Arcadópolis
Trazo
Trazo: a free soccer game you play by drawing
Trazo is a free soccer game you play by drawing. The pitch is a forest clearing at night and the ink is golden light: with the ball, you draw the path it will follow, whether it’s a pass to a teammate or a shot straight at the goal. While you draw, time almost stops, so every move can be thought through calmly.
You play as the Fireflies, five a side, against the computer’s Moths. It runs in your browser with nothing to download, with your finger on a phone or tablet and with the mouse on a computer. It comes with a three-minute quick match and ten challenges where you have to score using as little ink as possible.
It’s one of the 51 games in the Arcadópolis Games folder.
Free, no ads, nothing to install.
Install Trazo on its own on your home screen
What it has
- Passes, shots and runs that you draw: the ball follows your stroke exactly.
- Time almost stops while you draw and the world dims so you can see the path.
- An ink bar of 100: length costs little, tight curves cost a lot; it refills on its own and every time you win the ball back (+18).
- Danger zones around every opponent and root walls your stroke can bounce off.
- A three-minute quick match with a slow-motion replay of every goal.
- Ten challenges with one, two or three stars depending on the ink you have left.
How to play
- Open the Games folder and tap Trazo.
- Choose “Quick match” or “Challenges”.
- With the ball, hold down and draw its path to a teammate or into the goal; let go and it’s off.
- Without the ball, draw from one of your fireflies to send it to steal it. Whoever scores the most in three minutes wins.
Ink
Every stroke costs ink according to its length, and tight curves cost much more than wide ones, so a clean pass goes further than a scribble. In a match the bar starts at 70 out of 100, refills slowly on its own and goes up 18 every time your team wins the ball back. If it runs out mid-move, the stroke stops where it got to.
The challenges
There are ten set plays, from “First stroke” to “Master root”, with walls of defenders, pressing and gaps you have to find. Each one gives you a fixed amount of ink: score with half or more left over and you get three stars; with a quarter, two; with less, one. You lose if the keeper catches the ball, if they steal it, if it stops loose with nobody near or if you run out of ink. Each challenge you beat unlocks the next one.
Common questions
How do I kick?
There’s no kick button: hold down on the pitch when your team has the ball and draw its path. If the stroke ends near a teammate, it’s a pass; if it goes into the goal, it’s a shot.
What are the red zones?
They show up around every Moth while you draw a pass. If the ball goes through one, it can be intercepted: the closer to the opponent, the bigger the risk.
It looks slow on my device, what can I do?
Turn off “Soft glow” on the title screen or in the pause menu. If the game notices it’s running slowly, it turns it off on its own.
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