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Twin Falls, the pond that sings by itself

· The Turbo Pudding team · 5 min read

The top of the Twin Falls pond in full song: under the pale blue waterfall, pink lotuses have opened on the dark water all around Prism, the orange fox kit with dragonfly wings, Pip, the green bunny with a leaf on its head, and Dozy, the loaf-shaped cat in a purple nightcap, with ripple rings crossing everywhere, white stars sparkling and Puff, Tik & Tok and Bloop peeking in at the bottom

Twin Falls is the ninth of Lullalotl’s ten ponds, the last stop before Moon Mirror. It is also the only pond with a waterfall, and the waterfall has a voice of its own. When the pond opens, Glim, the old firefly granny who keeps the Glow jar, puts it simply: “The waterfall sings by itself. Join in!”

Here is how to make the most of it, and how to earn all three stars.

A drop every three and a half seconds

The waterfall pours in at the top of the pond, right in the middle. Every three and a half seconds it drops water by itself, and each drop sends out a ring that reaches 1.3 times as far as a normal ripple. Any friend the ring touches wakes up, sings and sends out a ripple of its own, so one good drop can set off a whole chain while you just watch.

The top of the Twin Falls pond at night: a pale blue waterfall pours over the green bank between cattails and little pink and yellow flowers, faint rings spread across the dark blue water from its splash, and below it three friends sit on lily pads, Prism, an orange fox kit with dragonfly wings, singing inside a lilac ring on the left, Pip, a green bunny with a leaf on its head, in the middle, and Dozy, a cat shaped like a loaf of bread in a purple nightcap, singing inside a pale ring on the right
Searched “idle game that plays itself”. The waterfall heard you.

So the top of the pond is the best seat in the house. Drag a friend close to the splash, line the rest up behind it, and each drop can wake them one after another.

Your own plip still pays double

The waterfall counts as rain, and that matters. In Lullalotl your own waves pay double: every tap, every Big Swish and every Grand Chorus. Rain and the waterfall don’t. So the falls are a steady trickle of Glow, but Lulla’s tail is still the best earner in the pond.

Chains matter too: each new link adds another 25 percent to what a friend pays, so a long chain is worth starting yourself.

Lulla, a small pink axolotl with frilly pink gills and a big smile, sits on the bank at the bottom of the pond, and the ring of her ripple has just reached Bloop, a round blue fish on a lily pad, who sings with two little drops jumping above its head, while Pip, the green bunny, and Puff, a round cream chick with a crown of dandelion fluff, sit on lily pads to either side and pink lotuses float higher up
Typed “one tap game for kids”. One plip, and Bloop sings.

Cross your ripples with the falls

The falls also give you a free second ripple to play with. From pond 2 on, when the rings of two different waves meet on open water, a lotus opens where they touch. In the game’s own words: “Two ripples meet → a lotus opens. It sings too!” One of the two rings has to be yours, so two waterfall rings won’t do it. Tap near the top just after a drop, and your ring runs straight into the waterfall’s.

A lotus stays open for eight seconds and sings like a friend when a ring reaches it, adding links to your chain. Up to six can float at once. Every level of the Lotus garden in the shop adds one more lotus and one more second.

Tik & Tok turn the wave

The twins are already waiting on their lily pad in the middle of the pond when you arrive, a pair of duckling-and-mouse babies who share one pad. Their description says it best: “Twins who do everything together: two half-ripples, left and right, turn the wave.”

When a ripple reaches them, they send two arcs instead of a ring, one to each side of the incoming wave, each reaching half again as far as a normal ripple.

Tik & Tok, two pale yellow duckling-and-mouse twins sitting side by side on one lily pad in the middle of the pond, send out two curved arcs of ripple, one to their left and one to their right, while Puff and Bloop wait on lily pads to either side and Prism, Pip and Dozy sing on their pads above them, sparkling with bubbles
Search: “cozy game for twins”. One pad, two ripples, zero arguments.

So a wave from the waterfall splits at the twins and runs out to both sides of the pond. Put friends there: straight past the twins, the arcs don’t reach at all.

Who joins you here

New friends hatch from a lotus bud you buy with Glow, and the pond has room for ten. In Twin Falls the newcomers arrive in this order: Bloop, Prism, Dozy and Puff. Each time, you also get the choice of a friend you already know instead.

Bloop has a big voice, and its ripples reach much further. Prism sends a rainbow ripple, and everyone it touches sings triple. Dozy is sleepy, and after five ripples it yawns a giant wave. Puff is half chick, half dandelion: “Ah-choo! Three seeds fly off and start three new ripples.”

Close-up of the left side of the pond: Puff, a round cream chick on a lily pad, sneezes three white dandelion seeds up, left and right, inside a ripple ring, a pink lotus glows just below it, Pip the green bunny sings on the pad underneath, Tik & Tok sparkle on their shared pad to the right, and a second Puff with its eyes shut mid-sneeze scatters seeds in the lower right corner
People also ask: “idle game with a sneezing chick?” Bless you, Puff.

Three stars

The first star is for waking the Moon. The second is for a chain of eight friends from a single drop. The third, “Perfect harmony with a full pond,” is the tricky one: every friend in the pond, at least nine of them, has to sing from one drop. A Grand Chorus, the giant swish waiting for you when you come back after a break, is always a Perfect harmony, but it doesn’t earn this star.

Here is the secret: the waterfall’s drops count for both stars. Line your friends up well enough, and the falls can earn them for you between your own taps. Every Perfect harmony also pays three times as much.

While you’re away

The falls keep going when you close the game. Twin Falls is the only pond where the Welcome back screen splits your rain earnings into two lines, one for Drizzle, the rain, and one for Twin Falls itself, depending on how much of it the waterfall really sang.

And when the Moon finally wakes over Twin Falls, the twins get the last word. Tik: “Left!” Tok: “Right!” Both: “Together!” Then Glim points the way: “One more pond. The very top.”

Play Lullalotl

The first two ponds of Lullalotl are free to play in your browser at lullalotl.com. The full game, all ten ponds, is $4.99, paid once. More about the game is on its Lullalotl page.

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