Ball Connect

Ball Connect is a pairing puzzle on a grid. Matching balls sit at different points, and each pair has to be linked by a path that winds through the grid between them. Two things can go wrong. Lines may not cross, and you can run out of room, when the paths already laid leave a pair with nowhere to go.

That second problem is what turns a simple matching task into a planning one, because every path you draw takes space away from the others. The developer describes hundreds of hand-made levels, with a challenge that keeps growing as you progress, and mentions colourful themes to open and rewards to earn along the way. It can be played with a mouse on a computer or by touch on a phone, in a landscape frame. The developer pitches it as brain training that is easy to start.

Using the mouse, or your finger on a mobile screen, draw a path from one ball to its matching partner. Repeat for every pair on the grid. Lines must not cross one another, and each path needs space of its own, so arrange them to fit around each other. The level is done once every pair is linked.

Running out of space is the trap the developer warns about, so avoid routes that sprawl across the grid when a shorter one would do. Before drawing, find the pairs that have only one sensible route and link those first, then fit the rest into whatever gaps remain.

A pair-linking path puzzle where lines may not cross. Landscape frame (800 by 600). Mouse or touch controls. The developer mentions hundreds of levels, themes to open and rewards to collect.

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