Strike a Pose

Strike a Pose turns a narrow indoor track into a test of body positioning. Bend and stretch the character to pass tight gaps, avoid furniture and pick up gems along the route. The challenge is to make the pose fit the space at the moment you reach it, rather than treating every obstacle as the same movement.

Read the gap before changing the pose

On a desktop, hold the mouse button and drag left or right. On a phone, swipe to control the movement. Start with a small adjustment and watch how the character responds. Learning that relationship is more useful than making a large drag whenever an obstacle appears.

Look at the shape of the next opening while there is still room to respond. Furniture and narrow spaces make the route a sequence of different demands. A position that cleared the previous object may need changing before the next one.

Make collecting fit the route

Gems give you another thing to watch, but a useful attempt still depends on passing the obstacles. Judge a collectible alongside the space around it. If moving toward it leaves you poorly aligned with the next gap, remember that situation and approach it differently on a later attempt.

Keep your attention slightly ahead of the character. This helps connect the current pose with the opening you are about to reach, instead of reacting only after the available space has become small.

Improve one movement at a time

After a collision, identify the part of the adjustment that went wrong. You may have moved too far, changed position late or kept a pose that no longer suited the route. Test one correction so the result tells you something specific about the input.

For other short obstacle and timing challenges, browse our Arcade games. Read each game's own instructions: this collection includes different activities, and Strike a Pose's dragging control does not apply to every title there.