How to play: Festival Beach

Grant the wishes

Grant every villager's wish before the cart's taps run out.

Make and merge

Tap the Festa Cart to make an item. Each tap uses one of the show's taps.

Drag an item onto an equal one to merge it one level up.

Tap a wish card to hand over its items.

The festival track

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Every show you win earns festival points: hard shows earn more.

Points climb the festival's track. Step 7 is a Festa Cart for your board.

Each festival has its own track and ends when its timer runs out.

The bin

Drag a spare item onto the bin to throw it away.

Give up ends the show at once: the pass is spent.

Two at once

Two villagers at once. Keep an eye on the taps counter.

Pairs

Some villagers want two things. Have both on the stage first.

Combo fireworks

Merge quickly: merges less than 2 seconds apart fill the combo meter.

A full meter fires a firework: it blows away sand, or gives a free tap.

Hard shows

Every 10th show is hard: fewer taps, more points.

Sand mounds

Sand blocks a square. Merge right next to a mound to sweep it away.

Drifting sand

A mound left alone too long spreads onto an empty square next to it.

The number on a mound shows the taps it waits. Merge beside it in time.

Wrapped gifts

Gifts don't move. Drop the same item on one to unwrap it, one level up.

The tide

Every few taps a wave slides the bottom row one square along.

The wave counter shows the taps left. The cart stays put.

Two kinds

The cart mixes in a second kind of decoration. Wishes may ask for either.

In a hurry

A stopwatch villager can't wait: grant their wish before their taps run out.

If they leave, the show is lost.

Seagulls

A seagull may land on a decoration and try to fly off with it.

Tap it within 3 seconds to shoo it away. One gull a show at most.

Storm night

Big mounds need two merges next to them.

Every move counts

On some shows every move, merge and bin uses one of the taps.

The counter then says moves. Plan each merge before you drag.

Festival helpers

From your second festival, the track pays helpers. They last until the festival ends.

Festa Confetti raises a decoration one level. Paper Scissors split it into two below.

Encore: 5 more taps, or a lost show back. Tap a helper, then the decoration.

Festa Passes

Each show costs 1 Festa Pass. Passes refill 1 every 2 hours, up to 5.

You lose when no taps, merges or wishes are left.

Leave a show and come back later: it waits for you.

Lost the same show twice? Each new try gets a few extra taps.