Gate Weave
Slide the colour carts to their matching gates — read the order and the whole board unravels.
ARCADE / LOOP CLAIM
Loop Claim
Swipe a direction (or arrow keys) · return to your territory to close the loop and claim what it encloses
A finite territory-claim score attack. You start inside a small safe zone on a 15x20 grid; swipe (or arrow keys) to move out onto the open board, leaving a trail behind. Return to your territory and the loop closes, claiming the trail and everything it enclosed as new safe ground — but touch your own trail before you close it and the run ends immediately. Every run seeds a fresh layout of neutral obstacles (open space and layout vary; the start and a generous buffer around it never do), so there is always a safe route and always room to close a loop. Longer, riskier trails bank a bigger multiplier, and closing loop after loop without a mistake compounds a combo — reading the board and committing to a bigger loop beats nervously repeating the smallest one, since a loop tight enough to claim nothing new just wastes the run. 75 seconds, then a fresh seed for the next attempt.
How to play
Rules
Start inside your safe zone. Swipe/arrow to move out onto the open grid — every open cell you cross becomes a trail. Re-enter your territory and the loop closes: the trail and everything it enclosed become new territory. Cross your own trail before closing it and the run ends immediately. The run also ends after 75 seconds, or when you bank your current score early (the option appears if you stall).
Controls
Swipe in any direction (or use the arrow keys) to change heading on the grid. A reversal straight back the way you came is ignored — you always keep moving forward until you pick a new heading.
Tips
A tiny loop back to the same patch of ground you already own claims nothing new — it is a wasted trip. The risk multiplier grows with how far your trail strays, and consecutive real captures build a combo, so committing to a bigger, well-read loop out-scores nervously repeating the smallest one. Each run also sets a few optional objectives — brush past a reef, draw a wide shape, or push your claimed share higher — that bank a flat bonus the first time you hit them, so there is always a fresh reason to try a different route.
Behind the game
Loop Claim turns a quiet grid into a question of nerve. You begin on a small island of safe territory near the centre, but points only arrive when you leave it. Crossing open cells paints a temporary trail behind you. Reach owned ground again and that trail becomes a wall: the enclosed side is claimed along with the line you drew. The move feels wonderfully simple on a phone or keyboard, yet its ending is tense because a trail is vulnerable until the loop is closed. Touch any part of your own unfinished line and the run ends immediately. There are no enemies to blame and no long list of buttons; every risky shape on the board is one you chose to draw.
Good scoring is about area, not merely survival. A short excursion can return safely, but a loop that encloses no new cells has spent time without improving the board. The current trail length raises the risk multiplier, while a capture large enough to meet the next quota advances the combo multiplier. That pairing makes a growing route more valuable than endlessly tracing tiny squares. Before leaving safety, notice the obstacle blocks, imagine which side of the trail will become the enclosed pocket, and keep a route back to territory in reserve. A broad rectangle is not automatically best: a narrow route around an obstacle may claim a surprising region, while an overlong detour can leave no safe turn home.
The 15 by 20 board is seeded anew for every 75-second attempt. Neutral obstacles and open space change, but the start and its generous buffer remain reliable, so the first decision is readable rather than a lottery. As the safe area expands, it becomes both your shelter and a set of launch points for the next loop. That changing geography is the game's small adventure story: a cautious surveyor becomes a cartographer willing to stake a line across unknown ground. Read the open corridors, decide how much of the map is worth exposing yourself for, close the shape cleanly, and make the next safe island bigger than the last.
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