A/D or ←/→ push & pull plates · W/S or ↑/↓ slide them past
Move the Earth 🌍
Earth's crust is broken into giant tectonic plates that are always moving — just very slowly.
Use the D-pad / joystick (or WASD) to move a plate and watch the crust physically deform into real landforms.
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Convergent
Mountain range
Push the plates INTO each other.
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Divergent
Rift valley
Pull the plates AWAY from each other.
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Transform
Earthquake fault
Slide the plates PAST each other (up or down).
Convergent: plates push together → crust crumples upward → MOUNTAINS (like the Himalayas).
Divergent: plates pull apart → crust stretches and sinks → RIFT VALLEY (like East Africa).
Transform: plates slide past each other → crust shears and snaps → EARTHQUAKE (like the San Andreas Fault).
1Read the mission — it tells you which landform to build.
2◀ ▶ push plates together or pull them apart · ▲ ▼ slide them past each other.
3Watch the crust crumple, rift, or shear as the progress bar fills. ⛰️
4Later missions ask you to name the boundary type you made too!
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EXPEDITION COMPLETE!
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You built mountains, split open rift valleys, and triggered earthquakes — the same plate tectonic forces that shaped every continent on Earth over millions of years. 🌍