The Weathervane Arrows icon, a brass arrow with red fletching across a fine compass rose on night-blue paper

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Weathervane Arrows: Escape

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Slide the arrows out, clear the board and reveal old Japanese woodblock prints.

  • Android 12+
  • Free
  • Small banner, optional videos
  • Plays offline
  • 10 languages

About the game

Weathervane Arrows is a calm arrow-escape puzzle on a night-blue sky chart, with a compass rose, a full moon and old Japanese clouds. Every board is a picture made of brass arrows on parchment. Tap an arrow and it slides out the way it points, if its path is clear; if another arrow is in the way, it bumps and comes back.

Find the right order and clear the board, and a piece of a Japanese woodblock print appears underneath. 100 halls and 1,503 boards each reveal a public-domain ukiyo-e print, piece by piece: views of Mount Fuji, bridges and boats, snowy villages, birds and flowers by Hokusai, Hiroshige and other masters. Look first shows an arrow's path before it moves, three hints come free every day, and a bump never ends the game.

Every board is checked by code: each has at least one order in which all the arrows can leave, and "How is it fair?" checks its fingerprint again on your phone. A Daily Board and an Evening Board give everyone the same boards each day and fill the month's print in the calendar, with daily missions, a streak to keep, arrow styles and backdrops, and Google Play Games achievements, leaderboards and cloud save. A small banner at the bottom, optional videos, no purchases.

Genre
Puzzle
Platform
Android 12 or newer
Price
Free, no in-app purchases
Ads
A small banner; full-screen videos only when you choose to watch one
Languages
English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Español, Français, Português (Brasil), Italiano, Русский, 日本語, 한국어
Internet
Not needed to play; used only for the optional ads and Google Play Games
Developer
Alper Akar

How it plays

HOW IT PLAYS

  • Tap an arrow: it leaves when nothing blocks its path
  • A bump never ends the game: fewer bumps, more stars
  • Look first: the first tap shows the arrow's path, the second tap releases it, so you never send the wrong arrow
  • Pinch with two fingers to zoom on big boards

A GALLERY OF PRINTS

100 halls and 1,503 boards. Each hall reveals one public-domain ukiyo-e print, piece by piece: views of Mount Fuji, bridges and boats, snowy villages, birds and flowers by Hokusai, Hiroshige and other masters. Finished prints go into your gallery with their title, artist and date.

EVERY DAY

  • Daily Board: the same board for everyone today
  • Evening Board: a second daily board from 6 pm
  • Each daily board opens a piece of the month's print in the calendar (two pieces a day); finish the whole month to complete it
  • Missed a day? Play it from the calendar at any time

THE "SO CLOSE!" FEELING

Boards are tuned so that a careful player finishes with one bump or none. Every tenth board is a Master board, and a breather comes right after it.

HELP WITHOUT PRESSURE

  • No lives, no countdowns, no energy
  • Three hints every day; a hint always shows an arrow that can leave
  • Lantern: lights up every arrow that can leave for five seconds (optional video)
  • Restart any board whenever you like

EASY ON THE EYES

Plain mode (no effects, single-colour arrows, a calm board), three text sizes, high contrast, generous touch areas and vibration you can turn off.

MORE TO ENJOY

  • Daily missions, levels and statistics
  • Google Play Games: achievements, a weekly league and daily leaderboards, and cloud save across your devices
  • Arrow styles (brass, ink, copper, silver, jade, rose gold…) and backdrops (night chart, linen, walnut desk, kite sky…)
  • A daily streak, with a fair way to save it when you miss a day
  • Autumn event, October 23 to November 3: Lantern Night, 20 boards, a pumpkin-copper arrow style and a lantern-glow backdrop

Screenshots

A board in progress in Hall 7: brass arrows with red fletching on a parchment board shaped like a star, with the stars and bump counter at the top and the Look first, Hint, Lantern and Restart buttons below
CALM ARROW PUZZLES TAP THE ARROWS OUT IN ORDER
Look first: the chosen arrow's path is drawn as a dotted line to the edge of the board before the arrow moves
LOOK FIRST SEE THE PATH BEFORE IT MOVES
A flawless board: three stars, no bumps, and Hiroshige's print Sudden Shower over Shin Ohashi Bridge added to the album, with Next board and Double XP buttons
CLEAR THE BOARD REVEAL A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT
The calendar for October: each day's Daily and Evening Board opens half a square of the month's print, with Day and Evening buttons for the chosen date
A PRINT EVERY MONTH EACH DAY OPENS TWO PIECES

Frequently asked questions

Is Weathervane Arrows free?

Free, with optional rewarded videos and a small banner at the bottom of the screen in its own space: no pop-up ads, no ads between boards and no in-app purchases.

Can I play Weathervane Arrows offline?

Plays offline.

Which Android version do I need?

You need Android 12 or newer.

Which languages is Weathervane Arrows available in?

English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Español, Français, Português (Brasil), Italiano, Русский, 日本語, 한국어.

Where is my progress saved?

Your level, XP, statistics, daily missions, daily streak, finished boards and stars, the prints in your gallery, unlocked arrow styles and backdrops, the board in progress and your settings (such as language, sound, reminders, text size and Plain mode) are saved inside the app on your own device. We cannot see it. If you are signed in to Google Play Games, a copy of your progress is also kept in your Play Games account so you can continue on a new device; when the two copies differ, the one with more progress is used and the other stays on your device for 7 days (Settings → Previous save). Uninstalling the game or clearing its data deletes the copy on your device.

Plays offline. Free, with optional rewarded videos and a small banner at the bottom of the screen in its own space: no pop-up ads, no ads between boards and no in-app purchases.

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