Spooky Links

Spooky Links is a connect-style tile game with a Halloween look. The rule is the classic one for this kind of puzzle. You choose a tile, then choose its twin, and the pair is removed only if a path between them can be drawn with two turns or fewer. If the route needs more bends than that, nothing happens.

Every pair you take away leaves space behind it, and that space gives later paths room to run. Clearing every tile finishes the level, and the developer mentions many levels along with some Halloween surprises it does not explain. It calls the game relaxing, which is its description rather than ours. It plays in a landscape frame and works with a mouse, a touchpad or taps.

Click or tap one spooky tile, then find its matching tile and select that one too. If the two can be joined by a path that turns no more than twice, they disappear. If not, try a different pair. Carry on until the board is empty, which completes the level. A touchpad works as well as a mouse.

The two-turn limit means tiles that sit in the same row or column, with nothing between them, are the simplest pairs to spot. Clearing tiles that sit in the middle of a long row can open a straight line for several distant twins. When you have a choice, take the pair that leaves more empty space.

A tile-link puzzle, often called onet or mahjong connect, with a Halloween theme. Landscape frame (1280 by 720). Mouse, touchpad or tap. Paths may turn twice at most. The developer lists many levels.

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