Question 1

What is Diskobolos: The Twelve Labours?

Accepted Answer

Diskobolos is a free browser puzzle game built on Greek myth. You play Heracles in the arena of Eurystheus, throwing one bronze discus at the labour tokens scattered across a marble court. A token only counts when it drops into one of the four corner pits, so each chapter is a short billiards-style puzzle about angles, rebounds and the order you take things in. There are thirty chapters across four acts and an endless mode called The Colonnade.

Question 2

How do I aim and throw the discus?

Accepted Answer

Move the pointer or your finger to aim: a dotted line shows the discus path and where it will first strike. Press and hold anywhere on the court to charge power, watch the ring around the discus fill, and release to throw. On a keyboard, the left and right arrows walk the thrower along the line, the up and down arrows tilt the aim, and holding space charges the throw. The discus always returns to the throwing line before the next throw.

Question 3

What do the different tokens do?

Accepted Answer

Bronze tokens are ordinary labour tokens and sink on contact. Hydra heads are green: sink one while the torch ember is still burning and two small heads sprout where it fell, so the ember must go first. Stone apples are white marble and refuse the pit until they have been struck once and cracked. Small heads count like any other token. Every token on the court must reach a pit to finish the chapter.

Question 4

How do throws and stars work?

Accepted Answer

Each chapter gives you a fixed number of throws, shown as bronze discs in the top right. Run out with a token still on the court and the chapter ends. Three stars means you finished in the par number of throws or fewer, two stars means par plus two, and one star is any other clear. Par is not a guess: every chapter was cleared by an aiming bot that searches thousands of shots, so the number on the brief screen is a real, repeatable line.

Question 5

Is there an endless mode?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Colonnade unlocks after chapter eight. It deals seeded courts with a growing number of tokens and pillars, and you carry one shared pool of throws from court to court — eight to start, one back for every court you clear and a second one if you clear a court in three throws or fewer. The run ends when the pool runs dry mid-court, and your best court and best score are saved locally.

Question 6

How hard does it get?

Accepted Answer

Act I teaches the throw, the rebound and the bank shot on open marble. Act II adds the hydra, which punishes the wrong order. Act III adds stone apples that need two contacts. Act IV narrows the pits, puts guard pillars in the corners and mixes every rule at once. Par climbs from four throws to eight, and the last chapters ask you to plan two or three tokens ahead instead of one.

Question 7

Is the game free and does it work on a phone?

Accepted Answer

It is completely free, with no download, no install and no ads inside the game. It runs in any modern browser on desktop, tablet and phone, and it works with a mouse, a finger or a keyboard. Progress, stars and your endless record are stored in your own browser under a single local key, and nothing is uploaded because there is no server.

Choose a labour

Chapter 1 — First Blood

The Nemean lion falls

Out of throws

Paused

How to throw a discus

Court 1