Carry the Glass Together Duo Callouts
A short vocabulary so you stop narrating novels during a mallet swing.
Callouts in Carry the Glass Together should fit in a breath. The pane does not wait for a story about whose fault the last river was. This page is the dictionary. Print-friendly layout lives on the callout sheet. Role assignment lives on leader. Hazard names live on obstacles.
If you need more than ten words for a live jump, you needed a checkpoint pause instead.
The core set
| Call | Meaning | When |
|---|---|---|
| Wait | Do not walk, do not jump | Hammers, incoming props |
| Walk | Short steps, no sprint | Beams, hats |
| Three-two-one-jump | Synchronized jump | Water, broken bridges |
| Tilt | Rotate the pane on purpose | Tight gaps |
| Hold | Freeze; recover stretch | Slips, menus, lag |
| Now | Enter the hammer gap | After a full cycle |
| Save? | Did the checkpoint take? | Hard-hat clusters |
| Switch | Hand off caller | At a checkpoint only |
Use these exact words if you can. “Hang on a second I think that hammer is like” will still be going when the mallet arrives.
How to say Jump
Always a count. “Jump” alone is how desync starts. The leader says Three-two-one-jump at a steady pace. The follower jumps on jump, not on one. Practice on the first plank from Getting Started. If your count speeds up when you are scared, you will jump early. Scared counts are still early counts.
How to say Now
Now is not Jump. Now is “the mallet is away, we walk”. If you need air, you still count a jump after Now. Mixing Now and Jump in one breath is how people hop into a hammer. Read how to protect the glass if you keep mixing them.
Chat-only duos
Pre-type is too slow. Agree that the leader’s jump is the only signal, or that a single “w” in chat means Wait. Do not write essays. If chat ping is bad, you need voice or a very patient B-tier pairing from duo roles.
What not to call
- Blame during a live cycle
- Jokes about whose mom is the glass
- “Go go go” (that is sprint, and sprint is a shatter)
- Item or code talk on a beam
- Script status. If a GUI is open, the run is already over — see scripts
Language mixing
This wiki is translated, but mid-climb you can keep the English core set even in a French/Spanish pair. Short loanwords beat a perfectly grammatical paragraph that lands after the pane is gone. After the session, you can argue in any language you want.
Drill
Stand on grass. Leader says Wait, Walk, Hold, Wait. Follower matches without questions. Then one counted jump. Then stop. If that drill feels insulting, you are ready to use the same words on S-tier hammers in how to beat.
Timing, not volume
A loud Wait is still a late Wait if you say it after you have already stepped. Speak before your feet move. The follower should hear the word, then see you still standing, then match. If they hear Wait while you are already on the beam, they will copy the beam, not the word.
When ping spikes, default to Hold, not to a faster count. A faster count during lag is two early jumps. If Roblox voice drops, type w once and freeze. Recovering from a mute in the middle of a mallet cycle is how S-tier hammers become clips. That is also why console support tells TV players to wear a headset: you cannot call Now if you cannot hear your own count.
Callouts are not flavor. They are the control scheme for two brains sharing one object.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for duos who keep shattering the pane.
Do we need all of these words?
You need Wait, Walk, a counted Jump, and Now. The rest prevent specific fails.
Can we use numbers only?
A three-count for jumps works. Hammers still need Wait and Now.
My partner talks too much.
Hand them this page and the callout sheet. Then pick a leader.
Is “go” okay?
No. It reads as sprint. Use Walk or Now.