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Night Net

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Reaction & interception

Night Net

Track the runner. Cast where it will be, not where it was.

Move with your finger, mouse, or left/right arrows. Tap the action button or Space to cast the expanding net downward. It takes time to reach the prey.

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Watch how to play Night Net

What the game helps you notice

Net-casters actively stretch and move a small capture mesh. The game makes reach and interception visible: your net expands during its strike, but the prey keeps moving while it travels.

Why aim ahead of the prey?

During the net’s travel time, the target covers distance. A wider net gives tolerance, but prediction still beats chasing its old position.

A game inspired by science—not a biological simulator.

The overhead track, fixed cast delay, and automatic net return are gameplay rules. This is not a measured reproduction of the spider’s sensing or leg motion.

Try this experiment: What does a wider net change?

Keep cast reach and net settling unchanged. Compare two net-stretch settings and predict how the capture area changes.

Open this experiment and compare A / B →

Meet Deinopis spinosa and explore its research, then use the return link to play again. The challenge scores are game feedback, not measurements of your scientific understanding.

Primary research: Stafstrom and Hebets, Biology Letters (2016)