Some formations that I find useful:
The triangle: Make a circle consisting of three cells that go either clockwise or counter clockwise
The Battery: Connect four cells clockwise or counter clockwise. Connect half of the spare tentacles to the other unused cells that is pointing against a fifth cell. Connect the last two to the fifth cell.
The stretch: Attack another cell with three cells (preferably in a triangle formation) and let it fight back. As soon as both tentacles are out, cut the cells it is fighting against. When the enemy cell has 10 power or less, quickly cut the last tentacle.
The advanced stretch: Make the stretch formation but keep all tentacles out. Look for the cells that is moving (the yellow lines). When the cell drops below 15 and the moving cell are near. Cut one tentacle.
Also, we could get some a lot of fun out of people like Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud, those guys have both interesting arguments regarding moral codes
I understand that, this game is inspired by Pokemon, what do nurse Joy, that the range don't? She heals your entire team. In other words; We need a "heal all"-bottom
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A lot of people have requested this, I'll mention it to the others and try and make the ranches more user friendly