Never relies on color alone
- Quiet mode turns off sound effects
Level maps
Tracks and levels
Each track is made for a grade range. Start anywhere that fits — you don't have to play the younger tracks first. As a guest, your stars are saved on this device.
Lamp Room
Visible wires: 3 to 6 lamps, a shrinking fuse and a star for the fewest presses.
2–4
24 levels · 10 free
Lamp Room
Visible wires: 3 to 6 lamps, a shrinking fuse and a star for the fewest presses. · 2–4
- 1 Porch Lights 1 ☆☆☆
- 2 Porch Lights 2 ☆☆☆
- 3 Porch Lights 3 ☆☆☆
- 4 Porch Lights 4 ☆☆☆
- 5 Porch Lights 5 ☆☆☆
- 6 Porch Lights 6 ☆☆☆
- 7 Lantern Row 1 ☆☆☆
- 8 Lantern Row 2 ☆☆☆
- 9 Lantern Row 3 ☆☆☆
- 10 Lantern Row 4 ☆☆☆
- 11 Lantern Row 5 Plan level
- 12 Lantern Row 6 Plan level
- 13 Workshop 1 Plan level
- 14 Workshop 2 Plan level
- 15 Workshop 3 Plan level
- 16 Workshop 4 Plan level
- 17 Workshop 5 Plan level
- 18 Workshop 6 Plan level
- 19 Lighthouse 1 Plan level
- 20 Lighthouse 2 Plan level
- 21 Lighthouse 3 Plan level
- 22 Lighthouse 4 Plan level
- 23 Lighthouse 5 Plan level
- 24 Lighthouse 6 Plan level
Levels after 10 are part of a PlayOwl plan. Free levels, saving and basic reports stay free.
Hidden Wires
Bigger boards whose wires are hidden until you test them — experiment, reset, solve.
5–8
24 levels · 10 free
Hidden Wires
Bigger boards whose wires are hidden until you test them — experiment, reset, solve. · 5–8
- 1 Test Bench 1 ☆☆☆
- 2 Test Bench 2 ☆☆☆
- 3 Test Bench 3 ☆☆☆
- 4 Test Bench 4 ☆☆☆
- 5 Test Bench 5 ☆☆☆
- 6 Test Bench 6 ☆☆☆
- 7 Mystery Panel 1 ☆☆☆
- 8 Mystery Panel 2 ☆☆☆
- 9 Mystery Panel 3 ☆☆☆
- 10 Mystery Panel 4 ☆☆☆
- 11 Mystery Panel 5 Plan level
- 12 Mystery Panel 6 Plan level
- 13 Signal Tower 1 Plan level
- 14 Signal Tower 2 Plan level
- 15 Signal Tower 3 Plan level
- 16 Signal Tower 4 Plan level
- 17 Signal Tower 5 Plan level
- 18 Signal Tower 6 Plan level
- 19 Power Station 1 Plan level
- 20 Power Station 2 Plan level
- 21 Power Station 3 Plan level
- 22 Power Station 4 Plan level
- 23 Power Station 5 Plan level
- 24 Power Station 6 Plan level
Levels after 10 are part of a PlayOwl plan. Free levels, saving and basic reports stay free.
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