Short Circuit
You are a signal racing round a printed circuit board. Light every solder pad, grab bonus parts before they burn out, and outrun the sparks hunting you down the copper traces.
How to play
- Steer along the copper traces with the arrow keys, WASD, swipes or the on-screen pad. You keep moving, and you can turn back at any time.
- Run over every solder pad to power up the board. Light them all and you move on to a brand new board.
- Sparks chase you. Touch one and you lose a signal. You start with three, and a spare turns up every few boards.
- Grab a battery (the green + at the corners) for a surge: the sparks turn blue and you can zap them for bonus points.
- Resistors, LEDs and chips pop up for a few seconds and then burn out, so be quick. From board two, fuses on the traces blow and mend, so a route can close behind you.
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