Polyburst: Shape Monsters

Shapes of six sides burst. Shapes of more sides cannot. Those are the monsters. Polyburst is a puzzle battle on a hexagonal board. Tap a shape to add a side. The sixth side makes a hexagon, and a hexagon bursts, passing one side to each of its neighbors. Build groups of pentagons, fire them as one long chain, and every chain hits the monster over the board. THE MONSTERS • Six of them, from the seven-sided HEPTA to the twelve-sided DODECA, each with a habit of its own. • A monster marks cells on your board and shows a clock. When the clock runs out it adds a side to every mark, and whatever bursts there bursts for the monster: no points, no damage. • So every tap asks two things: how long can you build, and will it fire your build before you do? • Beat one and a bigger one comes, with taps for the win. HOW IT PLAYS • Tap any cell to add one side: a line, an angle, a triangle, a square, a…