Craft Isle
Mine a tiny floating island block by block and fill five ghost builds
About Craft Isle
You start on a small floating island of grass, sand, rock and trees, and beside you stands a ghost of a building: a set of see-through cubes, each one tinted with the material it wants. Mine the island to collect wood, stone, dirt and sand, then place each block into a ghost cell of the same material. Fill every cell and the ghost snaps into a real building, the island grows a little, and the next plan appears.
There are five builds: a hut, a watch tower, a stone arch, a windmill whose sails start turning when you finish it, and a lighthouse. Nothing you mine is gone for good. Blocks grow back after a short while, and a felled tree returns as a sapling first, so you can never run out. The only danger is the edge: walk or jump off the island and you lose one of three hearts before you land back in the middle.
What is different about this version
It is a builder with an ending. Each plan tells you exactly what to gather, so a run is a short, clear race rather than an open sandbox, and the fastest time to finish all five builds is the number to beat.
How to play Craft Isle
- Walk up to a tree, rock or patch of ground and mine it. Trees give four wood, everything else gives two.
- Pick a material from the bar at the bottom, then place it into a ghost cube of the same colour.
- A ghost cube only takes its own material. The Place button picks the nearest cube you can fill and switches material for you.
- Fill every cube to finish the build. The next plan appears straight away.
- Stay on the island. Falling off costs a heart, and losing all three ends the run.
- Finish all five builds to complete the isle. Your time is your score.
Controls
| Desktop | WASD or the arrow keys to walk, Space to jump. Left-click a block to mine it, right-click or Shift-click to place. 1 to 4 or the mouse wheel pick a material; E mines and Q places without the mouse. Escape pauses. |
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| Phone or tablet | A stick on the left to walk. Jump, Mine and Place on the right. Tap a block to mine it, or tap a ghost cube to fill it. |
| Players | One player. Any other characters on screen are run by the game. |
Strategy
Look at the colours in the ghost before you start mining and gather everything the build needs in one trip.
Mistakes that cost you the game
- Mining right at the edge and stepping off. Keep the island between you and the sky.
- Placing blocks outside the ghost. They do not count, so mine them back.
Tips
- Holding Mine keeps mining the next block in front of you.
- Blocks you placed yourself can be mined back for one block.
- Trees give the most material per swing.
Questions about Craft Isle
Can I run out of blocks?
No. Everything you mine grows back after about fifteen seconds.
Are there monsters?
No. The only way to lose a heart is falling off the island.
Does it cost anything?
No. Craft Isle is free to play, runs in your browser, and needs no download, install or account.
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