My first play-through was mostly trial and error and then things started to sink in. I played before the update and the new version is more enjoyable, possibly just because I could understand more the second time. I think there was a slight regression though because I remember being able to see the final board state before the level finished, whereas now the loading begins as soon as the final move is played. Well done on making a challenging game in such a small canvas.

Took a while to get the rules but explaining it as "Tic Tac Toe but if Triple Triad" helps.
When that clicked, though, I had a lot of fun.
Surprisingly good game design here haha. Sometimes the AI wouldn't make an optimal move but that helped me learn, at least. Could use with more polish on the UI and, like, any sound at all, but this would be a pretty decent game outside the jam constraints too.

Notes from gameplay:

- i like the color scheme!

- pixelated font is tricky to read

- appreciate the page of instructions!

I think this has potential to be fun, I'm just not really understanding how to play.  I kinda think I get it, but if the goal is to match up the pixels on the borders, I can't see what those are once it's been played. A third contrasting color might help a lot here. Happy to do a replay with more instructions :)