How to play

You steer a small stylus around the plated edge of a circuit board. Step off the edge into the bare board and you draw a line behind you. Reach the plated edge again and the line closes: every enclosed region that holds no static orb is plated and becomes yours.

• Static orbs bounce around the bare board. If one touches your line or your stylus while you are drawing, the line is lost along with a life.
• Sparks crawl along the plated edge. They kill on contact, and a new one appears every few seconds, so waiting on the edge only makes things worse.
• The fuse: stop in the middle of a line and a fuse lights at its start and burns toward you. Keep moving to let it die back.
• Plate 75% of the board to clear it. The next board has more and faster orbs and sparks.

Scoring

Each claim scores cells × board number, and big single claims earn a multiplier of up to ×3, so a long, risky line pays far more than several small ones. Clearing a board pays a bonus, plus extra for every percent above 75. Seal a spark inside a new plate and it fizzles for a bonus. Plate 85% or more and you win back a life.

Tips

• Close your line on the far side of an orb to cut it off into a small region. Everything else gets plated at once.
• Watch where the orbs are heading before you leave the edge, not just where they are now.
• When a spark closes in on you, dive into the board. Sparks cannot follow you off the edge, but they will be waiting where you land.
• Each board you take longer on, the orbs speed up.

FAQ

Can I go back along my own line? No. You cannot reverse or cross your line, so plan a loop that comes back to the edge.

Why did my claim plate only the line? If both sides of your line still hold an orb, nothing is enclosed. Trap the orbs in the smaller side.

Does it work on a phone? Yes. It was designed for one thumb in portrait. Drag in a direction to move and lift to stop, or flick to glide. It also plays with a keyboard on desktop.