Towers of Hanoi - Speedrun Edition

A highly customizable online version of Towers of Hanoi, where the controls are optimized for speed. Featuring a precise timer, high score tracker, and blindfold mode.

Play here: https://towers.doteye.online
See it in action: https://youtu.be/3em6gaMaQ54
Discord server: https://discord.gg/tykwEuuYCt

Optimizations

Most digital Towers of Hanoi games require you to drag and drop disks with either a mouse or a touchscreen. These controls are intuitive, but slow. This often leads to the player thinking of the moves faster than they can perform them.

To overcome this bottleneck, Towers of Hanoi - Speedrun Edition uses keyboard controls that can be performed at incredibly fast speeds.

There are two ways to control the game:

Fast (2 keystrokes per move / easy to learn)

Use the number keys to pickup/place disks at the corresponding stack number. For example, to pick up a disk from the first stack and place it on the third stack, press 1 and then 3.

Super Fast (1 keystroke per move / hard to learn)

Press the following keys to instantly perform the move. The mapping can be changed in the settings.

• s - move from stack 2 to stack 1
• d - move from stack 1 to stack 2
• f - move from stack 1 to stack 3
• j - move from stack 3 to stack 1
• k - move from stack 3 to stack 2
• l - move from stack 2 to stack 3

Running Locally

1. Download or clone the repository and open a terminal in the repository root.
2. Install Node.js (v24) and pnpm.
3. Install node dependencies with pnpm install.
4. Start the dev server with pnpm dev.
5. Navigate to http://localhost:5173 in a web browser to view the site.