Tap the game to open it fullscreen. On a computer, Esc exits; on a phone, use the ✕ button.

How to play

Hold your finger (or the space bar) to turn the mill and pour salt into the ship. Release to stop, but the mill takes a moment to slow down. Stop with the salt above the green line and below the ship’s edge. Fill three ships, each with a smaller margin.

The story behind it

In the Norwegian tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe, the sailor cannot stop the mill, the ship sinks and the mill keeps grinding salt at the bottom of the sea. It has a relative in the Prose Edda, the mill Grotti. The game is a simplification. Read the story in The mill that still grinds salt at the bottom of the sea: the Norwegian tale and its relative in the Edda.