How to play
How to play Ravel.
Ravel: Golden Thread is a tactile puzzle about honest physical order. Here is everything you need for your first knot, and a little of what comes after it.
The one rule
Every board is a loom. Strands run between bronze eyelets and cross over and under one another. Only a strand with nothing lying across it can leave the board: tap it, or pull it free.
Snags
Pull a strand that is held down and it snags. It resists instead of leaving, and you can see and feel what is holding it. A snag costs nothing but a star for a clean solve, so it is worth reading before you pull.
Free the Golden Thread
One living Golden Thread is caught in every weave, beneath the other strands. When nothing lies across it any more, it glows, ready to leave. Pull it free to finish the knot.
Three stars, three kinds of skill
Every level recognizes three separate things: freeing the Golden Thread, solving without a single snag, and meeting that level's own mastery goal, such as a move target or a Perfect Path. Replays add the stars you missed and never take one away.
Mastery Knots
Each chapter ends in a Mastery Knot: three trials in one run, with eight, sixteen, and then twenty-four strands. Clear all three without a snag to keep the Flawless Chain and earn the chapter's Master Rune. A stricter Legend run waits for anyone who wants more.
Help without a price tag
Stuck? A hint points to a strand you can pull, and hints are always free. There are no energy meters, no waiting, and no XP to grind. Golden Runes mark real discoveries and feats; they are collectibles, never currency.
The Daily Knot
Every day three shared knots appear online: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Solve one flawlessly, with no snags and no hints, to rank on an anonymous leaderboard. The campaign itself never needs a connection.
New twists in every chapter
The rule never changes, but the looms do. Fjord Shores introduces Twisted Pairs, Ironwake Forge brings steel cable and iron chain, Runestone Vale locks strands with Rune Bonds, and Frostmere hides a second weave on the loom's other face. The later chapters are yours to discover.