A trail is fresh for about eight tenths of a second after it is painted.

Yes. If a rival steps on your fresh trail you lose your recent squares and return to start.

Does the cut score points?

Only indirectly: you remove rival squares and gain yours as you keep painting.

Trail Cutter

Paint a trail across the board, and cut rival trails to wipe them out. Cross a fresh trail and the owner is sent back to the start.

Trail Cutter

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A real run of the game, recorded with captions and no sound.

You are a scissors on a 14 by 14 board with three rival creatures. Tap a direction to set your heading, and you keep going.
Every square you cross takes your colour. A square painted in the last second or so is a fresh trail and shown brighter.
If you step on a rival fresh trail, you wipe out their recent colour and send them back to their start for a moment. They can do the same to you.
When 60 seconds are up, whoever owns the most squares wins.

Controls: mouse, touch or keyboard. Made by CalcoTools.

Cut across the head of a rival trail rather than the tail: that is where it is freshest.
Do not leave a long fresh trail behind you in the middle of the board.
A cut only wipes the recent squares, so old territory is safe.
Use Stop to let a rival pass instead of running into their trail.

How fresh is fresh?: A trail is fresh for about eight tenths of a second after it is painted.
Can I be cut?: Yes. If a rival steps on your fresh trail you lose your recent squares and return to start.
Does the cut score points?: Only indirectly: you remove rival squares and gain yours as you keep painting.