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InkyPinky

The pen-and-paper line puzzle — with a little fairy magic.

Pinky the fairy holding a blue pen

How to play

InkyPinky is a modern take on Morpion Solitaire, the classic pen-and-paper puzzle. You start with a cross-shaped pattern of dots on graph paper. Whenever four dots already line up — horizontally, vertically or diagonally — tap the missing fifth spot to draw a line of five.

Every new dot opens up new possibilities, and the paper grows with you. How long can you keep finding room for one more line?

Features

  • Endless graph paper that grows as you play — pan and zoom freely.
  • Crisp ballpoint-pen lines with a quick drawing animation.
  • Two ways to play: Classic, just you, the paper and your score, or Relaxed, with a little help from Pinky.
  • In Relaxed, Pinky the fairy conjures extra dots now and then, and when you ask. An ink bottle shows how many batches are left; a new game fills it again.
  • Hints that show where a line could still fit (Relaxed).
  • Undo (Relaxed) and high scores, kept separately for Classic and Relaxed.
  • One game for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Free to play. No ads. Ever.

InkyPinky has no advertising, and the whole game is free to play. In Relaxed, Undo, hints and extra dots have a limit in every game, and a new game gives them again. Two optional purchases give you more in the game you are playing — no subscriptions:

  • Help Pack — 0.99 US dollars: 10 more undos and 20 more hints, for the current game only.
  • 3 More Taps — 0.99 US dollars: 3 more taps of the crib note button. Each tap adds 3 dots, so you get 9 more dots, for the current game only.

How buying works: in a Relaxed game, tap the cart button in the top bar, or the button on the card that appears when a help has run out (“Help Pack” or “3 more taps”). The card shows the price in your own currency, and the App Store asks you to confirm with your Apple Account. The purchase works at once, in the game you are playing, and is used up in that game: a new game starts again with the free ones. Classic has nothing to buy, and the ink bottle is not for sale: it holds one fill per game.

Made by an indie developer

InkyPinky is made by Erkko Skantz, an independent developer in Finland. No publisher, no investors, no ads — just a small game made with care, and your ideas help decide what comes next.

Have an idea for a new feature? Suggest a feature — I read every message.