# Pomeroll

> Play Pomeroll online: drop fruit into a glass jar, match pairs to roll them up a size, and use swap, pop and bomb helpers before the pile reaches the line.

- Play in the browser: https://yesthisgame.com/pomeroll/
- Category: Original Games, Puzzles
- Made by: Yes This Game (an original game written by the site)
- Price: free, no download, no sign-up
- Inside the game: no ads, works on phones, tablets and computers, progress saved in the browser
- Guide: [Fruit Drop Puzzle Tips: Where to Drop in Pomeroll](https://yesthisgame.com/blog/fruit-drop-tips.md)

## In short

Pomeroll is a fruit drop puzzle in a glass jar. Slide a fruit along the top and let go; when two of the same size touch they roll into the next size, from a blueberry up to a watermelon, while a dashed line watches the height of the pile.

**How to control it:** Pick Grow or Shrink, slide the fruit with the mouse, a finger or the arrow keys and click, lift the finger or press Space to drop it. Two fruits of the same size merge. Swap, Pick and Blast help three times per round. P pauses, M mutes.

**Pomeroll** is a fruit-dropping puzzle in a glass jar. You slide the next fruit along the top, let go, and it falls onto the pile. Two fruits of the same size that touch melt into one of the next size up. The round ends when the pile pokes above the dashed line and stays there.

## How to play

1. Choose **Grow** or **Shrink** on the title screen (or press 1 or 2).
2. Move the mouse, or drag a finger, to slide the fruit above the jar. Click, lift the finger or press **Space** to drop it. The arrow keys slide it too.
3. When two fruits of the same size touch, they merge into the next size. The merge scores points equal to the size of the pair, and a second merge within one second shows a combo counter.
4. Keep an eye on the dashed line near the top. When a settled fruit rises over it, a timer starts; if the pile is still over the line after three seconds, the round ends.
5. Press **P** or **Esc** to pause, **M** to mute the effects and **N** to switch the music off.

## Grow and Shrink

In **Grow** the ten fruit sizes run from a blueberry (size 1) through cherry, kiwi, orange, apple, peach, pear, pineapple and melon to the watermelon (size 10). The first seven fruits you get are always 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4; after that the game hands out sizes 1 to 5 at random. Making a watermelon ends the round with a win.

In **Shrink** the jar starts with the heavy fruits (the first six are 10, 10, 9, 8, 8, 7) and every merge goes one size down. The score for a merge is 11 minus the size, so the small merges at the end are worth the most. Two blueberries melt into a seed, which ends the round with a win; you can also keep going and collect more seeds.

## The three helpers

- **Swap** exchanges the fruit in your hand for a different one.
- **Pick** lets you tap one fruit in the jar to pop it.
- **Blast** turns your fruit into a bomb. It goes off on the first things it touches and clears up to three fruits.

You get three of each helper per round.

## What we checked

Our test bot played 18 rounds on this page with real mouse clicks. In all 18 of them the first seven fruits came in the order 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, and in the 1459 fruits after that the largest size was 5. We also watched 40 merges one by one: the score went up by the size of the merging pair in 39 of them. Details are in our [fruit drop tips](https://yesthisgame.com/blog/fruit-drop-tips/) write-up.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I play Pomeroll with a touch screen?

Yes. Drag a finger across the jar and lift it to drop the fruit.

### Does the game save my score?

Yes. Your high score for each mode is kept in your browser; clearing site data removes it.

### What happens at the dashed line?

A fruit that has settled and sticks out above it starts a three-second timer. Pile it back under the line in time and the round goes on.

### Is there sound?

Soft effects and a quiet tune. M switches the effects off and N the music.

### Is Pomeroll free to play?

Yes. You can play it here on Yes This Game in your browser, with no download and no sign-up.
