How to use Trap the Cat
Block hexagonal cells before the cat reaches an edge, with three starting layouts, accessible cell buttons, and difficulty options. Place one blocker on an open hex. The cat then follows one shortest available path toward an edge; trap it before it escapes. The active result always remains visible in the workspace, and any provided Reset or New game control restores a documented starting state instead of quietly preserving an old outcome.
Mouse, touch, and keyboard-friendly controls are provided wherever the underlying action can be expressed without a complex gesture. Status changes are written as text as well as color or motion, so the next step is not hidden inside the visual board.
Rules and method
Odd and even rows use six hex neighbors. Breadth-first search finds the nearest reachable edge and reconstructs its first step after every blocker. The game runs in the current browser tab, so ordinary play does not require a remote opponent, game account, or cloud session.
The page names its actual rule set instead of implying that every regional, tournament, classroom, or commercial version behaves identically. Visible counters, board state, selected controls, and completion messages make the result inspectable rather than treating animation as proof that an action succeeded.
Practical play and accessibility
Do not chase the current cat cell. Close broad edge corridors ahead of it and use existing random blockers to form a connected barrier. Restarting is useful when learning, and a lower difficulty or slower pace is a legitimate control choice rather than a lesser result.
Interactive targets use native buttons or labelled controls where possible. Drag, swipe, sound, timing, and motion never stand alone when a simpler control can perform the same job. The layout reflows for a narrow screen, visible focus remains available, and the site-wide reduced-motion preference limits decorative animation.
Privacy and limits
Equal shortest paths use a stable neighbor order rather than strategic randomness. Difficulty changes starting blockers, so boards are not directly score-comparable. These boundaries keep a casual entertainment page from making a medical, legal, financial, diagnostic, spiritual, or performance claim it cannot support.
Names, choices, moves, scores, drawings, and settings are processed locally and are not submitted to NexaCurrent by the tool. Reloading or closing the page normally clears the current session. No login, cloud save, leaderboard, advertising profile, or remote opponent is involved in ordinary play. If a result affects another person, a prize, safety, money, consent, or access, use an appropriate transparent process rather than treating a browser game as authority.