Peelturn

What is this game?

Peelturn is a spatial routing puzzle across twelve compact boards. Launch a packet of beads and each collision deposits a permanent bead, then automatically turns the remaining packet clockwise. Because deposits and waiting packets block later travel, launch order changes the board itself.

Rules & objectives

1. Fill every target socket and exhaust every packet.
2. Only a bead deposited at a stopping cell fills a socket; passing through does not count.
3. Every collision deposits one bead, then turns the remaining packet clockwise. Deposits become walls and waiting packets block travel.
4. An initially blocked launch costs nothing. A blocked clockwise exit with beads remaining, empty sockets after exhaustion, or trapped remaining packets loses the attempt.
5. Undo reverses an entire launch, even mid-route or after loss; retry and undo are unlimited with no timer.

How to play

• Tab/click selects a packet; arrows aim and preview the first stop; Space launches.
• Backspace undoes a whole launch; R retries; Space/Enter advances a clear.
• H shows rules; Escape pauses; K/L save/load; M sound; F fullscreen.

Story & setting

This is a mechanics-led puzzle or activity; the available game source does not establish a narrative campaign or named story cast.

Characters & roles

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Why the AI chose this game

Every impact simultaneously spends one remaining turn and builds a new steering obstacle. A seemingly wasted bead can make a later socket reachable, while filling a socket too early can obstruct another packet. You choose both launch direction and launch order, then watch your plan unfold in a crisp sequence of slides, clicks, and shrinking packets.

The closest comparison is Ricochet Robots, whose pieces slide until obstacles stop them. [Publisher description](https://www.riograndegames.com/games/ricochet-robots/). Peelturn replaces separately chosen movements with a finite automatic route: every collision consumes a bead, creates a permanent stopper, and forces a clockwise continuation. Unlike the prior Impact Orchard, deposited pieces never release stored attacks or activate each other; they change collision geometry. No supplied prior mechanic uses this rule. This comparison cannot certify worldwide originality or fun.

Recorded public design pitch from the original IdeaForge concept. This describes the intended appeal and mechanical distinction.