Gear Lock

Gear Lock drops you inside a giant brass vault. Deep in the mechanism, layered gear rings turn slowly around a single shaft, each one missing a wedge of teeth. A polished steel ball bearing waits above them, then begins its descent. Wherever a gear has not opened, the bearing simply stops on the teeth and waits — it never vanishes, never bounces away, and never ends your run by itself. Your job is to tap a gear to select it, then swipe left or right to spin it until the opening sits directly beneath the bearing.
Only the gear you selected turns, so you can pre-open every layer before the bearing arrives, or crank them one at a time as it drops. Pre-aligning is safe but spends your countdown; turning on the fly saves time deeper in the vault but leaves room for an overspun gear and a costly stall. That tension between planning and reacting is the whole machine.
Each gear you open adds to your score. A gap that lands almost perfectly centered triggers Perfect Mesh! and a bonus, while threading three or more gears without ever stopping the bearing earns Free Spin! — extra points and a ring of amber light spreading from the bearing. Once the bearing reaches the bottom of the shaft, the lock is Unlocked! and the next level begins.
Features:
- Two-step control — tap a gear to select it, then swipe left or right to spin it
- Concentric toothed gear rings, each with a single glowing tooth gap
- The steel bearing waits on any unopened gear, so you always get another chance
- Perfect Mesh! bonus for near-perfect alignment
- Free Spin! bonus for three or more gears opened without a pause
- Countdown bar for every level, tightening as you go deeper
- Levels grow from three gears to six, with faster drops and shorter timers
- Track your best score and push for deeper levels of the vault
- Dark copper to warm brass metal panels behind brass, steel, and oxidized teal gear layers
Tap, align, and let the bearing fall — see how many locks you can open before the clock runs out.