Learn a camera
by using one
Miss the light and it's dark. Miss the moment and it's a blur. Get both and you've made a real photograph — now go beat someone else's.
2,000 PUZZLES · 25 ROUNDS · 5 LOCATIONS · WORKS OFFLINE
▾ CHOOSE HOW TO PLAY BEFORE YOU SHOOT ▾
Timed rounds, scored and ranked. The way the game is meant to be played.
Boulevard is free to try. Everywhere else unlocks in the shop.
DRAG THE VIEWFINDER TO PAN · PINCH OR USE ZOOM · TAP THE FRAME TO FOCUS
Two thousand
camera problems.
Streak charms and rewards
SOLVE ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS TO EARN CHARMS · NOT FOR SALE
Never used
a camera?
Start at the top. Each one takes a few minutes and none of it assumes you know anything.
Turns every round into a walkthrough: it names the one thing to change next, and there is no clock. You can switch it on at the top of the Play tab at any time.
Seventeen words real photographers use, each tied to where it actually shows up in this game.
Your
account
THE GAME ALREADY LOWERS ITS OWN DETAIL IF FRAMES DROP. TURN THIS ON TO PIN IT LOW.
The objective
Leaderboard
Three dials.
That's it.
A camera is a bucket you fill with light. Too little light and the photo is black. Too much and it is white. These three dials are the only ways to change how much gets in — and each one costs you something else.
Aperture — f/2, f/8, f/16
How wide the lens opens. Confusingly, a smaller number means a wider opening, so f/2 lets in far more light than f/16.
Bright. Background goes soft and blurry behind your subject.
Dark. Everything front to back stays sharp.
Shutter — 1/1000, 1/60, 1"
How long the camera stares. 1/1000 is a blink; 1 second is a long look. This is the one that decides whether a moving subject is frozen or smeared.
Freezes anything. But barely any light gets in.
Lots of light. Anything moving turns to streaks.
ISO — 100, 800, 6400
How hard the camera strains to see. Raising it brightens a dark scene without touching the other two dials, but it adds grain — that speckly noise in night photos.
Clean, smooth image. Needs plenty of light.
Works in the dark. Looks grainy.
Turn one, fix it with another
Every dial trades light for something else. Speed up the shutter to freeze a cyclist and the photo goes dark — so open the aperture or raise ISO to put that light back. That push and pull is the whole game.
Keep the needle in the middle. The bar under the viewfinder is your light meter. Green in the centre means the brightness is right. Everything else is style.
Play for
a place
An account puts your scores on the live boards and keeps what you have unlocked, on any device you sign in from.
More to
shoot
Locations are one purchase each, or take everything at once. Supporter removes ads and adds a badge and a camera finish nobody can earn any other way. None of it changes how a shot scores, and duels are always free.
PAYMENT IS HANDLED BY STRIPE · NOTHING IS UNLOCKED UNTIL YOUR SERVER CONFIRMS IT
Make it
yours
Finishes repaint the interface. Badges sit beside your name on the boards. Neither changes how a shot is scored — that would not be a game worth winning.
Your recovery
code
This is the only way back into your account if you forget your password. It is shown once and never again. A photo of this screen is fine.
Get back
in
Enter your username and the recovery code you were given when you signed up.
Two a day.
Same two for everyone.
One you should get, one worth thinking about. They change at midnight and everybody in the world gets the same pair.
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STREAK 0
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How did
that go?
A few taps, then it makes a message you can send back. Nothing is sent anywhere on its own — you choose what to do with it.
Three taps,
then it is an app
Safari has no install button, so it is done from the share menu. Once added it opens full screen with no browser bar, and it works with no signal.
1. Tap the Share button — the square with an arrow out of it, at the bottom of Safari.
2. Scroll down the list and tap Add to Home Screen.
3. Tap Add, top right.
ON AN IPHONE THIS ONLY WORKS IN SAFARI. IF YOU ARE IN CHROME, OPEN THE SITE IN SAFARI FIRST.
The
agreement
VERSION —
TAP THE BETTER PHOTOGRAPH
Motion
Five
puzzles done
Sixty seconds.
Five scenes.
You and one other photographer get the same five scenes in the same light. One frame each, best exposure and composition, and the clock runs the whole time. Highest average wins.
Sixty seconds.
Five scenes.
- You and one other photographer get the same five scenes, same light.
- One frame each. Exposure and composition, fifty-fifty.
- Sixty seconds for all five — the clock never stops.
- Highest average wins, and you see both photographs side by side.
Challenge
a friend
Shoot your minute first, then send them the code. They shoot the same five scenes and see who won — no accounts needed on either side.
Searching
the queue…
Your
minute
How fast
can you go?
Three minutes. Three misses and it ends early, whichever comes first. Every puzzle is quick-fire multiple choice — no camera, just recognition.
Run
complete
Real terms,
plain explanations
Words real photographers use, and where they show up in this game.
One dial
at a time
Every other setting holds still. You only touch the one being taught, and you see the picture change live — no guessing which dial did what. Four steps on light, then focus, the lens, and the two ways a shutter can blur a frame.
You know
all five dials
Shutter, ISO and aperture each move the same needle; focus and the lens decide what is sharp and how much of the world you keep. Different tools, one job — and now you have felt why.
Want the
two-minute tour?
It walks you through one round with your hands on the controls — the frame, the meter, the shutter, and how a shot is scored. You can stop it at any point.
Part of the full game
In this build the unlock is local, so you can preview both states. On Google Play this button opens Play Billing and the purchase is verified on your server before anything unlocks.
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