Heartwood Knife Throw

In a woodcutter's yard at the edge of a northern forest, apprentices earn their place by splitting logs with thrown knives. Each log turns in a new way, and every fifth one is a keeper's test: an iron-bound wheel, a millstone, a war shield.

Throw knives into a spinning log. Stick them all to split it, but never hit a knife already in the wood. Every fifth stage is a boss target.

Tap, click or press Space to throw a knife from the bottom of the screen. It sticks where it lands and turns with the log. Hit a knife that is already stuck and the run ends; from the third stage on, some logs start with knives already in them. Stick every knife of the stage to split the log and move on. The log spins in new ways as you go: faster, speeding up and slowing down, reversing, stopping and starting. Every fifth stage is a boss with its own look and pattern. Throws that land close to another knife score a bonus that grows while you keep landing them. Fruit and gems on the rim give extra points and coins, and collecting all of them from a log that carries two or more adds a rim bonus. Coins are never spent: new knife styles unlock as your coin total grows, and you pick one with the arrows before your first throw. The daily challenge gives everyone the same stages for the day. Splitting the first boss opens hard mode: logs spin faster and every log starts with knives already in it.