Isolation

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.08
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★69%
Divide and conquer. You must separate your enemies from their allies.

If your enemies go too long without contact with others, they perish.

But you cannot contact them yourself!

To isolate them, pick up and place down paths to prevent contact.

Note: To pick up a path, press the Spacebar while you're traveling on a path. A path cannot be picked up if it will leave a vertex stranded. To place a path, press F while you're at a vertex, then go in the direction of a missing path, and it will be laid down if you're not at the edge of the grid.

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Comments26

rukai
rukai20 Apr 2015, 02:29
I enjoyed the game, interesting concept.
shyupuff20 Apr 2015, 03:35
Cool mechanics, Simplistic design was good (:
laxeot20 Apr 2015, 03:36
I love this concept. The design is great, and I'm looking forward to seeing more from you!
Move127
Move12720 Apr 2015, 03:38
I don't really see how the theme plays a role, but it is a fun game.
crazya0220 Apr 2015, 03:38
Loved the concept, and it proved surprisingly addictive!
FuzzyWuzzie20 Apr 2015, 03:55
Awesome concept and mechanic! I couldn't figure out how to reliably pick up the path that I wanted, which made things very difficult. That said, pretty fun!
nicklink483
nicklink483author20 Apr 2015, 04:00
FuzzyWuzzie: I added a clarification in the entry description. Thanks for speaking up! I hope it helps anyone else confused :)
hunttis
hunttis20 Apr 2015, 06:17
Wow, surprisingly hard but interesting. Enjoyable!
resty20 Apr 2015, 06:20
Very interesting, nice design. Struggle to win ~
acidave20 Apr 2015, 06:23
No weapon is an unconventional weapon - I really enjoyed the game, it was quite challenging than expected at first. For further gameplay another level or two with different layouts and fixed connections could be added.
Nice entry!
PaperBlurt
PaperBlurt20 Apr 2015, 06:38
Puzzle games are hard to do. But this is truly (and I mean it) good.
Naphier
Naphier20 Apr 2015, 06:39
Very interesting. Hard, but interesting concept.
sliphtrex
sliphtrex20 Apr 2015, 06:41
Really engaging mechanics. I felt so much tension trying to seclude each circle without getting hit. I've only played one game that was even anything similar to that. It was an old Game Boy color game that I don't even remember the name of.
nonetheless20 Apr 2015, 21:26
great job, but It's kinda hard to control which edge you are interacting with :)
Fanttum
Fanttum21 Apr 2015, 00:14
I lot trickier than I would have thought. Well made and interesting game.
hardband
hardband21 Apr 2015, 00:30
Really enjoyed the concept. Worked well and was very unique and fun.
Newt_21 Apr 2015, 00:57
Hooray, I finally beat it! Very cool and clever game, great work!
mantis21 Apr 2015, 16:42
Really nice idea, gets you thinking!
Zayron21 Apr 2015, 18:53
Simple and fun. I like it!
shcromlet
shcromlet21 Apr 2015, 22:50
That was fun! Pretty tough!
TailyILoveYou26 Apr 2015, 14:13
Neat little game! Could've used some music though.
Kaijuu
Kaijuu26 Apr 2015, 14:14
So simple, so easy
Geckoo1337
Geckoo133728 Apr 2015, 05:04
Interesting concept, but I don't what you can do with that. It's good enough. Thumbs up ++
Horsed
Horsed29 Apr 2015, 10:14
Wow, really enjoyable puzzle! It's lacking some sounds and although the controls are described ingame, it took me too long to finally get them (tried to use the mouse together with F and SPACE). Nonetheless I will definitely play until I win at least one time :-)
mike.cullingham6 May 2015, 02:29
Very clean, understandable game. Excellent presentation and matching the theme. Could be a good casual mobile game with some different level layouts, perhaps with some variable length (or travel speed, or blinking) paths.

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