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Rust Revolt

A cute turn-based grid-tactics campaign where you play a swarm of rogue rust spores creeping across a robot factory. Spread onto new tiles to hit each level's quota, keep rust alive for two turns so it becomes drone-proof deep corrosion, and read the telegraphed cleaning-drone, degreaser, and grinder attacks. Evolve Mag-Hoppers and Corrosion Queens across 12 levels and four factories, then bring down the Mega-Polisher.

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How to play

You are Oxie, a spiky (but adorable) rogue rust spore. Each turn you get three actions. Tap one of your spores, then tap a glowing next-door tile to spread a new one onto it (one action). The moment your swarm reaches the level's rust quota you win it outright. If you cannot get there this turn, end your turn and the factory fights back before your next move. The only way to lose is to let it scour away your last spore, which wipes the swarm and sends you back to retry the room; there is no turn limit, so a slow clear only costs stars.

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Spread across the floor to hit the quota. Rust that lives long enough turns to deep corrosion (the dark tiles), a steel beam blocks the way, an oil drip waits on the left, and the cleaning drone is telegraphed on the bottom row.
Let it deepen into corrosion
Any rust that survives two full turns becomes deep corrosion. The cleaning drones and the degreaser cannot touch deep corrosion, so it is your permanent territory: only the grinder (and the boss slam) can remove it. Keep the tiles you care about alive for two turns and they are locked in — drone-proof for good.

The clean-up crew

Everything the enemy does is telegraphed one turn ahead, so you can read it and spread clear:

A cleaning drone sweeps a whole row (later, two rows), marked in amber. It scours spores and fresh rust, but not deep corrosion. The row it sweeps rotates each turn.
Degreaser marks columns in blue, then floods them next turn. It also cannot dissolve deep corrosion.
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The grinder paints a red target, then strikes it next turn. It is the one thing that destroys anything, deep corrosion included, so spread away from its mark.
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Steel beams block spreading. Oil drips refund the action you spend to spread onto them, so that move is free, and a fresh drip pools every third turn.

Evolve your swarm

Spend actions to turn a basic spore into something stronger:

A Mag-Hopper (one action, unlocks in the second factory) can jump two tiles in a line, even hopping straight over steel beams to corrode a new sector.
A Corrosion Queen (two actions, unlocks in the third factory) spawns a free spore next to her every enemy turn. She is your engine, but only two Queens can rule at once, so protect them.
Two special moves
Clear the first factory to unlock Overclock (plus two actions, once per level), and reach the third factory to unlock Oxide Shell (your swarm survives one whole enemy turn unharmed). Save them for the turn that would otherwise wipe you out.

Twelve levels, four factories

The campaign runs across four factories of three levels each, getting bigger and meaner as you go:

  • 🦾 Assembly Line Alpha
  • 💾 The Server Racks
  • ⚙️ Hydraulic Bay
  • 🏭 The Polishing Plant

It ends in a boss fight against the Mega-Polisher (12 HP), which buffs two rows and slams 3x3 zones. There is no quota there: instead, every tile that newly becomes deep corrosion during the enemy phase deals it one point of damage, so bring it to zero. Clear a level in par turns or fewer for three stars. Your stars and unlocked levels are saved in your browser.

Tips

  • Spread wide, not in a clump, so one drone row or degreaser flood cannot cost you the whole swarm.
  • Nurse a few tiles to deep corrosion early: permanent territory the drones can never take back is how you out-pace the clean-up.
  • Read the telegraphs before you commit your last action: amber rows and blue columns tell you exactly where not to be.
  • Get a Corrosion Queen up as soon as you can and keep her clear of the grinder's marks, since her free spores are what win the race.
  • Route your spreads through oil drips to stretch three actions into four.
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