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Wild Tracker Quest

A wild twist on the classic battleship game! Instead of ships on the ocean, 6 species of jungle animals are hiding in a 10×10 grid. Can you find them all before the AI hunter finds yours?

🎯 How to Play

1

Place Your Animals

Before the hunt begins, you must hide your 6 animals in your 10×10 wildlife grid. Select an animal from the list, click on the grid to place it. Press R (or the Rotate button) to flip it between horizontal and vertical. Right-click to remove a placed animal. Use Auto-Place to let the game choose randomly!

2

Hunt the Enemy!

Once you press READY, the hunt begins. Click any cell on the ENEMY JUNGLE grid (right side) to shoot at that position. A green explosion = HIT (+150 points). A blue ripple = MISS (−50 points). The enemy grid starts completely hidden in jungle fog.

3

AI Shoots Back

After your shot, the AI hunter takes a turn and shoots at YOUR wildlife grid. You'll see where it hits on the left grid. On harder difficulties, the AI is smarter — it hunts in patterns and follows up on hits!

4

Find Every Animal

Each animal occupies multiple cells. You must hit every cell of an animal to fully "find" it — a special notification appears when an animal is fully found! Find all 6 enemy animals before the AI finds all 6 of yours to win!

5

Score Strategy

Every hit is +150, every miss is −50. This rewards accuracy! A perfect game with no misses scores much higher than a lucky victory after many misses. Try to deduce animal positions from your previous hits to maximise your score!

🐾 The Animals

AnimalNameSize (cells)Strategy
🐘Elephant4 cellsLongest — hardest to hide, easiest to hit
🐊Crocodile3 cellsOften placed horizontally near the edges
🦁Lion3 cellsMedium size — watch for diagonal patterns
🦜Parrot2 cellsHard to find — small and easy to hide anywhere
🐸Frog2 cellsOften placed near water (edges of grid)
🦋Butterfly1 cellSmallest! Could be in any single cell

⚙️ Difficulty & Controls

🐾 Cub (Easy)

  • AI shoots randomly
  • No pattern or memory
  • Best for beginners
  • Pure luck vs your strategy

🎯 Hunter (Medium)

  • AI follows up on hits
  • Hunts adjacent cells after a hit
  • Realistic challenge
  • The default experience

🔍 Tracker (Hard)

  • AI uses checkerboard pattern
  • Follows up aggressively on hits
  • Minimises misses efficiently
  • Very hard to beat!

🎮 Controls

Click player gridPlace selected animal R key / Rotate btnFlip horizontal/vertical Right-clickRemove placed animal Auto-PlaceRandom placement Click enemy gridShoot at that cell
🌿 Start Hunting!