Delicious Food Connection

WillingGames sets this up as a climb rather than a finite set: clear the food tiles, take the next board, and the only real question is which level finally stops you. How that works is written out in the onet explainer.

The developer’s own framing is exactly that — how high a level can you reach — and the boards run at 900 by 600, wider than most connect layouts, which leaves room for longer rows of dishes and correspondingly longer link paths. For a second flat pair-up, there is Onet Halloween Links.

Beyond connecting all the food tiles to clear the board, the published description stays quiet, so the level ladder is the thing to judge it by. The tag list is a single word, food, which is honest enough about where the variety lives: the dishes change, the rule does not. The build is marked mobile-ready, so an attempt on a tablet carries over the same wide layout. The same scanning across an open grid is what the Fantasy Connect Deluxe grid asks for.

1. Look over the plates and dishes laid out on the board.
2. Find two food tiles carrying the same picture.
3. Connect them to clear the pair from the layout.
4. Empty the board to move up, and keep going to find your maximum level.

• Wide board, long paths — the 900 by 600 Delicious Food Connection layout gives links more room than a square grid.
• Note the dishes — several food pictures share a colour, and the shape is what separates them.
• Push the ladder — the developer frames the whole game as how high a level you can reach.
• Thin the middle — a wide layout jams in the centre long before it jams at the edges.