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Workshop Crane
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In every Selminha game: P to pause · M to toggle sound · SPACE or tap to startAbout Workshop Crane
It is the Steel Flames junkyard seen head-on: a concrete pad, the gantry crane passing overhead and Kiko in the cab. The trolley runs back and forth along the beam and the piece hangs from the hook swinging like a pendulum; one tap drops it, and timing is everything. The base is always a car; then come crates, drums, fuel cans and tires, picked so the stack never becomes impossible (after a narrow piece, the next one is wide). The balance is real physics: every piece has its own weight and shape, the tower leans, the tire rolls, the fuel can tips over. Every 8 pieces a new round starts — the hook swings faster and wider, the wind kicks in starting in round 2 — and every 3 rounds the Tamer climbs a dumpster beside the pad and throws burning tires that rock the tower. Points per piece (more for dead-center drops and chains) plus the height in feet. Three lives: each piece that hits the ground takes one (a collapse counts as one); every completed round gives one back. One- or two-minute runs and that "one more" feeling.
In Selminha's words
“Everyone has stacked something until it fell. I wanted that with the stuff from our junkyard — car, tire, drum — and a tower that really sways, not a fake wobble. The Tamer with the burning tire is there so nobody relaxes.”
How to play Workshop Crane, and tips for a higher score
- One control: tap the screen (or click; on a keyboard J, K, Space or Enter; on a gamepad A or X) to drop the piece hanging from the hook. The dashed line shows where it should land, swing included.
- Drop when the line points at the middle of the top piece. Within 10 px of the center it is "DEAD CENTER!" with a bonus — chain them and the bonus grows.
- Every piece weighs and behaves differently: the car is a wide, heavy base; the crate and the drum are stable; the fuel can is thin and tips over easily; the tire rolls if it lands crooked. After a tire or a fuel can lands on top, the next piece is always wide.
- Every 8 pieces Kiko welds the tower (sparks, TOWER WELDED!): what is stacked becomes a fixed base and can no longer fall. New round: the hook speeds up and swings wider; the wind (indicator on the side) pushes the hanging piece and the tower. Every 3 rounds the Tamer attacks with burning tires — the BURNING TIRE! warning and the blast shake the tower. Every piece you settle during his round is a hit (the boss bar drops); on the 8th he falls off the dumpster, defeated, and you get a 500 × round bonus.
- 3 lives: a piece on the ground takes one (pieces that collapse together count as one). Extra life with every completed round (4 at most). P or Esc pauses; M toggles sound; F toggles full screen on a computer.
Animated walkthrough
Learn to play Workshop Crane in 8 steps
An animated scene for each rule. It's the same walkthrough that opens from the “?” button in the game.
How the tower works
- One tap
- The hook runs along the beam and the piece swings; tapping drops it. The dashed line shows the landing point.
- The pieces
- Car (base, heavy and wide), crate, drum, fuel can (thin) and tire (rolls). After a narrow piece, the next one is wide, so the stack never becomes impossible.
- Rounds
- Every 8 pieces the tower is welded (it becomes a fixed base) and the next round begins: faster, wider hook; wind from round 2; the Tamer with burning tires every 3 rounds: every piece settled during his round is a hit; 8 hits and he falls off the dumpster (500 × round bonus).
- Points
- 100 per piece × round; "DEAD CENTER!" (within 10 px of the center) adds 50 × round × chain. The height in feet shows on the side.
- Lives
- Three. A piece on the ground takes one; a collapse counts as one; every completed round adds one (maximum 4).
The tower is a rigid-body simulation: weight, friction, leaning and tipping are real, not animation.
Controls on phone and computer
- Computer
- Tap, click, J, K, Space or Enter drops the piece · P or Esc pauses · M sound · F full screen · gamepad friendly: A or X drops, Start pauses, Back toggles sound.
- Touch
- Portrait and full screen on phones. One tap anywhere on the screen drops the piece; no buttons. Pause and sound in the top-right corner.
Scoring and leaderboard
- Top 5
- The score goes to the site leaderboard with the height, the number of pieces and the round reached.
- Languages
- The game is in Portuguese, English and Spanish, each written from scratch.
Centered pieces in a chain are what make the score take off.
Tell us what happened, or what you'd change. Your message goes straight to Selminha, and you'll get a reply by email.
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