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Life & fun · April 26, 2017

BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock. A game you gonna love to hate.

BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock launched on April 26, 2017 with 139 votes, #252 of 3,007 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

In plain words

BreakLock is a puzzle game combining elements of Mastermind and Android pattern locks. Players link dots to discover a hidden lock pattern, receiving feedback after each attempt showing how many dots were correct. The game offers three difficulty levels: easy with 4 dots, medium with 5 dots, and hard with 6 dots. It provides a deductive puzzle experience where players progressively narrow down the solution through trial and error.

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From the sources

Link the dots to find the lock pattern. After every attempt the game will tell you how many dots you got right. The difficulty setting changes the amount of dots to connect. Easy is 4 dots, medium is 5 dots and hard is 6from maxwellito.github.io

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