Pomeroll

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 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.