How to Play Connect the Dots Puzzle in 2 Minutes

In this connect the dots puzzle you join each pair of matching dots with a line. Lines run between neighbouring squares and never cross or branch. You solve the board when every pair is joined and every square is filled. Each board has exactly one solution, so careful thinking always works.

Transcript

1. Welcome to Pathtide. It has two ways to play. Dots is the connect the dots puzzle, and Pipes is a pipe puzzle. Let's start with Dots.
2. Each colour has two dots, a pair. Press one dot and drag to its twin to join them with a stream of water.
3. Streams move between neighbouring squares, up, down, left or right. They never cross or branch, and each square holds only one stream.
4. Joining the pairs is not enough. To finish, every square must be filled with water. Plan your routes so no square is left empty.
5. A good tip is to start with dots in the corners and along the edges. They have few choices, so their streams are often forced.
6. Made a wrong turn? Drag into a stream to cut it back, tap a dot to clear its stream, or press Undo. Undo is always free.
7. Stuck? A hint draws one whole stream of the solution. The first hint on each board costs no coins, but it costs that board one star.
8. In Pipes, tap a pipe to turn it a quarter. Water flows from the spring. Join every tile into one network with no open ends.
9. Keep turning pipes until water reaches everything. Every board, in both tracks, has exactly one solution, so careful thinking always gets you there.
10. That is connect the dots. Pathtide is free, works offline, and has a new Daily Tide every day. Get it on Google Play. iOS is coming soon.

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