ShutboxTower

Shutbox Tower

Roll the dice. Shut the numbers. Build a scoring engine. Climb the tower.

Shutbox Tower turns the classic dice game Shut the Box into a pocket-sized roguelike for Game Boy Color. Every roll asks a small question: take a simple match now, or shape the board around your relics and push for a bigger score?

The climb

Choose open numbers from **1 to 9** whose sum matches the two dice, then shut the set to earn chips. Each floor gives you **three rounds** to reach its score target. Clear a floor, pick a relic, and keep climbing through five floors.

There is no timer. Use your tools to reroll, adjust a die, or reopen a number. When you are ready to bank the round, settle and let your multiplier do its work.

Build your run

- Three starting paths and fourteen relics, with three equipment slots.

- Bonuses for single numbers, groups, consecutive numbers, repeated closures and more.

- Tools that turn an awkward roll into another chance.

- Fresh dice rolls and relic offers on each run.

- Automatic saving, including unfinished rounds and reward choices.

- English and Chinese interfaces, with separate music and sound-effect settings.

- A warm pixel interface, an ArthurZhu opening, and the original chiptune Brass Bounce.

Controls

- Left / Right: move the number cursor.

- A: mark or unmark a number; confirm a menu.

- START: shut a valid set; settle when no match remains.

- B: open tools; return or cancel.

- SELECT: cycle through legal combinations.

- Up / Down: move through menus.

Desktop browser: arrows or WASD, Z / J = A, X / K = B, Enter = START, P / Shift = SELECT. Click the game to enable sound and keyboard focus. A or START skips the opening.

Play and save

Play in your desktop browser, or download the Game Boy Color ROM for a compatible emulator. Enable battery-backed cartridge RAM saving in your emulator. This is a GBC-only game; it does not support the original monochrome Game Boy.

Your unfinished run and settings save automatically. Choose CONTINUE on the title screen to resume. Browser saves stay on the current browser and site when storage is allowed; they do not sync across devices or with a separate emulator. Private browsing, blocked storage or clearing site data can prevent persistence.

Credits

Created by ArthurZhu. Built with GB Studio, GBDK and hUGEDriver; the web player uses Binjgb.