How to play Find the Rice

A tiny rice grain with a happy face and a red scarf has wandered into some very crowded places: a night market, a summer beach, a temple festival, a rush-hour metro station, a wet market, a school sports day, an amusement park, a busy office, a morning park, a scooter crossing, a New Year's Eve crowd and the zoo, plus famous Taiwan landmarks: the New Year's Day flag raising at the Presidential Office, Jiufen Old Street, a sky lantern release in Pingxi, the Red House in Ximending and the Sun Moon Lake swim. Each round picks five of the seventeen scenes and hides the rice in a new spot. Find it as fast as you can; your score is the total time for all five.

The rice to find: a white rice grain with eyes, a smile and a red scarf. Lookalikes that don't count: a faceless grain, a grain with a red band but no face, a rice ball, an egg and a bun.

Controls

Computer: move the mouse to search with the magnifying glass and click the rice. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan, H for a hint and P to pause. Esc is the boss key.
Phone: drag one finger to move the magnifying glass, then tap the rice inside it. Pinch to zoom and pan.

Tips

Only the real rice has a face and a red scarf. Faceless grains, rice balls, eggs, buns, pebbles and white hats are all decoys.
A wrong click costs 3 seconds, so don't click everywhere.
Stuck? A hint circles the area for 10 seconds; the second hint is smaller.
The daily challenge gives everyone the same five pictures, so you can compare times with friends.

About this game

Find the Rice is an original hidden object game inspired by classic crowd-search picture books. Every scene is drawn by code, and all characters and art are new.