Glow Cubes

Glow Cubes is a puzzle game where you solve cubes in a cozy room. Choose a puzzle cube from the menu or shelf, then scramble it for a timed solve or practice moves from its solved state to experiment with algorithms.

Solve and save puzzles

As you solve a cube, its solved cubies glow and your progress is counted on the laptop. You can save each puzzle’s state, return to it later or revert to an earlier state if an algorithm goes wrong. Each puzzle has its own save, so you can work on several at once.

Arrange your collection

Solved cubes appear unscrambled on your shelf, and solving one may unlock a bonus cube. Rotate shelf cubes horizontally with the mouse wheel, or right-click to match a display cube’s angle to the puzzle in play. Click and drag to rearrange cubes, or drag a display cube onto the active puzzle to switch to it.

Rotate and inspect cubes

Right-click and drag to rotate a puzzle on two axes. This keeps the same two faces on the top and bottom: blue and green, red and orange, or yellow and white. Click the icon cube on the right to change which pair is on top and bottom; this rotation system prevents gimbal lock. When a cubie’s colored faces are hidden, its inner faces are marked, and right-clicking reveals a ghost of the cubie extracted from the puzzle.