Takeoff Tangle
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How to play
- Tap a plane: it taxis the way its tail arrow points and takes off if nothing is in its way.
- A blocked plane bumps back. In normal mode three bumps mean a retry.
- Every third takeoff a plane lands from the queue at the top, on its numbered lane, and parks where it stops.
- Don't let a landing park nose to nose with a plane facing it: then both are stuck. Undo and try another order.
- Clear every plane and every landing to win. Kids Mode (tap the turtle) has smaller airfields and no strikes.
Controls
- Phone or tablet: Tap a plane. Hold your finger on it to see its path first: let go to launch it, or slide away to cancel.
- Keyboard: ← → ↑ ↓ move the cursor, Enter launches the plane under it, Z undoes, H shows a hint. Esc pauses.
- Mouse: Click a plane. Hover over it first to see its path to the edge.
- Gamepad: d-pad moves the cursor, A launches, B undoes, Y shows a hint. Start pauses.
Tips
- Hover or press on a plane: a green strip means a clear way out, orange shows the plane in the way.
- The yellow lane strip and ring show where the next landing would park if it came now.
- Launch any plane that faces a landing lane before the third takeoff, or it may end up nose to nose.
- Stuck? Undo is free and unlimited. Stars count your taps and bumps, and the Hint button caps a board at 2 stars.
About this game
Takeoff Tangle is a plane escape puzzle on a busy toy airfield. Every plane points one way, shown by the big white arrow on its tail and its white nose cone. Tap a plane and it taxis forward: if nothing is in its way it takes off over the edge, and if another plane blocks it, it bumps nose to tail with a boing and rolls back. Clear the whole airfield to win.
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The twist is the sky. Every third takeoff, a plane from the queue at the top lands on the airfield. It comes in on its marked lane, rolls until something stops it, and parks right there. So the gaps you open decide where the next planes park. Open a lane carelessly and the newcomer can stop nose to nose with a plane that faces it, and then neither can leave. Watch the yellow lane strip and the landing ring: they show where the next plane would park right now.
Small planes, long jets and big cargo planes fill 80 airfields, from a calm first lesson to packed fields with six landings. Undo as often as you like, and a hint shows the next good takeoff. Clear a field and three of its planes fly a lap of honour over it. Every star you earn fills your hangar with new paint jobs for the whole airfield.
Come back for the Daily Airfield, the same board for everyone each day, and the Weekly Cup of seven airfields. Two pilots can share one phone and take turns on the Daily: a bump is a strike, and fewest strikes wins. Kids Mode (tap the turtle) gives younger players smaller airfields, no strikes and no losing screen.
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