Sky-Grid Controls for Desktop and Mobile

Key facts

• Sky-Grid is a free online air traffic control game that runs in the browser with no download.
• New players can start by drawing flight paths and landing planes in the free opening campaign.
• The live commercial path is a $3.99 one-time lifetime unlock for chapters 2-5 and Custom Sandbox.
• Purchase requires an email, and restore requires that email plus the receipt ID so entitlement and paid progress can be recovered after browser storage is cleared.

Select a plane and draw its route

Sky-Grid is controlled directly on the radar display. You click or tap an active aircraft, then drag a route from its current position. That route becomes the new flight path the plane follows through the airspace.

The game is readable because you are not typing cockpit commands. You are drawing the plane path directly where the traffic problem appears.

• Click or tap a flying aircraft to select it.
• Drag from the plane to draw a new path.
• Release the pointer to commit the route.

Guide planes into runway approach points

Landing is not handled by a separate command console. Instead, you guide the route close to a runway approach point. The path snaps cleanly when you draw near the runway entry, which helps keep the control language simple.

That snap behavior matters on both mouse and touch devices because it reduces precision friction while keeping the route-planning puzzle intact.

Campaign and sandbox use the same core control language

The free campaign and the paid Custom Sandbox keep the same radar interaction model. What changes is traffic density, runway count, and event pressure, not the base input scheme.

That consistency gives Sky-Grid a clear browser identity: select, draw, sequence, recover.

Common mistakes

1. Drawing a new route without accounting for the runway snap lane often creates avoidable approach conflicts.
2. Treating campaign and sandbox as different control schemes makes the interface feel harder than it actually is.

Expert notes

• The route-drag control model mirrors the radar itself, which is why Sky-Grid stays readable on both desktop and touch screens.
• Runway snaps are not a simplification gimmick; they are part of keeping the tactical puzzle understandable under time pressure.

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