Planet Destroy

A tiny chisel, a whole planet, and nobody asking why. Dig out every last crystal without smashing them, and keep what you take.

Somewhere out past the last bus stop, there are planets nobody needs. You have a chisel.

Turn a little planet in your hand, find what grows on it, and chip away the rock underneath until it drops off whole. Smash it and it is gone. Take it clean and it is yours.

Sixteen planets across two universes, each one dug its own way: a coal ball, a moon with a hole in it, a watermelon, a whale who smiles when you are careful, a planet made of playing cards, a block of cheese that is not as empty as it looks. Volcanoes erupt under your fingers. Lightning finds you. Things fall from the sky.

Sell what you dig to Smith, the trader in the flying saucer, and buy better tools:

• a crocodile on a stick that takes big bites
• a rubber duck that soaks the rock soft
• a dragon that melts it
• a laser pen for the deep stuff
• a katana that cuts a long clean line, and comes straight down when you hold it

Clear both universes and Smith hands you a blueprint. Build a planet of your own, choose its shape, colour, pattern and what grows on it, and it will be waiting for you in the third universe. There is also a black market out there. It whispers. It sells a tiny black hole.

• Three stars for taking everything whole
• Hidden planets to find on the star map
• Leaderboards and achievements in Game Center
• Your progress kept in iCloud, so a new phone picks up where you left off
• No ads. No account. Plays offline.

Planet Destroy. It is fine. They were not using them.