Impasse

About Impasse

Impasse is a small browser puzzle by officialzenovaai, built in Godot and published on itch.io. The board is a square grid with arrow tiles scattered across it. Tap an arrow and it slides in the direction it points: if its path is clear it leaves the board, and if something is in the way it stops where it hits and becomes an obstacle for the others.

That last rule is what sets it apart from arrow puzzles you can clear by tapping at random. A badly parked arrow can block other arrows and jam the board, so you have to think about the order. Each board shows a target, the par move count, and your moves so far. When you finish, the result marks which arrows exited cleanly and which had to stop on the way, and a board solved at par counts as clean.

The daily board is numbered and the same for everyone, and is meant to take two or three minutes. A calendar of past puzzles lets you go back to earlier days, a stats screen shows your streak and seven weeks of dailies, and you can share how cleanly you solved the day's board. Endless mode serves boards matched to a skill rating, from a pool of nearly 14,000, each one checked by a solver so the par is the true optimum.

There are no timers, no lives and no ads, undo is unlimited, and it works offline without an account. Light and dark themes are included, and sound, music and vibration can be switched off. It suits people who already do a morning logic puzzle and want one more short one.

How to play Impasse

1. Open the itch.io page and choose Today to load the day's numbered board.
2. Tap an arrow; it slides the way it points until it leaves the board or hits another tile.
3. Plan the order so no arrow ends up parked where it blocks the others.
4. Clear every arrow, aiming to match the target move count.
5. Use Undo or Restart if the board jams, then share your result or try Endless mode.

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Tips

• Look first for arrows with a clear run to the edge; they can leave without stopping anywhere.
• Before tapping an arrow that will stop, check which other arrows it will then block.
• Undo is free and unlimited, so step back as soon as a move feels wrong instead of restarting.
• Arrows pointing at each other in the same row or column usually decide the order: one of them has to go first.

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