Prevent the Xenospore from spreading!

• Destroy tiles to isolate populated areas from the Xenospore organism.
• Cleanse infected populated areas before they are consumed.
• Utilize the array of in-game technologies to assist you.
• Keep the Xenospore away from volatile facilities that cause it to explode or mutate.

Links & Reviews

"Replayable, deceptively challenging, and deeply satisfying—everything a great puzzle game should be."
- The Gamer

"There’s a real satisfaction to keeping the corruption at bay. Highly recommended."
- Free Game Planet

"It has a wonderful dark atmosphere to it and the gameplay really does suck you right in."
- Gaming on Linux, #2

"Gorgeous sprite art... Challenging difficulty curve."
- Digitally Downloaded

"A short indie puzzle game with a tactical twist..."
- 5MG

Update 1.1 (Levels 26-40)

• Quick Actions, fast turns, new mechanics and features.
• Threats System - select tiles to see what they threaten and what theatens them.
• 15 new levels - from levels 26 to 40. Navigate to the new levels by pressing Menu -> Levels.
• 12 new tiles with new features and abilities.
• Graphical Improvements.
• Safe Islands are grayed out.
• More options, major QoL improvements, some bug fixes.

Gameplay & Updates

• Gameplay video here. Update 1.1 Video here
• Update 1.1 content begins at level 26. I left the 'old' levels as is.
• Solutions to pre-update 1.1 levels (1-25, with time stamps) here.
• If you liked the game, you could follow me on Twitter, Mastodon and Itch for updates.

Controls

• Mouse / Touch: click tiles to select them, then click destroy or cleanse.
• Mouse: hover over tiles then right click to instantly destroy or cleanse them.
• Mouse: hover or select a tile to see its information.
• Touch: select a tile to see its information.
• Select tiles to highlight the Xenospore tiles that threaten them, and vice versa.

• Hotkeys:
  
  • "R" - Restart
  • Spacebar / Enter - Destroy / Cleanse (depends on selection)
  • "ESC" - Menu
  • "F11" / "Alt" + "Enter" - Full screen

• Press menu to navigate between levels & change audio and visual settings.
• Game autosaves.

More info

• Soundtrack "Crossing Horizon" by SoundFlakes.
• SharedArrayBuffer is enabled so there may be issues with embeds in the page. If you're posting a video (which is awesome!) please add a link to the video in the comment.
• If the game runs slowly on the browser version, make sure hardware acceleration is not disabled in the browser's settings.