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The idea is simple:

* You use color matching in two distinct ways: matching circles create snakes, and matching a snake’s color with the squares beneath it destroys them.

* Only snakes can move, and you move them in a worm-like fashion across the grid to new positions.

* Your goal is to destroy as many squares as you can. Note that destroying all of them may not be possible.

App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plurisnake/id6756577045 [iOS/iPadOS/macOS]

What do you think of this game?

Can you beat my score of 98% for today's puzzle?

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The idea is simple:

* You use color matching in two distinct ways: matching circles create snakes, and matching a snake’s color with the squares beneath it destroys them.

* Only snakes can move, and you move them in a worm-like fashion across the grid to new positions.

* Your goal is to destroy as many squares as you can. Note that destroying all of them may not be possible.

App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plurisnake/id6756577045 [macOS/iOS/iPadOS]

Features:

* A new daily puzzle that is the same for everyone

* iCloud sync across devices

I'd love to hear what people think and how far you can get on today’s puzzle.

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P.S. Here are the game rules:

Goal

* Destroy colored squares on a 7×7 grid using snakes made of same-colored circles. Your score is based on how many squares you destroy.

* Clearing all 49 squares is not required, and may not always be possible.

Board Setup

* Each cell contains one square and one circle, both randomly colored.

* There are 7 colors total, with each color appearing 7 times among squares and 7 times among circles.

Energy

* Energy is a shared pool for all snakes and is initially 0 units.

* Moving a snake costs 1 energy unit, regardless of how far you move it.

* You can form a snake to gain energy and spend it to move any snake on the board.

Forming Snakes

* Link 2 or more adjacent circles of the same color (orthogonal or diagonal) to form a snake.

* A snake with n circles has n – 1 links. Forming a snake immediately adds n – 1 energy units to your energy pool.

* Squares under a newly formed snake of the same color are destroyed immediately.

Moving Snakes

* Snakes move in a worm-like fashion (both orthogonal and diagonal steps are allowed), following a continuous path of isolated circles.

* Snakes cannot move onto cells occupied by other snakes. Moving a snake can pass over isolated circles (circles not part of a snake). When this happens, each circle you pass over is teleported to the cell the snake just vacated.

Square Destruction

* When a snake finishes its move, it destroys any squares of its color under its final positions.

* Moving a snake past a matching square without stopping over it does not destroy the square.

Ending the Game

* The game ends automatically if all 49 squares are destroyed, or you can end it manually at any time by triple-tapping anywhere.

* Your score counts toward the global leaderboard regardless of whether you clear all squares.

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And despite what people say, the way you write is very much judged as an indication of your education and intelligence.

People who don't like the use of AI to help you write really don't want those signals to go away.

They want to be able to continue to judge others based on their English grammar instead of on the content of their writing.

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