Dumpling Chopsticks

Goal of the game

In Dumpling Chopsticks you play with your hand in front of the camera. Your fingers are the chopsticks. Dumplings pop up out of the steaming bamboo baskets for a short time. Move over one and make a FIST ✊ to snatch it.

Gold dumplings are worth triple. NEVER fist a red chilli — it burns (lose a life)! Pesky flies try to steal dumplings: fist them away. Touch power-ups with the chopsticks.

Quick start

Dumpling Chopsticks in one line: Fist the dumplings out of the steam with your chopsticks — skip the chillies!

• Press Play on this page — Dumpling Chopsticks loads in a few seconds right in the browser.
• Tap Allow when the browser asks for the camera, then read the short tutorial card.
• Play your first run of Dumpling Chopsticks slowly to learn how it reacts to your hand in front of the camera.
• After a game over, press Play again to try to beat your best.

Controls explained

• Quick reminder shown in Dumpling Chopsticks: Fist dumplings · avoid chillies.
• Hold one hand about an arm's length from the camera so Dumpling Chopsticks can see your whole palm and fingers.
• Move slowly at first: Dumpling Chopsticks follows your fingertip in real time, and smooth movements are tracked more accurately than jerky ones.
• If Dumpling Chopsticks feels too hard at first, play a practice round to learn the timing before chasing a high score.

Scoring and levels

You start with 3 lives. Your best score is saved in your browser, and signed-in players also appear on the Dumpling Chopsticks leaderboard.

Power-ups

Power-up orbs appear every few seconds in Dumpling Chopsticks. Touch or collect them to activate:

• 🧲 Magnet (9 s): pulls nearby coins and pickups toward you.
• ⏳ Slow-Mo (6 s): slows the whole game down so you can line up precise moves.
• 2️⃣ Double Points (10 s): doubles every point you earn while it lasts.
• ❤️ Extra Life: adds one life (up to six).
• 🛡️ Shield (10 s): blocks the next hit so a mistake does not cost a life.
• ❄️ Freeze (5 s): freezes every moving threat in place.

Characters and world

The 3D world of Dumpling Chopsticks features females, peppers and bees. Learning how each one moves is the key to reading the screen quickly.

Tips and strategy

• Stay near the centre in Dumpling Chopsticks; it gives you the most room to dodge in either direction.
• Don't chase every pickup in Dumpling Chopsticks — grab only the ones on your safe path.
• Rhythm matters in Dumpling Chopsticks: watch one full cycle before you act, then act on the beat.
• Save your focus for the moment a Freeze or Slow-Mo starts — that is when Dumpling Chopsticks gives you free points.
• With a Shield active, play aggressively in Dumpling Chopsticks; the next mistake is free.
• Good, even lighting from the front makes tracking in Dumpling Chopsticks far more reliable than a bright window behind you.
• Replay Dumpling Chopsticks a few times: each run teaches you the patterns, and scores usually double after the first five games.

Device requirements and privacy

Dumpling Chopsticks needs a device with a front or web camera (any recent Android phone, iPhone, laptop or Chromebook) and works best in Chrome, Edge or Safari. Allow camera access when asked; hand tracking runs entirely on your device with Google MediaPipe, and no video ever leaves it. It is free to play; free players may see a short ad between rounds (never during play), and Premium removes all ads.