What is Layover?
Layover is a free daily flight-routing puzzle. You receive a start airport, an end airport, a budget, a time cap, and three side-challenges. Build a real multi-stop itinerary by chaining actual airline routes until you reach the destination while clearing challenges and minimizing cost and travel time.
How to play Layover
- Read the day's constraints: origin, destination, budget, time cap, and the three side-challenges.
- Pick a first flight from the origin. The search lists each route's price and duration.
- Chain the next flight from the new airport, stitching legs until you reach the required end airport.
- Stay within the budget and time cap while attempting to clear the challenges.
Reading the feedback
The interface shows price and duration for each route. The route panel updates remaining budget and accumulates trip time. Each challenge displays progress, such as "No equator crossing yet." After finishing a route you receive a score out of 100 with a breakdown into challenge, budget, and time components.
Scoring breakdown
Sixty points come from the three challenges, twenty points each. Up to twenty points come from budget using (1 − spent ÷ budget) × 20. Up to twenty points come from time using (1 − minutes ÷ cap) × 20. Challenges are optional but necessary to reach top leaderboard scores.
Modes
Daily: A daily challenge appears on the official game page.
Archive: An archive option allows you to replay past puzzles.
Tips for better routing
Read all three challenges before booking. Some are easiest to satisfy on a specific leg, so plan the route around them.
Direct flights are usually cheaper and faster. An extra stop is worth it only if it unlocks a twenty-point challenge.
Reduce time and cost on individual legs where possible. Budget and time score contributions scale linearly, so every saving counts.