Play Magpie Green Spot the Difference

How to play Magpie Green Spot the Difference

The classic picture puzzle with 30 cozy scenes: two pictures side by side, a few things changed, and Margot the magpie to circle one when you are stuck.

1. Press Play the first scene, or Choose a scene to pick a pack and a scene. Today’s scene is on the title card and at the top of the scene list.
2. Compare the two pictures. Each has the same scene, but some things in the second are not quite the same: a color, a pattern, a missing cup, a cat facing the other way.
3. Tap a difference in either picture. It gets a green ring in both, and the dots at the top fill in. A tap that finds nothing only makes the next hint wait a little longer.
4. Stuck? Zoom in for a closer look, or press Hint and Margot circles one of the differences you have not found. Tap inside the circle to claim it.
5. Find them all to finish the scene. Three stars for no hints and no more than 3 wrong taps; a hint, or more wrong taps, costs one star each, and every finished scene earns at least one.

Controls

• Touch: tap a difference in either picture, pinch to zoom, and drag to look around while zoomed in. Hint, Out, Zoom and Menu sit on the board along the bottom, in reach of a thumb.
• Mouse or trackpad: click a difference, scroll to zoom where the pointer is, and drag to look around.
• Keyboard: the arrow keys move a crosshair over the pictures (hold Shift for small steps), Space or Enter checks the spot under it, H asks for a hint, plus and minus zoom, 0 shows the whole picture, M opens the menu and Escape hides the crosshair.
• Menu: choose a scene or today’s scene, change the difficulty, clock and speed in Settings, see your statistics and the rules, or start the scene over. The toolbar above the game has pause, restart, help, optional sound and fullscreen.