Lights Out
💡 Switch Everything Off
The classic lights puzzle, with a twist: the minimum number of moves is computed exactly (Gaussian elimination over GF(2)), so you always know how close to perfect you are.
✨ Features
- Exact par — solved with linear algebra, not guessing
- Live 'to go' counter — how far from perfect, in real time
- 12-step undo plus your own best score per size
- 3 sizes — 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5
- Always solvable boards
- Hints when you get stuck
- 'Optimal solve' badge when you match the par
- Original music & sound effects — one-tap mute toggle
🎮 How to play
- Tap a cell — it and its 4 neighbours flip.
- Goal: every light off.
- Try to match the exact minimum number of moves.
Runs in any modern browser — desktop, tablet and phone. No download, no account, progress saved locally.
Part of BrainBox — free brain puzzle games that run in any browser. More puzzles coming soon!
| Published | 5 days ago |
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | HTML5 |
| Author | brainboxgames |
| Genre | Puzzle |
| Tags | brain, flip, gaussian, lights-out, logic |
| AI Disclosure | AI Assisted, Graphics |

