⚔ How to Play
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Protect your Focus Core — the glowing orb at the path's end. Each distraction that reaches it costs a life.
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Select a defender in the sidebar, then tap/click any open grid cell to place it. Right-click to sell at 50% refund.
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Earn Focus Points (FP) by destroying distractions. Use keys 1–5 to quickly swap defenders while playing.
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Sessions cap at 3 minutes — 6 waves. Win a session to unlock more powerful defenders. Your high score persists.

Distraction Defender

Tower defense for the perpetually side-tracked

FP 50
Score 0
Best 0
Wave 1
Lives
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3:00
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Distraction Defender

Protect your Focus Core. Place defenders, earn Focus Points, survive 6 waves in 3 minutes.

Defenders

Select, then tap the grid to place. Right-click placed tower to sell (50% refund). Keys 1–5 for quick select.

Session Status

Wave1 / 6
Enemies left—
Defenders0

Unlocks

Controls

Why a Focus Tower Defense?

Distraction isn't passive; it actively rushes your attention. This game externalizes that dynamic so you can see what you're defending against: notification pings, endless scrolling, surprise meetings, and rabbit holes. Recognizing enemy patterns in-game helps you anticipate and pre-empt them in real life.

The 3-Minute Session Rule

Sessions cap at three minutes deliberately. Brief, purposeful micro-engagements can sharpen your response to interruption without pulling you into another time sink. Each session is a calibration drill, not a main event. Done before you lose the will to stop.

What Each Defender Represents

The Blocker mirrors app-blocking software: a reliable workhorse. The Silencer is disciplined notification management: hits hard but needs setup time. The Anchor is a commitment anchor: slows distractions so other defenses can finish them. Deep Work and Ritual represent the advanced practices that only become available once the fundamentals are in place.