Rope Untangle

NATHAN LOYD BOWLING JR

About this game

Rope Untangle is a quiet harbor-chart puzzle. Colored ropes lie across a cleat board. Some of them cross. Your job is simple to say and careful to do: move the cleats until every line runs clear.

Tap a free cleat, then tap an open ring. The rope follows the end you walk. Each drop costs one move. A slip is finished only when the cross count hits zero. Spare moves still matter — they fill more ferrules when you clear the chart.

This version is for personal play on one phone. No account, no cloud save, no ads, and no in-app purchases. Twine, tools, fairleads, and your slip log stay on this device.

HOW A SLIP WORKS

Every chart is a small loft: brass rings, colored lines, and a move limit. Coral, mint, gold, and lilac ropes can share the same board. You never draw, cut, or slice a rope. You walk its ends.

A made-fast cleat is pinned and will not move. A dashed gold line sits on the lower layer and still counts as a cross. Crosses update as soon as you drop a line. If a walk adds a new cut, undo it. If moves hit zero while a cross remains, retry the same slip. The last move can still clear.

Open rings are empty berths. Select a free cleat, then a free ring. The HUD shows crosses, moves left, and open rings or locks. A hint marks gold rings; you still tap to walk.

TWINE KIT

Undo puts the last cleat back and returns that move.
Slack adds three moves on the current slip. Confirm it once each time.
Hint marks one cleat and one open ring that lowers the cross count.

You start with a small kit and refill it by clearing slips. Counts stay on this phone. Twine and tools have no cash value and cannot be transferred.

FOUR HARBORS, FORTY SLIPS

The campaign is four chapters of ten slips each.

Open water — two lines and no locks. Walk either free cleat and learn the board.

Double braid — a dashed gold line sits underneath and still counts. Layer does not hide a cut.

Made fast — two cleats are pinned. Walk the free ends only. Locked brass will not select.

Night watch — four lines, locks, and an under line. Clear six slips in Made fast to open this harbor.

Finish every slip in a chapter to set that harbor’s fairlead. Marks stay on this device and do not change the daily chart.

DAILY SLIP

Each day this phone builds a fresh three-line chart from the device date. Today’s chart does not unlock chapters. Replay it to improve your best move count. A reminder in Settings stays off until you turn it on. If notifications are denied, it stays off.

LOGBOOK AND FAIRLEADS

After you clear a slip, the logbook can list local tasks: clear three slips, finish a daily chart, use a hint, clear Open water, or set a fairlead. Mark a ready task to add twine only. Fairleads appear when a whole harbor is clear. Nothing here is sold or ranked online.

PLAY, PAUSE, AND RETRY

Pause keeps cleats in place. Resume, or cast off again from the preview. Retry uses the same layout. Replay the three-step walkthrough after you clear a save.

LOOK AND SETTINGS

The V1 loft is linen: brass on warm paper and a dark chart board. Sound, haptics, and an optional crossing chime can be toggled. Progress stays on this phone; delete it from Settings for a new loft.

FEATURES

• 40 campaign slips across four harbors
• Daily three-line chart from this device’s date
• Cross count, move limit, and open-ring HUD
• Under lines that still cut, and locks that stay pinned
• Undo, Slack, and Hint stored locally
• Fairleads and logbook tasks that award twine
• Optional daily reminder, plus sound and haptics
• Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and About in Settings
• No account, no ads, and no in-app purchases in this version

Open the loft and ease the first lines. Walk a cleat onto an open ring. When the cross count reaches zero, the slip is clear.

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