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Containment is a fast-paced action-strategy game where you must capture escaped prisoners by drawing containment loops around them while protecting innocent civilians. The game features two distinct modes with progressively challenging rounds.

Inside Mode — A confined arena with breakable borders and damageable walls. Prisoners move in pinball-style physics with perfect bounces.
Outside Mode — A larger outdoor environment with more space to maneuver. Features a safe zone where civilians can be rescued.

Inside: capture all prisoners before time runs out. Outside: save the minimum required number of civilians (increases each round) AND capture prisoners before time expires.

You'll lose if time runs out before meeting objectives, all civilians are eliminated (Outside mode), you fail to save the minimum required civilians (Outside mode), or it becomes mathematically impossible to meet the rescue requirement.

Draw a closed loop (lasso) around one or more prisoners. The loop automatically snaps closed when your finger comes near the starting point (within ~40–60 pixels). Once closed, any prisoners inside are captured instantly.

Open lines you can draw that act as temporary walls. Unlike containment loops, these don't close and remain on the field to block prisoner movement. They're useful for corralling prisoners or protecting areas.

Yes! The game continues in real-time while you draw. This creates intense moments where you need to predict prisoner movements and draw quickly.

Loops won't close if your finger isn't near enough to the starting point, you haven't drawn enough of the loop yet (minimum path length required), or the loop is too small or irregular.

In Inside mode, drawing a circular swirl motion (3+ rotations) can trigger special effects. This is an advanced technique for certain situations.

Prisoners (red) are your targets — capture them by drawing loops around them. Civilians (blue) are innocents you must protect; they're eliminated if captured with prisoners or hit by prisoners.

Special prisoners that appear starting in Round 2. They're ~18% larger than normal prisoners, faster and more aggressive, visually distinct (check for their spiky appearance), and scored the same as regular prisoners but more dangerous.

Elite prisoners introduced in Round 5 that can break through containment loops if they hit them twice, break open barrier chains, appear as orange squares, move ~25% larger and faster than SpikeHeads, and cannot be captured by containment loops (only die when civilians are destroyed with them).

RamHeads can destroy closed loops by hitting them multiple times in quick succession. You'll need to redraw or use abilities to manage them.

Four core abilities that cost coins to use: Tornado (pulls all prisoners toward the center for 4 seconds), Wall Builder/Repair (restores damaged borders or builds temporary walls), Slow Time (reduces prisoner speed by 70% for 5 seconds), and Speed Up (Outside mode — boosts civilian movement speed toward the safe zone).

Achieve Perfect Rounds (+5 coins) by completing a round with zero civilian casualties. Inside mode also awards +1 coin for perfect rounds.

Best used when prisoners are scattered across the arena, you need to group them quickly for a mass capture, you're running low on time, or you're setting up a combo capture.

Ideal when overwhelmed by fast-moving enemies, during the final seconds of a round, when protecting civilians from nearby prisoners, or when you need precision time to draw complex loops.

+100 points per prisoner captured (Inside mode), +50 points per civilian saved (Outside mode), +250 points when a civilian enters the safe zone (Outside mode), a Time Bonus of remaining seconds × 10 at round completion, and a Combo Bonus for capturing multiple prisoners in one loop.

Capturing 2 or more prisoners in a single containment loop. The game displays a multiplier (2X, 3X, etc.) and awards bonus points. Combos are tracked per round.

Your high score and highest round reached are always saved. When you continue after a Game Over, you start the next round but your cumulative score resets to 0 (this prevents score farming).

A round where zero civilians are killed AND at least some are saved. Perfect rounds award 5 coins (1 coin in Inside mode) as a special bonus.

Each mode tracks progress independently. Your current round, highest round, and cumulative score are saved. Difficulty increases each round (more prisoners, faster movement, new enemy types), and round completion times are tracked for leaderboards.

The outer boundary that contains all gameplay. In Inside mode, this border can take damage from prisoner hits, has segments with health that can break (creating escape routes), can be repaired using the Wall Builder ability, and bounces prisoners in pinball-style physics.

A special area that spawns mid-round where civilians can be rescued. When civilians enter, they're counted as saved, you earn +250 points immediately, they can no longer be harmed, and progress toward your rescue requirement advances.

The requirement increases with rounds — early rounds need a minimum of 5 civilians, and the exact formula scales with round number. The game displays your progress toward this requirement, and if it becomes impossible to meet, the round ends immediately.

Yes, in Inside mode: if border segments break (health reaches 0), prisoners can escape through holes. Escapes prevent perfect round bonuses. The border can be repaired with the Wall Builder ability.

The civilians are destroyed (counted as casualties), you lose potential points, the loop dissolves without capturing anyone, this counts against your perfect round bonus, and in Outside mode it affects your rescue requirement.

Yes — the game integrates with Game Center for highest scores per mode, highest rounds reached, leaderboard comparisons with friends, and achievement tracking.

Total score across both modes, highest round reached per mode, total playtime per mode, round completion times (last 50 rounds), average round completion time, perfect rounds achieved, total prisoners captured, and total civilians saved/lost.

Yes, including Grand Master (score 10,000+ points across both modes), Dual Master (make progress in both Inside and Outside modes), Endurance Champion (reach round 50 in any mode), Speed Runner (complete rounds exceptionally fast), and Perfectionist (complete rounds with zero casualties).

Start with Inside mode to learn containment mechanics, practice drawing quick clean loops, use barrier chains to corral prisoners before capturing, save abilities for emergencies, and prioritize civilian safety over aggressive prisoner captures.

Isolate them from regular prisoners when possible, use Slow Time to reduce their speed advantage, draw loops quickly before they escape, and consider Tornado to group them with others.

Remember: they CAN'T be captured by normal loops. Use Tornado to group them, then draw rapidly. Keep barrier chains away from them (they break through). In emergencies, sacrifice them with civilians as a last resort.

Once you've met the minimum rescue requirement, you can complete the round early to maximize time bonus, avoid risking civilian casualties, and move to the next round faster. The button only appears after meeting requirements.

Tap the pause button (typically top corner). Note: in rounds with active gameplay, time continues when unfocused unless explicitly paused.

Yes! Progress is automatically saved for both modes, including your current round, cumulative score (resets to 0 after Game Over), highest round reached, ability inventory, and coin balance.

Internet is only needed for Game Center features (leaderboards, achievements) and initial authentication. Offline play is fully supported for core gameplay.

The round state is preserved. When you return, you can continue from where you left off (with adjusted time).

Currently, coins are primarily earned through Perfect Round bonuses: +5 coins per Perfect Round (Outside mode) and +1 coin per Perfect Round (Inside mode).

Purchase ability charges: Tornado charges, Wall Builder charges, Slow Time charges, and Speed Up charges (Outside mode).

Yes! Your coin balance is shared across both Inside and Outside modes.

No, once an ability is activated, the coin is spent regardless of outcome. Use them strategically!

Performance is a priority. If you experience issues, close background apps and restart the game. The game is optimized for 60 FPS on modern iOS devices.

This can happen if RamHeads were inside (they can't be captured by loops), civilians were mixed in (destroys civilians instead), the loop wasn't fully closed, or there was a visual glitch (rare).

Civilians have intelligent steering but may be blocked by barriers or obstacles, be fleeing from nearby prisoners, need the Speed Up ability for faster movement, or take time to pathfind around obstacles.

The button only appears when you've rescued the minimum required civilians, the round is still active (not game over), and you haven't already completed the round.

Please provide feedback through in-game feedback options or email support.

The game is actively maintained with focus on performance optimization, balance adjustments, new features based on player feedback, and bug fixes.