Tools for Odd One Out and Coordinate Drop

Built 2026-10-05 with the art from the 5 Oct brief, and these answers to the decisions below. Clear One shows the simplified form, and leaves it off when the tile is already simplest. Freeze has no cap. Odd One Out has two picks a run. Coordinate Drop keeps the free crate at drop 5, keeps its best on points under a new key, and a Big Rock landing earns no crate. Two changes from this page: a direct hit is a landing within 0.2 units (90 points or more), because an unsnapped drag almost never scores a true 100, and the gold here is the pack's fire orange in the game, because the pack has no gold. Crates land on the grass under the impact.

Split Decision's perks change the rules for the rest of a run. Here the two other phone games get things you hold and use: Odd One Out spends charges on the round in front of you, and Coordinate Drop arms a power-up before a throw. Every number, name and line of copy is a draft.

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CAUGHT10POINTS140

Ten ejected.

The clock is held. Take one tool for the next ten.

TAP ONE · THE CLOCK WAITS

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3(x − 2)

3x − 6

3x − 2

−6 + 3x

Clear One

Alibiready

One tool a round. Alibi sits ready and spends itself on a wrong call.

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3(x − 2)

CLEARED

6(x − 1) − 3x= 3x − 6

3x − 2

−6 + 3x

Clear One

Alibiready

Three left, and you know what one of them is worth.
Find the one that isn't 3x − 6.

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2(x+3) − (x−1)

x + 7

3x + 7 − 2x

x + 5

Frozen

Two-Step ×2always on

The clock holds at 9 until you make the call. Work it out on paper if you want.

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POINTS

420

CAUGHT27BEST460

TOOLS THIS RUN

Clear One2 of 2 used
Alibisaved 4s
Freeze1 of 2 used
Two-Step ×2+60

AGAIN

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× DROP 4/10 PLOT

Plot (−2, 3)

SCORE325

DIRECT HIT · A CRATE IS DROPPINGIt lands in your cargo: PAYLOAD

CARGO

PAYLOADnew

EMPTY

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× DROP 5/10 PLOT

Plot (4, −3)

SCORE425

PAYLOAD ARMEDThis drop scores double. Tap the slot again to disarm.

CARGO

PAYLOADarmed · ×2

BIG ROCKtap to arm

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× DROP 6/10 MIDPOINT

Midpoint of (−5, 4) and (−1, −2)

SCORE367

SURVEYThe two points are on the board. The midpoint is yours to find.

CARGO

SURVEYused this drop

EMPTY

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× DROP 7/10 REFLECT

Reflect (3, 1) over y = x

SCORE512

MIRROR LINEThe line you're reflecting over is lit: y = x. Flip the point across it.

CARGO

MIRROR LINEused this drop

PAYLOADtap to arm

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FINAL SCORE1,140

DIRECT HITS3BEST1,140

CRATES3 · 1 FREE AT DROP 5
PAYLOADDROP 5 · +180
SURVEYDROP 6
BIG ROCKNOT USED

AGAIN

This state

Odd One Out: how the tools work

Moment	What happens
10th and 20th ejection	The clock is held for one pick of three. These are the spots where the time bonus already drops (+2s to +1.5s, then to +1s), so a tool makes up for the leaner clock.
During a round	Tap a tool in the tray to use it on the round in front of you. One tool a round.
Scoring	10 points a catch, 20 on a two-step round. Points replace "caught" as the score; caught stays beside it.

The pool

Tool	Charges	Effect
Freeze	2	The clock stops on this round until the call.
Clear One	2	One innocent tile steps aside and shows its simplified form.
Alibi	1	The next wrong call costs 0s in place of 4s. Spends itself.
Overtime	passive	Each ejection adds 0.5s more.
Two-Step ×2	passive	Two-step rounds score double.

Decisions for you

Should Clear One show the simplified form? It turns elimination into a worked step: the player gets a value to test the rest against. Without it, Clear One is a plain 50:50-style cut.
Does Freeze stop the clock for the whole round? The mockup says yes, until the call. A cap (say 15 seconds) would keep a frozen round from becoming a coffee break.
Two picks a run, or three? Most runs end between 15 and 30 ejections, so a third pick at 30 would rarely be reached.

Coordinate Drop: how power-ups work

Moment	What happens
A direct hit (100)	A supply crate drops into your cargo with a random power-up that fits the deck.
Drop 5	One free crate, whatever the score so far.
Before a drop	Tap a cargo slot to arm it; it's spent when the meteor lands. Cargo holds two.

The pool

Power-up	Decks	Effect
Payload	all	This drop scores ×2.
Big Rock	all	Anything within 1 unit counts as a direct hit.
Survey	Midpoint, Distance	The given points (and Distance's line, x = c) are plotted for you.
Mirror Line	Reflect	The mirror line glows: an axis, the origin, or y = x.

Decisions for you

The free crate at drop 5. It's the version of your tester's "regardless of how many I got right." Without it, a struggling player may never see a power-up.
The 1,000 cap. Payload lets a run pass 1,000. The best has to move to a new key for this, as Split Decision's did, or the cap stays and Payload only makes up for misses.
Can a Big Rock hit earn a crate? The mockup says no: crates come from true direct hits only, or Big Rock would feed itself.

The three games side by side

	Split Decision	Odd One Out	Coordinate Drop
What you get	Perks	Tools with charges	Power-ups in cargo
When	Every 5 cleared	At 10 and 20 ejected	On a direct hit, plus drop 5
How it works	Always on, all run	Tap during a round	Arm before a throw
What it changes	Scoring, or what a miss costs	Time, or what's on the board	The throw