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Color Lines 98 Online — classic puzzle game with verified replays and global leaderboard


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Hi everyone!

I’d like to share my browser game: Color Lines 98 Online.

It is a web-based version of the classic Color Lines / Lines 98 puzzle game. The goal is simple: place colored balls on the board, create lines of five or more matching colors, and try to keep the board from filling up.

The main feature I added is verified replays. Every completed game can be saved and shared as a replay, so high scores are not just numbers on a leaderboard — they can actually be watched and checked.

The game also has a global leaderboard, so players can compete worldwide. I wanted to make score chasing feel fairer, especially for a classic puzzle game where fake or impossible scores can easily ruin the leaderboard.

The game runs directly in the browser and works on both desktop and mobile.

Play here:
https://colorlines98.online

Example replay:
https://colorlines98.online/r/GdKDAsb5uIrh

I’d be happy to hear any feedback, especially about:

  • mobile controls
  • replay sharing
  • leaderboard clarity
  • overall game feel on desktop and mobile

Thanks!

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Small update on Color Lines 98 Online — the Lines 98 / Color Lines remake I posted here on July 1.

What changed since then:

- 16 languages. The whole site is localised, not just the in-game UI: every content page
  exists per language on its own URL. Polish was the last one added — the game is known
  there as "kulki", which turned out to be a much bigger search term than I expected.
- Resume for unfinished games. Each of the three free modes (Prediction / Classic / Blind)
  keeps its own unfinished run. The mode lobby shows a "Continue" marker over the board
  preview, and for signed-in players the run is stored server-side, so it survives a
  device switch.
- Faster, quieter start. The first screen now hydrates from cache instead of flashing an
  empty state, and image assets are only revealed once fully decoded — no more half-drawn
  artwork on the result screen.
- Small fixes, including a Firefox-only pixel-snapping bug that made the preview balls
  pulse in steps instead of smoothly.

The core is unchanged: 9x9 board, lines of five or more, seven colours, scoring
n*(n+1)/2 - 10 so long lines are actually worth setting up. The daily board is still one
shared seed for everybody with a single scored attempt, and every game is stored as
seed + move list — so replays are exact, and the server re-simulates the run to verify
the score instead of trusting the client.

Still free, still no account needed to play. Feedback welcome, especially on mobile
layouts — that's where I keep finding things.

https://colorlines98.online

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