Trace Break

Follow the routes on the board and tap the one with a gap in its line.

Focus & speed · All ages

Find the route with a gap in its line and tap it before time runs out.

About this game

Trace Break is a visual attention game. Several routes cross a board, and one of them has a break in its line. You find the broken route and tap it before time runs out.

It draws on visual search, the everyday skill of finding one thing among many. The routes weave and overlap, so you have to follow each line carefully rather than glance at the picture as a whole.

How to play

Look at the routes on the board.
Follow each line to its end to find the one with a gap.
Tap that route before time runs out. The boards get busier as you improve.

Tips

Follow each line all the way to its end, not just the middle.
Work through the routes one at a time so you don't lose your place.
Look for where a line seems to fade: the gap is often near a crossing.

How it adapts

Kids get fewer routes and more time. Teens and adults get more routes and shorter time limits. The board complexity adjusts to how you play.

Questions

What is visual search?

It is the skill of finding a target among distractors, like spotting a friend in a crowd or a word on a busy page.

Do I need to be fast?

There is a time limit on each board, so being quick helps, but a careful trace is more reliable than a rushed guess.

Why do the routes cross each other?

Crossings make it harder to follow one line, which is the challenge that keeps your attention working.

The research behind it

Visual search tasks are a staple of attention research. Practice makes you faster at this kind of tracing; we make no promise about how far that carries over to everyday focus.