Overview
dotted-fill turns grids into calm paint-by-logic, where the goal is to route fills through cells without spill while obeying simple constraints. You trace lines, flood regions, and learn to respect edges: corners slow, straights reward even pace, and tight wells punish greedy routes. The board is readable—dot markers suggest phases, outlines announce boundaries—and the craft is sequencing. You plan a path that completes one region while setting the next, avoid closing corridors too early, and use small fills to prime larger, cleaner pours. If a spill happens, it teaches you where the route needed a pause or a pivot. The cadence that works is tidy: outline, fill, re-center, move. Visual feedback stays gentle so iteration feels like editing rather than trial-and-error. Over time, you find the pleasure is less in speed than in elegance; the neat board at the end looks like a deliberate coloring where each move had purpose and the grid relaxes into order.