Constellation Drift
Hold your marks while the sky moves.
How to play Constellation Drift
A few dots flash a crosshair — those are your marks. Then every dot starts moving on its own curving path, and brief blackouts hide the whole field.
When the field freezes, click only the marked dots. Wrong picks cost lives; climb as many levels as you can.
What it trains: multiple-object tracking
Constellation Drift is a multiple-object-tracking task: a few dots are marked, then every dot starts moving on its own path, and your job is to keep those marks pinned in attention while everything moves — through blackouts that briefly hide the field entirely.
Tracking several moving targets at once is a classic measure of divided attention, and it degrades fast under load. The endless levels find your limit quickly.
Does brain training work? →Based on the multiple object tracking task
In multiple object tracking (MOT), a few identical objects are briefly marked as targets, then all of them move around at random. You keep the targets in attention while they move and are tested on them at the end. In the original study people tracked up to five of ten objects at once.
Constellation Drift follows that design: once the marks are set, every dot travels on its own curving path and bounces off the edges, and at the end you click the dots you were tracking. On top of the classic task it adds brief blackouts, about a quarter of a second in which the whole field is hidden while the dots keep moving, and it raises the load from 2 targets among 6 dots to as many as 9 among 26.
Pylyshyn, Z. W., & Storm, R. W. (1988). Tracking multiple independent targets: Evidence for a parallel tracking mechanism. Spatial Vision, 3(3), 179–197. doi.org/10.1163/156856888X00122
Scoring & progression
Runs are endless: you climb levels until your lives run out, and scoreboards track the highest level you reach. Strong runs feed your belt progression in the focus discipline — from white belt toward black — and your place on the global leaderboard.
Constellation Drift FAQ
Is Constellation Drift free to play?
Yes. Constellation Drift runs in your browser with nothing to download, and you can play it without an account. An account only saves your scores, stats and leaderboard place.
How long does a run of Constellation Drift take?
There is no fixed length. Levels keep coming until your three lives are gone, and scoreboards record the highest level you reached.
What do I need to play Constellation Drift?
A modern web browser. A desktop or laptop with keyboard and mouse works best; the game also runs on tablets and phones with touch controls.
Is Constellation Drift the same as the multiple object tracking task?
Constellation Drift is built on the multiple object tracking task, with some differences. Constellation Drift follows that design: once the marks are set, every dot travels on its own curving path and bounces off the edges, and at the end you click the dots you were tracking. On top of the classic task it adds brief blackouts, about a quarter of a second in which the whole field is hidden while the dots keep moving, and it raises the load from 2 targets among 6 dots to as many as 9 among 26.