Mochi Twins

About Mochi Twins

Mochi Twins is a mirror-maze puzzle with a single control. A pink mochi and a blue mochi share the same candy maze, and every swipe moves both: the pink one travels the way you swiped, and the blue one travels the mirrored way, so swiping left sends pink left and blue right (up and down are the same for both). Land both of them on their own coloured pad at the same time to solve the level.

Because one input drives two bodies, they move in perfect lockstep - and the only thing that can ever break that lockstep is a wall. When one twin is blocked and the other isn't, the blocked one stays put while its partner keeps going, and you have gained a square of separation. That is the entire craft of the game: choosing which wall to lean on, and in which order.

Across the 20 hand-tuned levels a new idea joins on a fixed schedule. Ice (level 4) takes away your brakes - a twin that steps on it keeps sliding until something stops it. One-way arrows (level 8) let a square be entered from only one direction. Buttons and gates (level 12) make the twins cooperate: a gate is open only while a twin stands on its button, so one holds the door while the other walks through. From level 16 the maze itself gets bigger, and the last levels run everything at once.

Every level is generated from a seed and then checked by a search over the joint positions of both twins, so it is always solvable and is tuned by how long its shortest solution is. Nothing can be lost: there is no timer, no move limit and no fail state, and you can undo one move at a time or restart the level from the settings panel whenever you like. Clear all 20 and Endless mode opens - bigger generated mazes with every mechanic live from the first one, each proved solvable before you ever see it. Finishing any level always lights up all three stars.

How to play Mochi Twins

1. Look at the two pads: the pink mochi needs the pink one and the blue mochi needs the blue one.
2. Swipe in any direction (or use the arrow keys). Both mochi move one square.
3. Remember the mirror: left and right are swapped for the blue twin, but up and down are the same for both.
4. To change the gap between them, swipe so that one twin bumps a wall while the other keeps going.
5. Use dead ends to park one twin while you walk the other one where you need it.
6. Watch for ice (a twin keeps sliding), arrows (one-way only) and gates (open only while a twin stands on the button).
7. Get both twins onto their pads at the same time to finish the maze.

Controls

Tips & strategy

• Stop thinking about moving the twins and start thinking about stopping one of them - separation is the only real currency here.
• Corners are the best walls: driving a twin into a corner parks it for two different directions instead of one.
• Solve the harder twin first. Get the one with the awkward pad into place, then use walls to walk the other one home.
• Ice is a wall that's further away: you can't stop mid-slide, so plan where the slide ends before you commit.
• An arrow tile is a one-way door for BOTH twins, so it often separates them for free - swipe into it and only one of them gets through.
• With gates, work out who holds the button last: it's easy to open a door for your partner and then trap yourself.
• If a move looks wrong, just make it and undo - undo is unlimited, and seeing the mirror in action beats predicting it.
• When you're stuck, count squares: if the twins are three apart and the pads are one apart, you need exactly two bumps.

Game features

• One swipe, two bodies: the pink twin goes your way and the blue twin goes the mirrored way, always.
• Walls as the only tool - the entire craft is choosing which one to lean on and when.
• Ice lanes that take away your brakes, so a slide has to be planned to its end.
• One-way arrow tiles that separate the twins for free, if you enter them the right way.
• Buttons and gates that force the twins to hold doors for each other - and to work out who leaves last.
• Every level generated from a seed and verified solvable by a search over both twins' positions before you see it.
• Levels tuned by their true shortest solution length, so the difficulty curve is measured rather than guessed.
• Unlimited undo and a one-tap restart in the settings panel - nothing can ever be lost.
• 20 hand-tuned levels that teach one mechanic at a time up to a big all-mechanics finale.
• Endless mode past level 20 - bigger mazes, denser furniture, every mechanic live from the first one, all proved solvable.

The Wall Is the Only Tool You Have

Mochi Twins hands you one input and two problems. Every swipe moves both mochi at the same time, the pink one the way you swiped and the blue one the exact opposite way, and they never stop obeying that rule. The consequence takes a moment to sink in and then reorganises how you think about the whole board: nothing you do can ever change the distance between the twins. Swipe all day and they stay in perfect mirrored lockstep - unless one of them runs into something. A wall is not an obstacle in this game. A wall is the only tool you own.

That single idea is enough to carry twenty levels, because every wall is a different tool. A wall to the pink twin's left is a way to hold her still for one move while the blue twin travels. A dead-end corner is a way to park one of them entirely while you walk the other anywhere you like. Skilled play stops looking like maze-solving and starts looking like carpentry: you pick the wall you want to lean on, drive into it deliberately, and spend the move buying yourself a single square of separation. Two or three of those in the right order and a puzzle that looked impossible collapses in seconds.

The cast complicates the lean without ever complicating the control. Ice removes your ability to stop - a twin that steps onto it keeps going until something else catches it, so an icy lane is a wall that has moved further away. One-way arrows take a direction away from a single square, which is oddly powerful in a game where both twins share one direction. Buttons and gates are the most interesting, because they force the twins to cooperate: a gate stays open only while somebody is standing on its button, so one twin holds the door while the other walks through it, and then you have to get the door-holder out too.

Nothing in this game can be lost. There is no timer, no move limit and no fail state; every move can be undone one at a time, and the whole level can be restarted from the settings panel. That freedom is deliberate - the puzzle is supposed to be a thing you poke at until it clicks, not a thing that punishes you for poking. Every level is generated from a seed and then verified by a search over the joint positions of both twins, so it is guaranteed solvable and tuned by how many moves its shortest solution really needs. Clear all twenty and the endless mazes open: bigger grids, denser furniture, every mechanic live from the first one, and a fresh maze proved solvable for every level number.