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ABOUT THE GAME

Build walls out from the edge, trap the swirl and claim 80 % of the field before it cuts your line.

Cordon is an arcade game for Mac, iPhone and iPad. You move along the edge of the field and build walls out into the open. Close a wall and the side without the swirl is yours. Claim 80 % of the field to clear the level; every percent more is a bonus.

Timing is everything. A multiplier swings from ×1 to ×25 and back, and a wall closed at the top is worth many times more. Meanwhile the swirl spins through the open field and costs you a life if it touches a wall you haven't finished, worms crawl along the edges of your territory, and if you stop while building, a fuse burns along the wall after you.

Further in come a spark that bounces off the walls like a billiard ball, a black hole whose gravity bends your walls, and swirls that split in two. Pickups help: a shield, double points, frozen swirls, slow worms, diagonal walls, extra speed, and worms that build walls for you.

It looks and sounds like the early eighties: 320 × 200 pixels, chiptune music with a different piece for each of the first ten levels, and a switch to the four colours of an IBM PC's CGA card.

THE GAME FOR TWO

New in version 1.1. Two players build walls in the same field and claim it together; when two walls under construction meet, they close as one. Play on one Mac's keyboard, on two devices side by side, or over the internet with Game Center.

Each device gets its first game for two free. After that it is a one-time in-app purchase for all of a player's devices, and a friend who has it can invite you for free.