Fruit Slice: a one-finger game with a long climb
Fruit Slice is built around one rule: you can play it with a single finger. Everything we added afterwards had to respect that.
The idea: swipe, slice, repeat
The core is small. Fruit flies up, you swipe through it, you chain several fruit in one cut for combo points, and you stay away from the bombs. Most of our time went into how that feels — slicing with more than one finger at once, critical hits, fruit frenzies — rather than into piling on rules.
- Platform
- Android
- Modes
- 3
- Languages
- 14
- Ads
- Optional
Three ways to play
Not every session should feel the same, so there are three modes, each with Easy, Normal and Hard:
- Survival — three lives. Drop three fruit or hit a bomb and the run is over.
- Rush — 60 seconds against the clock, with freeze, double points and frenzy power-ups.
- Breeze — 90 relaxed seconds with no bombs at all.
We renamed the modes late on, so that each name says what the mode is about.
Making the climb worth it
We wanted progression to feel long on purpose. The shop is gated by level, so there is always something a few levels away: 15 blades, each with its own trail and its own perk, and 11 hand-painted dojos, each with a gameplay bonus. Boosts bought with stars give your next run a head start, and the best items ask for a feat on Hard before they unlock.
A new blade is always a few levels away.
A reason to come back tomorrow
Daily login rewards run in weekly cycles, with a chest on day 7. Three new challenges arrive every day. And every Monday a new Weekly Cup starts with its own twist and bronze, silver and gold medals. Google Play Games leaderboards cover every mode and the Weekly Cup.
Small details we sweated
- Frost, smoke and chili bombs that each change the round differently.
- Rare dragonfruit and starfruit to catch, and a pomegranate you can smash again and again.
- Every line of text set in Fredoka, so the whole game speaks in one voice.
- Hand-painted art for every fruit, from the watermelon to the banana, plum and pomegranate.
- An app icon that is simply the sliced orange.
- A redesigned home screen, shop and in-game HUD, with a clock for each mode and a lives pill in Survival.
Free to play, 14 languages
Fruit Slice is free to play. Optional ads let you double your stars or your daily reward, and you choose when to watch. It works offline (leaderboards and ads need a connection), in portrait and landscape, and in 14 languages.
