How to play Sunpleat

A visual guide · Make your first fold, read sun and moon faces, and learn retries and scoring.

Your goal

Fold the garland. Catch the sun.

Put every pennant in number order with its sun face showing. A fold turns over the group from the left edge through the position you choose.

These enlarged diagrams use the real first two garlands. They teach the rules separately from your live garden. This is a turn-based puzzle with no clock while you think.

01Choose the first two pennants

Before: 2 moon, 1 moon, 3 sun

Choose Start Garland, then tap the second position, labelled first 2. The outlined group includes both leftmost pennants. A pennant’s large upright number identifies it; the smaller first label counts positions from the left. Choosing a group costs no move.

Touch or mouse: choose a pennant position, then press Flip first. You choose a group length, not the pennant’s printed number.
Keyboard: focus the game and use Left, Right, Home, End or 1 to 5 to choose a group within the current garland. Tab to Flip first, then press Enter or Space.
Tab visits labelled controls. Every button supports touch and mouse too. Selection is free; the flip uses one move.

02Turn the group over

After: 1 sun, 2 sun, 3 sun

Press Flip first 2. The group reverses its order, and both moon faces become sun faces. The third pennant stays in place. One move clears the first garland with 4 moves left: 100 + 3 × 25 + 4 × 10 = 215 points.

A sun has a round centre and rays; a moon is a crescent. Both the order and the faces must match the target row. Numbers always stay upright. Press Next Garland to continue after a clear.

03A second fold can undo the first

Second garland: flip the first three

The second garland starts 3 sun, 2 moon, 1 moon. Flipping all three makes 1 sun, 2 sun, 3 moon. The order is right, but the final moon still needs work. This fold alone does not clear the garland.

Flip the same group again

Another flip of all three restores 3 sun, 2 moon, 1 moon, but uses a second move. There is no free undo. Think about the faces as well as the order before committing.

Moves left is the accepted-flip budget. Par is the fewest flips for that puzzle. Each garland allows par +4 moves.
You start with 3 leaves. An unfinished garland at zero moves uses one leaf. Retry Garland restores that same puzzle and its full budget without using another leaf.
Restart Garland also uses one leaf after confirmation. Cancelling costs nothing. The third used leaf finishes the run; earned points stay with you.
A clear on the last move still counts. The first garland earns 175 with no moves left, without losing a leaf.

04Keep growing, or Bank your points

The next garland starts with a fresh budget

Next Garland opens the second puzzle with six moves. The first clear’s 215 points and all three leaves remain. Each later clear adds its own points; opening a new garland does not erase the total.

Each clear earns 100 + 25 per pennant + 10 per unused move. A par clear earns 240 with four pennants or 265 with five.
Eight introductory garlands lead into a repeating circuit of templates 5 to 8. Par clears of the first eight total 1970; the first twelve total 3030. There is no final introductory victory or forced timer.
Stop and Bank finishes with your earned points after confirmation, even at zero. It adds no unfinished-garland points and uses no leaf. Play Again starts a fresh run; Menu returns to the games.
Actions holds How to Play, Garland List, Restart and display controls. This Visual Guide preserves your garland and selected group. The original How to Play instructions remain available.
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