Puzzles

Number tower: Beetle Tower.

Guide a ladybug up the stalks, picking which leaf to step on next so every bug is weaker than you are when you meet it.

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Enable JavaScript to play. Your game saves stay in this browser.How to playTap or click a floor to step on it. Keyboard: arrow keys move the focus ring between open floors, Enter or Space steps, H shows a hint.

Pick any open floor of the current stalk, in any order. Every floor of a stalk, good or bad, must be cleared before the next stalk opens.

A bug is beaten only if your strength is greater than its number; a tie loses. Winning adds the bug's number to yours.

Nectar adds, honey multiplies, thorns subtract (you can never be driven to zero) and mildew halves you, rounding down.

Growers (n ↑g) gain g after every step you take. A shielded bug counts double while another bug is left on its stalk. A locked floor opens once the floor holding its key is cleared. The boss waits until its stalk is otherwise clear.

Stars: three for the best strength anyone can finish with, two from 80% of it. 60 levels in five tiers; Hint shows the next floor of a best line, and Undo takes a step back, even after a loss.

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Goal. Clear every floor of every stalk, left to right, and beat the boss at the top of the last stalk.

Climbing

Step on any open floor of the current stalk, in any order. Every floor of a stalk, good or bad, must be cleared before the next stalk opens.
A bug is beaten only when your strength is greater than its number, and a tie loses. Winning adds the bug's number to yours.
Nectar adds, honey multiplies, a thorn subtracts (you are lost if it would take you to zero) and mildew halves you, rounding down.

Order is the puzzle. You have 5 and a bug of 5 waits with a nectar of +3. The bug first ties and loses. Take the nectar to become 8, beat the bug for 13, then the boss of 12 falls.

Tricky floors and help

A grower (12 ↑2) gains its growth after every step you take, so face it early. A shielded bug counts double while another bug is left on its stalk.
A padlocked leaf opens once the floor holding its key is cleared. The boss waits until every other floor of its stalk is cleared.
Three stars for the best final strength anyone can reach, two from 80% of it. Hint shows the next floor of a best line, or says none is left; Undo takes steps back, even after a loss. 60 levels in five tiers.