Hold the belly with a mouse, touch, or Space. Keep holding until the eyes open, then release immediately. A clean escape banks your tickle time and lets you continue the current run. Releasing before the eyes open pauses the round and keeps your time. Releasing the instant the eyes open counts as a guess. Getting caught resets your current score to zero. Best records only time banked by clean escapes and is saved in this browser. Every two escapes advances the difficulty, up to stage five. Leaving the game during a rub ends the run. Reloading starts a fresh run. Press M to toggle sound.