A Game Farm glossary for the silo
Short definitions for words this desk repeats. Jump by letter, then read the line.
A
- Alternate picks
- Left-right ice strikes on Rime Climb; the rhythm that feeds combo.
B
- Best for tag
- A short label on each ranked card naming who the session suits.
C
- Checked date
- The day we opened the builds and wrote the facts that appear on the page.
F
- Fail state
- The readable end of a run: gate posts, melt drop, bird, cliff.
- Fox bite
- A Straw Ball hit that shrinks the ball and clears combo.
G
- Game Farm
- The keyword and brand for this silo; also the company behind the three builds.
- Golden pen
- A tight Straw Ball enclosure with high-value pickups.
L
- Local browser session
- A build hosted on this site and framed on a play page — not a store install.
M
- Melt hold
- An ice grip on Rime Climb that disappears on a timer.
- Mess / melt banners
- On-screen event labels that change tempo for a short window.
N
- Near-miss
- A close pass by danger that awards bonus without ending the run.
- Not published
- Our label when a store-style figure does not exist for these builds.
P
- Perfect
- A precise grab or slash inside the sweet window.
- Play page
- The framed route under /play/[slug]/ with a Close control.
R
- Ranking
- The ordered shortlist on the home page; each entry has a review.
- Ribbon slash
- Cutting a sky streamer with the propeller on Sky Ribbon.
S
- Silo
- The desk metaphor for this Game Farm site.
- Sweet band
- The vertical slice of a ribbon that counts as a clean slash.
V
- Verdict
- One-line takeaway on each ranked card after the check.