Bone Collector

Every yard hides a pile of bones and the clock is running. Dash between bushes and puddles, chain quick pickups into a combo and reach the bone target before time runs out.

Easy difficultyDog Collecting GamesCollecting

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Controls

Keyboard & mouse

Arrow keys or W A S D	Move (hold two keys for diagonals)
P or Esc	Pause

Touch screen

On-screen D-pad (Up, Left, Down, Right)	Move; press two buttons together for diagonals
Pause button below the game	Pause

How to Play

Choose Easy, Medium or Hard and press Play.
Move your dog around the fenced yard and walk over bones to collect them. New bones keep appearing until you reach the target.
Collect the number of bones shown at the top before the timer runs out to clear the level.
Pick up bones quickly one after another to raise your combo multiplier.
Go around bushes and rocks, wade slowly through puddles and keep away from bees and sprinklers.
Clear all five levels to win. If the timer reaches zero first, the game ends.

Game Tips

Plan a route through the nearest bones rather than chasing the one furthest away. Short hops keep the combo bar from running out.
Puddles roughly halve your speed. Walking around one is usually quicker than going straight through.
Golden bones are worth three times as much as normal ones, so they are worth a small detour when your combo is high.
Grab the magnet when you see it: for six seconds it pulls nearby bones straight to you.
From level 3, bees sometimes drift toward you. Keep moving and keep a bush between you and them when you can.
Any time left on the clock when you clear a level becomes bonus points, so a fast finish pays twice.

About This Game

Bone Collector is a top-down collecting game set in a fenced backyard. Each level gives you a bone target and a time limit. Level 1 asks for 10 bones and each level adds three more, with one or two extra bones needed on Medium and Hard. The time limit grows with the target, but it is tighter on the harder settings.

Combos and scoring

A normal bone is worth 10 points and a golden bone 30, both multiplied by your combo. Every three pickups in quick succession raise the multiplier by one, up to x5. The small bar under the counter shows how long you have for the next pickup: about 2.4 seconds on Easy, 2.1 on Medium and 1.8 on Hard. Clearing a level also adds 5 points for every second left on the clock.

Hazards and power-ups

Bushes and rocks block your path, and puddles slow you down. Sprinklers start rolling across the yard from level 2, and bees join in from level 3 (from level 1 on Hard). Touching either stuns your dog for a moment, costs 2, 3 or 4 seconds depending on difficulty and resets your combo. Every level adds more obstacles and faster hazards. Every so often a power-up appears for a few seconds: the magnet pulls nearby bones to you and the lightning bolt gives a short burst of extra speed.

The game ends with a victory screen after level 5. Your best score for each difficulty is saved in your browser.