Deep Work

A focus tree grows at the center while distraction pop-ups appear on a set schedule. Dismiss each one before its closing ring runs out to keep your streak and grow the tree. Tapping the pop-up itself means giving in: your streak breaks and the tree withers. Survive the sprint to bank the growth.

• Watch for pop-ups and swat them away before the ring closes
• On-time dismissals build a streak and grow your focus tree
• Tapping a pop-up directly counts as giving in and withers the tree
• Reach the end of the sprint to bank your score

• Sprint length: 45s, 90s or 150s
• Daily: one shared schedule per day
• Practice: fresh randomized sprints

• Desktop: press Space or click Swat away to dismiss the active pop-up; clicking a pop-up directly gives in
• Phone & tablet: tap empty space to swat a pop-up away, or tap the pop-up itself to give in

• Watch the timeline ticks so you can react the instant a pop-up appears rather than hunting for it
• Dismiss into empty space rather than aiming at the bubble, it is the safer, more forgiving swat

Deep Work turns sustained-attention practice into a gentle vigilance challenge.

• Skills: sustained attention, focus, concentration, vigilance
• Best for: roughly grades 6–12 (and adults)
• For parents & teachers: training sustained attention.

Growing a focus tree while dismissing scheduled distractions is sustained attention as a resource to be defended.

Scheduling the interruptions is the original design.

Predictable interruptions are a fair model of the modern problem. The cost of an interruption is not its duration but the re-entry afterwards, which is why a steady drip of short ones can consume a session more thoroughly than one long break would.

Deep Work is an original free browser game that turns sustained-attention practice into a gentle vigilance challenge, rewarding focus while staying forgiving about the occasional lapse.

A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.