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Tap a ball, then an empty cell
Classic Color Lines puzzle — move balls on a 9×9 grid to line up 5+ of the same color and clear them.
A 9×9 grid starts with 5 colored balls. Three more spawn each turn.
Tap a ball to select it (it pulses), then tap any empty cell. If there's an open path (through empty cells, 4-directional), the ball moves there.
Line up 5 or more balls of the same color horizontally, vertically, or diagonally and they all clear — you also skip the next spawn that turn.
Scoring: each cleared ball is +1, with bigger lines awarding bonus points. Big combos with two lines clearing at once give the most.
The game ends when the board is too full to spawn three new balls.
Goal: highest score before the board fills up.
Three new balls spawn every turn, so the board fills relentlessly unless you keep clearing — and the key relief is that completing a line of five also cancels that turn's spawn. Aim to clear something often, even a modest line, just to hold the rising tide back; a turn that clears nothing is a turn you lose three squares of space.
Keep your open paths in mind, because a ball can only travel where empty cells connect — boxing yourself into a fragmented board leaves balls stranded with nowhere to move. Build your lines along the edges and especially the diagonals, which players forget, and try to leave gaps that a single move can fill into five. When the board tightens, prioritise the move that both threatens a clear and keeps the most travel routes open, rather than grabbing a clear that splits your remaining space in two.