Leaf to Wing

a calm one-line puzzle

Every leaf.Every flower.Then wings.

Guide a hungry caterpillar over every leaf in one unbroken line. Visit the flowers in order, end on the twig, and watch it turn into a butterfly with wings drawn from the trail you made.

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Free to play. iPhone first, Android soon after.

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Three little rules

The first puzzles take seconds. Further on, thorny branches block the way, leaves with holes must be skipped, and arrow leaves can only be left the way they point.

  1. A small board of watercolor leaves with the caterpillar at the start

    Eat every leaf

    Drag the caterpillar from leaf to leaf. Each leaf once, none left behind.

  2. The caterpillar halfway along its path, passing a numbered flower

    Follow the flowers

    Pass the numbered flowers in order, then finish on the twig.

  3. A butterfly whose wings carry the path that was drawn

    Earn your wings

    The caterpillar spins a chrysalis, then opens wings drawn from your path.

Your trail becomes the wings

Every butterfly is drawn from the exact path you took, so each puzzle you solve leaves a butterfly of its own.

A solved board with the caterpillar's whole trail drawn in pencil
the path you drew…
The butterfly made from that path: the same trail, mirrored on both wings
…folded into wings

A notebook that follows the seasons

Pencil lines, watercolor leaves and soft paper. Every ten puzzles the page turns, from spring to summer, autumn and winter.

A spring puzzle: fresh green leaves and a yellow caterpillar

Spring

fresh greens and pink blossoms

A summer puzzle: wheat and deep green leaves, an orange caterpillar

Summer

wheat fields and cornflowers

An autumn puzzle: amber and mustard leaves, a green caterpillar

Autumn

amber leaves and plum flowers

A winter puzzle: frosty blue leaves and a red caterpillar

Winter

frosted leaves and holly reds

Fill your notebook

Your butterflies gather on the levels page, one for every puzzle solved.

The home screen: a pencil-drawn notebook page with the current season and a Continue button
pick up where you left off
The levels page: solved puzzles show the butterfly they made
a butterfly for every puzzle
A summer puzzle in progress
new colors every season

At your own pace

Short puzzles that fit into a spare minute, and never a clock ticking over your shoulder.

  • No timers, no move limits

    Think as long as you like. Drag back along your trail to undo.

  • A hint when you're stuck

    A hint lights up the next leaf to eat, so you're never stuck for long.

  • A small gift every day

    Come back each day for a few extra hints, and something special on day seven.

  • Easy to start, clever later

    New ideas arrive slowly: thorny branches, leaves with holes, arrow leaves.

  • Pencil and kalimba sounds

    Soft leaf taps and a kalimba note for every flower. Gentle haptics on iPhone.

  • Butterflies to collect

    Each solved puzzle leaves its butterfly on your levels page.

Coming soon to iPhone and Android

Leaf to Wing arrives on the App Store first, with Google Play soon after. Free to play.

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