Timetable Tetris: free back-to-school scheduling game

What is Timetable Tetris?

Three school weeks, from the first week back to a packed one with mock exams and a café job. Classes and lunch are already in: tap each loose block (homework, study sessions, clubs and plans) and tap the hour where it starts. Homework has to land between the class that sets it and the class it's due in, study goes on different days, and the last hour before bed stays calm.

Timetable Tetris is a free back-to-school puzzle game about planning a week. Classes and lunch are already on the timetable; you fit the loose blocks around them: a maths sheet set on Monday and due on Tuesday, a project due Thursday, three revision sessions before Friday's test, football practice at 16:00, a movie night on Friday.

Each block has its own rules, and the week has a few more: homework only after the class that sets it and before the class it's due in, study on different days, no more than two hours of study in a row or three in a day, and a calm wind-down hour before bed. Check the week when everything is in: a broken rule costs a life and tells you exactly what to fix.

At a glance

Category

Seasonal

Difficulty

Medium

Play time

3–5 min

Price

Free, in your browser, sign-up optional

How to play

Pick and place

Tap a block in the tray, then the hour where it should start. Tap a placed block to move it.

Follow the rules

Homework between set and due, plans at their real times, study spread over days, no study from 20:00.

Pace yourself

At most two hours of study or homework in a row, and three in a day.

Score

200 per week that works, 50 less for each failed check. A failed check costs one of 3 lives.

Scoring

200 points for each week that keeps every rule

50 points less for each failed check (never under 50 for a solved week)

A failed check costs one of 3 lives; 600 is a perfect run

What it trains

Planning around deadlines

Homework has to fit between the class that sets it and the class it's due in.

Spaced practice

Study sessions go on different days, which sticks better than one long cram.

Protecting rest and sleep

Breaks between long stretches and a calm hour before bed are part of the plan, not left over.

Strategy and tips

Place the fixed plans first

Clubs and plans with one day and time have no choice, so put them in before anything else.

Start with the tightest homework

A sheet set Monday and due Tuesday has only a few hours that work. Place it before the flexible blocks.

Spread the study

Revision sessions go on different days: spaced practice beats one long cram.

Mind the run of hours

Two hours of study in a row is the limit. Slot a club or a free hour between longer stretches.

Keep 20:00 calm

The last hour before bed is for fun or rest, never homework.

Why play Timetable Tetris?

Planning a week is a skill most of us learn by missing a deadline. Timetable Tetris turns it into a puzzle: deadlines, fixed commitments, spaced practice, breaks and sleep all have to fit together, and each failed check explains which one broke and why it matters.

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