2026-08-05 · essay
The Verb of Laying Track — A Design Grammar for Routing Puzzles (from Trainyard to Railbound)
Routing puzzles rest on one structural idea: the separation of planning from execution. No train moves until the track is finished, and once it runs you cannot intervene. From Pipe Mania's time pressure to Trainyard's static drawing, Cosmic Express's single line, and Railbound's junctions, this essay rereads the verb of laying track as design grammar.
