Guide

Where everything is in Cantle

A quick map of the game, because people often ask me where things are. If something isn’t here, write to me and I will add it.

Home

Opens with the app

The big yellow Play button opens today’s board. Under it are practice, the leaderboard and your progress, then any duel you have going and the look of your board. Your profile sits behind the round button next to the Cantle name.

Cantle’s Home screen with the Play button, Practice, Leaderboard, Progress, a duel and Your look

Profile and avatar

Home → round button next to Cantle → Edit avatar

Tap the round button next to Cantle and your profile opens. What you see there is what other players see. Your avatar and name are changed from here.

In the avatar editor you can use any theme, symbol and wallpaper you own. Play with it until you like it, then tap Save.

Adding a friend

Profile → Friends → Add a friend

Your six-character code is at the top. Send it to a friend with Share, or type their code into the field below. They show up in your list as soon as they accept.

The Add a friend sheet showing your code, Copy and Share, and a field for a friend’s code

A friend’s page: duel, nickname, block

Friends → tap a name

You can see whether they have played today’s board and who won your recent duels. Challenge them from here, or give them a nickname that only you will see.

If someone gets annoying, there are Remove and Block. A blocked player disappears from your friends and your leaderboards and gets no message about it. You can also report their name to me from there.

A friend’s page with Duel, Duel history, Add a nickname, Remove and Block

Duels

Profile → Duels → New duel

Pick a friend, then a board from Seed to Axiom. You both get the same board and one try, with a day to play it. Neither of you sees the other’s time until you have both finished. Proof and Axiom are part of Pro.

Want to play someone who isn’t a friend yet? Tap Send a code instead and send the code to anyone. Whoever enters it is your opponent. If someone sent you a code, type it in under Enter a code.

The Duels screen with your record, an open duel and recent results

Picking the board for a duel: Seed, Theorem, Proof and Axiom

Reminding friends

Friends → bell at the top

The bell at the top of your friends list shows who hasn’t finished today. You can remind each friend once a day, or use the button at the bottom to remind everyone.

The Remind friends sheet listing friends with boards still open

Practice

Home → Practice

As many boards as you want, on four levels. Practice doesn’t touch your streak or the leaderboard. The game only remembers your best time. Proof and Axiom are part of Pro.

The Practice screen with the four levels: Seed, Theorem, Proof and Axiom

Themes, symbols and wallpapers

Home → Your look

The Shop has three tabs: themes, symbols and wallpapers. Before you buy, tap Try on and play a real board with it. If you like it, tap Equip this look.

Symbols draw a small shape in every color, which helps if colors are hard to tell apart. You can turn them off in Settings.

Trying on the Gems theme on a real board

Reporting a player

Leaderboard → tap a name

If you see an offensive name on the leaderboard, or a time that can’t be real, tap the row and choose Report. The player gets no message, and I look at every report myself.

Have an idea or a question?

Write to [email protected] about anything: an idea, a bug, something that feels awkward. I read the mail myself and answer every message.

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